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 p.45 #12 · Fujifilm GFX100RF Discussion and Image Thread | |
RoamingScott wrote:
And if you're familiar with Jonas, he could have taken those photos with literally any camera, which is of course a testament to him and nothing else.
Hmmm ... I'd like to see him take those pics with the M246, M10M, M11M or Q2M.  
On a more serious note, that can be said of virtually all photographers. So, on one hand we're saying hey look at what this person or that person did. On the other hand, we're saying you can't use that as any guidance / evidence regarding the gear. There are certain aspects of gear that are incredibly meaningful (i.e. fast super-tele, Nokton, macro, etc.), then there are others that are more mundane. Here, (imo) the GFX 100RF is going to be very mundane, in that it really has "nothing special" about it, as far as what the camera can do.
Most anyone can find a knife in their kitchen, and most all homes have knives in the kitchen that can be used by just about anyone to cut a lot of things. The knife doesn't make the chef, any more than a camera makes a photographer. HOWEVER, there are knives that are very simple, incredibly well balanced and simply put ... a JOY TO USE ... and the tool of the knife doesn't "wear out" the cook, by being a tool that he has to "fight with".
Instead, a great knife (or any tool) is something the user of the tool is proficient with. For some, the GFX 100RF ... with its manual controls, much like the sibling X100 or similar to a Leica M or older manual film cameras, will be the tool of choice for the way it handles and balances in their hand and mind. For others, not so much. There are some reasons why one person will gravitate to this camera ... and some reasons why other folks won't.
1/15s in one person's hand tells us something about that person. 1/15s in another person's hand tells us something about a different person. At the end of the day 1/15s is 1/15s ... and whether or not that fits into the vision, talent and skill of a given person ... that will be up to the individual to understand and decide for themselves. Whether or not the MP's or ISO, etc. fits their needs ... again, their call.
I literally was shooting some 1/20s work with IBIS camera this evening, and needed to raise the SS because it was too slow, and IBIS was of no value to the subject motion. I had the GFX 100RF on my mind, asking if it would have been a "hindrance" to what I was shooting ... vs. if it would have been a welcome tool. Since I was shooting 24mm (and knowing I'd be cropping some) with IBIS and IBIS wasn't any help ... I needed SS and was shooting f/4 - f/5.6 manual focus anyway (event dof) ... the GFX 100RF would have been just fine. 100MP vs. 24MP might have been nice to help with cropping, too. 
Whether the camera was used by "untalented" or "talented" photographers isn't the point. But, seeing a plethora of folks who had the camera in their hands for what looks like a "far too little" amount of time, does bring about the point that there isn't anything special or magical about this camera ... OTHER THAN ... if it fits into the ethos of who you are as a photographer. It's not going to make anyone a "better photographer", anymore than any other camera ever has. But, if this camera has attributes that align with your personal ethos for who you are and how you approach your photographic endeavors ... it may be a camera that you ENJOY WIELDING, much like a great knife is a joy to use in the kitchen.
Imo, this one is going to be a matter of how it ALIGNS with you ... VASTLY more than what it does / doesn't do ... or, is perceived that it can / can't do. Bottom line, it can take a fine picture. Is it a tool that lets you take the pictures that you want to take, the way you want to take them. If the answer is yes ... sweet. If the answer is no ... stop griping about this camera that you've never used, nor ever intend to. Go back to griping about monochrome cameras and their limitations or Leica M's and their limitations, or ... if it ain't for you, quit wasting your valuable time griping about how much it ain't for you, and how it shouldn't be for others. Instead, go make great pics with the gear of your choice. 
The knife that my wife likes to use in the kitchen is different from the knife I like to use ... and neither one of us gripe about which knife the other is using, as being not a good knife to use. Instead, we both do our thing ... and each of us reaps the benefits from the others efforts, with their chosen tool. So, yeah Jonas can make pics with lots of differsent cameras. So can I. So can lots of folks. I can cut with lots of different knives, too. But, I still have some that I simply prefer to use more than others. For some folks ... the GFX 100RF will be one they like to use, once it's in their hand. For others, not so much ... no matter what Jonas does or doesn't do. No matter what influencers with "too little time" or "too little talent" do / don't do.
YMMV
NOTE: Scott, I responded to your post with the jestful reply ... the rest is intermixed with some general .02, not fully directed at your response, per se.
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