p.87 #1 · Fujifilm GFX100RF Discussion and Image Thread
Yes, 1/30sec can be doable, but then concentration with IBIS is 2-4 sec shots for me where I can get a smoother water... These are doable with Canon with the best lens OSS+IBIS or OM1/3 with the multishot/live-nd... Multishot improves the high iso and dynamic range also... Panasonic/Leica FF handheld multishot implementation is limited to 1sec so far.. It might be due to processing power required vs the phones..
Fujifilm could have adopted 35-70mm lens to GFX but then that lens might not be optimal as current GFX lens...
Yes, other viable option is adapting wide and tele converters that keeps the same aperture values... I tried Oly A200/ Ricoh/ X100VI converters on Fuji GFX/Leica Q3-43/Sony RX1R III... They usually adapt well at FF level esp with the newer X100VI converters such as Freewell, Neewer, Viltrox... Ricoh GR converters are OK, have more problems at the edges... X100VI tele converters are great for portraits at FF size eg Freewell (49mm rear), but usually not great for landscapes... I opened a banged up Fuji TLX and adapted with a 49mm macro adapter to 49mm opening (it has a block design). So far it works at FF but works as a diffusion filter compared to Viltrox, but I need to test for the longer landscapes where more vignetting shows up more... Freewell TC and Newer TC are clones...Viltrox TC also looks like Fuji TC clone...
So wide and tele converters can be doable if Fuji or Chinese manufacturers are willing to. I email one of them, but they need a new design rather than converting the apsc converters...I know this because I opened Neewer 1.5x tele converter to see if I can cut the rear opening and found out the size of the rear lens at the same size of the opening... My favorite is so far is RX1R III with .75x tele and 1.4/1.5x tele with f2 sonnar lens in a very small travel package...1.5x crop plus TC gives my 75mm apsc and 2x crop with TC gives me 100mm m43 lens that are great for portraits... Old film TC A200 might be the best for portraits but vignettes more for landscapes compared to newer apsc digital designs...
tuomkok wrote:
1/30 sec is critical shutter speed for me. It is fairly 100% safe but takes some concentration. For fast phase run and gun style photography I immediately jump to 1/125 or 1/250 sec shutter speeds (preselection in auto-ISO settings). Many other photographers seem to share similar experience.
However, I do not consider lack of IBIS a huge drawback in my photography. I take it rather as an added restriction in a camera which obviously has many restrictions. I also think that if one is committed to the idea of this kind very photo centric camera, the combination is just perfect
Speaking of restrictions, yesterday I listened Peta Pixels podcast about Fujifilm lens ideas. The dual focal length prime would suit this kind of fixed lens camera very well. It is argued that without a zoom lens all the intermediary focal lengths, a dual focal length lens can be made extremely compact.
How about 35mm and 60mm without much extra bulk to the lens Obviously this development idea would work equally well in X100 series.
p.87 #2 · Fujifilm GFX100RF Discussion and Image Thread
The problem with 1/30 sec time without IBIS is that requires concentration. Our winter was quite cold, down to -20-30C at times, and I found out that in cold I had to use 1/60 sec for reliable results. Muscles and nervous system do not function that smoothly in very cold
And yes. IBIS would be nice for slower shutter speeds, but GFX100RF is what it is... I have other cameras with IBIS.
The dual focal length lens discussed in Peta pixel podcast is not a zoom. Fujifilm manager explained that because it does not have to optimized to all focal lengths, it can be made very small. He sounded quite excited with the idea.
p.87 #3 · Fujifilm GFX100RF Discussion and Image Thread
The issue with marginal shutter speed settings is that they don’t present a works/doesn’t work binary. Instead, as you lengthen the exposure the success percentage drops off.
Another issue is that if you are investing in a very high resolution system such as a miniMF 100MP sensor you presumably have an even higher standard for resolution and things that affect it such as hand holding a camera.
tuomkok wrote:
The problem with 1/30 sec time without IBIS is that requires concentration. Our winter was quite cold, down to -20-30C at times, and I found out that in cold I had to use 1/60 sec for reliable results. Muscles and nervous system do not function that smoothly in very cold
And yes. IBIS would be nice for slower shutter speeds, but GFX100RF is what it is... I have other cameras with IBIS.
The dual focal length lens discussed in Peta pixel podcast is not a zoom. Fujifilm manager explained that because it does not have to optimized to all focal lengths, it can be made very small. He sounded quite excited with the idea. ...Show more →
p.87 #4 · Fujifilm GFX100RF Discussion and Image Thread
gdanmitchell wrote:
The issue with marginal shutter speed settings is that they don’t present a works/doesn’t work binary. Instead, as you lengthen the exposure the success percentage drops off.
Another issue is that if you are investing in a very high resolution system such as a miniMF 100MP sensor you presumably have an even higher standard for resolution and things that affect it such as hand holding a camera.
You are absolutely right. Although 1/30 sec seems to be fairly safe - if one works carefully respecting the limitations of the camera. For people or anything moving I anyway use much faster shutter speeds.
I have some blurred photos which barely look ok(ish) if looked at 50% but which are perfectly fine in 4k size. For an example the best shot of the summer cafe in rain was blurred. Really annoying! I ended up posting the second best framing which - I must admit - I do not like that much.
BTW Kind of waste of using the nice sensor for these mundane shots. But, despite the limitations, GFX100RF is the camera I like to carry around. A7rV with a 35 GM or 40 G comes close, and is even much better in some ways, but there is something very compelling in RF. The experience of taking photos is excellent.
p.87 #5 · Fujifilm GFX100RF Discussion and Image Thread
ruthenium wrote:
Re: "How about 35mm and 60mm without much extra bulk to the lens Obviously this development idea would work equally well in X100 series"
Cropping a 35mm 102MP photo to the effective 60mm FL gives a 34.7MP crop. To me, this is a reasonable megapixel size for a photo. Also, these pixels are from the central area where the image quality is at its best.
A prime attached to a GFX100 body is already a (digital) zoom.
Understandably, the effective aperture also changes with cropping, e.g., by a factor of 1.7 when cropping from 35mm to 60mm, with all of what this entails, but I don't think this is a serious problem.
I wonder if the "dual focal length primes" considered by Fuji should be constant or dual-aperture lenses?...Show more →
I shoot almost by default at f/8 in good light. The reason is that GFX100RF lens does not so nicely at longer distances if fall off to background blur is only marginal. Better keep everything sharp if not shooting portraits Sharpness is fine at f/4 and 5.6. Vignetting is obvious at first/4.
That is only my personal way of using GFX100RF. Stopping way down might be because of I feel it is right this camera
The first image is shot at f/14 - maybe little less would have been better... Second one is daylight long(ish) exposure with ND and f/16. Last one is my regular stuff at f/8.
In future I am also planning to use this one for street photography the way Ricoh GR is typically used. A kind of maxi GR - interesting...
p.87 #6 · Fujifilm GFX100RF Discussion and Image Thread
tuomkok wrote:
I shoot almost by default at f/8 in good light. The reason is that GFX100RF lens does not so nicely at longer distances if fall off to background blur is only marginal. Better keep everything sharp if not shooting portraits Sharpness is fine at f/4 and 5.6. Vignetting is obvious at first/4.
That is only my personal way of using GFX100RF. Stopping way down might be because of I feel it is right this camera
The first image is shot at f/14 - maybe little less would have been better... Second one is daylight long(ish) exposure with ND and f/16. Last one is my regular stuff at f/8.
In future I am also planning to use this one for street photography the way Ricoh GR is typically used. A kind of maxi GR - interesting...
In my experience with the GFX100S II, I similarly have the aperture at f/8 to f/16 most times. When it is open to f/5.6 and more, this is either because the light is poor (low) or simply to experiment with the rendering of the captured scenes.
Unrelated, I wanted to look at the EXIF in the photos posted above, and I couldn't find any information on the aperture, SS and ISO on Flickr. The available EXIF information there omitted these parameters. Also, confusingly, it indicated "Color Space - Uncalibrated" as if no color space was embedded with the images.
I am not sure if this information is genuinely missing - perhaps I simply failed to find it.
p.87 #7 · Fujifilm GFX100RF Discussion and Image Thread
I think exif is not visible because of my Flickr settings. I should maybe change that sometimes. However, I am not sure if that will make old pictures exif appear?? On the hand, hiding exif is also intentional. When posting to Flickr I do not want to be too centered on gear.
I do my post processing in C1. Color space in export is sRGB.
BTW That second pic taken from yacht club could benefit from sharpening a little more. I must think about this.
p.87 #8 · Fujifilm GFX100RF Discussion and Image Thread
tuomkok wrote:
I think exif is not visible because of my Flickr settings. I should maybe change that sometimes. However, I am not sure if that will make old pictures exif appear?? On the hand, hiding exif is also intentional. When posting to Flickr I do not want to be too centered on gear.
I do my post processing in C1. Color space in export is sRGB.
BTW That second pic taken from yacht club could benefit from sharpening a little more. I must think about this.
All three photos look good to me, I like the colors and composition. Lately, I tend to do less sharpening. In fact, I don't apply any sharpening by default in Capture One. I wouldn't say I see a need of added sharpening in any of the three photos.
Regarding "hiding exif is also intentional. When posting to Flickr I do not want to be too centered on gear" - my interest here is not about the gear, it is all about the basic settings (aperture, shutter speed, and ISO). I like looking at the settings because they reveal the differnt strategies of different photographers, or a lack of a strategy (e.g., when the settings are decided by the camera in an auto or semi-auto shooting mode).
Looking at the basic settings has been educational to me. I wouldn't hide these.
p.87 #9 · Fujifilm GFX100RF Discussion and Image Thread
tuomkok wrote:
It is a little more than a year since GFX100RF was introduced. Time to take a look at how it was received.
GFX100RF is a controversial camera that is not trying to please everybody. Many argue it was a flop, others consider it an interesting camera they will not buy. However, there is also increasing activity - and some very nice pictures - in social media. Especially the FB groups are active with real (not sponsored or marketing) activity.
For me the years with GFX100RF has been a journey I have enjoyed. 100RF is camera that does not do everything. Actually I feel it as quite limiting. However, it is the camera that I take with me when going to a photowalk or work first business trip. To some extent it has replaced X100V as my daily camera.
p.87 #10 · Fujifilm GFX100RF Discussion and Image Thread
fotografur wrote:
Beautiful images as usual. Do you shoot mainly in mechanical or electronic shutter?
Thanks! Mechanical all the time. I think I have not even tested electronic shutter in this camera.
Considering base ISO80, typical shooting aperture f/5.6-8 and 1/4000 sec shutter speed (fast for a leaf shutter) there is hardly actual need to use electronic shutter.
p.87 #12 · Fujifilm GFX100RF Discussion and Image Thread
Hi everyone,
it’s been a long time since I last posted here. I started many years ago with the Fuji X-E1, then moved to the X100S, then the X-Pro2. After that I had a Sony RX1, and later switched to the Leica Q and then the Q2. Back in those days, I posted quite a few photos on Flickr and here on FM.
During Covid pandemic, and especially after, I slowly lost interest in photography and barely used my camera anymore. I kept thinking the motivation and fun would come back, but it never really happened. At some point I thought maybe trying something new could help. The Q3 didn’t really interest me, so I found myself looking at Fuji again, and ended up picking up an GFX100RF. Let’s see if it helps me get back into shooting...
p.87 #13 · Fujifilm GFX100RF Discussion and Image Thread
zipe wrote:
Hi everyone,
it’s been a long time since I last posted here. I started many years ago with the Fuji X-E1, then moved to the X100S, then the X-Pro2. After that I had a Sony RX1, and later switched to the Leica Q and then the Q2. Back in those days, I posted quite a few photos on Flickr and here on FM.
During Covid pandemic, and especially after, I slowly lost interest in photography and barely used my camera anymore. I kept thinking the motivation and fun would come back, but it never really happened. At some point I thought maybe trying something new could help. The Q3 didn’t really interest me, so I found myself looking at Fuji again, and ended up picking up an GFX100RF. Let’s see if it helps me get back into shooting... ...Show more →
Congrats on the new camera. I hope it helps you get back into shooting 📷
p.87 #15 · Fujifilm GFX100RF Discussion and Image Thread
mkuznicki wrote:
Does anyone have a recommendation for a simple, lightweight Arca-Swiss baseplate for the 100rf? Not interested in L-plates or grips or cages. Thanks.
p.87 #17 · Fujifilm GFX100RF Discussion and Image Thread
First walkabout with the 100rf (part 1) …
I picked one up a few weeks ago but didn’t get a chance to do anything other than a few test shots at home to make sure everything was working properly.
This outing was primarily to get a feel for it (literally and figuratively) and set the custom settings to my liking. I already knew what the files would be like (I’ve been shooting one GFX system or another since the 50R) and I wasn’t at all concerned about the lack of stabilization. I also wanted to see if the f/4 maximum aperture was a problem (it wasn’t). Granted, this wasn’t a low light shoot and my goal wasn't to obliterate the background, but then again if it was I would have taken a different kit.
Anyway, here are some samples. I realize some of the shots are going to appear rather pedestrian here, but I can assure you that the files themselves are anything but.
Location is H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens at the Arboretum at Penn State.
Obviously this development idea would work equally well in X100 series.
