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 p.1 #7 · GFX100RF or X-T5 for user experience (compared to GFX 100s) | |
First prioritize what you want eg compact vs portraits vs body seal... All of the cameras has compromises... Also you can go to dpreview and download the raw files for your use and check...
If you want 50R, you should get one, but that is a huge camera for me...If you like like X100F, maybe X-Pro 3 might be a better choice with RF style body... Here is a summary of x-trans sensor types & cameras:
https://www.kristoffertrolle.com/2021/battle-of-x-trans-sensors-x-trans-1-vs-x-trans-2-vs-x-trans-3-vs-x-trans-4/
I use freewell 0.75x & 1.5x converters with RX1R III and Sigma 56mm with X-E5... Both are not ergonomic, and need body/thumb grips... Both EVF's are the worst, but they are the smallest & responsive options as I use them for pet portraits indoors...75mm 1.2 lens is huge and I don't use it much... Samyang 75mm 1.8 is an option.. Again X-t4/5 needs a grip with bigger lenses and it is as big as a FF mirrorless... Instead of a XT, I would go for a used/refurbished Canon R8 with Canon 85mm f2...
GFX100RF is a very nice camera, but the joystick is the worst, needs body/thumb grips for my use... It is a limited use camera eg worst for low light as Tuomkok summarized it for you. I am still looking for a tele converter. GR 1.5x converter covers FF, but quality is not that great though it makes the portraits look better. Neewer/Freewell X100VI 1.5x teleconverters are better and cover the FF for portraits on Rx1Riii, but don't cover the landscape shots. You can pick Neewer to try on RX1R ii... I will try to open one and cut the rear cover to make it larger to see if can work with FF landscapes/GFX100RF... 99% of the time, I would go for a RX1R III for size and responsiveness against GFX...
If you want a sealed small compact, Canon G1X III is an apsc P&S... Other option is used OM-1 and sealed m43 lenses... OM1 has a fast sensor, ibis, live nd, and hand-held multi stacking which gives a couple stops of additional iso gain...I switched from Fuji XT to OM-1 II as my daily dog walk camera with small Pana 14-140mm lens...Fuji X-T5 and 18-135mm combo was getting mushy fall details, old zoom lenses are not matching to high MP sensor...
drimer wrote:
Hoping to get some input and figure out what direction might make sense. Sold my 50R to pay for the 100S and still miss using it. Felt very tactile and intuitive. Don’t really feel like the 100s has “soul” and have been fairly disappointed with its white balance performance (always too green and often too cool). But of course it takes great images. Primary cameras are Canon R5 and R3. Most of this gear feels very utilitarian and I miss the classic styling/tactile experience of using some of the other Fujis.
I enjoyed my X100F that I sold to move to the 50R. I did not gel with the X100VI that I tried for a bit. Technically an excellent camera, but images felt “mushy” and detail just seemed absent at a pixel level relative to most other cameras I’ve used (including the X100F). Maybe I had a dud. I swapped that for a Sony Rx1Rii, and love the output of the 35mm f/2 and 42mp sensor but don’t love the ergonomics. Occasionally use it for people photos but enjoy it for hikes, travel, good light at random events, etc.
For reasonably small compact use, I have the Canon Powershot V1. Might pick up a Ricoh or something truly pocketable eventually, but that’s not about the shooting experience exactly. Having handled a Q3 in store briefly I’m not super interested in the size/weight/density of the Leica Q series. I prefer more of a grip.
Looking at three options. For around $2000, I could just rebuy a 50R or get a XT4 or XT5 kit with a pancake and either the 75mm 1.2 or the 23mm 1.4. For anyone who has used both the X100vi and the X-T5, is the 40MP sensor capable of more than I experienced on the X100? (or is the X-T4 and 26mp sensor the way to go?) I know the format’s limitations, but I got some really ugly almost worm-like noise on some of my compressed X100VI RAWs and I’m not eager to repeat that experience. I’d keep the RX1R here and use it when it’s rendering made it worth the hassle.
The other option I’m thinking about is selling the Rx1R and picking up a GFX100RF instead. I know there’s a 1,700 post thread on it, but I don’t want to go through that all. Basically, I’m wondering whether it’s a fun camera to use in practice. Might be worth renting one but just wanted to hear others’ experiences first. Not thrilled to need to add a filter for weather sealing, but maybe that doesn’t bulk up the camera too much in practice.
My goal is to have a camera that’s enjoyable to use, that’s weather sealed, and is reasonably compact for carrying around and throwing in a bag as a backup/second body beside a primary system (e.g. R5 with 70-200 or 100S with 110mm). Good color output as loaded to Lightroom is a strong preference. I print every now and again but value color above most else.
A true compact that takes good portraits would be lovely, but I’m not sure that really exists (Rx1 is about as close as we get). I’m between getting a small X-kit or a GFX100RF for a pleasant shooting experience and a kit that can go with me anywhere without being 5lbs on my shoulder. Interested to hear your thoughts!...Show more →
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