Re: Official: Fujifilm GFX 50S Medium Format Announced!
chez wrote: charles.K wrote: chez wrote: charles.K wrote: chez wrote: jigesh wrote: charles.K wrote:
The latest pricing for the GFX including lens will be approx. 8K USD according Fuji Rumors, to be officially announced on Jan 19.
I'm still wanting to see a good side by side test between something like the A7R2...better yet the next generation model with the higher resolution sensor and these ( Fuji / Hassy ) MF cameras. Does the price premium one pays for the MF camera justify with image quality in the end. The limited ( at least right now ) lens selection is one concerning issue as if these MF cameras are to replace my FF system they need to be used in different scenarios from landscape to street shooting...
This will be very interesting. Of course the larger sensor will provide better DR, tonality and medium format feel, but is it worth it ? The argument is no different in comparing FF with APS-C or smaller sensors and how they are implemented. We will have a spectrum of choices, but at this pricing level even with the AUD, I am very interested in the GFX.
Personally I see quite a market for the GFX, and it will be targeted at many pros/advanced photogs who would be buying the latest DSLR where the price, size and weight are comparable if not better in some instances.
Kudos to Fuji, as this is smart marketing on their behalf. They have a number of serious photographers demonstrating the GFX illustrating different disciplines and how these photographers relate.
But with a FF system you get a very mature product with an extremely extensive selection of lenses and other supporting gear like elaborate flash systems etc... With these new MF systems you basically get a bare bones system until when...at a higher price.
Will these MF systems excel at landscape photography? Will there be a lens to match the Loxia 21mm. What about the Nikon 14-24...let's not even get into the great TSE lenses out there. I'd say FF including mirrorless FF is better for landscape due to the vast range of options.
Ok...what about travel photography...nope...too many mirrorless systems out there already which excel for travel.
What about wedding? Ummm...sort of the world of today's FF cameras with their great high ISO abilities and flash systems and fast glass.
We are eroding the areas where a MF system could excel at...turning it into a niche market.
I'd love one for my landscape photography, but I feel the lenses are not there yet and the impact on large prints versus the 70mpix FF camera is still unknown. I'll definitely wait until two things happen:
1. Fuji or Hassy fully layout their systems. I want some assurance on glass and timeframes.
2. A test between Fuji / Hassy and the next generation full frame camera printed to 60"x40" or so.
I'm definitely not buying one on impulse because it's the latest shiny marble...equipment is getting so good now that it is getting much tougher to deferential top of the line systems from one another.
Chez, this will not take away from existing FF DSLR/mirrorless, APS-C or smaller format systems. In fact the M10 to be announced sounds very exciting also. The spectrum for camera systems is becoming superb with image quality being harder to differentiate what we really want
I have always loved the files from medium format and in the past the ability to process images has been a lot more difficult. The GFX will not make the system alone, but the combination of great lenses will define the success of the system and make for an excellent platform. The Hassy also is superb.
For many who choose mini MF, I suspect most will only have a few lenses at most. In the past I did have one or two favorite lenses and this was more than enough.
For travel we have too many options now. I would use the Fuji XT2 system, unless I had planned a special photographic journey where I would take a FF or mini MF.
The thing I'm trying to understand is when the Sony FF system was released...it was lambasted for not having a full spread of lenses...yet a mini MF system with a very limited number of lenses is OK. I don't get this logic....
I keep hearing people will skip FF and jump right into mini MF...yet with FF the limited lenses was really an issue, but not so with MF?
The GFX like Hassy being a mini MF, most people do not look at an huge array of lenses. Of course with FF the competition is very mature with Nikon/Canon/Leica with a huge array of lenses to choose from.
The Leica M9/M240 I always loved to use with a select few lenses. The RX1rII is another camera system that simplifies our choices. In many ways a great system does not require many lenses and very much depending on what you what
Dec 28, 2016 at 10:13 PM
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