I disagree that the crop dial is the whole point of the camera. That is a huge stretch. That crop dial is not the whole point of the cameras. The whole point of the camera is to have a "small" GFX camera with a fixed lens that is along the lines of the Q series or even like the x100 series. It is a stand-alone and very beautiful, attractive, fun little package with the same incredible IQ as the GFX MILC line and a joy to carry and shoot. That is the point of the camera - not the ability to pick a jpeg in-camera crop size with a dial.
You may think it is a convenient feature for you, but I bet money 75% of GFX shooters will never use that dial. Most GFX shooters shoot raw and crop to whatever they want in post on a big monitor where they can better see what ius going on. They may even crop it differently for different output several times in several different ways depending on how the jpeg will be used. I have produced jpegs with 3 or 4 different crops, size, res and radically different edits (like B&W and color) from the same raw file many times. Have we forgotten why we shoot raw?
I also bet even the guys that like to have the EVF display the crop they prefer in order to help with framing will set up a programable dial to quickly change between the two or three crops they prefer vs that dedicated dial of too many crop choices.
You can call it an aspect ratio all you want. But it really is just an in-camera crop for a jpeg output and can be better done in post if you shoot raw which by far the most of us do (95%?).
The format dial makes total sense and the whole point of the camera.
I disagree vehemently that the crop dial is the whole point of the camera. That is a huge stretch. That dial is not the whole po0int of the cameras. The whole point of the camera is to have a small "compact" GFX camera with a fixed lens that is along the lines of the Q series or even like the x100 series. It is a stand-alone and very beautiful, attractive, fun little package with the same incredible IQ as the GFX MILC line. That is the point of the camera - not the ability to pick a jpeg in-camera crop size with a dial.
You may think it is a convenient feature for you, but I bet money 75% of GFX shooters will never use that dial. Most GFX shooters shoot raw and crop to whatever they want in post on a big monitor where they can better see what ius going on. They may even crop it differently for different output several times in several different ways depending on how the jpeg will be used. I have produced jpegs with 3 or 4 different crops, size, res and radically different edits (like B&W and color) from the same raw file many times. Have we forgotten why we shoot raw?
I also bet even the guys that like to have the EVF display the crop they prefer in order to help with framing will set up a programable dial to quickly change between the two or three crops they prefer vs that dedicated dial of too many crop choices.
You can call it an aspect ratio all you want. But it really is just an in-camera crop for a jpeg output and can be better done in post if you shoot raw which by far the most of us do (95%?).
Mar 21, 2025 at 02:05 PM
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