Fujifilm GFX100S: Fujifilm shrinks its powerhouse
28.1.2021
Translation: Veronica Bielawski
The new Fujifilm GFX100S medium format camera offers roughly the same performance as the previous top model, the GFX100. But it’s significantly smaller, lighter and less expensive.
Medium format cameras have an even larger sensor than full-frame cameras. That means even better light sensitivity and an even higher resolution. But it also means that these cameras are even bigger, heavier and more expensive. Fujifilm’s previously undisputed flagship, the GFX100, delivers this with a 100-megapixel sensor, a weight of 1.4 kilograms without lens, and a five-figure price tag.
But Fujifilm has always strived to minimise these drawbacks in order to make medium format cameras suitable for more people. The GFX50R, and now also the new GFX100S, are proof of this. It terms of performance, the GFX100S is comparable to the GFX100. But it’s about 6 centimetres smaller in width and 500 grams lighter. And it’s less expensive than Sony’s most expensive full-frame camera.
The new GFX100S has a mode dial, which is quite unusual for Fujifilm. Fujifilm’s typical retro-style camera controls – with dedicated dials for shutter speed and ISO – take up a relatively large amount of space, as a comparison with the GFX50S shows.
Key specs
- 102 megapixel resolution
- 16 bit RAW
- New image stabiliser that compensates up to 6.0 f-stops (GFX100: 5.5 f-stops)
- 4K video with maximum 30p; on an external recorder also with 4:2:2 sampling
- 3.2-inch movable screen, plus 1.8-inch secondary screen
- New film simulation mode: «Nostalgic Negative», based on the colour scheme of Kodak films in the 70s
- 400-megapixel photos with Pixel Shift
- Dimensions: 15 × 10.4 × 8.7 cm, weight: 900 grams
80mm lens
Fujifilm has also announced a new lens for the medium format system: an 80mm prime lens with f/1.7. Despite the high lens speed, it’s not very big (99 mm) or heavy (795 grams). The angle of view corresponds to about 63 millimetres in a full-frame camera. The lens is also dust- and water-resistant.
Lenses
CHF1995.– minus CHF 400.– with voucher code
Fujifilm FUJINON GF 80mm f/1.7 R WR
Fujifilm Fujinon GF, Medium format
David Lee
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David.Lee@digitecgalaxus.chMy interest in IT and writing landed me in tech journalism early on (2000). I want to know how we can use technology without being used. Outside of the office, I’m a keen musician who makes up for lacking talent with excessive enthusiasm.
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