Fujifilm
THE KIT JOHN USED
GFX 50S The Fujifilm GFX 50S features a 43.8x32.9mm CMOS sensor and offers an impressive resolution of 51.4 megapixels. It also has advanced processing, improved colour reproduction, in- camera RAW conversion and minimal shutter release time lag. All of this and more is packed into a body that weighs just 825g.
GF23MM F/4 R LMWR This wide-angle GF lens offers a 35mm equivalent focal length of 18mm, with minimal distortion. It also features a fast and quiet AF and is dust and weather resistant.
GF250MM F/4 R LMOISWR With this 250mm telephoto lens, you can shoot up to 277mm in the 35mm equivalent and instantly activate focus settings with its focus preset function.
“If I were solely a landscape photographer, I would seriously be tempted to trade everything in”
be noticeably better thanmy Sony, and seeing the difference was a real eye-opener. Mirrorless cameras have wonme over, as there is a plethora of adapters and third party lenses too, which is exactly why I went mirrorless in the first place. So, the big question: is the GFX 50S for me? Yes and no. As a complete camera it doesn’t quite fulfil my needs due to themultiple genres I shoot. But the overall image quality is stunning, so if I were solely a landscape photographer, I would seriously be tempted to trade everything in. It has been an amazing experience shooting medium format, but for now, I’ll keep my full-frame and wait for an update. I look forward to the future because when the time comes, I’ll certainly be investing in the GFX system!
that the larger sensor of the Fujifilm would show bigger or more hot pixels: but no. The files are so clean when shooting long exposures, I couldn’t believe it. I shot a 15-minute exposure usingmy Haida ND filters, simply as a test, and I was stunned at how clean it was. If, likeme, you love long exposure work, the GFX 50S features a ‘T’ mode on the shutter dial. This allows you to choose an exposure length, like 15minutes for example. I loved this feature and wish every camera had it! The 23mm lens is incredibly sharp and this combo was very enjoyable to use. My two weeks with the equipment flew by and unfortunately, I didn’t have the best of luckwith the weather: typical! That didn’t stopme from heading out with the camera though, even in the rain. I thoroughly enjoyed shooting on the GFX 50S. If I’mhonest, I didn’t think the image quality would
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static subjects, so I could get pin-sharp results using shutter speeds of around 1/60sec, which was fantastic! My only real complaint was the autofocusing speed; however, I have read that the newGFX 100 has amuch better autofocus system. A lot of my landscape work involves long exposures, often ranging from one second up to threeminutes. There tends to be an abundance of hot pixels when I shoot anything over one minute onmy A7R III and I thought
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