Just came across this video. I have this baby since release, and every time I shoot with it I just get a huge smile when editing. That’s all you need to say about this camera. It really is a gorgeous piece of kit!

I own the 50r and 100s and BOTH are fabulous! I returned from 50 days traveling in the Yukon and the Arctic and both cameras not only worked flawlessly but the images are fabulous. Even in the snow, yes, snow on July 13th, heat, bumping around in the truck on over 2000 miles of ruts, holes and gravel! 9500 images later and I couldn’t be happier.

I’ve had it about a month, and it’s really growing on me. Looking at images on the computer is one thing. Prints are quite another. After a couple weeks of shooting, I made 3 16x20 prints. They are amazing. The resolution and quiet contrast puts you into the scene. I love it for landscapes. I do mostly tripod shooting and I am a slow worker. The GFX 100 feels tailor made for me.

Cool to see that I'm not the only one that has their EVF in B&W/Monochrome. As much as I've wanted a Fuji GW690 for over a decade, something like the 100S is the better choice in the future, for me, when I upgrade from my XT-3.

You and Molly and Family look very happy radiating happiness. Keep.going!

After ordering a few dozen rolls of 120 last week I've definitely been looking at the Fuji and Hasselblad digital medium format bodies again convincing myself I can save money by spending money. The gallery I work at just had an exhibit open and one of the photographers sent 3 images shot on the GFX system. When I saw the images in the gallery I was really just blown away by the color, and the Director and I were standing there talking about how great the prints were. I talked to the woman who did all of the prints for the gallery yesterday and she said the photographer just sent her the RAF files and she only did some tweaks for printing to the images. Basically she was sold on the system and is thinking about getting a body "for the artists in residence" but really so she can use it. I'd really love if you could get your hands on a 907x 50c to put through the paces too. I love shooting waist level with my RB67 and I'm really curious how the 907x feels to someone that has spent a lot of time with film medium format and done some of it waist level.

Would love to see a video dedicated to using M glass with the GFX. I think the 100s is a bit overkill for me because the files would likely bring my computer to a halt, but I have been looking at the 50s and 50r and adapting many different film lenses to it. Thank you for this video and continuing to share your journey with us - inspiring and beautiful content as always!

The photos in here are fantastic! I bet you’ll cherish some of these in the years to come! I tried this camera out at 100mp almost feels illegal with how much you can crop! 😂 the files were incredible!

I loved you posting them on your website and really getting see the true quality, Thanks for doing that man

I borrowed a GFX50R once and my God, if I could I would trade in all my Canon gear for the GFX system. I’d probably go with the 50S but still, the files were an absolute dream to work with, the dynamic range had me drooling.

Man, these photos are so good.

Matt, fantastic video on the GFX. This might sound silly, but I really wish you would get a Leica M10M. I think it’s the perfect camera for your B&W work. Vintage Leica lenses work wonderfully on it. The tonality is amazing and its effective resolution will match any color 100MP sensor. Plus the digital grain at ISO 25,000 reminds me of real film. It would open up all sorts of new creative options for you that you just can't get with any other camera. Used prices are going to come way down as the M11M is on the horizon.

I bought my GFX100s and the GF 45-100mm f/4 pretty much as soon as it came out. The 45-100 is a fantastic lens. The use of the ACROS film simulation is awesome. The camera allows the creation of some truly fantastic photos. The menu system compared to my very user simplified EOS R5 and R6 is a learning curve. The menus contain what you need. But, you have to be able to find what you are looking for in them. I agree with you on the tactile elements of the dials and buttons, they could use some improvement. The inability to use the lcd to tap thru menus is kind of a pain. The autofocus and eye detection work good, although, slow compared to my Canons.

funny timing, my 100s actually arrives today. I've shot a few of the GFX cameras and I love all of the results I've gotten.

In the end it doesn't matter what you use to capture the image but for some reason the GFX system didn't give me the same level of satisfaction as my Hasselblad did. In the end I just sold it and picked up an old CCD digital back for the Hassy and it's been amazing, switching from film to digital on the fly is great. There's something special (to me) about CCD sensors, I'm starting to look at scanning my negatives with the digital back, I mean the Pakon, Noritsu and the Frontier have CCD sensors in them too which is making me curious about the process.

Thanks Matt I’ve been interested in the GFX line for a while and nearly bought a 50R recently when I changed systems. It was the same price as a much older M240 (go figure!), but I went with the Leica mostly for size. I reasoned that I wouldn’t take the larger GFX out with me as much and as it’s my only digital camera and now main camera (cost of film) it had to work on that front. Interesting nevertheless and the images were, as always, sublime. Always look forward to your videos, thanks and best wishes, Ben.

Adapting lenses on the GFX is the best part. It breathes a new life into my old lenses.

If you decide the GFX isn't for you let me know. You got me started on the Fuji line when I bought your XT-2, but I'm ready to move to higher quality now. Thanks!

I think dollar for dollar the GFX 100S is probably the best performing digital camera on the market today for printing really large or for files that require a lot of cropping. I owned one for a brief period of time but just couldn’t get inspired to use it and found myself gravitating back toward my film cameras. So the GFX 100S got traded for an SL2 that will mostly be used with M lenses.

Love it man! I would love to test one of these Fuji medium for bats out on a project one day.

Several film photography youtubers making videos about digital cameras. I think it's safe to say film has already reached it's peak and we all know why

Having both, i prefer the sensor of the 50

I have a dream. And in this dream, I photograph with a medium format digital camera as Fuji or Hasselblad's...I don't know for sure, but the texture in the pictures looks different, in a better way. I don't think it's the high resolution only, but the combination with the sensor size also...

Another great video. I was just wondering if you'd noticed the SX70 in Star Wars - Andor (S01E05 about 12 minutes in)?

Great work, I particularly enjoyed the farm photos. Your ability to make a great photograph from good scene is something I really look up to. All I think that I can say is that I can make a good photo out of a great scene 😅

Thanks for this video Matt. I'm looking at as close to possible digital replication of the Pentax 6x7, in particular with 105 for that sweet subject separation. Thinking about the GFX 50R and adapting the 105 to it...hmm

Great video, just only discoverd your channel but I've been going through a bunch of your content since I've been itching to get myself more into film photography. Greetings.

Maaan I would love trying out that camera shooting landscape with it. Yet it's probably good to not know what I'm missing out on.

3:57 got me laughing 😂

wonderful!

Chillicothe!? That’s just up the road from me!

I won't say that your samples from Fuji camera worse but they're definitely different to film scans in terms of color and tonality. However, if one likes to edit scans by raising shadows, etc. then they may be close. Also, I guess you compared the Fuji files with Fuji "film scans". It's no surprise that they will look more similar than Noritsu or Frontier scans.

Great camera. File size is why I'm selling mine.

Great video and love your work! Have you thought about trying the Hasselblad X2D or X1D btw?

I'll be honest, I don't get the allure of the GFX when it comes to sensor size, or as a Pentax 6x7 replacement as I hear a lot of film shooters on KZfaq talking about. I'm not talking about shallow DOF. I can get that f/0.95 - f/1.2 look on Full Frame. And I'm not talking about MP either. 45MP+ is available on multiple systems and I don't know how much I would actually need something bigger than 45MP if I'm being truthful. But the thing that keeps me going back to medium format film is the tonal range (and detail associated with it) the bigger negative has, and the GFX system just isn't THAT much bigger than FF to reap the reward. Back in the day, most photographers didn't think 645 had THAT much advantage over 35mm, but I think 645 is just a skosh better than my Sigma Merrills and Quattros for tonal range...but going to 6x7, I feel like the tonal range is SO much better and you'd have to go to the Hassy H6D-100C to even start getting close. So, that has made me question the need of the GFX...If I needed more MP, I'd keep my Leica glass and get an M11 and have a much smaller body and a much broader selection of lenses.

"this camera has been out for a long time now...", I love it! What about my little Wista 45D? :D:D:D:D BTW, nice video ;)

16-bit babyyyyyy

I wish to have this camera..

Thanks for an interesting video. Do you still use the SL2?

Are you considering getting a Mitakon 65/1.4 for it? Some people say that's the closest you can get to Pentax 67 with 105/2.4.

The difference is color. Digital color just falls short.

If this camera can produce negatives for me to print in the darkroom then I may consider it up against the 67II.

hi matt, have you ever digitalized a negative with this camera? does it have that 400 pixel mode? im thinking about buying one just for digitalize negative... make a business out of it you know

Let's go!! #FTA

Nikon D850 with RAW + Neutral setting, set up with some older glass and you cant tell the difference between them.

Considering selling all my L mount stuff to switch to this and a lens or two

I am a very loyal person. I have been watching this channel and like Matt, and it will stay this way no matter what. But seriously, Matt, you said so many times in previous videos that you would not do the camera reviews/discussions anymore and so many times that you finally found a great digital camera be it your collection of Leicas or now Fujis... I understand that it generates clicks and income but it also makes for an odd flow in the channel's content. I loved the interview in the last video, I love the book reviews, film projects, polaroid lifts, and old-school M6 shots of your family. What made them great is that they had a *unique* and *consist* style, something that most photographers can only dream of.

The whole idea of film over digital and vice versa to me is just over. Like you said, whatever you enjoy, use that. Cameras are only tools that we pick up and put our skills into. Films works for me because I love making contact prints followed by final prints in my darkroom wether that’s 6x7 or 4x5, it’s all part of my process and I love it but if I need to be fast, shooting and turnaround, I’m picking up my dslr. I think as photographers, we can learn a lot from filmmakers as they will just select the right tool for the job whereas we fixate on one thing and argue for that one thing.

can iPads accurately represent this images

If I were ever to shoot digital again, it’s either Leica M9 CCD or this 100mp camera. However, I have a big dislike for too much details. It stops being about the image and starts being about the details. Too much Details to me are a distracting. That’s why I sold my 8x10 and 14x17 and some MF so I shoot 99% on 35mm with the Zeiss Otus Lens going 2 years now. Never looked back. Even when I shot LF and MF, I always edited them like my 35mm shots… so no need to be wasting my money. Am more of artist than a photographer.

I use mine to shoot 50 megapixel "xpan" panoramas

Big changes.

I don’t need more than 50MP. I don’t want more than 50MP.

I’ll be honest, I clicked based on the thumbnail.😑

With a price tag of >$6,000, the ONE-YEAR WARRANTY for this camera system is a sick joke! Things always go wrong with electronic devices regardless of how well conceived and constructed they are. Having to pay through the teeth when this type of thing happens after 12 months should be a warning for everyone. IMHO, these images do NOT look sharp, so there already appears to be a problem with it.

Sell it and buy HBlade