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I just bought it and it seems like a perfect camera for me. I mainly shoot on Pentax67, film camera so getting portraits on this will be a great new experience. From what I see AF is not a problem as I am really already, a slowed down medium format photographer :) great video - thank you!

The key with the medium format photography is 'deliberate'. I have done many outdoor portrait sessions, church events and even music events with the GFX-50s and got good results. If you rely on continuous shoot habitually, you are out of luck getting anything good out of the GFX.

Fascinating! I think Fuji is being very smart in their niche and price strategy with the cameras they produce! High end APSC on the one end and the most affordable medium format on the other!

One of the best overviews yet. No time wasting, just straight down to business.

Thanks for these Dustin, your approach is so helpful and constructive - a methodical walk-through, allowing the viewer to see what you're seeing/finding for themselves and make an informed and contextually-astute decision.

Always a pleasure to watch your detailed and fair reviews 👍

I have this. finally. took me about a month to get used to it. after being initially disappointed, It's spectacular. i was disappointed because I do have a big sensor hasseblad, and this 44mm is.. puny compered to the big boy. but the hasselblad has a ccd sensor so it's a house/studio cat mostly since it can't shoot over iso 200 or so. The way this camera pulls highlights is unparalleled, reminds me of the old D800E from nikon. The lenses are exquisite, fujion makes the H sytem hasselblad lenses btw.So as an added bonus I've adapted them to the gfx and i can use that very special leaf shutter . I was expecting it to deliver as a portrait/landscape camera, and it does and then some, but in my opinion this is the best street camera on the market.

Great Review Dustin. Thanks for taking the time to this thorough review. God Bless!

Great review again, Dustin. We’ve had most GFX cameras over for extended trails, but they’ve never been able to replace my H6D. Though in resolution the GFX100(S) is closest, in pure image quality and flexibility it still lacks a bit. In itself that’s a pretty good achievement considering the difference in price. The magenta color cast in shadow tones is notorious for almost all Fujifilm cameras (incl. the X-line). It gets a bit better when you set the GFX100 to 16bit color definition. For the GFX50 models that’s unfortunately not an option. The AF performance you noted around 8:00 seems odd. The GFX50SMkII isn’t the best by any standard, but this is bordering useless. In our studio it was slow and often needed some help, but not that slow… There are some AF-C settings that might improve the behavior under specific circumstances, but it will never be very good, let alone great. As a general purpose snapshot camera the 50SII will probably be better than the X1DII, but for landscape, portraits and studio work I’d much prefer the X1DII. It has a more consistent build quality (incl. the lenses), it supports 16bit raw and the leaf shutter allows for high sync speeds. It might be an almost 9 (!) year old sensor, but Hasselblad makes it truly shine. Whenever you carefully assess textures of skin and fabrics, there’s a clear, visible advantage for the X1DII. The AF-C performance of the X1D is even worse than the Fuji though. In my experience, for most people a high-res full-frame camera is a better and more flexible option. Vastly better AF, more lens options, more compact (esp. the lenses) and less costly. Whenever you still want medium format, the GFX100S is probably the better choice, since there you still have the IQ advantage of MF over full-frame.

You don't get more views because you're too objective and you're not a salesman. I appreciate what you do.

Excellent review as always. Really awkward that images from A1 are much sharper than those from the Fuji.

That Sigma Art 85mm f1.4 DG DN strikes again. Very surprised to see it beat the Fuji. As always great and informative content 👌

Great overview Dustin, putting my order in for a used on very soon.

Another great in-depth review/presentation. You hit the nail right at the head that it’s not a medium format camera for everyone. You are absolutely correct that the 50S II’s price point allows it to serve as the gateway to medium format, but the highly handicapped contrast detection auto focus system described by others and reinforced by you may stop me cold to jump in? But the current promotion in Canada for the 50S II c/w the 35-70mm kit less for CAD5,624 less $600 bonus allowance if you have a camera to trade-in is a real temptation?

The sensor performance is quite impressive if one is careful with over exposure.

So, after reviewing all these cameras, what is it that YOU choose to shoot with? The Sony Alpha 1?

Hey Dustin, as someone ready to purchase a GFX for landscape, starscape and night life photography in Japan, I would really appreciate some insight on something I have noticed but seen none talking about. On the Photons to Photons site, the Older GFX 50s and 50r, though lower in dynamic range at base iso than both the GFX 100s and 100 by about 1 stop and just a tiny bit compared to the 50sii, both seem to have virtually no reduction from ISO 1273 - 12800 hovering around 8.5 stops, as where the 50s ii and both the 100 and 100s drop off in a linear fasion from ISO 100 all the way to ISO 10,000 on the 50sii and 12,800 on the 100s before leveling off at about 5.5 to 6 stops of Dynamic range. Is this possibly due to a dual native ISO's which kick in lower on the earlier models? Personally, downloading raw files to work with it did seem that the GFX 50R and 50S not only were more easy to pull shadows from at ISO 12,800, but also in my software (darktable) the profiled noise reduction worked nearly flawlessly simply by turning it on, where as the 50s ii and 100s though still beautiful images retained more noise which I had to work on, and definitely seemed to retain less info in the shadows. However it was very hard to find higher ISO files to work from from the later two models, so I did not feel it was a definitive test. Any insight on this would be greatly appreciated.

Hallo Dustin ! I can use manual aperture ring and change it with a dials, but automatically is kinda impossible i dont get it 🤔🤔🤔🤔???

I plan to use adapted Zeiss ZE lenses. How does this compare to the canon R5 or Leica SL2 in terms of sharpness and color rendering? Anyone? I’ve sort of had a Jones for the Hasselblad x1d2, but without image stabilization, I don’t feel it’s as good as this Fuji.

Autofocus isn't a critical thing on a medium format camera as most will use it for mostly still subjects. Look somewhere else for sports/action/ or wildlife

The a7r4 and A1 are in my opinion a lot more usable

What AF system? This is Manual focussing camera, you are buying the sensor only.

Love your indepth reviews. Can we expect one for the gf110mm in the near future by any chance? Still on the fence between the GF 110mm and 80mm on a gfx100/100s system

Excellent review. This body has some strength, but it is not for some of the genres of my preference. I would love to shoot landscape with it.

Hey mate, I always love your videos and yes I'm a subscriber I'm thinking about buying this camera I currently own the 850 and everyone says to me Neville why do you need to sell your 850 I own a Fujifilm XT5 as well yeah I like the high megapixel stuff. I don't care what people say more megapixels mean sharp images a lot of the time when you print big and I'm talking big prints ..... The price of this camera has come down a lot, and now it's affordable. I think I should pull the trigger and just go with Fuji. I was thinking of pairing my XT5 with my GFX 50 S2 that I would purchase and I reckon that would make an awesome combination.

Around minute 14 did you start comparing different ISO levels for the Sony Alpha against the same GFX ISO100 image? Or did I miss something?

Which should I choose between GFX50SII and A7RV? I usually shoot people, group activities, and landscapes.

I wondered which of the AF options performed more/less encouragingly in the exercises, was there much of a difference between them?

Nice video! Could you tell me which tripod you are using? (The small one) 🙏

Hello Dustin. What do you think about GF lenses IQ overall ? Does it make sense to switch to GFX from a FF system to get better IQ ? ( Maybe there is no much difference with high Mpix FF cameras ? ) Thanks

Thanks for this review, assuming I don't care about fast AF (nature, fast) ... R5 vs this one... IQ - what do you think ?

Question about unrelated cams, which one would you choose, A7RIV or eos R5?

Dustin, did you use electronic shutter mode, or at least EFCS, on the 50SII to level the playing field with the A1 on the resolution test?

I don't possess Fujifilm, but whenever I opt for seeing any camera. be it full frame of other ways Fujifilm comes first. I am curious to know why is it so.

For now the drawbacks from medium format (speed, price, autofoucs, size and weight) just can't validate the tiniest image quality gain over full frame. But who knows, maybe one day medium format will be like full frame today, because full frame was considered "not worth it" over APS-C.

Amazing that Sony is pretty similar noise -wise to digital “medium format “

Name one medium format camera that has fast AF like full frame cameras.

Thos was excellent video

I would convert it to full spectrum

Good review. One of the best on this camera. I will get one after a get an used D850 for my Nikon F system. Been updating it during the last 2 years after my D300 broke down so today I have a used D700 .I think I need to update a AF300mm IF-ED screw driver AF lens to a used 400F2.8 as well when I can affor it. I will not transfere to the Nikon Z and S lenses becouse it to expensive to do that and if you not into Video there is no upside to it. I have the Fuji X-Pro 1 and X-T1 with bulk zooms and If I in the futhure need video its cheaper to update one of thoose. I made a misstake 13 years ago when I switch to digital and sold of all my lenses and I stil have not repared my economic buffer after that. I would prefere a better autofocus but the main reason is to use adaters so I can use my old HB 503 CW and Mamiya 7ii lenses. I will get the bulk normal Zoom also. The 100s is out of what I'm willing to pay for a camera unless I get some free money..

These techno reviews never hit the spot in my opinion The proof of the camera is always in the photos and not enough here to prove much. I've seen reviews with photographs which could sell the camera to me

It’s pretty tough to love this or the Hasselblad X1D-II any more these days, given the 8-year old Sony sensor. Of the two, I prefer the X1D-II given the XCD lenses produce more appealing images to my eye, and Hasselblad’s color calibration (every camera body and XCD lens is individually calibrated) means you’ll never have to deal with correcting color casts such as you found in your test of these two cameras. I don’t see any appeal to the Fuji with the Sony 100 MP sensor of this size. Better off buying a used H5-100 or H6-100. Unless either or both of these companies is working with Sony to add a 60 or 80 MP sensor of this size having truly competitive autofocus, all that beautiful glass seems hung out to dry with no camera roadmap that makes sense.

Wait, I'm confused, on the comparison of image quality against the Sony A1 the Fujifilm is at ISO 100 comparing the Sony up to ISO 6.400, is that fair or useful to the user?

Wow the A1 and sigma combo out-resolved the medium format, frankly there's little incentive to shoot medium format unless you shoot with their latest sensor, this old 50mp sensor shows its age.

I think my A7 IV is a lot more balanced…

This camera should not exist, in my mind. If you are ok with the old sensor, get a GFX50r or 50s used for about half what this GFX50sII costs new. You're getting the same output of this seven year old sensor and basically the same (non-)performance in terms of AF. You lose stabilisation but if you're shooting handheld and need IBIS, chances are that you also need a usable AF. In that case get the 100 or 100s.

I'm not impressed by the image quality at all, given the fact that the sensor is much bigger and the price and size of Fuji G lenses. It's only visibly better in terms of shadow recovery and in other areas it's slightly worse than Sony FF. When we add all the compromises with AF, it does not sound like a bargain anymore, especially considering the fact that you can get similar image quality on some affordable FF bodies such as Sony A7R III (and maybe even A7R II) at a much lower price point and still be better in terms of AF. GFX 100S looks like a much better value to me, since that camera gives a substantial increase in image quality compared to FF.

As a retired professional photographer, I'm always a bit baffled if it comes to stuff, an amateur in nearly all cases, doesn't need. As I was used to Hasselblad, Mamiya, Sinar (view camera's), I now use a Samsung NX20 (bought it for 135 euro's). I had several shots blown up to poster format, which gave enormous detailed results. Further, most of my present photo's, end up on internet. In which I'm sure, this camera will not give more superior results in those cases. When I started about 55 years ago, I soon learned, it's the photographer, not the camera! Enjoy throwing your money away!