I could literally listen to you talk for hours

I don’t think a better camera makes you more money, being a better photographer will make you more money and you probably are the better photographer looking at your work, True honest professional photographer, nicely done!

Great video David, you don’t see enough working photographers taking about the day to day experience (probably because we’re so busy) it’s very refreshing! ☺️🙏🏻

I love your setting. Want to see more videos about this side of business 🤩

An insightful review of the GFX50s - which I also own. I am one of the slow photography brigade that you referred to and find the quality of the files superb. It was heartening to hear your comments, amongst which were some some of the downsides of the camera, all well made. Excellent to hear a portrait /studio photographers views - so thank you.

Yea, allowing your images to extol the virtues of your review. This is brilliant!

Lovely summary. Very nice work. I am very happy with mine .does all I need a camera to do for my style and pace of work. Resulting prints are superb.

Really lovely work David! Always great to hear a working pro's opinion a few months in, vs a full-time reviewer ; ). Appreciate the content and you sharing your experience. This camera is tempting me back to MF, which I really haven't used since I moved to digital.

Loving your fabulous images, and feel as you do, with all the new whistles & bells available in cameras now are great, but not everyone needs a jack of all trades and are better served with a master of one.

Lovely images and review. I like your presentation style and professional photographer perspective.

Wow your photographs are beautifully crafted

Thanks for your video. I use the GFX50s for architecture with a Canon 24mm tilt-shift and a techart adapter (works beautifully) with manual focus and the GF 32-64mm for studio work. Results are extraordinary.

Surprisingly useful video! Thanks for your insights. Plus you're one of the few camera youtubers that can actually photograph well.

great and honest review thanks david.

Thank you so much David for your very honest review. I am an italian professional portrait photographer and often shoot in the studio with an old Hasseldlad H3DII-39 which still has fantastic file quality, but is starting to get a little too dated. I am considering upgrading to Fujifilm's GFX system, and am thinking of getting a used GFX 50. Thanks again.

Thank you - a very calm, informative review from a real world pro perspective. Nice and super interesting to listen to.

This was excellent and very informative. Spectacular images too!

Lovely shots!

David, you have beautiful photos! I fancy buying your masterclass.

I've been shooting Canon since I went digital years ago. My R5 is far and away the best overall camera I've ever owned. And since I'm adapting EF glass to it I'm used to using an adaptor. I've wanted the GFX since it was announced. Like you said the prices have been dropping. I finally picked up a 50s two weeks ago for less than the new fuji x100vi. I do a little editorial/portrait and a fair amount of architecture so the slower pace is not an issue for me. I just completed my second shoot with the camera and could not be happier. Especially helpful for architecture was adding the tilt adaptor to the viewfinder. I was glad to year your comment about this body vs the 100mb body which confirms my investment in this one. Solid review David and confirms all my initial thoughts.

Really helpful lens information, thanks

Great portrait work! 👏👏👏

Was thinking about getting a Fuji medium format camera but after watching this video, I feel that the XT5 is better suited to my style of photography. I have not taken any real photography for around 4 years after dedicating my time to video documentaries. However, I do hope to get back to Photography next year. One last thing I just want to say , your photography is truly amazing and I find it inspiring. Thank you for sharing your work. 👍

You comment on gfx is practical and objective. As a hobby photographer and have been using the gfx system for quiet sometime, I do agree most of you comment . Thanks!

Just the review i needed! Doesn’t bang on about bokeh :’) your work with colour is brilliant

love your style of photography!

Great frank and honest review thanks.

Your images are absolutely beautiful!

Thank you for this video!

An excellent, well balanced talk.

Enjoying your video very much. I do believe that quite a few who purchased the DFX 50S mistaken we believe that they were purchasing a camera with the same capability as a DSLR all they had no idea what a medium format camera is on this purpose. The biggest complaint I hear is about the frames per second from people who should know better. I shoot with the GFX50R And the only problem I have with my camera is me. I am still learning how to use it.It’s is a work in progress.

Great Video. Thanks for the information. Great!

Thanks a lot, David for your beautiful comment. I'm a really slow photographer, but the 50s is quicker than I'm. I use a Cambo ActusGFX view camera and the 50s is amazing on that slow horse. No autofocus is needed, nor an IS. I often need 10 to 15 minutes to get the whole 'ground plate' sharp, depending on the motive. No stop down then is needed. So sometimes downsides maybe upsides! But that is of course very special. Thank you.

Great video thanks. I am planning on getting the GFX system this year but not sure where would be the best place to get one. Do you have any recommendations?

Hey David 🙏 thanks for sharing great contant. Love the way you capture the essence of your subject , no doubt your body of work is piece of Art❤. Great job. 👍. My body of work. Based on portraits, still-life & personal work. I’m coming from old school Love to work with film medium if I can due to time taking process and developing issue etc. Long story short I just recently order GFX50s in pretty good condition but soon after got a deal on GFX 50sii so I did replace with the new model. I think I made a good choice 🤔. My concern is the Lens which I ordered GF63mm and I always love 50mm ful frame lens on my Nikon glass as coming form Nikon setup. But many people talks about GF35-70mm. I would really appreciate if you give your input with your precious time. Thanks David and keep sharing great stuff 👌

Great Review 😊

There is a huge group of wedding photographers that use the mitakon lenses the zeiss 80 as well with an adapter. They are usually film hybrid shooters. They manually focus as well

Your work is amazing

Hey David, love your candour, great review. Been thinking about one of these myself. Side note: Your audio capture is spot on, cleanest audio around! Also I dig your glasses, can I ask what brand and model they are? They have a nice big lens surface.

Hi David. Informative review thanks a bunch! I shoot street portraits on a MK iii but am finding that focusing quickly on the eye with people whose magic moment comes and goes in a millisecond results in softness at the crucial moment about 30% - 40 % of the time. I generally shoot 3.5 - 6.3 on an 85 or 100 macro. In your experience is the eye focusing system in the 50S a real improvement over using single focus on the Canon MK iii? The 110mm is so enticing!

My friend, your images once again are superb enough cannot be said about the Fuji 50s or now 50sii with the 110mm gf f/4 it’s undeniable legend from Fuji craftsman engineers. And yes you are correct about the Fuji MF. It’s not a camera to just pickup and shoot like a mirrorless full frame camera. It is not designed for speed or fast. Focus. Fuji engineer created the GFX MF for experience, creative photographers who needs the highest quality one can have. It’s slow focus makes up on it exquisite image quality. It’s requires great experience and patience’s. Coming from the film days with manual MF cameras you become the creator from the subject to the camera with unmistakable control from start to finish. Now days everyone in the digital world wants to have the MF do all the work. What’s the fun in that? You may as well have Ai to do it all for you. That’s not being a creative photographer.one can do that with an iPhone.

Loving my 50s. I only shoot portraits so not bothered about form factor or speed. Just love the output. Clients happy = payed for itself.

Agree completely re the 63mm. It's phenomenal. What is wrong with youtubers??

Enjoyed your discussion in this video. I was a GFX50R user for two years. Got the 100S now. Overall, the 100S is easy to shoot, the files are more flexible to work with. But, I have this nagging feeling that the RAW out of camera from the 50R had a certain pleasing look that (if you desired) didn’t need much adjustments to it. The 100S gives you more flexibility, but you need to spend more time on post production, especially model skins (and that’s minor fixes only, not full on frequency-separation). Anyway, one last thing. I did notice the audio track to this video was a little out of sync with the video.

Do you have the 80mm 1.7? If yes, how do you feel about it?

Dear Sir, Exciting Stuff / Great Information / Thank You.

I've been using the gfx 50s for about 3 years and have an excellent result. I'm a semi professions shooting industrial landscape and also do my own prints. 90% of my shooting is handheld. I love the camera and I probably will buy the 100 s in some point somtimes in the future but it is really not necessary for me. 50 megapixel is plenty for my prints.

Amazing review, I think im selling I'm getting it, after seeing the gfx files, I cannot unsee it.

Thanks for reviewing: been using 5ds & 5dsr. Any thoughts about the removable viewfinder-and use-of compared and ease of use? And (uh-oh! Resolution; just curious cause I know it is about other features)

thanks for that, a good review, one note, there is ONE case for adapted lenses, that of a sinar, or other LF monorail camera, giving the chance of using Shnieder or Roddenstock lenses, and if these are good enough for 4x5/5x7 or 8x10 film, it should be good enough for this sensor, shouldn't it be?

Did you get the Fujifilm Battery grip or is that a different grip add-on??

I am a professional photographer with over 35 years in the business. I am still loving my GFX50s's and now more than ever with the new firmware update! I love the 63mm one of my most used lenses, brutally sharp with the 32-64. I do own 8 lenses. The 20-35, 32-64, 45, 63, 80, 110, 120 and 250mm.

Hi David, have you tried the GF 30mm F3.5 WR on GFX 50S for shooting portraiture ? Hope you can share your opinions about this lense. Many Thanks !

Are those Elinchrom strobes?? I have a pair of D-Lite 2s!!

I'm new to your channel, and I've seen some of your videos. Good work. I used the m43 as a primary tool, but I also have the 5D MkII, for architecture work. Of course I can use m43 with metabones speedbooster as well. But tools are tools anyway, and now I'm considering the GFX 100s as the perfect tool for me. First of all, sell my Mamiya 6MF, and next term, maybe get rid of my LF stuff also. But GFX aint there, but I can still maybe sell much of my stuff and get a GFX. I Hope there will be a new 100R. Think such a camera will suit me more.To my type of photography, the 50/3.5 and the 80/1.7 from the GFX line up, will suit me best. The rest I will have a lot of T&S lenses and others, which will perform perfectly for my purpurse for landscape and architecture photography, and at least, sometimes and I don't want the perfection. I want sometimes something wacky look, something you just get from some older lenses.

Thank you, David. Have you had the chance to compare the quality of the files with high-end FF cameras like the Canon R5? Any insights?

Great video. What microphone recorded this shooting ?

Hi there! I just found this video. I found It pretty helpful. I was going to ask you.. with the new 50sII and slightly better autofocus, would you go for the newest one or pick one of these up for around 2k in the used market? I mainly shoot fashion photography in 35mm and I have not found a camera system to match film like with fuji files. Thanks in advance,, David!

Hello David, thank you for this very insightful video! I am considering buying a gfx 50, however I am a documentary and reportage photographer. I was interested to hear you say this camera would not be suited for movement which I'm so sad to hear! Do you think it's really not possible for live action situations? Do you know of any middle format camera that would be more appropriate? Thanks again for the information and love your work, stunning!!

thank you for the video....If you have a buddy that shoots a "normal" mirrorless camera I would love to see the difference ....you mentioned "normal" people tend to shoot at 1.4 or F2 which I do...I would like to see what a photo shot at f2 looks like compared to how you would shoot it .

Hey David, nice review & beautiful photos. I own both the 50s & the 100s. My most used lens are the 45-100 f/4 & the 110 f/2 Yes, it’s true the 100s has a quicker auto focus & the trigger response is quick too. I have been using the 50s for over 2 years & It’s been my main camera but I needed something quicker. After using the 100s for a few months I have moved back to using the 50s once again. I prefer the overall results from the 50s than the 100s. Having said that the other technical advancements on the 100s are very good.

If you are shooting at higher F-stops, why did you choose the 63mm over the zooms Fuji offers? I'm deciding between them now myself

love your shoots for long time, I got my 50s second hand for only $2800 USD, I was afraid that it's too old, and it's turns out that it's works pretty well for my needs, I only use auto focus for fun, like 10% of the time, so auto focus is never my first concern. And many people complain the weight, which is also another thing that I don't really care, because my job needs me to carry cinema camera rig very often. Lovely camera, maybe switch to 50s mark 2 dwpends on the price.

I understand your views on having native GF lenses but the whole point of a mirrorless system makes the camera a lot more flexible and adaptable. They are ultimately just a tool to get the job done. GF lenses are great to get the job done but there are specialty lenses out there (not just fast lenses) that may be quite fun for a unique look and need not just be for "fun" photography

Velvia film always had saturated green and reds and were a favourite for landscapes, so for your style of portraits I can see why you wouldn’t use the film simulations.

110 is outstanding lens on any body

I have only 110mm and the 45mm. Had the 80f1.7 for a moment and exchanged for the 110.

I just won this camera for 1500 on ebay, wanted to do some research before I paid for it so Ive been watching non stop videos about it. Sadly theres very little about shooting in a studio setting and fashion photography. So finding this video gave me the go ahead to pay for it. Thanks! Now Im looking for low cost lens.

Upgrading my Nikon F-system with a used D850 then I will get a Fuji GFx 50Sii for art woodland photo so I can reuse my old HB and Mamiyu 7ii lenses with adapters

Good morning Mr. Owl.

What type of Tether tools cable do you use?

How far into the video did you manage to say two words about the camera?

how to use fujifiim gfx without stand pls let me know. heavy sutter lag . images are not sharp.

I found one body only for $1800. I’m thinking about it.

Going against the comments grain here because I could pick up a repeated undercurrent of dismissal and disdain with what you class as "amateur/hobbyist"... feeding an incorrect narrative relating to skill simply because you choose to photograph as a source of income for your family. Lets be clear - this camera more than any other is not something an "amateur" would invest in as an outright purchase. If someone is buying into this system for non-paid purposes, then they already have a secure, disposable income and this is either a luxury item or a tool to further their art. They would also have to consider themselves quite skilled photographers to reap the benefits of a relatively expensive MF system. This brings me to depth of field: most small event photographers choose safe F10 type depth because nothing can go wrong with client interpretation for the paid work - the camera and lens are primarily delivering the output (and this one delivers in spades). Nothing wrong with that until it is pitted against Shallow depth of field as just being cliché. Photography is a much loved art form for many... and this camera system offers deep possibilities with art. Apologies, but I'm not going to let fellow photographers get trashed for their decisions and preferences.

Fuji GFX50R, better looking, is subjective.

the 50r has a better dampened shuttermek than the 50s it doesn't vibrate as much as the 50s this is a problem all mf has its called shutter shook it shoots as good pictures as new canon r5 new sony when it comes to pure image quallity MF is king every thing else SUCKS on 50r/50s 3d tracing useless slow to focus hunts alot when focus misses shots