That's pretty good service! :-)

Cheers buddy. :-)

Thanks Sam. It all depends where you are coming from. Finding a camera that is a big jump in quality from the Z7 is a big ask. It will be the same with the R5...depends what your current camera is....anyway, I'll try and not convince you to spend your money! lol

Thank you for sharing your comments. 👍

Thanks! The Z is a great camera system and I'm sure you won't regret buying one. Happy shooting! :-)

Exactly Dave, a lotto win purchase. Glad you enjoyed the video. :-)

Cheers Trevor....from my brief time with the GFX100S I couldn't see any significant increase in detail....certainly not enough to spend £12k :-)

Thanks Andrew, dialing in a long exposure time seems such an easy thing to implement....it almost had me trading in my Z7 for a Z7 II....almost. :-)

A 19mm 5.6 prime and a 40mm 1.7 pretty please Fuji

Cheers Chris. Like you I'm very happy with the Z7 and justifying the cost of moving to the GFX100S is a tricky one. But yeah, you are right, big kudos for Fujifilm for making this type of camera more available to the masses. :-)

Cheers Rod, good to know you've had positive experiences from your Fujifilm ownership. Interesting you also tried out the GFX100S.....handy that free loan service! Can't way I noticed any difference on the impact of the CPL though. I used my Kase K9 CPL on both the river and Dalwish Warren shots and it seemed to preform as it normally does. Z7 bargains....you could buy a Z7 and a range of lenses for the cost of just the GFX100S body....it's good to have choice though! :-)

@@jbairdexp The Kase CPL I have was not big enough for the GFX glass - so thanks for confirming it probably was down to a cheaper CPL I was using.

Should have said, I use the Kase K75(?) system, great for Fuji mirrorless as smaller (and cheaper) and works great with X system. K9 as you say would be fine with GFX glass.

Hey Nicky, I did think about going with the Z7 II a few times, but I just couldn't justify the cost. I decided to spend the money on photography trips instead. I don't worry about how big the raw files are....all my videos are filmed in 4K so 100mb image files are the least of my concerns! lol

Thanks Jim....I'd still like one as well, just not convinced I should sell an organ for it. :-)

@@jbairdexp Agreed. Anyway, my organs aren’t that valuable.

Cheers Scott, I've seen that river higher, much higher! (But when it's very high, it's not worth photographing).

Thanks Glen....I didn't find the weight of the D850 and lenses an issue....until I got the Z7 and realised how light my bag could be! :-)

Thanks for watching Ian and for sharing your experience with Fuji. As for the app, it's not any worse than any of the others I've used. The bar is low though. lol

I am another D850 user. Have barely scratched the surface of what it can do.

Did have the 850. Switch to GFX ( having used Fuji X cameras in the meanwhile) and did not looked back for what I do. Way simpler to use. Way better image quality. Mirrorless. Less lens choice at this time

@@icogicog8287 Much money

Thanks Vitor. For me the case would have been different if I'd still had my D850. I would have been getting all the mirrorless features as well. However, I probably still would have gone with the Z7. Either way, the D850 is still the best DSLR there is.

Thanks for sharing our experience Colin. Fujifilm have a good reputation with firmware updates. :-)

Thanks Ian. :-)

You bring up a very good point Paul. The strange things that I have notice on Medium format lenses (through watching detail reviews) is that they have the same behaviours as full frame (pro) lenses i.e very good wide open, sweet spot in-between F4-F8 and diffraction at F16. This is strange because to get enough of the depth of field, in one shot, F16-F22 will be your staple. So underutilised the full greatness of said lens and sensor. This was the deciding factor in Aaron Reed returning his GfX 100 for the then Sony A7R4 (now R5).

Thanks Paul. No particular challenge with DoF. I already knew that smaller apertures were probably required, but can't say I noticed any problems with diffraction.

People often mention the slightly less tangible benefits of medium format systems. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts. :-)

Yup. Ultimate image output. Ability to crop to hell and back. Many photos with one click. All part of what the GFX system is about.

Totally agree, you should never base a buying decision on the compressed photos you see on a KZfaq video....especially when that decision comes with a big price tag. Also totally agree with your last point. :-)

Thanks, glad you liked it. :-)

Thanks for watching Andy...my first digital camera was the Minolta A1 :-)

@@jbairdexp nice, unbelievable how small the rear screen was compared to what we have now. My first digital was the Nikon 990 then Canon D30, largely driven by my personal desire to drop film ASAP.

Thanks Peter. Desirable it is for sure. But as you rightly say, the best camera is one you have :-)

Hey Keith, always nice to read a comment from yourself. Both the camera and lenses are weather sealed, but even if it had been raining I wouldn't have been testing that out! lol Bluebells around here are difficult to predict. My local woodland is almost a full month ahead of Dartmoor. But it's also not something I photograph a lot, so don't have a lot of detailed knowledge. It's been a case of luck rather than planning! :-)

Concur as stated. There is the Laowa 15 or 17 that is not bad but not up-to par with GS lenses

Thanks for watching Scott. I shoot a lot of super wide angle images and I did find 23mm a little bit restricting. If owned this camera though. I'd probably be as happy with it as you clearly are. :-)

Thanks Tony. This was one of the limitations of only having the camera for a couple of days. There wasn't really the time to do side by side comparisons with the Z7. All I could do is compare similar shots from my library and from those I couldn't see an immediate and dramatic difference. It might be there, but I'm not going to loose any sleep over it. :-)

@@jbairdexp Amazing but when I say that regarding APSC against 35mm format I get flack. You need to let the pixel peepers loose lol.

@@iaincphotography6051 Perhaps that's my problem, I'm not much of a pixel peeper! lol

@They Caged Non I know right! my canon rotates settings info through the Evf but not on the lcd which for landscape is super handy. I did suggest it through the canon website but never heard anything back.

The screen rotation in portrait is great specially as my knees are not as good as they used to be. One reason I like the XT3 better than the XT4

Thanks Tom! You are right, no camera is perfect. Most of us live with a the niggles of our current camera. I hadn't considered the feature of the settings rotating when you rotate the camera! I had to check to Z7 to see if it did that....it doesn't, but I'd never noticed before....funny what you get used to isn't it. The reason I didn't Bowerman's Nose is because I'm making a video there in the very near future. ;-)

@@jbairdexp look forward to that one then!👍🏻

Thanks for watching and that is good to hear about Fujifilm service. Agree with your comments on the GFX system. :-)

True to a certain extent, but that doesn't help me if I wanted to go wider than 23mm (18mm FF).

No. I used ISO 200 because I wanted a shorter exposure time than I could get at ISO100 and I didn't want to change my aperture. :-)

Possibly it is....if you can afford it :-)

@@jbairdexp I own the 50r and the 100s and love them both- im heading up to the Arctic circle for two months in a few weeks and my 100s will be my primary and 50r my backup. Also packing my XH1

I’ve owned Fuji DSLR since 2002 with the finepix S1 pro, the S2 pro both were a frankencamera between Nikon and Fuji. Both cameras worked with Nikon lenses. Anyway the Fuji service center that I use in Edison NJ is and has been AMAZING for me on the SINGLE time my camera needed service- which speaks to the quality! Since my first Fuji XE1 all the way to my current 100s if I’ve needed them to help with any settings I couldn’t figure out they were great on the phone. I used to own several Nikon D800 and D800e bodies and unfortunately had to deal with Nikon service on Long Island. To call Nikon service a joke would be giving them way too much credit. Service was awful at best. Long story short I’m very, very happy w Fuji service.

Possibly yes. I could have also done with more time with the camera as well. Thanks for watching, :-)

Thanks for watching Steve. Most higher range cameras these days offer outstanding image quality, and the GFX100S is no different. I thought the raw files were a pleasure to work with. :-) All cameras have their little quirks and niggles, but that didn't stop me enjoying the GFX100S. :-)

lol, a lottery ticket is always handy....but I reckon you'd love a printer. :-) Don't get me wrong, the GFX100s is a stonking camera, but you always have to look at how much better it is over your current camera, and how much the improvement is worth to you.

@@jbairdexp I listed to the Take a View podcast recently and I am becoming more and more sold on a printer!

I'm shooting a video with Chris Sale over the weekend about printing...it might just push you over the edge ;-)

Thanks Tim. I guess it all depends how value you put on these things.... as I said in the video, the price gets higher, but the feature gaps get smaller :-)

Yep, it's not to say that it's not better, but the gap is smaller and price bigger. :-)

@@jbairdexp Yes I think its worth the extra cost for the smallish gain though because when you are at the top end of anything, including our own biology in sporting events every inch gained requires an exponentially greater effort. The cost is genuinely worth it if you want that small gain because the effort that's gone into making it is enormous.

@@tonyhayes9827 "Marginal gains...." to quote the Ineos (Team Sky) cycling team. :-) They spent a lot of effort on apparently small things, but the results speak for themselves. :-)

@@jbairdexp Excellent and kudos to them

Would I spend £10K to reshoot my baby pics? Errr, probably not. :-) I think a Z7 III is much more likely at this stage than a Z8. I'm not sure Nikon would want to potentially cannibalise Z9 sales with adding Z8 into the mix (assuming a Z8 was a similar approach to the D5 and D850). :-)

Thanks David. I think there would be a bigger gap between the D850 and the GFX100S, but that would be less about image quality and more around the features and capabilities of the camera. However, the Z7 is more of a natural, and cost effective transition from the D850. Agree that a camera will not make you a better photographer, but it can often improve the experience of capturing a photograph. Moving from the D850 to the Z7 didn't make me a better photographer, but the process of capturing an image became a little easier and enjoyable. :-)

@@jbairdexp Thanks for the reply Julian. Curious as to your thoughts on what makes the Z7 easier and enjoyable. I considered the Z7 II, but opted for the 850 given reviews and feedback from my network. Will wait for the Z8 and more lenses to appear before I switch to the new technology. Frankly, while the 850 is superb, I don't see a huge significant difference it and my 810 (still use as a backup and a great companion with the 810), other than the screen resolution, focus stacking, and focus peaking. Again, better to focus on spending time on improving composition and content than to be jumping to the latest technology, IMO. I often recommend to my colleagues to take a class on drawing or painting to better understand the fundamentals on composition rather than looking for new hardware tools. Cheers.

Just out of interest, ss it a paid service, or is their qualification criteria?

Hi Kevin, they are Muck Boots (Arctic Sport) - you can see me talk about Muck Boots in this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g7uqfqypm6zGaKs.html

Good to know. Cheers Geoff. :-)

That's a fair point....you could do a LOT of travelling with £12K. :-)

Well perhaps I'm not a serious landscape photographer or indeed smart. :-)

@@jbairdexp Indeed and indeed not worthy of my time. Your readers, on the other hand, are smart enough to see clearly why they have, or will have, bought a medium format camera instead of ANY other smaller sensor camera, same price range, unable to reach the optimal performance values in the most shiny elements for landscape photography as MF excels.

Without trying to start a debate about the merits of various sensor sizes, it is fairly safe to say that in the realm of landscape photography, bigger is better. Dynamic range, ability to work with a variety of wide-angle lenses, lower noise levels, and sheer image quality are all benefits of larger sensor sizes, whereas longer reach and a more compact form factor are the main benefits of smaller sensors and, as such, are not hugely beneficial to landscape shooting. Resolution Along with sensor size, high-resolution sensors are also favored by landscape photographers due to their ability to decipher fine details more clearly and produce image files that hold up better to larger print sizes. A high-resolution sensor's main drawbacks are a typically lower usable ISO range, which does not truly affect photographers working from a tripod, and larger file sizes that slow down the overall workflow, which is also not a bad thing when you take into account the considered pace of landscape photography. Optical Low-Pass and Anti-Aliasing Filters A beneficial side effect of higher-resolution sensors, and those with denser photodiode structures, is the ability to remove the conventional optical low-pass or anti-aliasing filter from the sensor's construction. Many cameras completely remove this filter, and others introduce a secondary filter or technology to negate the effect-either way, this omission leads to sharper imagery at the expense of potentially running into issues with moiré. Luckily, instances where moiré can occur are seldom seen in nature. Image Stabilization Seen in both camera bodies and lenses, image stabilization is a feature that is seldom used for landscape shooting due to the omnipresence of tripods, in many instances. However, for the times when handheld shooting is a must, or preferred, image stabilization can be beneficial since it permits working with slower shutter speeds-and, subsequently, smaller apertures for increased depth of field. Mirror Up and Vibration Reduction Functions An oft-used function to better ensure sharp imagery when working with long exposure times, a mirror up setting is a necessity for landscape shooting. Additionally, many cameras now incorporate electronic front curtain mechanisms or other vibration reduction technologies to lessen shutter shock for sharper results. ISO Sensitivity Converse to the end of the sensitivity range most people look at when camera shopping, for landscape shooting a low minimum ISO value can be a boon for shooting in bright outdoor conditions with smaller aperture values without having to resort to neutral density filters. While typically not a make-or-break spec on a camera, sensitivities of ISO 100 or lower can certainly aid a landscape photographer's process.

@@ricardoduarte6589 Nicely copied from the B&H website. :-)

Compared to full frame, yes it's expensive. But that's just from my perspective and everyone's perception of where value can be gained will vary. :-)

Not many people need their wallet to go on that kind of diet do they! lol

@@jbairdexp That joke flew over my head, terribly sorry. But 6000 dollars is a lot of money for most people, it sure is for me. It’s pricey and heavy, two important aspects which makes me not interested. I don’t like using and carrying tripods either, so a lightweight system is key for someone like me.

@@listonheinz9103 lol, no worries. :-)