This is the most vibrant and saturated PetaPixel review yet! Love all the colors and leading lines in the background of interview shots!

It should not be downplayed the quality of Jordan's shots on this one. Especially the radio tower coming perfectly out of the hand rail, while simultaneously framing Chris perfectly in the frame created by the building architecture behind him. Chefs kiss 🤌

The lighting, exposure and coloring of this episode is fantastic! Kudos to Jordan, he went all out on this one.

I'm so glad I cured my G.A.S, otherwise I might've clicked buy rather than just add to cart.

I bought a month ago a Fuji GFX 100 first generation (old new stock at a fantastic price, in a camera shop, never used, 1/3 of the list price with 2 years full warranty). The image quality is fantastic and I'm coming from a Sony A7RV. But most people are not able to see the difference: this is just a fact ! I sold all my Sony gears and have zero regret. Even the handling of the body is really fine for me. I'm a big fan of this platform and surely in the future this 100 II will replace (or complete) my GFX100. Of course I'm not a street photographer, not a sport photographer, not a wildlife photographer : mainly studio ! If you don't have the budget for this camera and if the image quality is the main reason of your choice, please try the first generation !

The battery life is rated so conservatively. At weddings I use this gfx ii and after 900-1000 shots the battery typically shows 30-40% left. Absolutely love the cam btw!

Thanks for your review, you confirm the feelings I had of this camera when, last month, I had the chance to briefly test it during a Fuji event: an outstanding MF budget portrait camera, once you know the limitations you can get incredible beautiful shots. And thanks to educate people: You guys are probably the only KZfaqrs that fully understand the relation between bit depth sensor readout and dynamic range. 🙏🙏

You can also use the rollers to navigate the menu.

We love Jordan and Chris! Dudes thsnk you for the deep-dive info always.

Props to the video-DP and editor! (Jordan?) I'm really noticing the extra production quality and polishing compared to your time at DPreview (which stills holds up honestly). Specifically, I noticed strong opening scenes with well-planned locations to solidify my engagement. Handling, AF, IBIS, and burst are good topics to be grounded out in the field. Specs and breakdowns are reserved for the second half, but kept concise and to the point.

I bought this as my first MF with my R5's still in my kit as well. I hate my R5 now. The images this camera produces are absolutely beautiful and it's a joy to use after getting use to controls/menu.

The lighting and colours in this episode are fantastic! Some scenes don't even look real (7:27).

The lighting in that urban park was incredible!😮 Movie quality! Must be a sun light bounce from surrounding buildings. Made everything pop and great dr. 👍

Camera produced the best colors I've ever seen on your channel

'I would use this over any medium format camera': The best summary also reflecting that the comparison to FF performance is still a thing.

This was a great episode. You guys are killing it.

Chris "The Model" Niccolls, I can not thank you enough for divulging the detailed information about the so called "new sensor" and bit depth of the GFX 100ii's various shooting modes. I knew that was the same old sensor with a possible slightly different algorithm.

Dang your model rocked that photo shoot. I love his poses so natural. And great shots also kudos to you love the lighting and the editing

Chris in the crouch - and delivering some killer shots! 😂 I would say this should be a part of every review. Immediately shows what the camera can do with humans and not just back alley dumpsters. And kudos on the color and lines of this video, just gorgeous.

easily one of the best cameras ever made. plus the glass is fabulous.

Silicone is the flexible polymeric material. Silicon is the semiconductor element used in making microchips. 😂

whatever you did to this video, it really pops. Great sharpness, contrast.

one point, at 8:55 this af symptom is to be expected, these are a lower dof platform, due to sensor size, so the 3.5 or 2.8 aperture is a lot thinner than on a dslr, so 'missing' is to be expected, esp if you do the shot at certain distances ( dof does change with focal length of lens, and focussed distance), so one tip, if you NEED accurate focus, Stop down, to f 5.6 or f 8 and cope with the wider dof, this will ensure the focus is bang on!!, or use a tripod, and focus stack.

Thanks guys for this review. I am not someone who needs or wants a medium format camera. I am not in their demographic. It is exciting to see all the effort Fuji has put into this beast of a body. My takeaway is next year, when Fuji announces new bodies, there is going to be a new film simulation for me to use. Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)

Jared is such a champ lol. Great photos from thos camera

The colour grading and cinematic feel from 20:20 is simply top notch. Very well done.

I'm a X-H2S video shooter and love that camera. If Fuji ever makes a real hybrid medium format camera, with a 50mp or less sensor that reads fast enough to combat rolling shutter, I'm buying into the system. I think the medium format look could benefit my work but rolling shutter is an issue right now. I'm glad they are making medium format more accesible though. 👏🏼

Kudos to Jordan, this is one of the best looking videos I have seen on KZfaq. No kidding!

The 1/125th flash sync is a deal breaker when you need a bigger scene.

"14-bit but..." Fujifilm will never treat Chris and Jordan to a trip to JP again 😂

Great review. It seems to me that if you mainly shoot stills and quality is everything, then this is a great camera, but as video is becoming ever more important for pros, I still think full frame sensors are the perfect hybrid size. Big enough for stills quality, but not so big that you end up with compromises in video performance. And I'm not convinced 99% of the general public could tell a medium format camera's output apart from a full frame one in a blind test. The main difference is going to be in post production and the ability to crop hard.

The video quality here is insane! I'm getting the Panasonic G9 II. That thing is amazing. I'm keeping my EM1 Mkii tho.

poor chris....he asked for a model and they sent a giant chad version of himself :(

your camera reviews are always the absolute best! thanks a lot for all you guys do

you forgot to mention that it is stunning as a landscape camera with excellent dynamic range. I think that is what you are going to use this camera for, that and studio shooting.

The main reason GFX100 II is an intriguing camera is the possibility for trickle down. The end game might be very near for my use case. Combine the X-S20 batterie, IBIS and sensor with GFX100 II software in x-pro Camera Body all my GAS will be gone.

The Top-Display uses E ink Technology and doesnt drain the battery when the camera is switched of.

At 0:40. NO! There's NO one better looking than Chris Nichols.🔥I would drop to my knees if I could.

The B&W portrait of Jared at 1:57 is a fantastic picture.

Jared came across a bit shy at the beginning, but he is a cool poser, very nice. And I want to have this camera now...🙂

Is this video the medium format look people speak of? It looks surreal. Really unique look that I'm loving.

another thing that fuji is doing right and never advertise is colour science. The 100ii has a very good, maybe even close to HNCS now. And they just don't mention it much..

1:34 that sound track hit kinda different though. I see ya!🕺

Wow the dynamic range

Very impressive still performance. But maybe you wanna check the capabilities this camera can offer in terms of landscape photography. Would be cool to see the capabilities of the censor, especially medium format. In terms of sport photography or fast moving objects in particular, this camera might not shine, but for capturing the scenes on those events, this camera shines the most in my opinion.

Loved the review, and the camera looks entertaining even if it's way out of my budget. But the traffic noise was somewhere between annoying and unbearable. Other than that please keep up the excellent work!

I'm a wedding photographer I shoot with the R3 and R5 but I feel this camera would give you amazing images over the FF I'm looking at buying the Canon R5ii and the New RF 35 1.2 or 1.4?? next year. But instead maybe look at getting the Fuji 100 ii I feel MF will make a run at FF for some high end weddings and portraits photographers in the next couple of years. And with the Fuji film simulations help to produce incredible images. Especially with the new Reala Ace. MF prices are dropping. I bought my first FF the Canon 1DS and paid $11.400 Canadian which was a 11.1MP For me personally I'd still keep my R3 and R5 sell off some of my gear. Purchase the 100ii and get 2 lenses 55 1.7 and the 110 2.0 sell my RF50 1.2 and the RF 85 1.2 which would match the same 2 RF lenses. I'd have my wide RF lenses RF 28-70 to cover mid range and 3 longer lenses to cover that end. Then I could use MF for the special photos and FF for reception and ceremony. We all don't drive the same car or truck for personal reasons. But for some photographers I feel this camera would be amazing :) We are so fortunate to have so many options and choices for photography and video today. That's what is so exciting about what we do. I've been a full time studio and wedding photographer dating back to the 80's and find photography today even more exciting. Just need to find the best system for you.

10:50 I have Fuji cameras but probably the only user who’s not wild about the film simulations, but boy the Reala look absolutely lovely and vibrant! 😍

What is interesting is that the price of their top model dropped by 25%, and is now USD 7,500. That is still a lot of money, but undeniably medium format is gradually becoming more accessible. I think the focus on video is marketing BS, but it would be very cool to have a real medium format video camera with a full sensor readout in the future. The GF lenses are not great for video either, not even the lenses with linear motors. This is very much a photography-first camera, and for that purpose this sensor absolutely stellar and the camera will benefit from autofocus improvements. As a current GFX100s shooter, I will still enjoy mine for a few years more.

I didn't think that the G9 II could give such stellar performance tho.

„All the PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES…“ I see what you did there Chris! 😄

whatever the problems, the REALA mode is BEAUTIFUL. wow. thumbs up Marty Sender You Tube

So it sounds like I'm better off with a used GFX100s if I want medium format and put the saving into glass. Still nice option for me in 10 years.

the lighting in some of the shots is unreal

Good info. And the best couple of afable presenters.

The funny thing is, Fuji's most entry level camera, the X-A7, does have a touch screen menu. It's fully responsive, but I use the nimble little joystick out of habit.

the removable viewfinder mean that you could deport it for docu-style camera ! So cool !

I've been waiting for someone to publish better lab results for dynamic range in various video modes. It's worth noting (and I don't think it was mentioned in this review) that in some of the full sensor width 4K modes/flog2, there is an option for expanded dynamic range at the cost of rolling shutter. I'm not sure if it's implemented by switching to 14-bit readout or supersampling, though (not sure I've seen anybody say for sure). When I turn it on, the difference in DR is noticeable (I'd guess a bit over a stop more), but I don't have a Xyla 21 or anything like that to check it. Otherwise, fully agreed that it's not the first camera that I'll reach for to do video work, but I'm thrilled with it compared to my original GFX 100. It's a lot more reasonable to throw in a small bag for travel - I carried the II with 32-64/4, 100/2, 23/4, the 63/2.8, and a Minolta 58mm f/1.4 (for very low light stuff) all around Turkey recently and the whole setup fit decently in a 17L Pacsafe bag. My original GFX 100 wouldn't even fit in the bag. The IBIS is enough now that I could hand hold video with the 32-64 (and even somewhat the 110/2) without extremely noticeable jitters. One thing that's kind of cool about the 8K crop mode + anamorphic is that I have some EF mount Laowa Nanomorphs - the 27, 50, and 80mm versions - and because of the APS-H type crop, the 50 and 80 cover perfectly and the 27 _almost_ covers (and with 8K, I don't mind just framing a little wide and punching in a few percent in post). Obviously an actual APS-C camera is a better choice for using them, but it's yet another entry in the category of cool hybrid camera tricks.

The Reala Film simulation video is “Stunning”

Things you really don't need but heck. It's THEM you just want to watch

Fuji looks dramatically contrast and moody with dark shallow and Hasselblad looks closer to real life with Scandinavian haze look, you guys think the same?

Great review and video as always 🙏 Must say traffic noise was a bit intense and distracting on occasions. Do you guys use shotgun mics....?

the grading on this video is insane

I think we're reaching a point where AF and resolution are in competition with one another. The more pixels you're computing, the slower AF. This is of course less of an issue for stationary subjects.

Nikon deserves its flowers. I'm no big shot photographer, I have a Nikon D7100. It suckssss in low light but other than that its a really high quality camera with an easy to understand UI.

Great job, a really nice camera thank you.

The Movie/Still selector mode is also available on the GFX 50S2.

the pc-sync port is important with a camera like this, as a mf digital, it can be used, via a lens board adaptor for LF monorails, or things like the cambo actus and it's bigger cousin, as a digital back (esp. considering the costs of a phase one, or leaf aptus solution), a much cheaper option + you get the simpler tethering and capture one, or photoshop workflow, than the other big digital backs out on the market. for the above option the pc sync is necessary as it forms a quasi shutter signal, you use the leaf shutter lens, and the flash port gives the back the "go" to scan the sensor for recording the image, as well as the possibility for full sync with flash, a leaf shutter can sync up to 1\800 or 1\1000th of a second (hasselblad H system capability, as an example).

The colours! Wow! The first shot looked like a greenscreen at first 😊

thx for mentioning that 4k is binning 18:54

Feels like an A7r5 would generally be a better solution unless you *really* need ~100 mp over ~60 mp and the medium-format DoF.

Any reason you could not use a usbc hub to add another port?

Hello Chris! Thank you for this excellent intro to the Fuji GFX 100 II. As a Nikon Z System landscape, product and macro photographer, I have been quite satisfied with the image sharpness and detail I obtain from the Nikon Z System (Z7, Z8 and several lenses). However, as I do on occasion produce very large prints (30"x40" and up), I've always had an interest in medium format. So, in your opinion, do you feel that this GFX100 II would give me a very substantial improvement in image quality (particularly image sharpness and detail rendition) in the large prints, over either my Nikon Z System or the Hasselblad X2D? (Also, as I don’t shoot video, that’s another reason the X2D appeals to me, as well as the NCS of the Hasselblad files, since I’m somewhat colorblind, and I've heard other reviewers state that color-correcting the Fuji files would be a nightmare, and for me in particular!) Thank you sir!

One point... when reviewing.. why state the CIPA rating but not what you guys actually got out of it? We wanna hear what people get out of it not just the spec sheet stats... I get at least 700 shots per battery for example. Maybe these guys don't shoot that much with the gear...

Ah, Jordan - outstanding audio for your part. 👍

Thank god you told me about this! The point was the 16 bit DR and now finding out its only 12 when shooting continuous that's not right. Yikes you guys saved me a lot of money!!! I'll keep my 100s

I’ll stick to my trusty D700 and spend the extra $5,000 plus I saved and travel to Italy, France, Morocco.

Jordan, even though you say the GFX 100 II can't be a Prime Video camera, the GFX is the most cinematic when you look at your interior footage shot on the same set. Including the A9 III. The only 10-bit result is the most disappointing. If it had internal RAW 12bit like Canon, I would have bought it for video.

You are scaring the heck out of me by holding that $7500 camera over a railing without a neck strap. One slight "oops" and ...

The fact that the video was shot by G9M2 is more interesting than the big old mid format. Look at that color!

Such a great camera release. I hope the lens lineup gets some care, mainly in the looks. Would be really nice if there were more really wide fstop lens options. Stuff that rivals f1.4 FF lenses.

Waiting for medium format sports camera 14-20 fps.with appropriate focus

There's something about those MF images that just jumps, especially in post where you can really see it. The whole bit depth issue is only an issue if you must shoot 8fps instead of 5 or less, and really only if you don't expose properly. Folks that push files will be shooting in 16-bit single AF or manual anyway

Maybe the third gen will have 2 CFExpress card slots, a faster buffer and 16bit depth in all shooting modes.

would be great if you can add a footer caption for shot on "X camera + XX lens) for these videos.

2:47 Wow I'm liking the low angle shot good job Jordan and Chris liking those colors.

A 100 megapixel medium format camera review with ... no landscape photos at all? Not what I was expecting

Thank you for always doing great videos. Why do you use the G9II vs the S5II?

Manny Ortiz flash.. :D nice.

I noticed some tech-tubers saying "silicone" instead of "silicon" recently. What's going on there?

I rented the GFX100II for a commercial project. Overall I loved it, but what really irritated me was the viewfinder. The picture always was way cooler than on the rear display and it made it really hard to work with sometimes.

Very good review! Thanks!

I celebrate your entire catalog, but computer chips are called silicon; "silicone" is the stuff used to make breast implants.

Thanks for the review - This camera is really a test for many video features, and I think the next GFX camera will be the amazing video camera we all hope for (faster, lower megapixels).. Until then, I will be using mine as a B cam slash Travel Cam - and utilizing it's incredible flexibility/versatility with all kinds of adapted lenses.

A ginger beard is every photographers dream!

Very interesting. I hope I'm getting this right....that while there are impressive improvements on the GFX100 II....if you have the original GFX100, there's really NOT any super compelling reasons to upgrade.....?

would have been great if they could have figured out 16 bit video and had the codecs to save it. even if it was external

The video quality is absurdly good here. G9 II?

2:49 Fujifilm went full Goyard bag style with this one 🤣

Isn't Canada supposed to be freezing cold in November?