Got both and far prefer the GFX100 ii …… better handling, more robust build, better button placement, far better EVF making assessment of focus more accurate, better tiltable screen. Tilt adapter makes EVF use far more flexible. Tripod bush attachment far more robust than the flimsy arrangement on the 100s (a minor jolt stripped the internal attachment threads on mine and needed the whole back plate it is fixed to replaced). IBIS improvement is marginal with most lenses and image quality/dynamic range if any different is imperceptible. Traded in the older and more battered of my 2 100s bodies (a long story why I ended up with 2….) before it lost too much value or gave up the ghost. If I had the choice as a new Fuji user I would pay the extra for the 100 ii over the 100s …… but as an upgrade from a recently bought 100s I wouldn’t bother. All are great cameras but you have to be aware of the drawbacks of going to high mpx MF from 35mm as well as the advantages. It’s not for everyone and technique is far more critical in getting best quality images.

I bought the GFX 100S earlier this year, and love it, but I'm still getting used to everything it can do. As I do mostly landscape, and don't do video, I'm definitely not going to upgrade. I'm not sure what _would_ make me consider an upgrade. More than 100MP? Can't see needing it. Faster? _I_ don't need it (and have other, faster cameras if I do). Better viewfinder? Probably won't miss it. I am lusting after that TS lens, though!

I love hearing you explain your thinking about tech. Looks like a great camera.

Thank you for comparison between the two beasts, I stick for now with GFX50sII , knowing that is an old sensor but still for my architecture, cityscapes, landscapes is more than enough. Obviously the latest is appealing but I don’t live with photography and for a merely hobby is too expensive. Cheers 🍻

Always fun to get new kit, but if the camera has better ergonomics - now that gets my attention. For my use case I need really fast auto focus, pretty much anything else comes in 2nd at the most. Right now, my kit does the job - so as long as I don't wear something out or break it - or win the lottery.... I'm set. But for a 2nd brand to add the Fuji line has a lot to offer.

Thank you so much for a nice video and an honest review. I really appreciate that you so clearly state the things that you’re not interested in and haven’t tested. Too many “reviewers” these days claim to be able to tell you THE TRUTH about the products that they’re reviewing as if everyone would use them the way that they do

Thank you and well put. In the USA right now the 100S can be had NEW for US$4400 and the GFX 100II is $7500. Agree upgrade when a new sensor comes out since right now 100MP is the same 100MP for both 100MP cameras. For the difference in price one can get a very nice GF lens or two for my landscape photography. Trying to ascertain if the T/S 30 would be worth the money for landscape.

Marvelous take for anyone making a huge choice and investment. I always enjoy your pragmatism and depth of understanding on photography, especially TS lenses. I do aerial photography, and image quality is paramount for me. Having lenses that are sharp to the corners are equally important. AF from an aerial heights can be a hit or miss even on a DSLR or mirrorless camera. I suspect I’m going to resort to MF for either the GFX 100S or 100 II as 35mm sensor cameras can be challenged on many occasions with atmospheric haze and lower contrast images from afar.

Great, practical review. Thank you! Will stick with the S

Thanks for the review, it reassures me that keeping my original GFX100 is the right decision. The tilt EVF is very handy btw.

Great review, Keith. I currently have the original 100 and it's not getting any lighter. If the new version didn't look so strikingly better than the 100S it would be a no-brainer. Oh the vanity in me 😂

Another great, and very interesting video Keith. Your output is always entertaining. I like your overall viewpoint often mentioned 'This or that feature/detail/new kit isn't of use or interest to me in what I do but if it is to you, well knock yourself out, go for it- but I don't get any mileage from it'. In a comment to your recent video about print pricing formulas- 'It should be 3x your costs' to which you put forward your own different viewpoint. My comment was in fact a missed opertunity, it should have been a question. Where is the market for prints. Is there a viable market for prints at all? With a lot of other youtube contributors seeming to advise us 'You really should print your work, it won't make you much money but it will improve your photography ' So as someone who reviews lots of printers, offers courses on printing, prints a percentage of his own work and sells some display prints for clients office space. I would not be the least surprised if your youtube reviews don't make more turnover than actual prints sales do, so you are better placed than most to say Who is doing all the printing and do they make any money?

I have been enjoying using the 100S and the pictures it produces. I thought I’d have more trouble adjusting to an electronic viewfinder, but I’ve had no problems with that one. I realize that there are advantages and disadvantages to bothe types. But if I needed a clearer view, I don’t think I’d buy a camera with more viewfinder pixels just for that. I’d use my DSLR more. And for manual focusing, I use the back screen mostly, whether on the 100S or the DSLR. I find that my Canon lenses work great on the 100s with the Fringer adaptor and give me a lot more pixels, even when there is some vignetting that I crop out. So I don’t use the DSLR as much as I thought I might still do.

I have currently got my eye on the used market in the coming months for the 100 original or the 100s! The original maybe more durable and I heard a few photographers have had shutter issues with the 100s needing repairs. I am a bit annoyed I missed the Fuji cash-back deals last year on Black Friday…50s2 and the kit lens was $4000 AUD / $2600 USD sure 50mp would also suit my needs, just wanting that sweet GFX dynamic range compared to the Canon, to hopefully not bracket in most situations..or only bracket an under and not an over as well.….Will also keep my x2 5dsRs (possibly sell 1 if I like the GFX workflow). Picked up a cheap Cambo CA-GFX to host my Canon TS-E lenses in the meantime in preperation.

1. hasselblad or fuji? is one question. 2. comparing the 100 II to the 100S is missing the point of the 100 II. the 100 II is a battery grip less successor to the original 100. in the not distant future i expect a Successor to the 100S (100S II). from this i look at it as an updated version of the more expensive original 100. i didnt buy the S but i am considering this one. Eye AF makes life easy.

Keith have you been able to notice a tangible difference in ibis between the two?

Isn't it a 55mm f1.7 lens? See your title. Thank you for your wonderful reviews!

I have a nearly three-year-old Canon R5 which has been a joy to use. The new version will (likely) come out next spring. Will I buy it? Probably not, for the same sort of reasons you mention.

Did you compare the cameras IBIS handheld ?

Sony do have a new 150 megapixels sensor, but they are holding it back, my guess is that there is no processors fast enough yet to keep up with higher resolution, too many today demands AF speed and video, which I do not.

Will the Nikon pc-e lenses cover this large sensor?

Sound advices as a prof. photographer you must produce an income and not blow the money on new kit if its not better. I try to think the same but not I'm not as successful in my year of upgrading my old 12Mpix lenses to 45Mpix D850.

I guess the new camera would have appeal for portrait photographers.

I had bought the GFX100II but returned it after comparing in between my Sony A1 and the GFX even after stretching to picture twice as big from my Sony A1 date looked better than the GFX not worth a $20,000 upgrade

The new one use two different card slot, huge minus.