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@@amermeleitor appreciate it! Yep, I’m very surprised, I don’t notice much difference from Sony. In some situations the files feel like they handle highlight recovery better than my Sony setup, but that could very easily just be bias.

@@RealCelticGamer thanks mate! Loving it so far

@@germancreatives88 thanks mate! Nah just am iPhone 14 Pro strapped to top of my camera haha

@@HabibiAltun heya! Yeah, I feel your pain on the 50s II. I think the autofocus of the 100s II and 100 II is basically the same, the most significant difference for me was the buffer - 100S II had a buffer of like 17 images vs 65 ish in the 100 II. I couldn’t risk hitting buffer in key wedding moments so I went for the 100 II. So if you know you’ll need long bursts occasionally, go for the big dog - if you don’t, the 100S II will be perfectly fine. For what it’s worth, I find the 55, 80 and 110 way slower to focus than other GF lenses like the 23, 30, and 63. The latter 3 feel more like my mirror less Sony setups, super quick and smooth to focus, no hunting, etc.

Thanks bro appreciate this very much!

@@matthewbushey9455 hey mate! 1) not using flash at this stage, available light only. 2) noted! 3) ha yeah, I recorded this at like 11pm at my studio, I just couldn’t be fucked setting up

Shit - just saw your follow-up video now 😂

Ha I definitely need to do a more generic “thoughts after the switch” video, now I’m a few months in and focus more on the x-t5 as well, as I’m using that a lot too. Certainly more content to come around this. Hope you’re enjoying the 100S!

@@captaincook6283 wow thank you mate, appreciate the kind words, and happy to hear the video format is working. These are pretty easy edits with my preset, basically one click and adjustment of exposure and white balance. I’m working on an edit-focussed video now, and will have my presets up for sale (with a sharp intro offer) pretty soon!

@@gleneaton3852 nice! All good man hope that helps!

@@FoxyFQ300 thank you mate!! Yep just a preset that I’ve been dialling in the last couple years.

Hahaha what’s even crazier is that I haven’t insured it yet 😅😅😅 Appreciate it dude!!

@@ethanlowryphotography Wild man!! Forgot to note that my favorite part was the contrast between the brown and green hues.. with the dead foliage and the green foliage. Good shit man!!

@@oxeneersoh shit thanks dude, I really appreciate it! I almost left that one out, wasn’t sure about it.

@@oxeneersalso, subbed to your channel yesterday and watched a bunch of your videos, nice work dude!

This is the way 💥

Chur chur

Yeah, I feel like 50 is the focal length all photographers end up at in time. I wish the 55 1.7 were a bit snappier to focus, but it’s a real gem when you give it time and space to do its thing.

Everyone has their own way of doing things, I think I’ve just found my rhythm. We’ll see if that changes with my switch to Fuji when next wedding season comes. Haha the bit where I just CBF finishing the video properly, and then compare it to a toilet? 🥲

Yep totally! Seems like mixed format is a thing of the past, but it doesn’t need to be.

Hahahah thanks dude!

@@JasonLawrenceNoel same! Thought it would take more adjusting coming from a 24mm on Sony, but was pretty easy. Thanks mate!

No flash! Thanks mate.

Thanks mate! I’m really enjoying it. I haven’t used third party lenses in probably 7 years (sigma lenses when I was in Nikon DSLRs), so was skeptical at first, but I’m a believer now. Im used to the 24mm Sony GM, and this feels much the same but just a tad wider. I’ll make a proper review on it for sure.

Thanks mate! Yep, can do! Will comment here when I’ve updated description.

done! link in description.

@@ethanlowryphotography Thank you so much. Great pictures. It's crazy how the X-T5 gets so close to the GFX in terms of quality. But sometimes the RAW files behave strangely, sometimes they are muddy even at iso 100 and sometimes they are crystal clear.

Thanks mate! Not a dumb question at all. You can shoot RAW+JPG and it’ll bake the film sim into your JPG and give you the standard raw file as well. But even the jpgs on this beast are massive so I tend to just shoot raw only

Ha! Good to have more kiwis on here, seems like most are aggro Americans (not in these comments, just CZcams in general 🤣)

Hey Matthias! Thanks so much for the comment, like subscribe! Let me know if you have any questions or want to see me cover anything in particular in future videos 👍

@@ethanlowryphotography Thank you very much for your kind answer!😀 Everything that concerns the GFX system is very interesting to me!👍 Thank you! Greetings Matthias!👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

Yeah totally can! It’s a pretty impressive camera.

🤣🤣🤣 thanks for watching!

Gang gang 🫶

Cheers mate, appreciate the comment and thanks for following along!

Haha! 🙌🙌🙌

Haha thanks mate! Such a fun and interesting system. Congrats on your new 100II too!

Hey mate! Yeah I tossed up a Q2/3 as well, but decided to go gfx mostly for the wow factor for portraits and commercial work, and xt5 with the 18mm 1.4 because I love 28mm. I still dream about getting a Q eventually.

@@ethanlowryphotography I a shooting the xt4, 18, 33 and 50mm. Just picked up the xh2 and love the sensor but wish I got the xt5 as don’t love the body tbh

@@jasonmarkharris ah yeah, I do like the xt body style - if it doesn’t put you out too much $$ could be worth the trouble switching!

@@ethanlowryphotography I think I will, even if the xh2 goes into my second shooters kit and a back up for me.

@@jasonmarkharris yeah, fair call!

Hahah it’s a thing! I think itchy feet can happen in any system, but there were sooo many people that switched around a7iii and a7riii that there’s a bit of an exodus.

@@ethanlowryphotographyyah idk I’m in a bit of a funk I am currently obsessed with film, a medium format Fuji for me who’s between professional and hobbyist I can’t justify . I have the Sony A7IV and idk where to go and nothing with the Sony just I guess like Chris said in the video a bit blah/bland with Sony

@@24streetphotography oh cool bro! If you quite like the film experience and process but want a digital platform, the gfx 50r and mitakon 65mm could be an option?

If you only do portraits and headshots, and you don’t need a big image buffer, I think the 100SII is the better move.

@ethanlowryphotography thank you sir ❤️

@@denniss277 all good, all the best!

Well if you do portraits and headshots only then go for the gfx 100S first version. Same image quality and acceptable hybrid contrast-phase AF. You can shave 2000$/€

Mmmmm. Was an alcoholic ginger beer. V tasty. Thanks for the support as always Aimee 🙏🏼

Sorry mate can you clarify what you want to see more of?

@@ethanlowryphotography ????gfxii 55mm 1.7 gf?? Pls more!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😘😘😥👌👌😥👌😥😘👍🏻

@@KevinAroni-uz5rl ah yep cool, will do!

Similar, yes, but definitely different. I shot 55 1.8 and 50 1.2 for years.

@@ethanlowryphotography ok 50 1.2 would give u exactly the same as 55 1.7 on gfx. I tested out first Gfx and didnt get this hype about

@@mex5341 okay. I’d love to see your comparisons.

Not even close

@@nelsonclub7722 For most photographers, a medium format won't help neither

Oh cut it out!! Speaking of cutting stuff out - I recorded 55 minutes for this and got 7 usable minutes. I’m very selective 🤣

@@ethanlowryphotography oh 7 minutes from 55 mins of raw footage you definitely cut out a lot !! 😅😁 I cut out a lot too. My recent GH7 review, the original talking head video was 6 hours long. In the end my final video was 1.5 hours so you still cut out more than me😆

@@TheRealRichardWong I had about 5 more minutes of decent stuff, just decided to cut it because it kinda muddied the story and flow I think. Holy shit I’d actually go insane after 6 hours of recording. I was so over it at 55 min, I didn’t even bother recording an outro 🤣

@@ethanlowryphotography It's great that you know when to cut and throw away some stuff! Keep it short and fun :) Yeah, my review script was around 22 pages long. No way I can record 6 hours nonstop, my brain would explode! So I split that into 3 sessions 2 hours each.

@@TheRealRichardWong :o holy moly! the dedication is next level. hats off to ya man, that's hardcore!

Hahah thank you mate

AF wasn’t better in my experience - I’ve given it a proper go. And the buffer for continuous shooting is way smaller, only 17 images ish vs 65+ on the 100II. I waited to purchase this until I could get my hands on the 100S II, would have been nice to save the $$ but the buffer killed it for me.

And thanks for the kind words!

Cool man, glad you found it helpful! I shot with that same combo and just felt it was a bit too tricky to shoot alongside my Sony stuff. I think you’re ok the money with the “knowing when to use it” angle - it can be quite conditional.

Thanks dude!

Thanks man! This wedding I did all prep on GFX, 50/50 for ceremony, and all xt5 for reception.

Thank you dude! Appreciate you as always

Haha thanks mate

@@ethanlowryphotography I saw your video on GFX. I also recently sold my sony kit to use the GFX100S (first model). I am very satisfied with the quality of the files. Greetings from Italy.😉

@@nicoladongo Oh cool thanks mate! How are you liking that 100S? I hear they're pretty good too!

@@ethanlowryphotography the quality of the files is incredible. As optics I chose the 80mm 1.7 and the 45mm 2.8. Autofocus is not like Sony, but if you shoot static subjects there is no problem.

@@nicoladongo nice mate! yeah, i dont mind slowing down - the 100II seems to be a fair bit faster than the 100S, I've managed some solid tracking results so far. check out my latest first impressions vid if you haven't already :)

Huh?

Thanks mate, appreciate that!

Thanks mate glad you found the raws helpful! They’re gorgeous files ay. I’ll be in line for that fixed lens GFX if it comes out!

Hahah woah, what a kit!!