Fujifilm GFX Prices Crater at the End of 2023; Take Advantage While You Can!
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I'm going to go off piste a little for those that struggle to see a use case for the big Fuji or question the benefits over FF.
Yesterday the BBC broadcast a documentary about the coronation year of King Charles III. (Available of iPlayer for those in the UK and if you use a VPN those overseas).
One section dealt with taking the first official portrait photographs of the King and Queen.
Royal Photographer Hugo Burnand was using Fuji GFX. That's right, not Hasselblad etc. Fuji!
I spotted it and was a bit surprised. I can't speak for other high profile successful professionals, or anybody else actually, it seems to me to be a point of some interest.
Thanks for the reference!
Among other enjoyable facets of this video, I especially appreciated the B&W quality. Very pleasing to watch.
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊🖖🏻
I got a new 50s ii....3 lenses (2 new) for less than 9k Australian...it was robbery 😮...8 weeks later and I'm in love with this system 😍...so darn good as landscape photographer..I chose the 50s ii because it's bigger pixels are better in lowlight blue hour and golden hour. This would have cost me 15k a year ago.
All the best to you for 2024, Hugh. Thank you for your beautiful, thoughtful contribution to my 2023.
😊🖖🏻
Happy new year to you, Peter!
You are so right! Picked up the 100s and 120 macro. Goes right along with my Sony system. I use the gfx in the studio and the Sony for anything fast or unfamiliar
These cameras look killer. Hard to imagine what the next generation GFX will bring to the table.
progress is wonderful... Thanks for the video.... Happy New Year !
And to you and yours, Stuart!
I purchased a new GFX 50S II for $2150 USD from Amazon Warehouse during Black Friday. The only issue was a missing box. New ones are still selling for $3000 USD as you state in the video .
Get an adapter for your other glass. My Nikon glass is great on my gfx.
Hope you had a good Christmas and happy New Year to you all. Thanks for all the great videos.
Happy holidays to you as well!
Very few pros can afford all the upgrades! I'm retired but never walked with the herd!
When all the successful pros were working with Hasselblad 500, I used my Mamiya C series. Easy to afford lenses, A spare body way less than Hasselblad magazine. The need for regular services on all the bits of Hassie! The straight film run in Mamiya and Pentax 6x7 equaled out the Zeiss lenses.. I like reading and seeing! But it's been years since I bought new equipment. Mostly donations! Interesting..
Thanks for sharing!
I just pulled the trigger on the OG GFX 50s for 1750. Feb 23
It may never happen but a GFX 100 Monochrom would be something to behold. Maybe too niche for Fujifilm?
I would love an update to the 50R. Ive got 6x7 "Texas Leica" and the 50R would be a wonderful compliment to its nuch older sibling.
Spot on! How do you compare the 100s with Fuji glass to your SL2 with Leica glass? Both are lovely cameras.
Hi Hugh. I have the 30TS lens since launch. It's a bit of a beast but it is super sharp and its shift capability makes it a phenomenal lens for architectural photography. I'm running it with the original GFX 100 - even more of a beast but it's on a tripod anyway, and as you say in the video, my subjects don't move around much :))
Delighted to learn it’s living up to its ambition! Thanks for weighing in (😉)!
Very tempting. A while back, I opted for a Lumix S1R and an adapted Canon 24mm TSE lens. While I’m sure the larger format sensors on the GFX will have an advantage, it’s tough to justify as I have acquired some very competent L-Mount glass since then. I’m still missing that tiling EVF, though.
I adapt FF lenses (often vintage) on my GFX bodies I have and they are great to work with!!
The S1R scored very, very well on DxOMark. It's underrated for sure.
thank you for this information
My pleasure!
Happy New Year!
And to you!
Picked up a GFX 50S for 1200 € last week. Added a 50 € Andoer adapter and I am happily shooting with my EF 35mm f/2 IS USM, EF 50mm f/1.8 STM, EF 100mm f/2.8 L and EF 200mm f/2.8 L II while I wait for my GFX lenses to arrives. Such ridiculously good image quality for the money.
how good is the EF 50mm 1.8 on Gfx? And the 35mm? I would love to see some shots
@@vitorpavan1679 They both work without issue and cover the full sensor area.
@@ryankwan1934 thanks for the answer.
Do you have a place where i can see some samples?
My face when a GFX is cheaper than an x100v.
This system is now beter then hasselblad….
Fujifilm does indeed make the highest performing MFD cameras in the market, for any price. They pretty much own this market segment.
The only metric that they haven't won yet is pixel count. But even there, it's almost irrelevant. Almost.
another youtuber said, the 30ts is the first ever lense, that it's worth to buy the cam (100 II) for that lens 😅🤩👍
i'm happy with shlepping such stuff 😂
😊
meanwhile ... I am trying to lighten up in my travels ... returning to my aging G9X on a recent journey to the Cook Islands ... 🏝
Best to you and Claudia for 2024! [its going to be one heck of a year]
Right back at you, Ed! Best to you and Lynnae!
And to you and Lynnae!
Hi Hugh!!
The only problem I have with the older GFX cameras is….Fuji stopped making batteries for them, and there’s lots of horror stories of 3rd party batteries swelling up and ruining bodies.
I have the GFX100 and picked up a GFX50R, just to have a rangefinder and shoot in XPan aspect ratio with adapted vintage lenses.
What is your advice for batteries? Do you know or a brand that is dependable and won’t swell?
Thanks in advance!!!
CC
I don’t - and didn’t know that, so thank you!!
I didn’t know they’d stopped making the batteries! Sorry that I don’t have an answer for you! Anyone else here have ideas?
I bought a 50R a month ago, my first digital medium format camera.
I'm thoroughly enjoying discovering what the format has to offer and using such a beautifully designed and engineered camera, despite it being the "ugly stepchild" of the GFX lineup.
😊👍🏻
It will still just be a rental for me as I don’t see using it more than 2 or 3 times per year.
I understand.
It doesn't have to be medium format. And certainly, it doesn't have to be this price point. Landscape, urban landscape and architecture photographers can score an unbelievable bargain in picking up the Canon 5DsR with the EF tilt shift lenses from Canon for a fraction of the price of the GFX system. I would pick the 5DsR over the GFX 50S EVERY time, given the quality and flexibility of EF lens mount options. In fact, that's exactly what I did and would do again.
4:20 Not true. Canon 5DsR (51MP) at around USD1,300 like new with six months warranty + Canon TS-E 24mm f3.5 L II at around USD1,000 used or USD1,700 brand new in box. You would still have enough cash to also add the Canon TS-E 17mm L and be cheaper.
Nah, I’m taking the GFX every time over the Canon.
You can use canon tse lenses on the GFX. 50mm, 90mm and 135mm are excellent. 24mm not up to their standards but still pretty good. Now Fuji offers a 30mm TSE which is excellent from what I hear.
Someone actually wanted to trade me a GFX 50S for my Leica M9, I said no. I might have been a little tempted if I didn't already own a Hasselblad X1DII/X2D.
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I decided I like the Hassy X2D better…so price is not the deciding factor for me.
Cool cameras, but they lose value like no other… expensive in the beginning and almost worthless after a short period of time🤷♂️
Maybe it's just me but i don't get the Fuji GFX and Hassy XCD system... i mean they're great cameras sure... but the sensor really is only marginably bigger than fullframe.... and the pixel count is just too high.... if you NEED the quality of medium format and do it professionally... you are renting anyway and you probably rent a PhaseOne or a big boy Hassy....
I just don't get their place in the market for the money they're asking for.... sure beautiful cameras... but compared to what Sony and Panasonic are offering price wise.... it's just too expensive even at 50% off
I have the GFX100 and GFX50R…
Trust me, it’s worth it.
And that larger sensor allows you to have the higher pixel count with larger pixels…
I’ve compared my shots vs my Canon and Leica gear.
There’s a difference…and even though the digital MF isn’t as large as shooting on 120 film, that larger sensor IS large enough to give you more of that separation and 3D pop you get from true MF or LF film.
GFX has replaced Phase and Hassy for many professional photographers. 1.7x larger sensor is more than a marginal difference. Don't know any pros who use Hassy digital backs any more.
@@f8haus Another good one is the Voigtlander 75mm 1.5 or the 50mm 0.95….
Both of these are great on the GFX…
Minimal vignetting that can easily be fixed in post.
I play with these on my spare GFX50R that I bought solely to shoot with adapted vintage lenses in XPan aspect ratio…
@@f8hausLol well I work with some of the biggest brands and photographers in the world but maybe that isn’t serious enough for you. I don’t pay much attention to influencers
@@f8haus Just making a counterpoint here because GFX very much has a place in professional photography. For adverting and product shooting the large file size is needed especially for large format printing and the ability to achieve multiple crops from one frame. Hassy software is awful and phase is pricey and also slow. I work with Phase with a hassy H5 body, Nikon Z9 , Canon R5 and GFX 100. I’ve no need for IG.
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