1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,420 so today is exciting because I get to 2 00:00:03,389 --> 00:00:09,150 try a camera that came out almost nine 3 00:00:06,420 --> 00:00:11,340 months ago ten months ago ish but that I've been wanting to try for a very long 4 00:00:10,740 --> 00:00:18,779 time Fuji films GFX 100 now why is this 5 00:00:15,690 --> 00:00:21,420 camera special because it is their best 6 00:00:18,779 --> 00:00:25,560 medium format camera that they've ever made so for those of you who have 7 00:00:22,769 --> 00:00:30,179 watched the GFX 50 hour video that we did on Linus tech tips a little while 8 00:00:26,849 --> 00:00:31,890 ago this is the better higher-end 9 00:00:30,179 --> 00:00:36,780 version of that camera and that was the first digital medium format camera that 10 00:00:33,719 --> 00:00:40,980 I've ever used so we have a camera strap 11 00:00:36,780 --> 00:00:43,559 some adapter plugs and here is the 12 00:00:40,980 --> 00:00:49,910 viewfinder so the viewfinder on this camera and Fugees other larger GFX 50s 13 00:00:46,969 --> 00:00:54,539 medium format camera have a removable viewfinder so you can get a couple 14 00:00:51,570 --> 00:00:58,170 different types and the old gfx 50s which is the one I didn't try the 15 00:00:56,250 --> 00:01:02,910 viewfinder from that camera also does work on this one so for those of you who 16 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:05,970 are unfamiliar medium format sits right 17 00:01:02,910 --> 00:01:07,890 above 35 millimeter full frame and then 18 00:01:05,970 --> 00:01:13,830 below that you have aps-c in Micro Four Thirds so the sensor size is huge this 19 00:01:12,330 --> 00:01:19,080 is the highest resolution stills camera I think this is the highest resolution camera that I've ever held period very 20 00:01:18,540 --> 00:01:25,590 cool you have another secondary display besides your main US LCD for your 21 00:01:23,430 --> 00:01:29,820 settings so you don't have to if you don't want to overcrowd your LCD but 22 00:01:28,110 --> 00:01:34,079 you'll still then be able to know your settings the cherry on top of that is 23 00:01:31,770 --> 00:01:38,790 you can actually change what is displayed on this secondary display in 24 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:43,229 the rear sub monitor setting you can go to stills mode or movie mode and in 25 00:01:40,740 --> 00:01:52,110 still mode you can have it display your histogram okay so unfortunately our press unit is 26 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:56,969 almost dead and as far as we can tell in 27 00:01:52,110 --> 00:01:59,189 the Box there is no charger so that 28 00:01:56,969 --> 00:02:06,090 being the case we are going to see now if we can charge this thing through the 29 00:02:02,159 --> 00:02:10,679 type-c port it did turn on but it is not 30 00:02:06,090 --> 00:02:12,150 charging Fuji I know that you listen to 31 00:02:10,679 --> 00:02:16,489 customer feedback and people ask a lot of you but would it be 32 00:02:13,730 --> 00:02:23,870 hard to allow people to charge their camera and use it it has dual SD card 33 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:27,200 slots which is always nice to have the 34 00:02:23,870 --> 00:02:29,080 display on the top is pretty useful you 35 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:35,209 can actually map it to different things I've now changed it to have ISO and 36 00:02:32,150 --> 00:02:37,610 shutter speed be physical virtual dials 37 00:02:35,209 --> 00:02:41,480 on it so you can easily tell what your settings are just by looking at the 38 00:02:39,110 --> 00:02:45,500 dials kind of feels like a virtual version of what Fuji physically does on 39 00:02:43,940 --> 00:02:51,950 their other cameras like my X t2 where you have physical dials on the right 40 00:02:48,709 --> 00:02:53,930 here you have their multi movie and 41 00:02:51,950 --> 00:02:58,879 still mode which you have to press down this little button on the top in order 42 00:02:56,599 --> 00:03:03,709 to change the mode which is nice I don't know how much I like the fact that 43 00:03:01,390 --> 00:03:07,489 they're in like because usually the button is the top button and then you 44 00:03:05,450 --> 00:03:12,260 can just press down and change it whereas this one you have to hold down 45 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:16,660 and then use a second finger to move it 46 00:03:12,260 --> 00:03:20,500 you get to npt 125 batteries they're 47 00:03:16,660 --> 00:03:23,780 1230 milliamp hours each which for a 48 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:25,489 manufacturer standard battery is not 49 00:03:23,780 --> 00:03:29,750 that great it is a little disappointing that Fuji themselves does not include 50 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:35,150 larger batteries right off the bat and the nice thing about the LCD is that 51 00:03:31,790 --> 00:03:40,209 it's touchscreen and then the EVF itself 52 00:03:35,150 --> 00:03:45,260 is honestly very good quite sharp 53 00:03:40,209 --> 00:03:49,130 reasonable amount better than the GFX 50 54 00:03:45,260 --> 00:03:53,150 R that I used like it's sharper and it 55 00:03:49,130 --> 00:03:55,430 has no issues with like blackout or 56 00:03:53,150 --> 00:04:02,000 motion blur so trying the portrait grip again it is not very comfortable like 57 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:08,359 the fact that there's no padding and the grip itself is not nearly as significant 58 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:10,790 as the main grip this feels like sort of 59 00:04:08,359 --> 00:04:15,139 an afterthought Edition like it's great that they added a battery but made a 60 00:04:12,590 --> 00:04:19,789 battery grip style camera that has two batteries which considering the sensor 61 00:04:17,239 --> 00:04:24,639 and all the other power-hungry parts of this camera feels like a necessity not something 62 00:04:21,979 --> 00:04:34,840 that they just added on to have a better featured camera this like is 63 00:04:31,860 --> 00:04:42,909 probably a the worst part about the camera honestly like it balances okay 64 00:04:39,419 --> 00:04:45,180 but because it isn't comfortable I could 65 00:04:42,909 --> 00:04:51,099 not imagine shooting an entire session with the grip like this like I'd almost 66 00:04:48,460 --> 00:04:56,319 rather have some sort of other solution to get the camera this way now if you 67 00:04:53,439 --> 00:05:01,990 watch the XT four video you know that I was upset that Fuji did not put a 68 00:04:58,990 --> 00:05:05,349 headphone jack on the XT four but they 69 00:05:01,990 --> 00:05:07,710 did put a headphone jack on this Fuji 70 00:05:05,349 --> 00:05:12,219 also did include this interesting little tilt adapter which I've not used before 71 00:05:11,050 --> 00:05:20,680 and I didn't get a chance to check one of these out because I haven't used their other 50s but this adapter 72 00:05:16,990 --> 00:05:23,379 basically allows you to use the GFX 100 73 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:29,740 in the same way that you would use an old film medium format camera so you can 74 00:05:27,219 --> 00:05:35,860 see that the adapter acts quite a bit of girth to this guy look at how far away 75 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:38,259 the EVF has moved almost it the size of 76 00:05:35,860 --> 00:05:47,680 itself away from the camera but the benefit of this little adapter it allows 77 00:05:41,050 --> 00:05:50,800 you to do this it can also go side to 78 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:52,899 side so when you really want to you know 79 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:59,879 point your camera to the left or the right and look at it straight ahead 80 00:05:56,430 --> 00:06:03,430 well Fugees got you covered for a measly 81 00:05:59,879 --> 00:06:07,629 five hundred and seventy nine dollars US 82 00:06:03,430 --> 00:06:09,610 which is oof for this little doctor that 83 00:06:07,629 --> 00:06:15,849 does this and this and this and this and this that's a lot that's a lot of money 84 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:23,620 but you know if you're paying ten thousand dollars for a camera why not 85 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:25,199 it's fun oh that is a tight mount feels 86 00:06:23,620 --> 00:06:31,020 good yes yeah it like wow I'm surprised this 87 00:06:29,219 --> 00:06:36,629 this mount and the whole camera with a lens on it feels very solid so another 88 00:06:34,710 --> 00:06:40,979 big selling point to this camera over the GFX 50 R or the other medium format 89 00:06:38,789 --> 00:06:45,960 cameras that Fuji has made so far is that this has two really big features 90 00:06:43,710 --> 00:06:53,699 that no medium format camera has ever had one in-body stabilization 5.5 stops 91 00:06:50,779 --> 00:07:00,240 which in order to take advantage of the 100 megapixel resolution that's huge 92 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:02,310 because then you can shoot at shutter 93 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:06,029 speeds that you wouldn't be able to handheld or even in general be able to 94 00:07:04,620 --> 00:07:11,969 shoot handheld with a lot more confidence that your shots are gonna come out perfectly tack sharp and then 95 00:07:09,810 --> 00:07:16,529 the second feature that it has is phase detection autofocus which for those of 96 00:07:14,580 --> 00:07:21,210 you who are nerdy and know what that is phase detection versus contrast 97 00:07:18,900 --> 00:07:28,229 detection autofocus on a stills camera is night and day difference phase 98 00:07:24,479 --> 00:07:30,830 detection is so much faster and a lot of 99 00:07:28,229 --> 00:07:40,879 the times so much more accurate and boozy Fugees implementation of the phase 100 00:07:35,219 --> 00:07:43,139 detection autofocus is pretty impressive 101 00:07:40,879 --> 00:07:48,719 most of Fugees lenses that are this high-end come with a little bank precise 102 00:07:46,550 --> 00:07:51,919 owners owner's manual who reads that for a lens 103 00:07:56,010 --> 00:08:03,070 and it's an image stabilized lens on top 104 00:08:00,639 --> 00:08:08,020 of the fact that the camera itself will have in body of image stabilization so 105 00:08:05,350 --> 00:08:10,540 that's stacking of stabilization is really gonna give you a lot of 106 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:17,919 confidence on the long end of a lens like this oh this is an even tighter 107 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:20,070 click holy crap this lens mount is very 108 00:08:17,919 --> 00:08:28,240 strong okay - the biggest lens for stills that I 109 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:32,050 have a box so this feels honestly pretty 110 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:34,570 similar to a 70 to 200 light canon lens 111 00:08:32,050 --> 00:08:39,580 that i've used in the past and honestly the size of it is also very similar 112 00:08:37,419 --> 00:08:47,529 might even be a little bit lighter and this also has oh is which is nice and 113 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:50,470 like it really does focus very quickly 114 00:08:47,529 --> 00:08:55,810 my XT - doesn't focus this quickly it is really impressive that if you really 115 00:08:53,350 --> 00:08:58,570 wanted to you could go out on the street or if you were doing nature photography 116 00:08:57,460 --> 00:09:05,410 and something was happening quickly you've used to point your camera up and 117 00:09:00,900 --> 00:09:07,920 then like very quickly get your focus 118 00:09:05,410 --> 00:09:14,410 and have confidence that you were both relatively stable and sharp really 119 00:09:11,950 --> 00:09:18,520 impressed cuz again that's this is a lot of sensor to process every time you hit 120 00:09:16,779 --> 00:09:24,070 that shutter button okay so going back to the 32 to 64 for a second this camera 121 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:35,620 also has which is a first for medium format cameras in general 4k 10-bit 122 00:09:28,570 --> 00:09:39,820 video so that puts it as a not terrible 123 00:09:35,620 --> 00:09:42,279 option for 4k video now again you are 124 00:09:39,820 --> 00:09:46,800 paying $10,000 for a stills camera that is fully featured but the fact that it 125 00:09:44,050 --> 00:09:54,670 also has 4k video that's not bad is impressive you have the aterna profile 126 00:09:51,250 --> 00:09:57,430 that is been added to most of who Jesus 127 00:09:54,670 --> 00:10:03,579 now all the new ones at least and you also have log that you can F log that 128 00:10:01,209 --> 00:10:07,510 you can shoot in camera and then grade later or I believe also shoot externally 129 00:10:06,820 --> 00:10:16,300 that means you get to use a medium format sensor 130 00:10:11,010 --> 00:10:21,400 for 4k video guys that's crazy 131 00:10:16,300 --> 00:10:23,470 now unfortunately before I got too 132 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:28,060 excited I also realized that most of Fugees lenses that you would use with 133 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:33,550 the GF mount on this camera for stills are not really going to be able to take 134 00:10:31,630 --> 00:10:40,210 advantage of that larger sensor because they're at stops that are pretty deep 135 00:10:36,070 --> 00:10:44,200 like this is an f4 that's an F 5.6 and 136 00:10:40,210 --> 00:10:47,230 then this is also an f4 however if you 137 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:52,030 adapt to the lens that could cover the 138 00:10:47,230 --> 00:10:55,030 size of the sensor then you have a setup 139 00:10:52,030 --> 00:10:57,370 that gets into like IMAX territory in 140 00:10:55,030 --> 00:11:01,420 terms of resolution now it's not gonna be as good as that but that's honestly 141 00:10:59,110 --> 00:11:07,480 not that's fine because it's a stills camera but that can also shoot video on 142 00:11:03,820 --> 00:11:11,110 a sensor this big that's pretty cool 143 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:13,330 honestly I'm impressed that Fuji decided 144 00:11:11,110 --> 00:11:19,810 to take the time to add that feature and make it not bad like it's 10 bit h.265 145 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:24,640 and you couldn't record externally with a log profile and it shoots amazing 146 00:11:21,670 --> 00:11:27,640 stills good job Fuji so if you're looking for a medium format camera that 147 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:31,920 can do more than most medium format cameras can do this might be it 148 00:11:32,070 --> 00:11:36,150 subscribe to ShortCircuit see you 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