Perhaps no camera series has created a larger paradigm shift in the industry in the last decade than the Fujifilm's GFX series, which brought medium format prices into direct competition with the upper levels of full frame and modernized many of its capabilities at the same time. The GFX 100S is one of the most impressive options in the line, and this great video review discusses one photographer's thoughts after eight months with the camera.
Coming to you from Samuel Elkins, this excellent video review discusses eight months with the Fujifilm GFX 100S medium format mirrorless camera. The GFX 100 was already quite the impressive camera, offering a massive 102-megapixel medium format sensor with fantastic dynamic range and modern features normally reserved for smaller formats, all at a price that was significantly below traditional medium format levels. The GFX 100S is all the more compelling, keeping just about every feature the GFX 100 came with aside from the built-in grip and cutting the price nearly in half, bringing it into competition with the upper echelon of full frame cameras and making it an intriguing alternative for many photographers, particularly landscape and portrait shooters. Check out the video above for Elkins' full thoughts.
Since when has a blurry background become the holy grail of photography
Compare the output to a sony a7riii or a7riv. Can you really tell the difference more than 65 percent of the time
I use both a Nikon Z7 and Fuji GFX 100s. By its very nature, I find the GFX 100s to be a more thoughtful process, due to its size and weight.
that logic escapes most folks
Tonnage might matter in Crude Oil carriers and Summo Wrestlers
but a heavy camera is a camera that slows you down artificially, while plenty of gorgeous photos have been taken with a leica with a 35mm 2,8 compact lens
Unless you like a larger camera like me. I don't like the small camera in hand feel. Subjective for sure, but unless I become disabled to a point that I can't carry what I have, I'll stick with a larger form.
Artificial or not, being slowed down matters a lot in certain genres (eg landscape photography).
Also being used to heavy equipment means that in case you need to reach further and drop some weight for that, you are going to use a camera system which is baseline for the others.
Back in the days I rather hauled my 4x5 monorail to mountain tops that bring a dslr with inferior quality, except when it was way out of my reach otherwise.
Now having Phase One system arm reach, I only use my Canon R5 either when I need long focal length, or I may be able to photograph fast moving subject (wildlife) that day.
I'm not discounting the images that can come from a small camera. But, it really depends upon the use case. When I'm doing landscapes, the slow, thoughtful process works best for me (that probably comes from decades of using 4x5). When I'm travelling, I'm not sure that I'd be taking the Fuji in walk through the old town of Prague (maybe for individual shots of the castle or Charles Bridge at sunrise).