The Fujifilm GFX 50S is the first camera in the company’s new medium format GF series. It uses a 51. 4MP Medium Format CMOS sensor with a Bayer filter array. Like its smaller sensor X-series siblings, it offers retro-styling and direct controls in a well-balanced (albeit large) mirrorless body.
At 43. 8 Phase One XF and the Hasselblad H6D). The sensor is 1. 7x the surface area of full frame.
Notable Features
51. 4MP medium format CMOS sensor (43. 8
3. 69M-dot OLED Removable EVF
3. 2" 2. 36M-dot touch LCD tilts horizontally and vertically
AF-point-selection joystick
Weather-sealing
Film Simulation modes
1/125 sec flash sync speed
3 fps continuous shooting
1080/30p video capture
In-camera Raw processing
Dual SD card slots (UHS-II)
USB 3. 0 socket
Wi-Fi
How does it fit in?
The GFX 50S is an entirely new system and uses the brand new 'GF mount. ' At launch, three lenses will be available (with three more to ship by year's end). If you're turned off by the limited lens choice, don't be, in just five years, the company added 23 lenses to the X-mount lineup, turning a young system into one with lots of choices. So we'll likely see more GF lenses announced relatively soon.
Our Fujifilm Photokina interview alluded to the fact that the company has felt ready to go bigger for some time. This makes sense: with numerous brands operating in the Full Frame arena, it seems sensible to leapfrog that format all together. It's also a good way to keep product lines from cannibalizing one another.
The camera clearly shares a lot with its high-end X-series siblings, but not their X-Trans sensor array. Rather the GFX 50S uses a more traditional Bayer sensor array. The justification: Bayer reduces the complexities of signal processing, which is important when data is coming from such a large sensor.
With the GFX 50S you have the promise of an outstanding ergonomic experience - one in which company's X-series cameras are known for - coupled with a large sensor capable of lovely “Fujifilm” color renditions. The question is can it live up to this promise?
Stacking it up
Fujifilm is hoping the GFX 50S will find its way into the hands of commercial shooters working in fashion, portraiture or landscape. Of course, there are quite a few cameras on the market satisfying the needs of photographers in those disciplines. We've compared the GFX 50S to quite a few in the table below. But cameras like the Pentax K-1 and Sony a7R II also make for worthwhile comparisons.
Fujifilm
GFX 50S
Canon
EOS 5DS R
Nikon
D810
Pentax 645Z
Hasselblad X1D
Camera type
Mirrorless
SLR
SLR
SLR
Mirrorless
Sensor size
43. 8
35. 9 x 24. 0mm
35. 9 x 24. 0mm
43. 8
43. 8 x 32. 9mm
Pixel count
51. 4MP
50. 6MP
36. 3MP
51. 4MP
50MP
Max resolution
8256 x 6192px
8688 x 5792px
7360 x 4912px
8256
8272 x 6200px
Min ISO
ISO 100
(expand 50)
ISO 100
(Expand 50)
ISO 64
(Expand 32)
ISO 100
ISO 100
Max ISO
ISO 12,800
(expand 102,400)
ISO 6,400
(Expand 12,800)
ISO 12,800 (Expand 51,200)
ISO 204,800
ISO 25,600
Max frame rate
3 fps
5 fps
5 fps
3 fps
2. 3 fps
Autofocus system
On-sensor Contrast Detect
Dedicated 61-point AF sensor w/ 41 cross-type
Dedicated 51-point AF Sensor w/ 15 cross-type
Dedicated 27-point AF sensor w/ 25 cross-type
On-sensor Contrast Detect
Metering
On-sensor metering (256-zone)
150k-pixel (RGB+IR) metering sensor
91k-pixel RGB
86K-pixel RGB
On-sensor metering
LCD
3. 2" 2. 36M-dot tilting
3. 2"1. 04M-dot
fixed
3. 2" 1. 2M-dot fixed
3. 2" 1. 04M-dot tilting
3" 920K-dot
Touch-sensitive?
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Viewfinder
Electronic 3. 69M-dot (removable)
w/0. 85x mag
Optical w/ 0. 71x mag
Optical w/ 0. 7x mag
Optical w/
Electronic
2. 3M-dot
Video spec
1080/30p
1080/30p
1080/60p
1080/60i/30p
1080/25p
Dimensions
147. 5 x 94. 2 x 91. 4mm
152 x 117 x 76mm
146 x 123 x 81. 5mm
155 x 117 x 122mm
150 x 98 x 71mm
Weight
920 g
(with EVF)
845 g
880 g
1,550 g
725 g
Price (body only, MSRP)
$6500
$3700
$3300
$8500
$8600
Price, lenses and availability
The Fujifilm GFX 50S is available now for a body-only price of $6500. Currently, three lenses are available for the system (though availability seems to vary by region). They include the GF 63mm f/2. 8 R WR for $1500, the GF 120mm f/4 Macro R LM OIS WR for $2700, and the GF 32-64mm f/4 R LM WR Lens for $2300.
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