The FUJIFILM GFX100RF was announced earlier this week. As anticipated, this large-format camera grabbed the attention of photographers for obvious reasons (physical size/weight, sensor size, and shooting modes, just to name a few). But what about us filmmakers? Is this camera of any use to us, too? I took this attractive-looking camera for a very short spin and returned with some observations. This article and accompanying video are by no means a full review, but I think the information given here can satisfy the curiosity of many in our audience. March 20th and the weather in Prague was certainly lovely. The FUJIFILM GFX100RF announcement presentation just ended, and everyone (dealers and journalists) who attended the presentation and had access to the new camera simply vanished. Some people ended up eating lunch, others went to the hotel, and many went to the city center to take photos with the new toy they had just been exposed to. Lifestyle product. GFX100RF. Credit: CineD I took a deep breath and forced myself to concentrate. In my possession, I now had one of the most beautiful digital cameras I had ever held and, furthermore, a tool that would open an all-new chapter in the history of large-format photography and filmmaking, too, or so I hoped. Now, taking this camera out for filming felt almost too easy. And since I like to challenge the equipment I work with, I decided to use the camera in a way I’m pretty sure the engineers at FUJIFILM never...
Published By: CineD - 3 days ago