Fujifilm GFX100SII
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Fujifilm GFX100II:
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Started technical verification of remote photography combining the mirrorless digital camera “GFX100 series” with a drone capable of long flight times
Towards realizing large-area, ultra-high-definition photography from the sky
FUJIFILM Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yoshikazu Goto) has recently begun a technical verification with Ishikawa Energy Research Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Ota City, Gunma Prefecture; Representative Director: Mitsuru Ishikawa) regarding remote shooting technology using the company’s mirrorless digital camera “GFX100 series” with a 102-megapixel large format sensor *1 mounted on a new series hybrid drone *2 capable of long flight times. Through this verification, the two companies aim to realize large-area, ultra-high-definition shooting from the sky using a drone. The new drone equipped with the “FUJIFILM GFX100S II” from the “GFX100 series” will be exhibited at the Ishikawa Energy Research booth at the “2024 Japan International Aerospace Exhibition” to be held at Tokyo Big Sight from October 16th to 19th.
In this technical verification, Ishikawa Energy Research will be responsible for developing software to remotely control the “GFX100 Series” on a drone that can fly for approximately 90 minutes using advanced engine technology *3 , and our company will provide technical support to remotely control the “GFX100 Series” mounted on the drone. The two companies aim to establish technology to mount the “GFX100 Series,” which can capture ultra-high resolution images, on a drone capable of long flight times, and capture a wide area in ultra-high definition from the sky while responding promptly to weather changes during long-term shooting. This technology is expected to be used in a variety of situations, including inspecting large equipment, managing farms and forests over a wide area, and checking the damage situation at disaster sites.
The “GFX100 series” equipped with a 102-megapixel large-format sensor can capture ultra-high resolution images when combined with a dedicated interchangeable lens, capturing approximately four times the area of a camera equipped with a 26-megapixel APS-C size sensor. In addition, the latest model in the “GFX100 series,” the “FUJIFILM GFX100S II,” weighs approximately 883g (body only), making it extremely lightweight for a camera equipped with a large-format sensor with over 100 million pixels, so it can be mounted on a drone as a consumer camera system, demonstrating overwhelming cost performance compared to drone-specific cameras of the same sensor size.
Fujitsu will continue to develop solutions that take advantage of the ultra-high resolution image capture capability that is a distinctive feature of the GFX100 Series.
*1 An image sensor with a diagonal length of 55 mm (43.8 mm horizontal x 32.9 mm vertical), approximately 1.7 times the area of a 35 mm format sensor.
*2 A drone that stores electricity generated by an engine in a battery and uses that electricity to drive a motor.
*3 When loaded with 5kg.
Image 1): A grape field photographed by the “FUJIFILM GFX100S” mounted on a drone. By synthesizing 2,028 images in 3D, the entire large field can be viewed in high definition.
Image 2): Comparison of the shooting area between the “FUJIFILM GFX100S” (orange frame) and a camera equipped with an APS-C sensor (red dashed frame) The “GFX100 series” can capture approximately four times the area per shot, allowing for shorter shooting times.
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