ALPA XO started a Kickstarter campaign for there Exoskeleton for the Fujifilm GFX 100. We first found out about the exoskeleton for the GFX100 here. I have to say I am surprised a company like ALPA would use Kickstarter to release a product like this. I wonder if they want to judge demand to see if the product is worth releasing. Their arent that many GFX100 out there at the moment.
ALPA XO – THE EXOSKELETON FOR THE FUJIFILM GFX100
Hey Kickstarter, we are ALPA.
Based in Switzerland, our brand has a history in professional imaging for more than 70 years. We are toolmakers, dedicated to serve photographers and artists all over the world.
Recognizing the development of the industry and listening to our friends from all over the world, we started to think about branching into the world of moving images.
After our award-winning technology demonstration in the 65mm digital cinema camera solution ALPA PLATON and the professional lens series SWITAR, we now bring you ALPA XO – the exoskeleton for the FUJIFILM GFX100.
Are you in?
Why make an exoskeleton for the FUJIFILM GFX100?
We immediately fell in love with the FUJIFILM GFX100 when it was announced. It combines the ease of use of a modern DSLR or DSLM with a fantastic viewfinder, 5-axis-in-body-image-stabilization and the incredible resolution of 102 megapixels! Such a versatile and powerful package has never been more affordable.
This new creative tool – a fully weatherproofed medium format camera – enables photographers to take on completely new challenges. In order to undertake outdoor challenges and creative expeditions your GFX100 needs to be protected. No matter what you want to explore with your GFX100, we wanted to offer you the right tool.
When we noticed the GFX100 capabilities in capturing moving images we were blown away: Internal 10bit F-Log recording of UHD and DCI 4K at 400mbit/s is really impressive on its own, but even more impressive is the image recording area due to the sensor size.
For comparison, an ALEXA MINI shooting UHD (3840×2160 pixels) uses an effective recording area with an image circle of 30,29mm, an ALEXA LF uses 36,35mm, the FUJIFILM GFX100 in comparison uses 50,25mm. And it gets even better than that. The GFX100 surpasses even the mighty ALEXA 65 in this regard, which is using an image circle of 48,47mm with a maximum of 1’020mm² image recording area (in 16:9 – 5-perf 65mm) with the GFX100 leading at 50,25mm image circle or 1’079mm² of recording area in UHD mode. Read More »
