The Fujifilm GFX 50S Goes to Mongolia and More AF Videos

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 18, 2017

William Chua took his pre-production Fujifilm GFX 50S to shoot in Mongolia during the dead of winter and came back with some great photos, but whats probably most impressive is the camera standing up to chilly -30 degrees Celsius throughout his trip.

“I was given the chance to test out the new Fujifilm GFX camera a few months ago. Besides testing it out in normal environment in Singapore, shooting weddings and portraits, I also wanted to stress test it a bit more. I wanted to see how it performs in a harsh environment. So I brought the camera to the harsh winter of Mongolia, where I was shooting at temperatures of -30 degrees Celsius. I stayed with the Mongolian horsemen, in their Ger Tents, enjoyed horse meat, mutton, and the freezing temperatures in the steppes.. I have to say the camera handled the situation very well. For a medium format camera, it performs well in low light situations, focusing was good enough, resolution was great .. As a travel photographer, traveling with the 3 available lenses ( 32-64mm, 63 mm f2.8, 120mm f4) with the GFX does not feel too heavy. Battery life performed better than expected, though u cannot compare it with a DSLR. Overall a great experience, and shooting with the camera can be very addictive.

Here is a video of the images taken during the trip. I was hosted by the horsemen, and portraits in the Ger Tent was with available light. Camera was freezing cold most of the times, as long as I am not in the Ger tent..

All photos here taken with the GFX
With extra video coverage from the xt2”

Lots of professionals have exposed their GFXs to extreme cold this winter without issue. I am curious to see how well they hold up during the rainy season.

Fujifilm GFX B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

Additional GFX 63mm AF Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cfa_n2Ndoc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkF4aDSxkxo

Downtown Camera GFX Event Time-lapse

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Premature Fujinon GF 110mm f2 R LM Launch Date Rumor

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 17, 2017


I have been repeatedly notified of the laroquephoto article having a release month for the Fujinon GF 110mm f2 R LM in it… If you check the article today it has been updated with the following statement.

*I previously said this lens would be released in May. Turns out it’s mid-2017…sorry about the confusion.

May isn’t really a mid 2017 date, but it could have been correct. Fujiaddict doesn’t publish rumors it cannot verify, but we do have a price for the 110mm, 23mm and 45mm unlike other sites. These prices came from the same source that gave us the US Fujifilm GFX 50S launch lineup pricing before anyone else.

  • Fujinon GF 23mm f4 R LM WR (Mid 2017) $2,599
  • Fujinon GF 45mm f2.8 R WR (Late 2017) $1,699
  • Fujinon GF 110mm f2 R LM (Mid 2017) $2799

This is all the information we have about future GF lenses (From January 16th) at this time, as always we welcome information from readers anonymous or otherwise via the contact form, Twitter, Facebook, etc… but when it comes to rumors we have very high standards and might lag behind other sites because we only publish things that we can verify. Most recently Capture One support for the Fujifilm GFX 50S, FujiAddict wasn’t the first to report the possibility, but we were the first to verify the reality. Thanks tipsters and I hope this clarifies things for others looking for answers.

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The Fujifilm X-Pro1-M and X100S-M

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 17, 2017


I have long been a fan of Leica’s Monochrome camera’s, but it’s hard to justify spending $7,450 on such a specialized camera, but sometimes you can find a used first generation Monochrome for around $3,500. Thankfully there is now another option. MaxMax.com offers a modified monochrome X-Pro1($2,450) and X100S($2,600). The demo images aren’t overly impressive, but they definitely show potential. Hopefully we will get some better samples from professional photographers soon.


If you’re interested in learning more about the processed used to produce these unique cameras petapixel has an article about them now.

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How Fujifilm Addresses Real Issues With The Fujifilm GFX 50S

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 17, 2017

Nathan Elson was given a pre-production Fujifilm GFX 50S to try and I think one his strongest points is how Fujifilm listens to photographers and solves real problems. He begins the video by talking about shooting outside with the GFX in negative 37 degree weather for 2-2.5 hours (his iPhone says -29 degree) but the camera handled it like a champ. Nathan also talks about how light it is and how well it focuses, but he expects it to get even better through firmware updates, because Fujifilm is well known for improving there cameras via firmware. Thankfully the autofocus is tack sharp across the frame, but it can hunt a little in low light.

The camera is super customizable, which explains why there are no labels on any of the buttons. Fujifilm made it so you can setup the GFX to work how your mind works. They also included a cable management accessory, which is excellent. Nathan gives us a good look at it attached and points out how Fujifilm solves the problems they see, which is also evident in their firmware updates.

Nathan Elson also has a lot of GFX sample photos on his website and Instagram if you are interested, but the website isn’t clearly labeled so you might have to look at the low resolution Instagram images first.

Other Fujifilm GFX 50S News

The above video by Fujifilm Ukraine shows some of the touch screen functions and gestures at the Nice event and some new images. I think they will take a little time to get used to, but it’s certainly an interesting implementation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJpEgPyHD8o

Fujifilm also released a new Challenges video today with Niko Vilegas. It seems they decided to continue the popular series and have started to populate the Global video channel down into other Fujifilm run channels so it might become confusing to keep up.

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Fujifilm GFX B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

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Fujifilm Camera Remote 2.2.0 Adds Fujifilm GFX 50S, X-T20, X100F Support

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 17, 2017


Description
The FUJIFILM Camera Remote is an application provided by FUJIFILM that can operate wireless-equipped digital cameras by remote control to shoot images and to view images and movies in the camera and to transfer them to smartphones or tablets.

Download from iTunes or Google Play.

[Features]
-This application provides the following functions:
1. Transferring images and movies to a Smartphone
2. Browsing the Camera from a Smartphone
3. Downloading Location Data from a Smartphone
4. Shooting Images by Remote Control(*)
*How to change the setting depends on your camera.

[Supported cameras and supporting functions]

[Supporting functions: 1, 2, 3, 4] FUJIFILM GFX 50S, X-T20, X100F, X-A10, X-A3, X-T2, X-Pro2, X-E2S, X70, X-T10, X-T1, X30, X100T, X-E2(firmware version 3.00 or later), FinePix XP120, XP90, XP80, S9900W, S9950W, F1000EXR, S1

[Supporting functions: 1, 2, 3] FUJIFILM X-E2（firmware version 1.00-2.10）, XQ2, XQ1, X-A2, X-A1, X-M1
FinePix F900EXR, F800EXR, Z2000EXR, Z1100EXR, XP200, XP70, S9400W, S8400W, S8450W, S8200W

[Supporting functions: 1] FinePix Z1000EXR(*), XP170

Please Visit FUJIFILM Web pages for more details and usage.
http://app.fujifilm-dsc.com/en/camera_remote/index.html

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Yuta Kawamura and Francois Kouyoumjian GPP 2017

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 17, 2017

 

 

Yuta Kawamura opened for Zack Arias the other day at GPP 2017 and he had a few interesting remarks. He brought up how last year at GPP 2016 there were requests for:

  • USB Charging
  • Longer Battery Life
  • Tilt Shift Lens
  • 400mm F2
  • Trigger for X-Series

He then mentions how the Fujifilm X-T2 can be charged by USB and can get 1,000 shots with the hand grip.

So maybe there will be a Fujifilm Tilt shift lens and Fujinon XF400mm F2 in the future along with a trigger.

Francois Kouyoumjian then follows with a new video and some specs for the Fujifilm GFX 50S from the recently released tech sheet. You can see some of the info used in the slides below. Read More »

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