Fujifilm GFX100RF: Shooting Experience

As I had speculated in my introduction to the GFX100RF, “This is going to be one fun camera to shoot with!” and it turns out I still feel that way now that I have shot with it. Loads of fun! The pleasure of mechanically selecting an aspect ratio, framing the shot through the excellent EVF, shooting a panoramic, especially one I know can be printed huge (8 feet wide in fact)… well it certainly was great to shoot with. Even the “digital teleconverter” modes which simulate longer focal lengths with a simple crop were helpful, since the EVF frame was magnified and filled, forcing me to step back and get the perspective of a longer focal length. Even fully zoomed in to an 80mm equivalent, one could easily still manage a 36 inch wide print, so with a 100MP sensor to start with… well it all makes total sense, even the “zoom crop” modes which I would normally avoid on cameras with less resolution.

The lack of IBIS proved not much of an issue since I could handhold shutter speeds as low as 1/30 reliably and still get a pixel level crisp image at full resolution. Taking a few “safety” shots, I could likely get that down to 1/20 or even a 1/15. I have used a Fujifilm 6×17 panoramic camera for one Southwest trip many years ago, and also spent a month shooting with a Hasselblad X-Pan when it first came out, plus I have borrowed our rental Linhof 6×17 on a number of occasions, so I do enjoy shooting panoramic formats! Following is a link to a gallery with many GFX100RF samples shot in the camera’s panoramic modes, as well as a variety of other aspect ratios too…

Gallery Link: Fujifilm GFX100RF Samples