Since its beginning, FUJIFILM’s medium format GFX system was set to challenge everything we were taught about medium format. FUJIFILM’s recent announcements are another big step, if not a leap, in the same direction: Challenging the paradigm stating quality and speed cannot go hand in hand. Furthermore, this system poses true competition to mainstream cameras in fields and features never before considered possible for medium format gear. Let’s have a look! FUJIKINA 2023 (Stockholm) – what was announced FUJIFILM GF55mm f/1.7 R W, GFX100 ii, GF30mm f/5.6 T/S, GF110mm f/5.6 T/S Macro. Credit: FUJIFILM The FUJIFILM GFX 100 II got most of the attention, and justly so. It’s an impressive and even groundbreaking digital camera, incorporating a high-end auto-focus system and various professional video features into a high-resolution medium format camera. FUJIFILM also announced three new lenses – two tilt-shift lenses and a fast normal lens: the FUJIFILM GF 110mm f/5.6 T/S Macro lens, the FUJIFILM GF 30mm f/5.6 T/S lens, and the FUJIFILM GF 55mm f/1.7R WR. Each is impressive on its own, but when looking at the system as a whole an interesting picture emerges. A medium format system capable of extreme image quality, fast burst rates, reliable autofocus system, and professional-level video output. Let’s take the longer road through recent history and understand the context and importance of the GFX system as it stands today What is “medium format”? “Medium format” is a general term, traditionally given to any film size between 35mm (24x36mm) and large format...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 1 December, 2023