This kind of annoyed Carlos Vega, who actually bought the Fujifilm X-Pro3, used it, and can’t understand how Tony Northrup can say that, even if he never ever touched the camera.
Now, personally I think people can have opinions about what they want when they want.
But Carlos surely has a valid point, too, as it definitely helps if you try out a camera, before making any conclusions.
So, if you want to read what Carlos Vega and others have to say about the Fujifilm X-Pro3, read it down below.
Fujifilm has a clear strategy: do not join the overcrowded mirrorless full frame war, dominate APS-C and MF, and then attack full frame from both sides.
If that will work, only time will tell.
But GxAce seems to be one of those, who thinks this strategy could actually work out well for Fujifilm.
Now he also reviewed the Fujifilm GFX100, and he says that:
in a few years, when the features and reliability and performance of the GFX100 trickle down to cheaper cost models, it really will make full frame difficult to choose over the alternative
Looking at the fact, that already now 70% of GFX users come from Full Frame, as a Fujifilm manager officially said here, he might not be too far off with his prediciton.
You can see the full review above and read a summary below.
it surprised him how similar it was to a Fujifilm X-T3, in the way it performs and handles
10,000 seem much, but it’s priced around a top tier DSLR
it’s by far the easiest and most reliable medium format to use
images are just ridiculous
it’s actually a light camera
futuristic and modern looking design, he likes that
he’d like that “cyper-punk” design also for the X-T line
very good battery life
AF is not as good for video as it is for stills. He shoots manual focus in video anyway
he used an anamorphic adapter
the GFX100 opens up doors to get similar aesthetic look to an Alexa 65 or an Imax camera, for a fraction of the cost
he’d live Indie filmmakers to make videos on GFX100 instead of a Red or Blackmagic. You get a look that isn’t possible with those cameras, unless you go up an spend $100,000 for an Arri Alexa
this camera is a paradigm shift in photography
first MF camera that functions and works just as easily and as conveniently as your tipical mirrorless camera
a huge step in terms of bringing medium format to the everyday person
in a few years, when the features and reliability and performance of this camera trickles down to cheaper cost models, it really will make full frame difficult to choose over the alternative
Read also:
fujirumors.com – Fujifilm X vs GFX: Which System is More Future Proof? – POLL
fujirumors.com – Why Fujifilm GFX Medium Format System is Future Proof and Tony Northrup’s GFX Pessimism is Unjustified
fujirumors.com – Fujifilm Manager: “70% of GFX Users Came from Full Frame.
Popular youtube photographer Thomas Heaton is a Canon 5D MK IV shooter and hardcore Lightroom user.
And yet, it happens that he was attracted by the Fujifilm system, because:
I have purchased a new Fujifilm XT3 and I am changing the way I make videos and take photographs when hiking. My camera gear was always too heavy and in this video I test out a lightweight photography set up which should help me when putting in those long miles.
So he got himself a Fujifilm X-T3 and brought it with him on his trip to Nepal. How did it perform?
prior to the start, he had concerns with battery life, weather sealing, reliability…. turns out the X-T3 worked absolutely flawless!
batteries not even an issue. He filmed and photographed for a whole day with 1 battery
he hiked on very dusty mountains roads, also with non weather sealed lenses, but he never found dust on his sensor, even if he changed lenses on the field
however, the non weather sealed lenses got dust inside the lens elements, but that’s “kind of to be expected, but it never affected the images“
very cold temperatures, but no problem, flawless. He is impressed
it’s the hardest trip he has ever done. Everything is a challenge. Also photography was very challenging
And now to the post processing part.
Thomas is an Adobe aficionado, and the last thing he wants, is to spend money and time on another software. However, upon recommendation, he downloaded a free Capture One trial.
And just as many of us, he experience his little wtf moment ;).
In fact, his landscape images look so much better in Capture One (he says about 30% better compared to Lightroom), and his Fujifilm APS-C files ended up looking like his Canon full frame files!
a photo he took of a monkey, he likes the results in LR more
then he compares a landscape image in LR and C1, and while he was slightly disappointed with the LR images, he starts laughing when he sees the C1 image and says “the image in Capture One is fantastic“
images in Capture One are cleaner, sharper, and they look like better files… it looks like a Canon 5D MK IV file!
he is not paid by Capture One, he actually does not want to use Capture One, but it just looks so much better. He does not want to purchase Capture One, but he might to have to.
