Fujifilm Manager: “GFX100 Orders are Incredibly High”. Zack Arias: “I Might Sell my Phase One”

July 19, 2019
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Fujifilm manager Toshihisa Iida was at the Fujifilm GFX100 launch event in India, along with Zack Arias.

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VIDEO SUMMARY

Lens Technology

their broadcasting lenses have 40 lens elements
when light passes through a lens, it loses 8% of the light (4% becuase of reflection, and 4% when passing through the glass itself)
with 40 glass elements, only 3,6% of the initial light goes through all the lenses
Fujinon HT-EBC and Nano GI coating technology minimizes the loss of light, hence allows 72,5% of the light to pass through 40 lenses
Fuji’s coating technology allows for 20 times more light passing through all 40 lenses
only Fujifilm and Canon can make 4K and 8K broadcasting lenses, but Fujifilm is way ahead
he talks about the Fujinon Premista lenses

Color Science

Fujifilm has 85 years of experience in color science
at minute 26:14 Fujifilm compares the colors of the Fujifilm X-T3 with “3 other cameras in the same class from other brands“
Toshihisa Iida makes a blind test with the audience, shows 4 video frames with skin tones, and ask the audience which one they prefer
Camera A wins clearly the vote of the audience, and it turns out it is the Fujifilm X-T3

Fujifilm GFX System

Toshihisa Iida says it’s strange to call the GFX sensor a medium format sensor
Toshihisa Iida says they call it “large sensor in modern digital times“
since 2017, the global shipment number for GFX cameras and lenses “has just kept growing“
particularly the Fujifilm GFX50R contributed to the growth. He says “the sales peaked up dramatically and still carry on“
the sale of GF lenses grew along with the increase of body sales numbers
initial order for Fujifilm GFX100 is incredibly high, more than twice as many as Fujifilm expected [FujiRumors reported already it triples the original forecast]
some people said 100 megapixel is an overkill
Fujifilm is not just playing the megapixel numbers race. The Fujifilm GFX100 is a camera to preserve very important things for the future
What kind of high-resolution screen devices and printing technology is waiting for us in future? For those times, we need to keep the current precious moments as highest possible recording data
he talks about the BSI sensor, and how copper transfers data 60% faster than aluminium. This also minimizes noise
more megapixel sometimes means more noise, but thanks to large format the GFX100 can go up to 102,400 ISO with very acceptable noise
14 stops of dynamic range
he talks about the fast face/eye detecion and autofocus
low light AF up to -2EV
IBIS is the real breakthrough
Toshihisa Iida says he can shoot at 1/8th without noticing shake in his images
it was a real challenge to develop, since if the sensor tilts even ever so slightly, you lose 100 megapixel resolution. The light has to hit the sensor straight
The “tilting tolerance” to make sure we don’t lose resolution with IBIS, is 20 micormeters out of 55 millimeter (hence 0.04% tolerance)
GF lenses are designed for over 100 megapixel resolution
GF50mm f/3.5 weights 335g only and still resolves 100 megapixels. Combined with the Fujifilm GFX50R, it will be lightest medium format camera/lens combo on the market

Premista Lenses / Cine lenses

he shares a list of cameras covered by the Fujinon Premista lenses (screenshot below)
he shows a list of movies that were shot with Fujinon Cine lenses, amongst them also Avatar (screenshot below)
they show the Fujifilm GFX100 working together with the Fujinon Premista lenses

Zack Arias Showtime

Zack Arias goes on stage at minute 1:05:21
in film times, 35mm was for amateurs, and medium format for professional work
Zack was at an exhibition 7/8 years ago. All great images. But one print stood out. He told the photographer, who took the images and was present in the gallery, that something makes this print special. The photographer told him “medium format, mate. Medium Format“
So Zack went on and bought a Phase One
Zack said he wanted the 50 megapixel Phase One, but the store owner told him he should try for 1 week the 100 megapixel version, and if he don’t like it, just bring it back and they give him his 50 megapixel medium format camera
Zack insisted that he didn’t need 100 megapixel, and wanted the 50 right now
The store owner pushed him to try it for at least one week
Zack accepts, and they day after he called the store owner and said he will buy the 100 megapixel
Zack tells his client that with the GFX100 he can extract their DNA from the image and clone them
He tells an episode, where the dynamic range of medium format saved a shoot where he messed up
he praises the flexibility of medium format files
he tells about his switch from Canon full frame to Fujifilm APS-C
he printed images from Canon FF and Fuji APS-C, and the difference was just negligible
between FF and APS-C, prints do not stand out. But medium format prints stand out compared to APS-C
his Phase One medium format is a tripod camera, and shooting with it is a very slow process
you can have 5 GFX100 for the price of one Phase One
Zack says he might sell his Phase One now that the Fujifilm GFX100 is out