Sony World Photography Award Winner Tests Fujifilm GFX100II “I was Dubious, but GFX100II is Bridging the Autofocus Gap with Full Frame”

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Josselin Cornou, member of our gigantic Fujifilm GFX group and “heavy Sony user” (as he called himself), was able to test the Fujifilm GFX100II for two weeks.

He shared his impressions in this post, where he answers also questions members have.

He was very impressed by the Fujifilm GFX100 II, so much so that he says:

I finally come to the conclusion that the GFX can fully suits my photo + video needs

The GFX100 II behaved similarly to an A7r5, offering a very similar same type of specs – and similar shutter lag.

I ended up preordering the camera. While this is still 100MP, this is the first Medium Format camera which is bridging the gap with Full Frame in terms of Autofocus and video capabilities

When asked by members about autofocus accuracy, he says in the comments:

For portrait, it’s on par with the A7r5. I am sharing a video below to show you how it focuses on the 55mm f1.7 (which is not a Linear Motor lens, so slower AF than 20-35mm lenses). I was quite impressed – and results looked on part with Sony.

This is just an excerpt. You can read his full post below and check out the full comment section in the original post here.

Josselin Cornou First Impressions

Fujifilm GFX100 II – A GFX to rule them all.

So I have joined in the system quite some time ago, with the GFX50s. Prior to this, I was a Sony heavy user – who happened to have won a Sony world photo award.

I have used pretty much all GFX camera of the years, currently owning a GFX100s. I do mostly landscape photography stuff (https://instagram.com/untitledshot). You can find some of my work on this dailymail article.

While I loved the GFX100/GFX100s, my main grief were video capability of the GFX system, which means I always needed to carry a second system while traveling (either Fuji XT or Sony A7 series) for b-roll and any type of video recording. The GFX100s was (and is) a very good option for still, but the rolling shutter + no option to slomo made it arguably harder to use for videos.

Having tested the GFX100 II over the past two weeks, I finally come to the conclusion that the GFX can fully suits my photo + video needs.

The GFX100 II behaved similarly to an A7r5, offering a very similar same type of specs – and similar shutter lag.

Autofocus is onpoint, and I am very impressed with the eye focus AI capabilities of the GFX 100 II.

It is a very fast camera to use – which is very weird coming from Medium format cameras.

The visual identify is also much closer to Hasselblad/Leica – which makes it a very pleasing camera to use.

While I was dubious at first, I ended up being very impressed with the GFX 100 II, to the point where I would have hoped this camera would have been released earlier, as it would allowed me to capture puffin in Faroe island using this impressive 100MP sensor.

I ended up preordering the camera. While this is still 100MP, this is the first MF camera which is bridging the gap with FF in terms of AF and video capabilities – and I can’t wait to bring to my next trips.

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