Fujifilm GFX100RF Owners Manual Available

The Fujifilm GFX100RF is shipping already since a few days in some countries, as we reported here.

Well, you can now also download the Fujifilm GFX100RF owners manual in PDF here or access it in html here.

Fujifilm Managers Explain GFX100RF Lack of Hybrid Viewfinder, WCL and TCL for GFX100RF, Content Credentials and More

Fujifilm managers talked to DPReview. You can read a summary below and the full interview here.

  • GFX100RF is for street and documentary photography because it is so small and lightweight
  • when they started to design the GFX100RF, they knew the price point already
  • to match that price point it had to be more luxurious than the X100Vi for example
  • so the main plate is milled out of a single block of aluminum, which is top end of manufacturing
  • it allows for more unique design and complex shapes
  • it takes about 5 hours to turn the aluminum block into the top plate
  • Redesigned lens hood with a new adapter ring that only fits one way
  • Rectangular hood attaches easily and aligns perfectly every time
  • rear element of lens is very close to the sensor
  • Fujifilm considered several lenses, but 28mm was best for compactness and image quality
  • allows for handheld shooting with low shutter speeds
  • Fujifilm is currently not thinking at add-on optical lenses like for X100VI
  • depends on customer feedback if wide and teleconverter will be launched
  • aspect ratio dial is a connection between digital and film cameras
  • Fujifilm tries to reach new customers with GFX100RF, and this concept is aimed to that
  • Fujifilm also wanted to offer a tool to change aspect ratio in camera rather than in post
  • a dial was the easiest way to implement aspect ratio control
  • Hybrid Viewfinder?
  • “The hybrid viewfinder’s structure is a little bit complicated, which means the magnification would be much smaller for such a high-resolution camera“
  • “Another reason is the digital teleconverter. If it comes with an OVF, we’d have to cover 20mm of range when using the teleconverter, which would make the guide-lines much smaller. So, from a practical point of view, we decided to install the EVF“
  • Content Credentials Support
  • Fujifilm is still developing and investigating how to implement the CAI and the C2PA
  • it’s unclear if GFX100RF will get this support. Fujifilm says: “If we have to pay to implement it, or if users have to pay… not so many will want it. Then it’ll only be for professional agencies or something“
  • the industry has to come up with a standard

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Fujifilm GFX100RF Starts Shipping: Customer Feedback and Slowest Shutter Speed for Sharp Photos

The Fujifilm GFX100RF has started shipping in some countries. In the images you can see above, you can see the brand new Fujifilm GFX100RF shipped to FR-reader Mark in Germany.

His first feedback about the camera:

First impressions: It is beautifully light for a medium format camera. Doesn’t look as bulky in real-life as in some photos. EVF is nice and big for a rangefinder-style. Dials are a bit stiff for my taste, but better than accidentally changing them I guess.

Speaking of feedback, down below I will link two videos from Italian YouTube channels (Marco Fazio and Riflessioni Fotografiche).

They tested the Fujifilm GFX100RF for 2 days at an event of Fujifilm in Venice and Burano and they both, independently, came to the same conclusion: you can shoot at as low as 1/20th and still get sharp pictures.

This is in line with what Vistek, Luca Petralia, Docma and many other said: at about 1/30th or even 1/20th you still get sharp images.

I guess it depends on your style of shooting, but out of curiosity I checked the shutter speeds of hundreds of my last images as I reported here, and I found only one at 1/33th, a few at 1/50th to 1/80th, but the almost totality of my images is well above that.

So for me 1/20th is a mark that I basically do not reach for handheld shooting anyway hence I could live very well without IBIS on the GFX100RF with its 28mm equivalent lens and leaf shutter for minimal vibrations created by the camera.

Anyway, Fujifilm has published its own chart showing at which point IBIS would be beneficial for the Fujifilm GFX100RF. In that chart, Fujifilm seems to play on the safer side, giving about 1/40th as the minimal mark for sharp images. In real life, though, people seem to be able to shoot at 1/30th or 1/20th.

As said, the 1/20th and even 1/40th mark is very hard to hit for me. But check your images and see if you regularly shoot below 1/20th.

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Fujifilm Gear Coming 2025 – Updated List and What’s Missing!

Last year we investigated how much gear Fujifilm launches every year (see list below). The result: between 2 to 4 cameras a year and 4 lenses a year.

So let’s see at which point we are in 2025 so far.

Gear (to be) released in 2025

So we have 4 cameras coming for sure in 2025, which matches Fujifilm’s best years in terms of number of cameras released. And while we can always hope for a 5th camera, it is also possible that in terms of cameras, this is all we get. What is sure: the Fujifilm X-Pro4 will not come in 2025.

If you look at lenses, Fujifilm has pretty much consistently released 4 lenses a year. So far we know of one coming for sure, the Fujinon GF32-90mmF3.5, and one being rumored, the Fujinon XF23mm pancake. If Fujifilm were to match the previous years, then there could be still 2 more lenses coming in 2025.

At this point in time, I have no idea which additional lenses could come, but I hope that maybe sources will reach out to us and give us a hint of what’s to come. And if that happens (and if sources agree), I will share it will all of you here on FujiRumors.

In the meantime, these are the lenses the FR community wants based on Fujifilm’s suggestions, and these are the most wanted lenses based on our own mega survey.

Gear released in 2024 – 4 cameras and 4 lenses

Gear released in 2023 – 2 cameras and 4 lenses

Gear released in 2022 – 3 cameras and 4 lenses

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