The fifth episode of the Fujilove podcast with Fuji Guy Billy and Jonas Rask just went online. For your convenience, here are the previous 4 episodes:
episode 1 – XF33mm development challenges and X-H1 market misunderstanding
episode 2 – autofocus motors of lenses compared and no more Kaizen love for Fujifilm X-T20
episode 3 – digital image stabilization via firmware update and GFX100 talk
episode 4 – APS-C crop factor cheating and fast GF lenses potentially coming
It’s a 1 hour podcast, and in case you are in a hurry and don’t have time yet, I cover the whole podcast below. You can listed to it all at sticher and Fujilove.
Kevin Raber, former publisher of Luminous-Landscape, is now back with his old team and they have started photoPXL.
In this episode, you can see Fujifilm manager Mike Bolbenko giving an overview on the Fujifilm GFX100.
I’ll skip things (specs) that I believe you all know already, and sum up below a few other points:
the term “medium format” is a film concept
in digital terms the current GFX sensor is better called “large format”
Fujifilm removed all the dials on the Fujifilm GFX100 because:
– main reason for dial removal is that it improves weather sealing
– about 50% of the users are going to shoot tethered
16 bit makes files allows for more push/pull or color shifts
with flash, use mechanical shutter
electronic shutter for shooting fast and shallow DOF on brights sunny day
electronic shutter is silent. The company that made sound blimps, went bankrupt last year
electronic front curtain minimizes the shutter shake
max IBIS is 5.5 stops. With third party lenses you get up to 5
Kevin Raber recommends to keep IBIS on even when working on a tripod
Kevin Raber says Fuji stands behind customers, when it comes to repair (shutter lock on GFX100) and also firmware updates
Fujifilm can’t give film simulations color science to third parties. So, for people who want perfect match, they can use the free Fujifilm X RAW Studio software
Over at the blog, you can also read articles like the “Using The Fuji 50R To Shoot Steam Engines In The Cold Of Winter“. Check it out at photopxl.
