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 p.93 #13 · Fuji GFX Image Thread - all cameras and lenses | |
ruthenium wrote:
You may well be correct in your observations. The simple important reason for this is that the success or impact of an image depends on the skills of the photographer more than on the camera in their hands. I confidently expect that, on average, photographers using full-frame cameras are no less skilled than the photographers using a GFX camera system. Thus, the FF (or APS-C) images can be expected to be as impressive as the GFX images, on average.
Another consideration is about photographic equivalence. Technically, when a FF camera system is used side-by-side with a GFX camera system, the FF system should be able to produce equivalent images in many if not most cases. This is when the FF system is set to an aperture that is 0.79 of the f-number on the GFX system. The shutter speed must be the same on both systems.
The only usage case that cannot be replicated by other cameras is when the GFX system in the situation described above is used at the base ISO. Then, the newer GFX100 II and GFX100S II should capture twice as much light at ISO 80, compared to any FF camera that has its base ISO at 100. The result of this, however, is the reduced amount of shadow noise with the GFX that may or may not be important or visible.
Having said all of the above, my GFX100S II is different from the best FF camera system in the following
1) More digital zoom. For example, with the GF55mm F1.7 lens, I have a "digital zoom" equivalent to full-frame 44-88mm F1.3-2.6. At 88mm, the image shall have 25MP that is still sufficient for all of my needs. The GF500mm F5.6 lens is equivalent to a full-frame 400-800mm F4.5-9.0 zoom.
2) There is a natural (based on physics) correlation between the resolving ability of a camera system and the sensor size. Thus, the best FF system equipped with an excellent lens is practically guaranteed to be outresolved by a GFX system with a GF lens. This property is particularly useful when "digitally zooming" with the GFX, as described above.
3) What I also value in my GFX100S II is the 4 x 3 format that I find more useful in practice than the "squished" 3 x 2 format of the other (except micro-four-thirds) systems.
4) I like the extra stop of light that I can have at ISO 80. This gives me a better chance of clean shadow recovery in landscape, city, street, and still-life photography (my main interest now).
5) Lastly, I came to like the ergonomics and, for the most part, the menus of my GFX100S II when compared with the full-frame camera that I have - Sony A1. While I would not hesitate to use the A1 for action photography in the focal range from 100mm and longer, the GFX100S II is the system that gives me most confidence for shooting in the 16-44mm range, covered by the two lenses that I have, GF20-35MM F4 and GF55mm F1.7.
So what is this "MF look" you would like to see in this thread? Perhaps there isn't any, really. Maybe when an image taken with a GFX system should look different from FF images, this should be attributed to the skills of the photographer who knows this particular large format system well and is able to usefully exploit every technical advantage of the system.
When you posted your comment, you surely didn't mean to say that GFX100 II or GFX100S II systems have no advantages over the smaller format system, correct? They do, and if you are interested in the large sensor systems, the important point is to know where the advantages lie, and not be confused about some of the myths surrounding the system (e.g., a large format system DOES NOT have a better/less noise at high-ISO than a FF system)....Show more →
Thank you for your detailed reply. I am ware of the benefits you mention. And I am a great friend of cropping from a sensor that otherwise has too many pixels to begin with. Using my Sony RX1R III and a7cR for that purpose. I have been looking really hard at the GFX100RF before I bought the Sony RX. About the same price, but with the RF a lot bigger. But looking at many, many MF images - I have failed to see a significant advantage. That's why I am asking - on the hunt for arguments.
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Based on you last post..get the body that answers most, if not all, your questions then SHOOT!