RoamingScott wrote: Greg7579 wrote: fotografur wrote:
I pulled my preorder.
The only pro I had was this camera had a MF Fuji 100MP sensor in a small body.
I also have concerns with the lens. I wasn't happy that there was no character or draw with it which I knew going in but I was hoping for better performance.
If I'm going to do street photography I'm not going to blow up the images and I prefer 35mm. I might as well use my A7CR of pick up a Fuji X100VI for that. That lens has a nice draw and will isolate the subject better Than the GFX100RF.
And if I'm going to be doing landscapes (which is my primary) I won't mind taking the larger GFX.
This is how I feel. YMMV
The lens will be more than fine, I bet. This is not going to be the first not great GF lens.
LR will add it in the system with an update and all of that stuff you guys are talking about will be a non-issue. There is no way this lens is not going to be outstanding.
I don't have it, but I can tell some of the stuff you guys are worried about is not going to be a big deal.
But sure, if you already have a GFX 100 model camera and some GF lenses, you are of course fine and you aren't going to not get work done by not owning this camera. But not buying this new camera because of lens quality concerns is not going to be a thing. Not buying it because you don't like 28mm equivalent or want IBIS is a real thing. Lens quality is going to be a strength, not a weakness.
That's my guess.
You don't need to guess. The profile is already in LR, and the corrections point to a VERY heavy hand in getting rid of the distortion. It's one of the worst I've seen since the newer Sony compact primes.
I have the RAW files on my harddrive and in my LR. I'm not impressed, and I've been doing this a long time.
There is a price to be paid when you shrink a camera and lenses. I think the question might be, would you be able to pick out the RF images after correction when combined with similar images from other camera/lenses? I think your previous point of how poorly the horizon was corrected is something that could be better corrected in the future. I’ve seen some serious criticism of the new Hasselblad .XCDv lenses due to their use of software correction, but I have some huge prints shot at f/2.5 hanging on my walls and I can say that the end product.. the large prints.. are spectacular.
Of course there's no free lunch, but this is a luxury-priced item. If you're fine with software correction, and many are, that's totally cool. If you're trying to squeeze IQ out, this isn't likely the camera for you. There's very little "GFX" about this camera, as I've said, it's MUCH more akin to an X100 that happens to be 100mp, with many of the same warts but not as much of the character.
Mar 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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