My Journey With The Fuji GFX100S: Long Term Review 

Do you own the GFX100S? Do you still like it? Did you trade it in for the newer GFX100 II? Tell me about it in the comments.

I'm still shooting with the 50R and this long term review gives me a lot of faith in your opinion regarding future decisions. I recognise a lot of the small issues that are still present (like the paint, not protecting the sensor with the shutter) and the big advantages that make you stay. Thanks for the comprehensive, honest and complete review.

Probably the best value to image quality camera to buy right now considering the 100 II is out and the 100S does not lack many core features if you're into photography mainly. I'm a new GFX 100s owner and so thankful I did not go with Canon, Sony or Nikon, the focus on IQ and colour is just amazing

Love your review, Kevin. A “real” photographer with “real” world experience who shares his thoughts with us. I like that you delve into the good, the bad & the ugly with all products that you review & offer other alternatives. Love Austin, Texas. I have fond memories of 6th Street from my time there in the 1980’s. Best wishes.😊

You are the first camera reviewer to highlight the overheating issue. Good catch.

I have had the 100S for almost a year and a half. I love it. I have a rather deliberate style of shooting anyway. I use manual focus a lot with landscapes. I don’t shoot weddings, and I shoot sports just a bit for fun. I don’t need to spray and pray. So much of what bothers other folks are not relevant to me. I don’t take the camera on vacations. If the purpose of a trip is for photography, then of course I take my best gear. If not, my Canon G5X II does great for travel. I don’t shoot much video. I shot a lot of a women’s college basketball game because I was testing color grading. One team wore read and the home team wore intense pink. I calibrated with a color test chart, and shot both Log and Rec 709, got great results, and learned a bit. This camera will exceed my needs for video. So I don’t perceive any advantage to me to get the GFX 100 II or 100S II, even if I had the extra money. It’s a great camera if it fits your style, and a better bargain now more than ever. The GF lenses are amazing, and my EF lenses work well with the Fringer adapter.

love your videos, you always get most of out from the camera

Great video! I’m also dipping my toes in medium format, so much to learn. Makes me cry like a baby sometimes and run back to my R5.

Best Chanel on RU-vid 👌

Can you slow down the color change in the background. I’d go 20% of what it’s set at here (or even slower).

Fujifilm H mount adaptor g for your Hasselblad leaf shutter lens. I believe 1/800th second flash sync. Using leaf shutter of course

With the right flash system can you not use HSS to overcome the slow sync speed? I know the Elinchrom triggers and light units allow HSS which would allow you more freedom in aperture and SS settings

I use an xh2s and an 100s for weddings i do alot of wedding in the middle east and i have had the over heating happen to me but not very often to be a deal breaking

I got the GFX 100 II, while I’m still learning to shoot with it, I did a wedding and it went just fine

I bought a refurb GFX100s from Fujifilm UK for £2500. It is in addition to my beloved R5. I am appreciating but not loving the different shooting experience. The RAW files are exquisite. I am a landscape photographer and I am looking forward to using it more as time goes on.

I shoot some photo with Gfx 100s2, however, I can not convert the RAF format even with Fujifilm X raw studio. The raw format just open in the viewer, but clicking on Convert do not do anything. Like to Convert to Jpg and try different simulations. Do you know why? Thank you for your review.

I like the way you are not one-eyed - you say it how it is. Wow - there seems so many cons for such an expensive camera. I know you like the images, but there is a lot to put up with for that quality. I just took a look and the new GFX 100 ii, is nearly 11K (body only), here in Australia. The lenses are all about 4-5K each as well. A very expensive proposition for something that is far from ideal in many situations. I've had it with Fuji too. I shot with them for 11 years as a working pro, but was struggling in so many areas. When I saw companies advertising for 2nd shooters and saying "...no Fuji shooters", then I knew I'd backed a bum-steer. Since I swapped from Fuji APSC to FF Nikon Z, it's just another world. My customers have commented on how brilliant my images are now, I've picked up extra work, and I am so much happier using proper professional cameras. I'm just filthy at myself for scabbing it with Fuji for so long, hanging in there for the improvements that never came. I should have swapped years ago. I enjoyed the video and can't wait for some more.

Every time you said the camera is slow in your video, it made me less enthusiastic about it. What is a good recommendation camera that still does extremely sharp images like this Fuji 100S but faster?

I'm looking to purchase one to pair with an XH2 for studio and on location portrait work. I always like seeing what the camera can do after seeing what a good photographer can do. I "should" just get another XH2 or XT5, but the GFX has something special to it.

Excellent review from a pro who knows what matters 👍. I shoot mostly dance, using a GFX 50R if I can get away with it in the studio. But as soon as there's a lot of (improvised f.i.) movement, I have to switch to the R5. The AF just won't keep up. From your review, I conclude the 100S is not enough of a step up in that regard, and maybe even the 100 Mk II isn't, but that's too expensive anyway. Thanks for the very useful insight!

I'm curious how 'tough' this camera is, honestly. my 'Main Battle Tank' is the 5dmk4 and it has taken a few lumps with aplomb while I slide my ass down unstable rockslides and climb up washed out ravines..

Hi, recently I’m thinking to switch from GFX100S to Nikon z8 because of better versatility that I can shoot all kind of photography much better. But still I am not sure if this decision is good or not. Because between 14 and 16bit is huge difference and I cannot cover it by pixel shift or enhancing resolution in post! Although this difference is not visible by human eyes and only is important for aggressive cropping or X-Large print but I believe I can recognize beautiful deep dynamic range produced by my GFX100S! So, shall I sacrifice all in one camera for 16bit image quality, or I should sacrifice 16bit IQ to have all in one camera system?!

Great review and I subscribed the one thing I would say about the damage to your camera. Are you sure that your camera bag or some other device isn't damaging your camera because I hammer my gear in all sorts of situations out in the environment and I don't have a mark on any three of my fuji cameras, and I treat my gear pretty harshly and they will still look new, is there something rubbing on the cameras inside the bag? Shutter curtains are a bad idea. You only have to go over to the Nikon page and see how many shutter curtains actually break and fail you are creating a problem to fix another problem. It is really easy to keep your sensor clean. Just use a blower each time you change lens, it takes two seconds and your sensor will always be clean and learn how to change your lens by pointing the camera down. This will also keep your sensor clean. Don't leave your camera open when you take the other lens off put a cap on it, straight away or change the lens. Dust gets on the sensor in two ways. When your sensor is open, or from the other lens that you put on that's the only time a sensor will get dust on it from those two occasions if you eliminate both of those your sensor will stay relatively clean and may need cleaning every now and then, but it's easy to clean a sensor shutter curtains are a bad idea! I also think the camera being slow is a good thing. It is not a run gun camera and I think too many photographers rush all the time and this leads to poor images and images which to me look a bit fake. I actually think if we slow down in Photography, we actually get really good images and I know that is challenging for model style photography, but I shoot weddings and I certainly don't run and gun. In terms of auto focus, it's actually pretty good. I'm pretty good with the camera and there's a few settings that you can change to improve the focus on the GFX as well. I'm not gonna tell you what they are but if you go onto several of the other RU-vid channels you'll find them and it will increase your heat rate. I get about a 90% hit rate with my GFX and that's probably only about 5% off my XT5 so I'm happy with that

Fuji has always had bad autofocus, they’re probably the worst out there. Their bad focus has nothing to do with the size of the sensor