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 GFX100RF Fujifilm Manager Interviews and Additional Reviews

The Fujifilm GFX100RF is collecting general praise all over the internet for just how incredibly small and light it is for a medium format camera, and also for its excellent build quality.

But of course they also address the fact that it does not have IBIS.

Now, you can read more about it below, but in general it seems the consensus is that at 1/30th you can still get away with sharp images, but below that it starts to get tricky. That’s according to Luca Petralia (review below) and docma (article in German below) and also to the Vistek video we shared in our live blog. Of course I have not tested it myself (I am just a mere mortal like you and I don’t get anything from Fujifilm unless I pay full price for it), so for now I will just report what reviewers have to say about it.

Out of curiosity I checked the shutter speeds of my last few hundred images, and I found one at 1/33th, one at 1/50th a few at 1/60th and 1/80th but mostly I am well over that. So if the statements of reviewers so far holds true, if I were to use the GFX100RF with my style of shooting I could live very well without IBIS. Of course I have shots at even slower shutter speeds, but for those I used a tripod anyway, as I was working either in blue hour landscape/cityscape or with filters and I needed exposures of multiple seconds.

With that said, here are the reviews I mentioned above as well as a few more, including interviews with Fujifilm managers that while nice to listen at, do not really disclose anything new, hence I did not dedicate them a specific article but I decided to include them in this roundup.

Fujifilm GFX100RF Reviews
& Manager Interviews

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Size Comparison: Fujifilm GFX100RF vs GFX50R vs X100VI vs Leica Q3 vs Sony RX1rII vs Hasselblad X2D

Camerasize has added the Fujifilm GFX100RF to their database. Now you can compare its size to any other camera.

In our case we are going to compare the Fujifilm GFX10RF vs GFX50R vs X100VI vs Leica Q3 vs Sony RX1rII vs Hasselblad X2D.

Overall the Fujifilm GFX100RF is indeed very compact for sporting a sensor that is about 70% fuller than full frame.

I know some wish it would have a hybrid viewfinder, IBIS and a faster f/2 lens. But then, besides the much higher price, they’d probably hate the Fujifilm GFX100RF because it is too big to carry around for everyday shooting, which would be the biggest tradeoff of all.

A hybrid viewfinder would have been nice, but I am also fine with a huge and crisp top notch EVF (the GFX100RF has it) instead of a hybrid viewfinder.

And as Fujifilm explained here, the wide lens (plus almost vibration-free leaf shutter) actually allow to shoot at about 1/40th with sharp results. Not to talk of the terrific ISO performance of the GFX system, which also helps to keep shutter speeds higher. But for final judgment here I’ll wait some technical reviews about it. All I have seen demonstrating low shutter speed tests, is a launch video of Vistek (shared in our live blog), in which he showed samples at 1/30th and he was happy with the sharpness. I guess below that it will become harder to get very sharp results handheld.

But if that holds true, then it is indeed a tricky dilemma for Fujifilm: if images are still sharp at 1/30-1/40th of a second, is it still worth to trade off compactness and price for IBIS?

Out of curiosity I checked the shutter speed in my images of my last summer holiday (travels, landscape and city trips with family). When I shot handheld, I have found one image at 1/80th of a second (a picture of my son at sunset in Pienza, Tuscany). Then there are images I shot on tripod anyway because shutter speeds are so low that IBIS can’t help.

So I guess for my use case, IBIS would be nice to have, but the lack of it won’t have a terrible impact on my photography. In most of my images there are people in the frame (my kids, etc), so I can’t go too low with shutter speeds anyway.

Check out the size comparisons below.

Size Comparison

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Fujifilm GFX100RF Officially Recommended UHS-II SD Cards

Down below is the list for the UHS-II type memory cards validated by Fujifilm for the Fujifilm GFX100RF (as well as for GFX100II, GFX100SII, X-H2S and X-H2).

For the best cards for X-T5 check out this article.

Brand Series Model number *1 Capacity
Angelbird AV PRO SD V90 MK2 AVP064SDMK2V90 64GB
Angelbird AV PRO SD V90 MK2 AVP128SDMK2V90 128GB
Angelbird AV PRO SD V90 MK2 AVP256SDMK2V90 256GB
Angelbird AV PRO SD V90 MK2 AVP512SDMK2V90 512GB
Angelbird AV PRO SD V60 MK2 AVP064SDMK2V60 64GB
Angelbird AV PRO SD V60 MK2 AVP128SDMK2V60 128GB
Angelbird AV PRO SD V60 MK2 AVP256SDMK2V60 256GB
Angelbird AV PRO SD V60 MK2 AVP512SDMK2V60 512GB
Angelbird AV PRO SD V60 MK2 AVP1T0SDMK2V60 1TB
Delkin Devices BLACK V90 DSDBV9032 32GB
Delkin Devices BLACK V90 DSDBV9064 64GB
Delkin Devices BLACK V90 DSDBV90128 128GB
Delkin Devices BLACK V90 DSDBV90512 512GB
Delkin Devices POWER V90 DDSDG200032G 32GB
Delkin Devices POWER V90 DDSDG200064G 64GB
Delkin Devices POWER V90 DDSDG2000128 128GB
Delkin Devices POWER V90 DDSDG2000256 256GB
Exascend CATALYST EX128GSDV60 128GB
Exascend CATALYST EX256GSDV60 256GB
Exascend CATALYST EX512GSDV60 512GB
Exascend CATALYST EX64GSDU2 64GB
Exascend CATALYST EX128GSDU2 128GB
Exascend ESSENTIAL EX64GSDU2-S 64GB
Exascend ESSENTIAL EX128GSDU2-S 128GB
Exascend ESSENTIAL EX256GSDU2-S 256GB
HOMAN UHS-II SD Card HM64GBSDV90 64GB
HOMAN UHS-II SD Card HM128GBSDV60 128GB
KIOXIA EXCERIA PRO KSDXU-A256G 256GB
Lexar Professional 1667x SILVER LSD64GCBG1667 64GB
Lexar Professional 1667x SILVER LSD128CBG1667 128GB
Lexar Professional 1667x SILVER LSD256CBG1667 256GB
Lexar Professional SILVER PRO LSDSIPR064G-BNNNG 64GB
Lexar Professional SILVER PRO LSDSIPR128G-BNNNG 128GB
Lexar Professional SILVER PRO LSDSIPR256G-BNNNG 256GB
Lexar Professional SILVER PRO LSDSIPR512G-BNNNG 512GB
Lexar Professional SILVER PRO LSDSIPR001T-BNNNG 1TB
Lexar Professional 1800x GOLD LSD1800064G-BNNNG 64GB
Lexar Professional 1800x GOLD LSD1800128G-BNNNG 128GB
Lexar Professional 1800x GOLD LSD1800256G-BNNNG 256GB
Lexar Professional 1800x GOLD LSD1800512G-BNNNG 512GB
Lexar Professional 2000x GOLD LSD2000064G-BNNNG 64GB
Lexar Professional 2000x GOLD LSD2000128G-BNNNG 128GB
Lexar Professional 2000x GOLD LSD2000256G-BNNNG 256GB
Nextorage NX-F2PRO NX-F2PRO64G/INE SYM 64GB
Nextorage NX-F2PRO NX-F2PRO128G/INE SYM 128GB
Nextorage NX-F2PRO NX-F2PRO256G/INE SYM 256GB
Nextorage NX-F2SE NX-F2SE128G/INE SYM 128GB
Nextorage NX-F2SE NX-F2SE256G/INE SYM 256GB
Nextorage NX-F2SE NX-F2SE512G/INE SYM 512GB
OWC Atlas Pro OWCSDV60P0064 64GB
OWC Atlas Pro OWCSDV60P0128 128GB
OWC Atlas Pro OWCSDV60P0256 256GB
OWC Atlas Pro OWCSDV60P0512 512GB
OWC Atlas Pro OWCSDV60P1000 1TB
OWC Atlas Ultra OWCSDV90U0064 64GB
OWC Atlas Ultra OWCSDV90U0128 128GB
OWC Atlas Ultra OWCSDV90U0256 256GB
OWC Atlas Ultra OWCSDV90U0512 512GB
ProGrade Digital COBALT 300R V90 PGSD64GBCKNA 64GB
ProGrade Digital COBALT 300R V90 PGSD128GBCKNA 128GB
ProGrade Digital COBALT 300R V90 PGSD256GBCKNA 256GB
ProGrade Digital COBALT 300R V90 PGSD512GBCKNA 512GB
ProGrade Digital Gold 250R V60 PGSD64GBKNA 64GB
ProGrade Digital Gold 250R V60 PGSD128GBKNA 128GB
ProGrade Digital Gold 250R V60 PGSD256GBKNA 256GB
ProGrade Digital Gold 250R V60 PGSD512GBKNA 512GB
SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II V90 SDSDXDK-064G-xxxxx*2 64GB
SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II V90 SDSDXDK-128G-xxxxx*2 128GB
SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II V90 SDSDXDK-256G-xxxxx*2 256GB
SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II V90 SDSDXDK-512G-xxxxx*2 512GB
SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II V60 SDSDXEP-064G-xxxxx*2 64GB
SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II V60 SDSDXEP-128G-xxxxx*2 128GB
SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II V60 SDSDXEP-256G-xxxxx*2 256GB
SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II V60 SDSDXEP-512G-xxxxx*2 512GB
SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II V60 SDSDXEP-1T00-xxxxx*2 1TB
SONY SF-E V60 SF-E64 64GB
SONY SF-E V60 SF-E128 128GB
SONY SF-E V60 SF-E256 256GB
SONY TOUGH SF-G V90 ‎SF-G32T 32GB
SONY TOUGH SF-G V90 ‎SF-G64T 64GB
SUNEAST Ultimate Pro V90 SE-SDU2064GA300 64GB
SUNEAST Ultimate Pro V90 SE-SDU2128GA300 128GB
SUNEAST Ultimate Pro V90 SE-SDU2256GA300 256GB
SUNEAST Ultimate Pro V90 SE-SDU2512GA300 512GB
SUNEAST Ultimate Pro V60 SE-SDU2064GC280 64GB
SUNEAST Ultimate Pro V60 SE-SDU2128GB280 128GB
SUNEAST Ultimate Pro V60 SE-SDU2256GB280 256GB
SUNEAST Ultimate Pro V60 SE-SDU2512GB280 512GB
SUNEAST Ultimate Pro V60 SE-SDU2001TB280 1TB
Wise SD-S SD-S128 128GB
Wise SD-N SD-N128 128GB
Wise SD-N SD-N256 256GB
Wise SD-N SD-N512 512GB

*1 Model name could be different depending on the market.
*2 Where xxxx is “JNJIP/GHJIN” in Japan, “ANCIN” in the U.S.A., “CNCIN” in Canada, “ZN4IN” in China, and “GN4IN” for Global.

SmallRig Fujifilm GFX100RF Accessories Launched

SmallRig has launched a series of accessories for the Fujifilm GFX100RF.

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Fujifilm GFX100RF Lack of IBIS Explained – The Problem is NOT the Bigger Camera Body

One of the biggest critiques to the Fujifilm GFX100RF is the lack of IBIS, especially considering that it has a 100 megapixel medium format sensor.

So why has the Fujifilm GFX100RF no IBIS?

Well, that’s exactly what Thomas and Andreas asked the Japanese product managers of Fujifilm when they met them in Prague, who passed them the chart you can see above (video below).

Let’s take a look:

The important lines in the chart are the black diagonal lines. In that chart you can see that in order to get sharp images with for example a 250mm lens, you need to shoot at about 250th of a second.

On the very top (over the red line) we have the telephoto lenses that need OIS.

The purple on the left is the range where you need a tripod.

The yellow part shows where IBIS works best.

On the right we see the range that does not need IBIS and can be shot handheld without IBIS and yet get sharp images, and they marked the 35mmF4 in that range.

So, looking at the chart, I’d say that if you shoot at 1/40th of a second or higher, then IBIS would be of little use anyway.

And maybe in real world, you might be able to squeeze a bit more out of it. Test samples shared at the German fuji-x-forum.de look still sharp at 1/20th. So probably I personally would feel confident to go down to 1/30th, unless I am on my 7th coffee and my hands shake like crazy ;).

Also the leaf shutter helps to get sharper images, because it does not introduce as many vibrations as the mechanical shutter does.

One more tidbit about IBIS discussed in the video:

implementing IBIS would have made the camera bigger, but not that much.

Apparently the increase in body size would still be acceptable for Fujifilm. The problem would have been the lens, as in order to cover the entire sensor plus the area in which the sensor can move due to IBIS, the lens would have become significantly bigger. And since compactness was paramount for Fujifilm when developing the GFX100RF, they decided not to go with IBIS. The body size increase would have still been acceptable, but not the lens size.

And always keep in mind: whatever moves in your frame at very slow shutter speeds will get blurry anyway, as IBIS only compensate for camera shakes.

Fujifilm GFX100RF Aspect Ratio Dial Bet Explained at the X Summit’s Best Moment

I’ve watched the entire Fujifilm X Summit and you can find it summed up here.

But there is a part that I did not sum up because it did not disclose any technically relevant information, and yet it was in my opinion the best and most interesting part of the X Summit, because it told us about the philosphy behind crafting the Fujifilm GFX100RF.

At minute 39 of the Summit, Fujifilm introduces us the work of the legendary photographer Josef Koudelka.

More precisely, they bring us at his exhibition “Ruins“. The images were shot with a 6×17 Fujifilm camera in Koudelka’s favorite format 6×17.

But 6×17 was not always Koudelka’s go-to format.

He fell in love with this format only in 1986 when he was asked to particapte to a project called DATAR to photograph landscape in France.

He noticed a 6×17 Fujifilm panoramic camera sitting on a table and said “maybe I’d like to try that one, can I borrow it for a week?“.

He started shooting with it and an the wide format started an entirely new phase in his photography.

Koudelka will later on say, that the change in format he made in 1986 was absolutely essential for staying fresh and looking at things in a new way.

At this point, we hear Koudelka himself talking about Fuji’s 6×17 camera and how the wide format introduced a big change in his photography: a change that kept him motivated and his photography fresh. Koudelka says:

Many photographers stopped to photograph. But I did not stop to photograph, because I started to use panoramic camera. I realized that I can do something different, and in fact, that it will help me to continue with photography.

Regarding the Fujifilm GFX100RF, Koudelka said:

You made a fantastic camera. I think it is going to be very successful because people are going to discover that they can do something that looks different.

I know that some might argue that cropping in post is sufficient.

However, as Josef Koudelka noted, committing to a specific aspect ratio forces you to see the scene differently. Instead of deciding what works best later, you’ll train your eye to capture the optimal composition on location.

The aspect ratio dial embodies this philosophy.

It’s not just a tool. It’s a visible reminder to rethink your approach every time you shoot. It’s a invitation to change your perspective and capture a fresh view on the world. It’s a challenge to try something new and refresh your creative vision.

Yes, I know. It’s too early to say if Fujifilm has won this bet. The market will decide. But for those, who’ll love it, it might become an important and refreshing part in their photography.

RECORD: Fujifilm GFX100RF Most Preordered GFX on FujiRumors and Soon Catching X-T4

So, how are things going with the Fujifilm GFX100RF?

Well, I don’t know. I don’t have the figures of stores worldwide. The only reliable metric I can compare it to, is the preorders here on FujiRumors.

And looking at that, the Fujifilm GFX100RF is doing very well.

It is already by far the most preordered GFX camera of all time.

But not only that.

It is also about to surpass the X-T4 preorders (could be only a matter of hours), which would then make it the 4th most preordered camera on FujiRumors after the (unreachable) X100VI, X-T5 and X-T3. And even the X-T3 is not that far away anymore, so the GFX100RF is very likely to become the third most pre-ordered camera ever on FujiRumors within a few days from now.

Sure, this is data limited to FujiRumors, and we know they are not indicative for overall sales. But in general, what is well received among the FR community does not become an epic failure on the worldwide market.

Now, I hope Fujifilm is well prepared this time and there won’t be big delays. But if you are in the market for a GFX100RF, maybe, just to be on safe side, I would not wait all too long to place my order.

Fujifilm GFX100RF Preorders now also at Amazon!

You can now preorder the Fujifilm GFX100RF at Amazon, too.

Other stores are taking pre-orders since 2 hours already. Amazon just opened them right now, so if you preorder now, you’ll be very high on the waiting list.