Fujifilm GFX 50S Vs. Sony A7RIII

So it happened, Sony just dropped another Full Frame camera, the brand new Sony A7RIII (price and specs at BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS, FocusCamera).

As to expect, now all possible comparisons will appear on the web, and we have already a first one at imaging-resource, comparing the Sony A7rIII with the Fujifilm GFX 50S, the Nikon D850 and the Canon 5DMKIV.

The results of the 42MP on the Sony A7RIII are, as to expect, impressive and promising. The Fujifilm GFX 50s, Nikon D850 and Sony A7rIII seem to be clearly superior to the Canon 5D MK IV.

“The A7R III has a crispness to the blues in the eye that the other two seem to lack, resulting in a sort of grey overtone from both the Nikon and the Fuji. What may be the most impressive is how well the new Sony FE 24-105 f/4 hangs with Nikon’s new 24-70mm and Fuji’s 63mm. [Note: the Canon had the EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM]

Due to the RAW profile for the Sony A7R III not yet being available, we are comparing JPEG images. The Nikon D850 image was converted from RAW with ACR default settings“

And here is the EXIF data for the images (shot on a tripod, all shot at 50mm):

• Fujifilm GFX 50S: 1/20th, F5, ISO250, SOOC Jpeg – see here
• Sony A7RIII: 1/40th, F5, ISO250, SOOC Jpeg – see here
• Canon 5DMKIV: 1/40th, F5, ISO250, SOOC Jpeg – see here
• Nikon D850: 1/40th, F5, ISO250, converted from RAW with ACR default settings – see here

As FR-readers noted, the strange pattern in the eyes is very likely caused by the model’s color contact lenses.

Please notice that

• the Fujifilm GFX was shot at 1/20th of a second, whereas the other three cameras at 1/40th.
• the Fujifilm GFX was shot at F5 in Medium Format, which is faster than F5 in FF, so it had shallower DOF
• the Fujifilm GFX could be slightly out of focus, just as the Canon 5D MK IV
• the Nikon D850 is a RAW file convertet in Adobe, all others are JPEG
• eye AF on the Sony A7RIII works great for sure

I’m looking forward to more comparisons, maybe in a more controlled enviroment with all cameras at the same settings (a classical lab test), once Adobe supports Sony A7RIII RAW files.

With that said, go to imaging-resource here and check out their comparison.

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Just recently we reported that DxOmark said they will now test medium format cameras.

The Pentax 645Z, which features the same sensor of the Fujifilm GFX 50S and the Hasselblad X1D, had a prelimiary score of 101.

Now the full Hasselblad X1D test is out, and it beats every record, with a score of 102. You can read it here:

“The Hasselblad X1D-50c reaches new heights for image quality, achieving the highest DxOMark score of 102 points for any commercially-available sensor we’ve tested.

The X1D-50c excels in all three of our measurement categories, achieving either the top-ranked or a podium position result in each. At base ISO, the X1D-50c offers outstanding color depth (Portrait score) of 26.2 bits and a dynamic range (Landscape score) of 14.8 EV. In low light, the X1D-50c achieves the highest-ranked low-light ISO (Sports score) we’ve tested to date (4489 ISO).

Where the X1D-50c truly excels is for Low-Light ISO (Sports score), however. Achieving a top score of ISO 4489, it’s the best-performing sensor in low light that we’ve tested. This is primarily due to the larger surface area the medium-format sensor offers, so it isn’t surprising the X1D-50c outperforms physically-smaller full-frame sensors such as the 42.4Mp Sony A7R II, as well as sensors with a greater pixel pitch, such as the 12.2p Sony A7s.

That said, while its image quality is up there with the best, it’s not significantly better than other super high-resolution full-frame sensors, such as the Nikon D850 DSLR or the Sony A7R II, except in low light.“

Not bad, considering that the 50 MP sensor in the X1D (and GFX) is acutally quite old. Sony already showed the new 100MP BSI Medium Format sensor, which will for sure set a new benchmark and very likely be the core of the Fujifilm GFX 100S.

It will be interesting to see how the Fujifilm GFX 50S will score (if DxO will ever test it), since it’s true that it has the same sensor of the Pentax 645Z and Hasselblad X1D, but Fujifilm has fine tuned the 50MP sensor by customizing the microlenses in front of the sensor and optimizing the silicon process. This should give even better results.

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