FUJIFILM North America Corporation today announced the launch of its “FUJIFILM GFX100RF” mirrorless digital camera, which would be the first digital camera with a fixed lens in the history of GFX solutions.
According to certain reports, GFX100RF offers you a large-format image sensor, approximately 1.7 times larger than a typical 35mm full-frame sensor. More on that would reveal how the technology weighs no more than 1.62lb (735g). This makes it the lightest GFX model ever.
Next up, we must dig into how the camera is decked up with Fujifilm’s GFX 102MP CMOS II HS image sensor and image processing engine i.e. X-Processor 5. This sensor, in particular, features evolved pixel structure and micro-lenses that, on their part, enhance dynamic range and low-light performance, as well as provide further improvements in peripheral image quality and autofocus (AF) accuracy.
“GFX100RF redefines portability for the GFX System,” said Victor Ha, vice president, Electronic Imaging and Optical Devices Divisions, FUJIFILM North America Corporation. “This camera is an incredible mashup between our Straight Out of Camera philosophy and GFX System’s More Than Full FrameTM persona because it bridges image quality with our legendary color reproduction. With GFX100RF, we’re able to offer high-resolution, large format images in a small, easy-to-carry package.”
Another detail worth a mention here is rooted in the fact that top plate of GFX100RF is machined from a single block of aluminum and the lens ring, dials, bottom plate, with other details also precision-machined from aluminum to scale up the camera’s premium details.
Marking one more first would be an Aspect Ratio Dial which is included on the back of the camera to let users easily switch between the various aspect ratios on the camera. Not just that, two new aspect ratios of “3:4” and “17:6” have also been added on GFX100RF to bestow more opportunities at the disposal of photographers when selecting a more suitable aspect ratio.
Then, there is a digital tele-converter selector/lever on the front to select angle of view. You see, right from its native 35mm focal length (28mm in 35mm format), the angle of view can be switched in three steps to 45mm (36mm in 35mm format), 63mm (50mm in 35mm format), and 80mm (63mm in 35mm format), allowing users to respond flexibly to a variety of image creation situations.
Complementing that would be the availability of a user interface which can optimize the placement of icons to match 3:2 aspect ratio of the new 3.15-inch 2.1-megapixel 2-axis tilt LCD monitor.
Joining the mix would be a new Surround View function. The stated function displays area outside image range as a semi-transparent frame, serving as a guide that coincides with the selected aspect ratio. In case this wasn’t enough, users can also easily switch between these two viewing modes through a lever on the camera body, giving an experience that can suit the needs of different creative ideologies.
Moving on, GFX100RF features a new FUJINON 35mmF4 fixed focal length lens and constant F4 aperture, all of it developed exclusively for GFX100RF.
The technology further achieves high resolution performance using spherical aberration and field curvature. Furthermore, to realize that very objective, it deploys a lens configuration of 10 elements in 8 groups, including 2 aspherical lenses. The device also boasts a newly developed nano-GI coating optimized for lenses with large curvature, coating which has been applied to the lens to suppress internal reflections even across peripheral areas of the lens.
Among other things, GFX100RF boasts an AF prediction function and face/eye AF to recognize a wide variety of subjects, such as animals, vehicles, birds, and airplanes.
On top of that, the technology in question features a high-magnification, high-definition EVF with a finder magnification of 0.84x and 5.76 million dots. When using the viewfinder, the camera is able to suppress the image flow and distortion which occurs due to misalignment of the pupil position, thus achieving high visibility.
Alongside that, GFX100RF is also compatible with Frame.io Camera to Cloud functionality. Such a mechanism allows for video and still image files to be uploaded directly to Frame.io via the cloud, speeding up workflow by an important margin.