Fujifilm GFX 50S II Review - Mainstream Medium Format?

SONY A7R5 or GFX50II Which one is better?

Thank you so much for your review. It is such an informative video that covers many areas of interest! thanks again

Is it good for architecture photography?

An excellent review as ever.

I just thought I’d mention that I only use my 50Sii single point AFS, and it is very quick and focuses really well even in low light eg 12800 30th f3.5.
I would never use face detect or AFC at a wedding.
From me, highly recommended in AFS… it’s quick.

Is it darker in relative exposure values like fuji XTs??
Thanks for always showing us the EVFs.

Sony has a full frame sensor on an aps-c size mount that is why it is so small compare to GFX.I wish fuji make the mount a little bit smaller so that it will be more compact like what sony did to their e-mount system but then again it will cannibalize their aps-c cameras. It will be mainstream after some years when newer models came and older models will be more affordable.

How would you consider the image quality difference between the 50sii and a full frame camera like the Sony a7 IV? Will there be a big difference with good lenses?

Hello, I listened with curiosity to your review as I have a medium format Pentax 6x7 and still occasionally use it. If you have seen printed photos from that camera how would you compare them with that of this Fujifilm?
Thank you for the reply! Liviu Ivanov

You are one of the reviewers I like the most. Very accurate and precise to the point info. Thank you.

Great review, but the one thing i cannot agree is the low light performance... i havent used this camera, but i have dowloaded dozens of images from this sensor and its WAY cleaner than a Sony a7rIV, theres no comparison. Im curious to know how you got better results with the Sony. I find this sensor (be it a hasselblad, a 50r, 50s or this 50s ii) to be better than most full frame cameras in low light

Great review! After watching this and GFX100s review I decided on GFX50. However I could afford only R model (I prefer rangefinder style anyways :) Funny enough - GFX50R has a touch screen. And 50SII doesn’t?

hello my friend...

I'm glad it's here, but I'd spring the extra for 100S if I were to spend ar such a scale. I recall that the S1R had some better metrics than the 50mpx of the predecssor. Between that and Foveon it's difficult to justify GFX, but they're beautiful machines.
Note: The 44x33 sensors are ~70% larger.

Appreciate your thoughtful review -- the GFX 50S II is thoroughly tempting. More than the price, it's the compactness and weight of this kit. Frankly, the 35-70 is pretty much the entire reason why I would choose to upgrade. I've gotten used to the weight of the "Red Badge" zooms on the X-mount and this new 35-70 + the camera is about the same weight as some of those zooms would be with my XT-3. I have a question for me if you'd be inclined to answer it: like how much better is the output of this new 35-70 on the GFX 50S II than that of the 16-55 f/2.8 on an XT-3 or an XT-4? Is it jaw-droppingly better or is the difference more subtle?

Thank you for the review. I want to ask you if GFX 50S II is good for street photography where there is not too much action but still people walking or kind of in some movement. Thank you in advance.

Excellent presentation, I appreciate your blend of facts and assessment. Thank you very much.

Thanks a Lot! Very good and interesting opinion. Спасибо!

Fuji will have my money with next medium format camera, hopefully BSI sensor with 1, 1.5 iso stops better and better AF. For my weddings. GFX 100s files are too big to handle at this point.
My a7R3 will do the job for 2-3 years, hopefully. And my x100v will be the fun stuff.

Wait, it can only do 1080p video? Wow, talk about aggressive vertical market segmentation.

I dont think any camera over $4k with such expensive lenses will ever be mainstream, honestly. I have a 50s and it's very hard to justify on paper

I only wish this had a new sensor with phase detection and faster readout. The 100S is probably perfect but more expensive and I would prefer smaller files.

The dream is slowly becoming reachable

Thank you for the video! I really like to watch, even thought I already have a Panasonic G9.