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The Medium Format Fujifilm GFX 50S has a 51.4MP Sensor

Chris Gampat
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09/19/2016
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At Photokina 2016, Fujifilm announced their new system called the Fujifilm GFX: their medium format camera system that has been long rumored. The new system sports a sensor size of 43.8 x 32.9mm; and the camera is being touted as something that is meant to be above full frame camera systems. This is being called the G format sensor and is 1.7x larger than 35mm. It has 51.4MP. At its full size, it as a 4:3 ratio. However, there are a number of different ratios available.

Oh right, and it’s mirrorless!

The new sensor has specially shaped micro lenses and has an optimized silicon process. It was indeed fully customized just for them. No word yet on who makes it.

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The camera has a new mount called the G mount, and comes from the company’s long history of medium format cameras. Without a mirror, the lens mount has a flange distance of 26.7mm. That’s quite short! There is a focal plane shutter that shoots up to 1/4,000th; which means no leaf shutter and therefore high speed sync will be less than what you’d expect from more typical medium format cameras.

It has a tilting LCD, an LCD screen on top, has an SLR style body and doesn’t have the electronic viewfinder standard. But it comes with the camera and fits right on top. You also have the option of rotating viewfinders or attaching an external screen via the HDMI output. This includes tether shooting too–something that Fujifilm users will really appreciate! There is an ISO dial just like with the X-T2, which some will appreciate over the X Pro 2’s.

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There are also new lenses which are designed to resolve over 100MP. They’re also designed to be distortion free. Among the lineup is the:

  • GF63mm f2.8 R WR (coming in early 2017)
  • GF 32-64mm f4 R LM WR
  • GF 120mm f4 Macro
  • GF23mm f4 R LM WR
  • GF45mm f2.8 R WR

And the cost of the camera with the 63mm lens? $10,000. (This is not official yet and could change.)

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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