Every single time that we’ve done Fujifilm camera reviews, we have to do portraits. I mean, come on! How do you hate on film simulations? Well, this time around we went into our reviews index to find the greatest. And in this roundup, we’re curating the best Fujifilm cameras for portrait photography. Plus, there are sample galleries in this post. You’re going to love it!
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How We Chose the Best Fujifilm Cameras for Portrait Photography

Here’s some insight into how and why we chose these as the best Fujifilm cameras for portrait photography.
- Our roundups only prominently feature products that we’ve done full reviews of. With that said, within each section of this roundup, you’ll find links back to our full reviews of the products. So you can know that we really believe that these are the best Fujifilm cameras for portrait photography because we’ve tested them.
- All the product images and sample photos were shot by our staff.
- The best Fujifilm cameras for portrait photography all put film simulations at the forefront. Our staff likes Classic Chrome, Classic Negative, Pro Negative HC, and Astia the most.
- Classic Chrome was originally designed to mimic the look of photos that you’d see in National Geographic. And therefore, it kind of looks like Kodachrome.
- Classic Negative is designed to look more like Superia. I recommend overexposing it to get that more pastel look that photographers love.
- Pro Negative HC is designed to mimic the look of their old Pro Negative 160 ISO film. It’s great for studio work.
- Astia balances a vivid look with slightly softer colors. We really think that it’s fantastic.
- With the best Fujifilm cameras for portrait photography, use face and eye detection.
Fujifilm XH2

Here are the pros and cons from our full review:
PROS
- Very quiet
- Fantastic image quality
- High ISO images are fairly clean, or you can embrace the noise.
- The best color from an APSC sensor in a while
- Subject detection is great in sufficient lighting.
- Weather resistant
- Good for street photography
- Alright battery life
- Still works well with older lenses
- Cropped shooting mode in continuous drive mode is brilliant. (Let me get it right in camera and frame it perfectly there rather than fixing it later.)
- Continuous AF is great in good lighting.
- Very good at 10pm for tracking birds
CONS
- I miss the ISO dial so much.
- Desperately needs to find a way to make switching between subjects faster
- Rolling shutter in pre-shot ES
- I wish it had more customizable buttons.
- Fuji needs to update how their focusing modes work.
- Star ratings don’t transfer over to Capture one or Lightroom.
- Continuous AF isn’t so great in low lighting.
- Fuji needs to update their AF-C customization modes.
- Autofocus performance deteriorates with exposure preview on and lots of underexposure.
- High ISO editing versatility isn’t all that great, but for wildlife it really needs to be.
- Fuji currently lacks a major selection of fast telephoto lenses, and they really need them.




Fujifilm GFX 50s II

Here are the pros and cons from our full review:
PROS
- Beautiful image quality
- Colors and film simulations
- In-camera skin smoothing transfers to raw file
- It cuts down on editing time
- Dynamic Range
- Addition of IBIS
- Small camera body for medium format
CONS
- Autofocus can be sluggish
- Although it’s improved, face detection can still be improved upon
- Quick AF mode quickly drains the battery
- Not a lot of fast lens options in the current lens lineup




Fujifilm GFX 100s

Here are the pros and cons from our full review:
PROS
- The build quality is much better than the GFX100
- Weather sealing
- The new IBIS system is excellent
- Good autofocus in good light
- More detail in images than anyone could ever want
- Great performance up to ISO 6400
- The film sims are great as always. Nostalgic Neg is a nice inclusion
- Nice grip and a well-placed thumb rest round out great ergonomics
- Excellent price point for a ‘more than Full-frame’ camera (it’s $5,999)
CONS
- Still no touchscreen menu system
- Mediocre battery life
- 400MP Hi-Res image mode is meh
- While the EVF is nice, it’s a step back from the GFX100



