Fujifilm’s successor to the GFX 100S, its 2021 medium format digicam with terrific efficiency however sluggish speeds, is the aptly named GFX 100S II. The brand new mannequin is $1,000 cheaper, smaller, lighter and has (shocker) AI options to enhance its autofocus, certainly one of our gripes with its predecessor.
The Fujifilm GFX 100S II makes use of a 102MP high-speed sensor and the X-Processor 5 processing engine. The corporate says its medium format sensor is about 1.7 occasions bigger than a 35mm full-frame sensor. Its physique weighs round 883g (together with the battery and reminiscence card), making it the lightest within the lineup.
The digicam has “enhanced” in-body picture stabilization, permitting for a most of eight-stop, five-axis efficiency. This might increase its picture high quality when utilizing longer publicity occasions.
Fujifilm says it improved the sensor’s pixel structure design, enabling an ordinary sensitivity of ISO80. “When the sensor sensitivity is set at ISO80, the camera can capture images at greater dynamic range and lower noise than with the previous model” when taking pictures in 16-bit RAW mode, the corporate wrote in a press launch. This could result in higher low-light efficiency, autofocus accuracy and general picture high quality.
The digicam’s sensor has an improved micro-lens design, rising gentle use effectivity at its edges. Fujifilm says this offers it higher picture high quality and autofocus accuracy across the edges than its predecessor.
Like practically each different little bit of current tech gear, Fujifilm is utilizing AI in its merchandise — on this case, AI-based topic detection. Fujifilm says it may mechanically acknowledge animals, birds, automobiles, bikes, bicycles, airplanes, trains, bugs, and drones and focus accordingly. The corporate claims its improved autofocus predictive algorithm and a steady taking pictures velocity of as much as seven FPS make it higher at monitoring high-speed topics. Autofocus was certainly one of our nitpicks in Engadget’s evaluate of the GFX 100S, so we’ll be curious to see if these claims maintain up in follow.
On the video entrance, the brand new digicam helps 4K / 30P 4:2:2 10bit movies (for extra exact colour replica) when utilizing its inner SD card. It’s outfitted with the F-Log 2 profile for improved dynamic vary. Its compatibility is boosted by supporting Apple ProRes, however solely when utilizing an exterior solid-state drive linked by way of USB-C.
The Fujifilm GFX 100S II prices $4,999, or €5,499 in Europe. That’s cheaper than the $7,500 GFX 100 II, buying and selling some additional video perks for much less of successful on the pockets. You’ll be able to order it on Friday from Fujifilm’s web site.
