Fuji GFX 100 II... had a play

[Tim Sewell]

8 hours ago, kye said:

Looks pretty good....

To be fair, that guy could get great video out of a Box Brownie.

[BTM_Pix]

26 minutes ago, Tim Sewell said:

To be fair, that guy could get great video out of a Box Brownie.

I'd give even money on him doing the same with a Chocolate Brownie.

His XH-2 stuff is very good.

[eatstoomuchjam]

11 hours ago, kye said:

Looks pretty good....

The poor-shooters Alexa 65?

 

"I ruined a lot of shots just because I thought a $10,000 camera setup would transform my bad lighting and framing into something cinematic."

Flawless quote.

I've used mine as the A camera on 2 short films so far - one for Four Points Film Project and one for a local short film festival called Z Fest.  My favorite modes are the 5.8k 2.39 mode that uses full sensor width and the full size 4k mode where I can choose between decent RS and high dynamic range.  I also like the 8k mode, but less for the resolution and more for the crop to vary up my prime focal lengths. 

It also doesn't hurt that the Fuji 110/2 is probably my favorite lens that I ever used on any format/camera.  Going in for a any sort of close-up with that lens feels like you just typed a cheat code into your monitor.

For most shorts that I shoot, I'm way more likely to just grab the C70 or the K-X.  The Fuji can make some amazing images, but I'm always having to think about which mode I'm in and which positives/drawbacks that mode has...  plus the big sensor can create some problems.  Like, if I put on a fast manual lens with character that I like, I might need to stop it down to f/4 to get enough working DOF to keep the talent in focus while they move (or to have the tip of their nose still in focus while their eyes are sharp) - and by f/4, a lot of the character that I like in that lens vanishes.  This objection is reduced a lot with native or EF glass, though, since the eye detect AF is really decent (back to the 110/2, did I mention that I love that lens?).

That said, if I'm traveling and can only bring one camera, it's a no-brainer for me.  The GFX 100 II is by far the best all-around camera I've ever touched.  I've taken it to Turkey and Brazil since getting it and never found myself wishing I had another camera with me.  There's a reason that my answer in the "If you could have only one camera..." thread was simply "GFX 100 II."  😁

[Jade]

Hello! I have been looking for GFX 100 ii F log video files to download and grade in Davinci Resolve but I can't find anything online. The above Wetransfer link you have provided has expired also. Can you repost it please? That would be amazing :)

[eatstoomuchjam]

Here are a few short and uninteresting clips in f-log2.  They're still uploading, should be done in about 10 minutes.  I'll leave them up until I remember to delete them or need to free up space.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wXDZ0j8JvTxejzKbjjnEYq0XWv1qZJ30?usp=sharing

[Jade]

Thank you so much!! I will download these and check them out.

Do you have any clips of people by chance? 🙂

[eatstoomuchjam]

I just poked around - most of what I have with people is either for short films that I shot for others or with friends who would be upset if I shared their image to an internet forum.

If it's OK for the people to be a bit out of focus (just for a skin tones test or something), I have a few from one of my own short films with people in the foreground or background.

[kye]

13 hours ago, eatstoomuchjam said:

I just poked around - most of what I have with people is either for short films that I shot for others or with friends who would be upset if I shared their image to an internet forum.

If it's OK for the people to be a bit out of focus (just for a skin tones test or something), I have a few from one of my own short films with people in the foreground or background.

This is always my challenge.  I have a project that I use for colour grading practice and testing that has two main sections, one with private images that are absolutely full of skintones, and the other section for images I can post publicly that scarcely has any because people don't want to be posted publicly. 

[mercer]

12 minutes ago, kye said:

This is always my challenge.  I have a project that I use for colour grading practice and testing that has two main sections, one with private images that are absolutely full of skintones, and the other section for images I can post publicly that scarcely has any because people don't want to be posted publicly. 

Yeah nobody wants to see your homemade porn, Kye. 

[kye]

8 minutes ago, mercer said:

Yeah nobody wants to see your homemade porn, Kye. 

I told you to keep that between us!

[mercer]

4 minutes ago, kye said:

I told you to keep that between us!

These are not the skintones you are looking for.

[eatstoomuchjam]

On 6/5/2024 at 7:03 AM, Jade said:

Do you have any clips of people by chance?

Good news!  I had forgotten before that I had the GFX 100 II when I went to Turkey last year.  I added a clip of a bunch of people fishing from a bridge in Istanbul with tourists passing behind them.

[zlfan]

On 5/22/2024 at 5:59 PM, kye said:

Looks pretty good....

The poor-shooters Alexa 65?

one of the best camera introduction videos. fuji should hire him to promote the cameras.

I feel that the still photos in the video are much more eye catching than the video clips.