I should hope so. Those are good prices. MPB’s lowest price is 608Euro and goes to 700+Euro. As always, it pays to shop carefully. Perhaps the “Influencer” bubble is popping?
Roman Fox, who is a friend of James Popsys, also got one. And he was very honest about it, explicitly saying that it was a gift to keep. I found it rather a strange decision for him to get one because he is mainly a street photographer with a preference for more compact cameras. As far as I know, it won’t be his main camera.
Unless I missed it, Gavin Hardcastle (Fototripper) didn’t really explain how he got his. I think he made up some long-running gag about it being his wife’s, but he didn’t directly address it. Seemed like a much more obvious choice to gift him one because he’s a landscape photographer who almost exclusively uses a tripod, where the Hasselblad excels.
I can understand why YouTubers don’t want to be known as “brand x guy”, and I don’t begrudge them using a high-end camera they’ve been given. But when all of the ones in your feed start using Leicas and Hasselblads, I can’t help feeling a little more detached from them.
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Yes, but he seemed to have it well before Thomas Heaton and a few others. Or maybe their videos are just that far behind.
I mean if any brand wants to hook me up, let’s go!
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All I know is that I’d really like to have a 24mp sensor in the body of my Yashica MG 1.
It’s a 35mm camera, but if I could get the internals of say, one of the Sony A6*** series in it, I’d take it everywhere.
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For me, a concrete motivation to buy such a camera would be high dynamic range and low noise at low light levels. So I’m waiting to see the characteristics of the sensor and in the end not buy the camera because it will be so expensive 
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Depending on your notion of ‘expensive’, I think we’re already there in the ISO-invariant cameras already offered by Nikon, Canon, and Sony. I bought my Z 6 for that very reason, and I almost never use my denoise tools anymore… That, and lower minimum hand-held shutter speeds with the lens and sensor stabilization mechanisms (didn’t see that coming).
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Note that the above characteristics of sensors have not developed much in the past few years, or even regressed a bit as a tradeoff for other features (eg the Nikon Z6 iii), and unless you have extreme needs it does not matter which camera you get (given the sensor size).
You can pick up very good cameras on the used market with great low light performance and dynamic range, if you are not after the latest & greatest AF, burst speed, etc.
That said, regarding the original rumor, I am baffled why Fujifilm would introduce a new compact, when they cannot even fulfill the orders for the X100vi.
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The GFX sensors are still ahead of the rest when it comes to dynamic range/noise, so it’s a real benefit. While I agree with the point when it comes to FF or APS-C, there’s really no comparison when it comes to jumping from APS-C or full frame(except high end) to medium format.
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A while ago, I took test shots of very high dynamic range scenes with various cameras. My conclusion was obvious and simple: my photography is not limited by the sensor.
In that sense, it’s laudable that larger sensors have even more megaflicksels and gigapoxels. But it’s a distinction without a difference to me.
Please don’t take that as a criticism to your argument. If you need that dynamic range, I don’t intend to invalidate your need. I bet there are plenty of people more discerning than me, especially with regards to resolution and noise.
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Yes, the camera industry has a tendency to single out some aspect and play a numbers game on consumers who are not sure what it means, whether they need it, and what the tradeoffs are.
Many of us here remember the time when it was megapixels, then “x zoom” (in they halcyon days of compacts, a mere “10x zoom” lens was for grandma, with barely adequate 30x and 60x lenses projecting light to tiny sensors), then dynamic range was king for a while, but is being supplanted by burst rates and the number of various categories the AF system can recognize, so I guess soon we will see a camera with a dedicated mode for cockroaches.
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Recently evaluated a GFX 100S II and a GF 80mm f/1.7. I came out underwhelmed.
The “medium format look” isn’t there with this 44×33 mm crop medium format sensor size. Would probably have to jump to Phase One XT to notice a meaningful difference (from 36×24 mm). Well, $60 000 for that… 
If you want or need the resolution, sure. But don’t expect any magical properties.
A 28 mm f/3.2 equivalent lens (the aperture, in terms of DOF) does not pique my interest. I think the 28 mm FOV is a rather bad general purpose focal length and the fact the almost every smartphone main camera has been ~28 mm equivalent for a long time probably contributes to my lack of interest. I favor 35–45 mm lenses.
If you’re perfectly happy with your smartphone FOV, perhaps this could be something…
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My take is that they preferred to go wider with a fixed lens because you can always crop in with this kind of sensor and resolution, but you can’t go any wider. A tighter lens would arguably be less versatile. Obviously this doesn’t suit a lot of photographers, but it was probably a safer choice to maximize interest.
Out of interest, what is your main camera and what were you comparing the GFX to? Interesting to hear you were underwhelmed, but I guess to some extent it depends on what you are used to / familiar with. I have never shot medium format or full frame with a digital camera. A 35mm film camera was the last time I shot anything other than APS-C.
I normally shoot with an α7 III for stills and a α7S III for video.
If I was after the the DOF control and nice bokeh, I’d rather spend my money on a Sigma 35 or 50mm f/1.2 DG DN than investing in crop medium format. If I really needed the resolution, then perhaps GFX or Hasselblad X would be a good idea. This pseudo medium format sensor size (and the lenses available for it) doesn’t do much at all for the “character” of the image though.
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That would be awesome for photographing politicians! 
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Unfortunately, it looks like it will be $5,500-$6,000. Ouch!
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For those wondering, seems there’s been a leak.
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very ouch. At that point, I’d just opt for the GFX100S II and eat the cost of the lens.
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Dpreview also reviewed it:
https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilm-gfx100rf-medium-format-fixed-lens-initial-review
On the one hand, this is clearly not a camera I would even consider. On the other hand, Fujifilm must have done their homework and their marketing people certainly have a target group in mind; I just can’t imagine who that might be. This looks like a street photography camera with insane resolution and full frame, clinical lens but widest aperture is f/4 (about f/3.2 full frame equivalent).
But frankly, the Fujifilm X100VI is an order of magnitude cheaper, smaller, has IBIS… and for 99% of the images should be indistinguishable.
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Right, I also think this is the case.
However, I can imagine that some people will just have a lot of fun with this camera. That’s something, isn’t it?
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Sure, but you can have lots of fun with cameras that are way cheaper.
I am guessing that the “I am interested in photography and I spend 5k EUR for fun” demographic is not large enough to justify the R&D, but maybe I am wrong.