{"id":18933,"date":"2017-03-16T22:15:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T22:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=18933"},"modified":"2017-03-17T17:01:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T17:01:20","slug":"round-one-gfx-vs-x-t2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=18933","title":{"rendered":"Round One: GFX vs X-T2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m at\u00a0Bedford’s\u00a0PhotoCon in Oklahoma City and I just got the chance to wring out the new GFX and shoot some comparison shots with the Fujifilm X-T2. \u00a0This is not an exhaustive test, but is quite revealing! \u00a0How so? \u00a0Follow along.<\/p>\n

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Let’s start with an overall scene shot with both cameras: (which at this size are identical)<\/p>\n

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Both cameras were set at ISO 200, f11 and Auto White Balance, shot with a self timer off a tripod on a concrete floor.<\/p>\n

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First, I cropped out the bottle and orange and yellow car section from both cameras files. \u00a0You can guess which is which?!<\/p>\n

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At this point it is very hard to tell. \u00a0Top X-T2, bottom GFX. \u00a0Now let’s blow this file up to a 7 foot wide file from a cropped section to compare!!!<\/p>\n

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Now you can see the very fine detail at the bottom of the bottle start to be much better defined in the GFX file (top image), but remember this is as tiny portion of the original files, blown up to 7 feet wide!!!!!!!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Let’s try another:<\/p>\n

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The GFX file on top is actually less sharp on the wall (both f11) because the depth is greater in the smaller sensors at the same focal length equiv. \u00a0At full image size it is hard to discern a difference other than the depth. \u00a0The GFX is still crisper but not by a very large margin.<\/p>\n

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The GFX file (top) has more bite and acutance, but not by a lot once again, at full file size!!<\/p>\n

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Again full files, close to the same, GFX on the bottom!<\/p>\n

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So some early conclusions:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0The GFX has a ton of resolution and can be blown up to outer space and still have enormous detail, and the X-T2 holds it’s own until we start cropping or making very, very large prints on the order of feet by feet. \u00a0Can you see the difference with your nose against the print, yes you can, but standing back at a reasonable distance I suspect it would be harder, though the GFX would still have the edge!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    2. \u00a0Is the GFX worth the difference in price? \u00a0Yes and no. \u00a0If you’re a pixel peeper of the tenth order, and demand the ultimate in resolution and acutance, a big Yes! \u00a0If you rarely make very large prints or reproduce in very high end slick publications, not as much.<\/p>\n

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    3. \u00a0Would it be a great camera for landscape work? \u00a0Yes it would, definitely, the detail would be a big advantage, but then again what are you going to to do with those big juicy files? \u00a0Prints of enormous size you bet, it would be the ticket! \u00a0 24X36 and 40X60 at reasonable distances it might be a closer call.<\/p>\n

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    4. \u00a0Would I buy one? \u00a0Maybe, it would depend on what kind of work I was doing\u00a0and then the cost is a factor for all of us. \u00a0I’m thinking about it and weighing the options. \u00a0Too soon to say, but I’m mighty impressed!!!<\/p>\n

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    5. \u00a0Is it worth it? \u00a0 YES, it is one of the finest medium format cameras I’ve ever shot, it is a dream to operate, very much like a big X-T2, menus are much the same, and it has some very helpful features. \u00a0The price is not low, but the quality and files are spectacular.<\/p>\n

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    More after further research!<\/p>\n

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    Blessings,<\/p>\n

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    the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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    One more:<\/p>\n

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    Bet you can guess which is which here, pretty amazing!<\/p>\n

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    \"IMG_3070\"<\/p>\n

    \"IMG_3072\"\"IMG_3089\"<\/p>\n

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    O.K. just for grins guess what these were made with????<\/p>\n

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    O.K. some kind of world we live in, these are 2 megabyte files from a iPhone 6+ !!!!! \u00a0Maybe he Millennials are on to something!?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      I’m at\u00a0Bedford’s\u00a0PhotoCon in Oklahoma City and I just got the chance to wring out the new GFX and shoot some comparison shots with the Fujifilm X-T2. \u00a0This is not an exhaustive test, but is quite revealing! \u00a0How so? \u00a0Follow along.   Let’s start with an overall scene shot with both cameras: (which at this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18933"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18958,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18933\/revisions\/18958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}