Category Archives: Fujifilm

Alberto – Hard to say what the differences are in image quality. It will be close between the Hasselblad H6D 100c and the GFX 100. I am betting the H6D might have a smidge more dynamic range but only by a hair if it does. The GFX 100 is so much easier to use and so much more versatile that it doesn’t matter to me. Also, the Fujifilm GF lenses are sharper than the Hasselblad H series lenses. In terms of what features the GFX 100 is missing there are not many–if any at all. It has pretty much everything the Nikon mirrorless cameras have and a better EVF and better autofocus.

Glenn – I have not tried any 3rd party lenses as of yet. I have a whole set of the Fujifilm GF lenses so I haven’t needed to but at some point that might happen.

I haven’t used that 1/125th shutter speed – I used Hi-Sync and HSS, which allows me to work at any shutter speed up to 1/4000th of a second. HS (with the Elinchrom ELB 1200 strobes) is way more powerful than HSS so that is my main option for the sports images. For portraits the HSS option (with the Elinchrom ELB 500 TTL) is super easy to work with.

Douglas – For me it wasn’t AF issues with the Hasselblad it was camera shake issues. I drink way too much caffeine and for critical tack sharp images I would be hard pressed to get many images tack sharp (or as sharp as I would like) at 1/125th second with my H5D 50c. Even at 1/500th second it was 50/50 if it would be tack, tack sharp on the Hasselblad handheld. The AF was slow on that camera but very accurate. Yesterday, I was testing out the GFX 100 with the 100-200 mm lens and at 1/40th second to 1/80th second handheld we got repeatedly crazy-sharp images on the GFX 100. That is pretty impressive.

I am definitely aware of the limitations of HSS and it is not nearly as powerful as leaf shutters. No question there. I am holding onto a few of my Hasselblad lenses and can use their leaf shutters with an adapter on the GFX 100. But, HS (Hi-Sync), which is different than HSS and leaf shutter techniques, is way more powerful for what I do than either leaf shutters or HSS and because the GFX 100 has higher shutter speeds (one stop more than the H6D at least) it is definitely pretty versatile with HS flash techniques.

None of this is to say that the Hasselblad or Phase offerings are not great cameras as well. They are beautiful cameras with incredible image quality. They are just more limited as to what they do for a wide variety of photography genres and that is where the GFX 100 really shines — along with image quality.