The Fujifilm GFX100 II has joined the camera department: 102 megapixels on a 43.8 × 32.9 mm sensor — 68% larger in area than full frame — supplied with two extra batteries and a double charger.
For years, large format meant a trade. You got a rendering full frame cannot reproduce, and in exchange the subject had to stand still. The GFX100 II is the generation where that trade largely disappears.
What changed
The sensor reads out roughly twice as fast as the previous GFX100S. That single engineering change cascades through everything:
- 8 frames per second with the mechanical shutter, against 5 before
- Subject-detection autofocus built on deep learning, across 425 points — it tracks faces and eyes, but also animals, birds and vehicles
- Base ISO 80 instead of 100, with wider dynamic range and cleaner shadows
- 5-axis in-body stabilisation, rated 8 stops
A fashion editorial with movement, a campaign shot handheld, a portrait session where the subject is directed rather than posed — all of these are now possible at 102 megapixels.
Files that survive the retouch
The reason clients specify large format has not changed: 11648 × 8736 pixels and 16-bit RAW, with the tonal transition between focus and defocus that a smaller sensor renders differently.
For a campaign that will be printed at scale, or graded hard in post, the file holds up to treatment that would break a full-frame original. Native ISO runs to 12,800 with usable results well beyond what a 102-megapixel sensor would suggest, and the in-body stabilisation makes available light workable without a tripod.
Dual card slots take one CFexpress Type B and one SD, so a shoot can back up in camera as it goes.
A complete GF system, for both bodies
A large format body is only as useful as the glass in front of it. Our GF inventory covers the range end to end, and every lens fits both the GFX100 II and the GFX100S II we carry — so a production can take two bodies and share the same optics between them.
Zooms
- GF 20-35mm F4 R WR
- GF 32-64mm F4 R LM WR
- GF 45-100mm F4 R LM OIS WR
- GF 100-200mm F5.6 R LM OIS WR
Primes
- GF 30mm F3.5 R WR
- GF 55mm F1.7 R WR
- GF 80mm F1.7 R WR
- GF 63mm F2.8 R WR
- GF 120mm F4 R LM OIS WR Macro
The MCEX-45G WR extension tube is also available for close-up work.
The two fast primes matter here: at f/1.7 on a 43.8 × 32.9 mm sensor, the depth of field and the way the image falls away behind the subject are what people rent large format for in the first place.
Availability
The GFX100 II is available for rental from our Naples depot, supplied with two extra batteries and a double charger, alongside the GFX100S II body and the full GF lens range above.
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