When Can We Expect a Fujifilm GFX180 and Fujifilm GFX250?
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Fujifilm GFX 180 megapixel when?
The technology is already in production—Sony has 2.81 micron sensor technology up to 19240 X 12840.
In the 43.8 X 32.9mm format of the Fujifilm medium format, that pixel pitch implies resolution at around 15600 X 12064 = ~188 megapixels. Call it a GFX180 or GFX190 either way.
250 megapixel 3:2 monster?
Even more exciting IMO, Fujiilm could also produce a 247 megapixel 19240 X 12840 camera with 54 X 36mm 19240 X 12840 sensor having a 3:2 aspect ratio.
The two existing tilt/shift lenses (30mm and 110mm) can easily cover that area, having been designed to cover 68mm width (44mm + 12mm + 12mm) eg 14mm of image circle coverage to spare making tilt still totally viable and useful.
Can the GF mount accommodate the wider angle of view needed for a 54mm-wide sensor? Probably, but it’s not a certainty.
The tilt/shift lenses can already produce 157 megapixel parallax-free images* on the Fujifilm GFX100 II using 3-frame stitches with horizontal shift. But that’s a far cry from a single shot 247MP capture.
* Using technique in which the front of the lens does not move, using a counter-shift if necessary.
Sony’s latest sensor technology goes as large as 54 X 36mm with 2.81 micron pixels.
