Fujifilm GFX100 II: Best EVF Yet?
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Fujifilm GFX100 II | Fujifilm GF 30mm f/5.6 TS | Fujifilm GF 110mm f/5.6 TS | Fujifilm GF 55mm f/1.7 WR.
Just arrived last night, the Fujifilm GFX100 II whose EVF will change your expectations for what an EVF should be, with 1.0X magnification and a 9.44 megapixel OLED experience. Those two things together make for an incredibly high quality enjoyable view while operating the camera. The rear LCD is also quite good, as good as any out there.
The EVF of the GFX100S and predecessors always felt terrible (smeared low-res low-contrast lousy color), but the GFX100 II banishes that feeling to the best in the industry.
Operational enjoyment and utility of this EVF is so compelling that I feel like I want to upgrade just for that alone!
For example, eight feet (2.5 meters away) using the 55/1.7, at 100% magnified Live View, I can easily distinguish small type on a book (nearly invisible to naked eye)-and the difference between the individual letters of a word in small type—it is easy to see which specific letter is in focus and that the others are not. I can tell exactly where focus is, and without any eyestrain or effort. WOW.
No other camera I’ve ever used can match this ease of use. The Sony A7R V with its 9.44MP EVF is pretty close but with 0.9X magnification. The GFX100 II viewfinder is better.
Kudos to Fujifilm for getting the EVF right. It reduces the stress of trying to focus accurately while raising the hit rate on captures. For that reason plus the sheer enjoyment factor, it is a compelling upgrade.
Will we see a Fujifilm GFX100S II which incorporates this same EVF? Possibly, but a built-in EVF might not be able to have the same 1.0X magnification.≠
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