The best new camera-2019

Fujifilm GFX 100S

Hot on the heels of announcing the Fuji GFX 50R, Fujifilm also announced that early next year, they will be releasing a 100-megapixel GFX camera. While details are short, there are numerous interesting things to discuss, so let's get started.

Note that for the purposes of this preview, we will refer to the camera as the GFX 100, although the name may not be final.

The stabilisation system is one of three ‘world’s firsts’ that Fujifilm is touting for the new model; it’s also going to be the first mirrorless digital camera to boast a 43.8mm x 32.9mm sensor that supports 4K 30p video recording, and it’s the first medium format mirrorless digital camera to have a sensor that is equipped with phase detection autofocus pixels across its entirety.

It’s powered by the X Processor 4 engine which should provide the vivid colour reproduction Fujifilm’s cameras are noted for. Like the GFX-50s, it also maintains a fairly slim profile for such a comprehensively equipped camera, with Fuji claiming it’ll be about the same size and weight as a high-end DSLR, despite packing a sensor that’s 1.7-times the size of a 35mm full-frame sensor.

It has launched alongside the smaller GFX 50R – a slimmed-down version of the original GFX 50S.

The camera will go on sale in early 2019 for an expected price of $10,000 before tax.

Key Features

• 102-megapixel medium-format mirrorless GFX camera
• Integrated vertical grip
• Phase-detect autofocus pixels across the entire image sensor
• World's first in-body image stabilization system for a medium-format mirrorless camera
• X-Processor 4 image processing engine
• World's first 4K-equipped medium-format mirrorless camera.