The
Fujifilm
, trading as Fujifilm, or simply Fuji, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, operating in the realms of photography, optics, office and medical electronics, biotechnology, and chemicals.
The offerings from th ...
GFX 50S is a mirrorless medium format camera produced by
Fujifilm
, trading as Fujifilm, or simply Fuji, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, operating in the realms of photography, optics, office and medical electronics, biotechnology, and chemicals.
The offerings from th ...
. It was the first camera featuring the
Fujifilm G-mount
The Fujifilm G-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount designed by Fujifilm for use in the cameras of their Fujifilm GFX series. These cameras have interchangeable lenses. The respective lenses are designed for 43.8 mm x 32.9 mm medium f ...
. The camera was announced by Fujifilm during the
photokina 2016 exhibition in Cologne, Germany, and production began at the start of 2017.The camera was available for sale from February 28, 2017.
It is the second mirrorless medium format camera ever produced and the first one with the shutter attached to the body and not to the attached lenses (focal plane shutter).
The camera's 43.8x32.9 mm
2 sensor is 1.7x larger in area than that of
35 mm, built by Sony and customised by Fujifilm. The
crop factor
In digital photography, the crop factor, format factor, or focal length multiplier of an image sensor format is the ratio of the dimensions of a camera's imaging area compared to a reference format; most often, this term is applied to digital ca ...
compared to the 35 mm format as a reference is 0.79. The camera's lens mount is the
Fujifilm G-mount
The Fujifilm G-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount designed by Fujifilm for use in the cameras of their Fujifilm GFX series. These cameras have interchangeable lenses. The respective lenses are designed for 43.8 mm x 32.9 mm medium f ...
.
GFX 50S jointly won a
Camera Grand Prix Japan 2017 Editors Award.
The
GFX50S II and the
GFX 50R succeeds the GFX 50S. The GFX50S II was announced on September 2, 2021 and the GFX 50R was announced on January 23, 2019.
See also
*
Fujifilm GFX100
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Fujifilm G-mount
The Fujifilm G-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount designed by Fujifilm for use in the cameras of their Fujifilm GFX series. These cameras have interchangeable lenses. The respective lenses are designed for 43.8 mm x 32.9 mm medium f ...
References
External links
Fujifilm GFX 50S official site
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Fujifilm G-mount cameras
Cameras introduced in 2017