Fujifilm GFX100RF: Medium Format, Reconsidered for Street and Travel
After a month shooting the Fujifilm GFX100RF, I found a camera with genuinely excellent image quality but real low-light limitations that changed how I'd recommend using it.
Fujifilm GFX100RF
Announced in 2025, the Fujifilm GFX100RF is the first fixed-lens camera in Fujifilm’s GFX medium-format system — effectively the medium-format answer to its hugely popular X100 series. It pairs a 102-megapixel sensor larger than full-frame, for enormous detail and tonal depth, with a fixed 35mm F4 lens that gives a wide 28mm-equivalent field of view well suited to travel and street shooting.
At about 735g it’s the lightest GFX yet, and its leaf-shutter design means near-silent shooting and flash sync at any shutter speed. A dedicated aspect-ratio dial with nine ratios and a built-in 4-stop neutral-density (ND) filter — which cuts the light so you can shoot wide open or slow in bright sun — add real in-camera creative control.
The trade-offs for that compact size are no in-body stabilization and a modest constant F4 aperture, so it rewards good light and a steady hand. As Fujifilm’s first camera of its kind, it opens a new niche rather than replacing anything.
Here are my hands-on tips and guides to shooting with the Fujifilm GFX100RF.
The Fujifilm GFX100RF’s Digital Teleconverter: When It’s Useful and When I Found It a Nuisance
The GFX100RF's digital teleconverter is a real composition tool thanks to its 102MP sensor — but the physical switch is easy to bump by accident. Here's what each crop costs in resolution, how RAW files handle it, and the menu setting that stops unintended crops.
The GFX100RF in the Field: A Sample Image Collection
A collection of real-world Fujifilm GFX100RF sample images, shot with its fixed 28mm-equivalent f/4 lens and no in-body stabilization, each with the exact exposure settings used to keep them sharp.
How I Set Up the GFX100RF’s Three Auto ISO Profiles
With no IBIS and a 102MP sensor, the Fujifilm GFX100RF's default Auto ISO minimum shutter speed isn't fast enough to guarantee sharp handheld files. Here's the three-profile setup I now use, plus a manual footnote that quietly overrides it.
