04/09/2026
Sometime last year FUJIFILM Belgium lent me a GFX 100RF to play around with. What I didn’t expect going into it was for it to work so well as pseudo tripod princess in my watch and jewelry work.
I’ve already simplified a lot of my setups to 1 or 2 lights, but could I get away with the jpeg-only workflow that I’ve gotten so accustomed to with the X100VI?
Honestly yes, aside from the odd spot correct in Capture One | Photo Software I was able to shoot and deliver series of social media images for Seagull1963.com ‘s without any of the usual A7rIII raw file and macro lens. The insane crop flexibility of the 102mp files meant I could shoot multiple formats in one frame.
Unfortunately my time with the system was short lived and I wasn’t able to test how it would do with its built in focus bracketing, but I did get a bit hooked on the process. Now I’m finding myself increasingly using the X100VI in studio often paired with macro diopters to get up close an personal with these watches. The only downside I’m finding now is that Fuji film doesn’t let you shoot the X100VI (wired) tethered despite having a USBc port.
A dedicated focus bracketing macro setup is still warranted for those ultra precise hero shots, but for the usual social content I’ll happily reach for the little camera instead until I can bring myself to hemorrhage the sack of coins required for a 100RF.