I can't tell you about all the dreams I've had about a camera like the Fujifilm GFX 50R, but I can tell you about how I'm incredibly pleased that it seems to be modeled akin to the Fujifilm GW690 III of many years ago.

Just like medium format film cameras in the past, the FUJIFILM GFX 50R has been developed in pursuit of a compact and lightweight system while delivering the ultimate picture quality for everyday snapshots and street photography.

The Fujifilm GFX 50R will be available from November with a recommended selling price of $4500.

First of all the image quality from the GFX50R is first class, in particular now the Capture One Pro supports the RAF that makes it very attractive to me since I use multiple cameras systems and almost all of them supported by Capture One Pro.

The GFX 50R is the latest addition to Fujifilm's GFX family, its range of medium format cameras for professional landscape, wildlife, portrait and documentary photographers. What's ‘medium format'

The Fujifilm GFX 50R is a rangefinder-style mirrorless camera with a 51.4 megapixel, 43.8mm x 32.9mm medium-format CMOS sensor. The GFX 50R is smaller, lighter and cheaper than the original GFX 50S camera that was introduced back in 2016 - it's 25mm thinner, 145g lighter, and costs £1K/$1K less than...

What We Love. Medium format film shooters need not despair any longer. That is, if the only thing that's keeping them from switching is the high price point of these digital medium formats on the market these days.

Super high resolution; Excellent image quality; Compact design; Lightweight; Great dynamic range; Good grip; Weather sealing; Dual card slot; 3.69M-dot EVF; Face and eye detection; Great noise handling; Customizable buttons

No phase detection AF points; AF could be better in low light; No IBIS

Fujifilm launched the GFX 50R as a smaller, lighter and considerably cheaper alternative to the company's debut GFX model, the GFX 50S – just as full-frame cameras used to be confined to the professional market, but are now very much within the reach of enthusiast photographers, it appears medium...

Superb detail and low image noise; Responsive touchscreen; Great build yet lightweight; Relatively affordable for medium format

Underwhelming video specs; Not the easiest body to handle; OIS in only three current lenses; Awkwardly placed USB port

We're naming the GFX 50R our Editors' Choice, just as we did with the 50S. Either camera will serve you well. Choosing between them is simply a matter of deciding between the SLR body style of the 50S, or the rangefinder design offered by the 50R.

51MP medium format sensor; Rangefinder-style design; Tilting touch LCD; Dust and splash protection; Film Simulation modes; Dual UHS-II slots

Doesn't balance well with larger lenses; Screen articulation limited to one axis; Autofocus doesn't compete with 35mm cameras

The Fujifilm GFX-50R is a highly specialized digital camera designed for the top-most image quality. It offers a slightly less bulky version of the GFX-50S at the expense of having fewer controls and a fixed EVF.

Spectacular sharpness; Class-leading dynamic-range; Very low image-noise; Nicely saturated colors; Very reliable metering; Very precise autofocus; Impressive throughput; Ultra-sharp EVF; Excellent build-quality; Instant video capture

Sub-par AF speed; Frequent yellow cast with Auto WB; Long black-out; Slow shot-to-shot speed; Slow mode transitions; Innacurate preview; Complex controls; Quite bulky; Very poor battery-life; Soft aperture detents With all current XF-mount lenses