If you read my post about the GFX zoom as a criticism of it, that was NOT my intention. I think it is very, very good. It does not give up much to the two X1D primes I compared it to at f8, f/11 and f16, and those are terrific lenses. That's pretty impressive to me. I have not tested it at f/4 or f/5.6, or at the longer end of the range. The only zoom I have used recently is the Sony FE 24-70 f/4 and the performance of the Fuji is light years ahead.
The size and weight are an issue for me, because of how I want to use a mirrorless medium format camera. I want something akin to a Mamiya 7 with 3 or 4 exceptional lenses. I don't need it to do a lot. I just need it do what I need it to do extremely well. I am not looking for a medium format system that has the feature set of a D800 or 5d.
I do disagree with you about the ergonomics of the GFX. IMO, it is very poorly designed. In fact, it feels to me that it was not designed at all. It feels like a brick that randomly had buttons placed on it. The most glaring flaw is the rear dial next to the thumb rest that I use to adjust shutter speed. You can't turn the dial while your thumb is resting on the grip. The menu system is mind numbing in its complexity. So many settings. Does anyone really need white balance bracketing? Or ISO bracketing? A myriad of ways to adjust JPEGs in camera? The Gestalt is all wrong for a professional level medium format system. It's nothing like a Phase XF or H6. Others likely feel differently.
Hi Howard, no criticism taken. Just passing on what I have found.
Actually love the camera, and would pick up a 2nd if I could as I can easily achieve what I have been looking for in MF for a while now. Lots of issues on the raw conversion that LR did not address and Fuji and C1 should have addressed which is really too bad.
I have realized many of the posters on various forums are only shooting jpgs, and the out of camera jpgs are very good, but the raw files are alive to me. All the great range of that 50Mp chip is there for sure.
Personally I love the body, menus etc. I am coming from other Fuji's and like their setup. I only wish the drive setup was like the X-T2. Menu system is basically the same as the X-T2, X-Pro2 X-T2, so having used all of those, it took me minutes to pick up and use the camera.
Both systems will do very well for sure. It's obvious that the April 2016 earthquake did a lot more damage over in Japan than we every realized as neither company, Fuji or Hasselblad can ship in any real volume. Fuji more than likely had a initial batch of chips, like P1 did on the Sony 100MP before the earthquake and put those into production. Huge volumes of orders are out there for both products worldwide and its quite clear both companies are into this mirrorless MF platform for the long haul.
Paul Caldwell