Fujifilm GFX 100S: 100 megapixel medium format beast is on the way

Fujifilm has announced a 100 megapixel version of its GFX medium format camera that will go on sale next year.

The Fujifilm GFX100 will be the first medium format camera with built-in image stabilisation. At the launch at Photokina 2018, they explain that the sensor that it is so sensitive that it really needed stabilisation.

The image stabilisation should make it much more feasible to capture ultra-high resolution images while using the camera handheld. To this end, Fujifilm has also added an integrated vertical handgrip – a first for the GFX series.

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Chris George

Chris George has worked on Digital Camera World since its launch in 2017. He has been writing about photography, mobile phones, video making and technology for over 30 years – and has edited numerous magazines including PhotoPlus, N-Photo, Digital Camera, Video Camera, and Professional Photography. 


His first serious camera was the iconic Olympus OM10, with which he won the title of Young Photographer of the Year - long before the advent of autofocus and memory cards. Today he uses a Nikon D800, a Fujifilm X-T1, a Sony A7, and his iPhone 15 Pro Max.


He has written about technology for countless publications and websites including The Sunday Times Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, Dorling Kindersley, What Cellphone, T3 and Techradar.