John H

I currently have my GFX100s camera in to the Fuji repair shop in Canada but I hear they redirect everything to a central North American one in the US. (Which might explain part of why there is a delay in getting a diagnostic.). The answer so far is that they want to charge me $400 to do a "more advanced" pixel mapping than is available on the firmware mapping. If that doesn't work then they recommend a sensor replacement but have not quoted that price yet. I have liked everything about the GFX100s (almost everything) until this started getting worse. I usually only see it in portrait work when I'm working in more moody, low key setting - which unfortunately is a style I like to work on. I can see the problem going back to six months after I bought the camera but it was not as strong and I treated it as typical bad pixel mapping. Except that was only a temporary fix. I'm also reluctant to replace the sensor since the last one barely made it a year.

I've got a sensor on a GFX100s that seems to have bad pixels / bright pixels that are not controlled by the pixel mapping in the firmware. Pixel mapping improves the images temporarily but even after mapping does not completely remove bad pixels. Although this problem became significantly stronger a couple of weeks after the one year warranty ended I can see them in low key shots at least sas early as six months after purchasing the camera. Other than I'm disappointed Fujifilm does not seem to consider this a defective sensor but an out of warranty situation with the cost on me. I find it alarming that the most expensive body I've bought lasted for such a short time - especially after the research I did when I switched to Fujifilm suggested they had strong builds and quality control. I would really appreciate comments on experiences with other GFX sensor problems becasue at this point I cannot justify spending that much money to fix something that has failed so quickly. This is night and day difference in my experience with previous cameras and their manufacturers. Thanks, John

I use a 3 Legged Thing L bracket that is not intended for a GFX body and is a generic large bracket they have. It gives me enough space between the side of the camera body and the bracket that is becomes a handle and I have got used to this will all my bodies. I get quite a few comments from other photographers seeing me use it since it provides ability to better stabilize in addition to the 90 degree rotation on a tripod. I believe I have the QR11 Universal L-bracket system, but that may have been replaced by a new slightly different shaped model.

Hello, John here. I'm not a brand new Fuji users having picked up a GFX 100s about a year and a half ago. I think I've spent more time with Pentax cameras than any other brand. But I've been impressed with Fuji. Since I travel for work I work on scapes ranging from land to coastal to city. I also enjoy working on portraits - tending toward more dramatic styles and I'm wanting to work more in environmental portraiture. I've also worked on more documentary assignments. I look forward to interacting on here and probably should have found this site sooner. Recently I've been trying to use in camera multi-exposure with ICM photography and finding it really helped in some of the ICM work I have been doing. For example, this is an image that used multiple exposures of ICM with early morning skiers.

Loving my GFX 100s but a little after a year I’m getting bright spot like sensor problems which I’ve not been able to correct with firmware updates (I try to keep up to date) and bad pixel mapping. Ironically, my GFX purchase was accelerated because another body (different company) was in being fixed but was under a two year warranty so covered This looks like two major fixes in two years after no major problems for about two decades after switching to digital. Any other experience with GFX sensor problems? I’m rethinking buying another if they only last a year or two!!