Fuji GFX50S MF digital prints

[Puma Cat]

Spent the evening making some 16 X 20" prints from the Epson 3880 of my recent rental of the Fujifilm GFX50S medium format digital camera. Needless to say,photos don't really do justice to the prints, and these prints don't even begin to show what the camera is capable of, but regardless, it was really nice to see the images as a tangible print. If you look closely, you can see the foam core I used a back board (the off-white border); these photos of the prints were simply lit with overhead kitchen lighting. Really need to get a proper way to light prints for viewing. These were all printed on Epson Premium Lustre paper.



Pardon the reflection of the kitchen lights on the print substrate and the shadow on the San Jose City Hall #2 print.

[mtroo]

Absolutely gorgeous

[jdandy]

Stephen.......It is not just about the camera, printer, or paper. You have an eye that sees beyond the average person's view. It is a developed skill that you have honed to an art form. I always enjoy seeing your photographs. I believe we all appreciate you sharing with us.

[PHC1]

While they look great, it is hard to truly appreciate pictures of pictures on a computer monitor at home Stephen but I trust what you are seeing in person is superb!

Your composition however is fantastic!

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by jdandy

Stephen.......It is not just about the camera, printer, or paper. You have an eye that sees beyond the average person's view. It is a developed skill that you have honed to an art form. I always enjoy seeing your photographs. I believe we all appreciate you sharing with us.

Thank you, Dan.

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by PHC1

While they look great, it is hard to truly appreciate pictures of pictures on a computer monitor at home Stephen but I trust what you are seeing in person is superb!

Your composition however is fantastic!

Thanks, Serge. Yeah, there is no way that a small JPEG can do justice to a 16 X 20" print printed at 240 ppi on Epson Luster. Trying to light the prints with kitchen light was a b*tch, mix of tungsten and fluorescent; aggghh!

I took a few snaps today in the morning on the coffee table with natural window light and the photos look quite a bit more accurate to the white balance of the print. Ah, window light...worked for Vermeer!









I took these three B&W prints from the GFX printed by the Epson 3880 at 16 X 20” into the local camera store (Mike’s Camera in San Ramon), looking for a 17" X 22" print box (good luck with that!), where two of the guys that work there are serious, very experienced photographers (one of the guys used to shoot with an 8 X 10" view camera), and print their own work and are also Fuji shooters and know the GFX. They were, quite frankly, blown away by the quality of the prints. One of the guys said, “This is museum quality stuff”. The other guy said, "When I rob a bank, the first thing I am going to do is order a Fuji GFX". LOL.

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by mtroo

Absolutely gorgeous

Thanks, Tim!

[PHC1]

That Epson 3880 must be one hell of a printer Stephen. They do almost look 3D to be honest. Of course the resolution is incredible.

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by PHC1

That Epson 3880 must be one hell of a printer Stephen. They do almost look 3D to be honest. Of course the resolution is incredible.

Thanks, Serge. The 3D quality is also due in large part to the Fuji GFX medium format camera. The camera's dynamic range and "gradation of tonality" really make these prints "pop" in person, yet the prints look very natural, "analog", if you will!

Yes, the Epson 3800-series was the de facto standard for 16 X 20" fine art printing for the better part of a decade. Its actually not printed at the resolution it's capable of, which is 360 ppi. Many, many pros, fine art photography studios used it. It has been superceded about a year by ago by a new Epson printer, the P800, which has an improved inkset with a greater Dmax (degree of black density) than the 3880's inkset.

Blacker blacks...and you guys thought that "blacker blacks" was only confined to high-end audio!

The ironic thing is that its only when you start to print larger than 24 X 36" where you start to see medium format really strut it's stuff.

Not to get too technical here, but I used the Epson ABW (Advanced Black & White) print setting for these black and white prints rather than an ICC paper profile for the Epson paper; in other words, the printer driver took control of the printing rather than Lightroom. Epson's got it dialed for B&W printing w/o a trace of metamerism; okay, I may be getting too technical here, but you used to have to use a RIP (raster image processor, like ImagePrint) to get black and white like this using an inkjet printer. Epson solved that with the 3800-series.

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by Puma Cat

Thanks, Serge. The 3D quality is also due in large part to the Fuji GFX medium format camera. The camera's dynamic range and "gradation of tonality" really make these prints "pop" in person, yet the prints look very natural, "analog", if you will!

Yes, the Epson 3800-series was the de facto standard for 16 X 20" fine art printing for the better part of a decade. Its actually not printed at the resolution it's capable of, which is 360 ppi. Many, many pros, fine art photography studios used it. It has been superceded about a year by ago by a new Epson printer, the P800, which has an improved inkset with a greater Dmax (degree of black density) than the 3880's inkset.

Blacker blacks...and you guys thought that "blacker blacks" was only confined to high-end audio!

The ironic thing is that its only when you start to print larger than 24 X 36" where you start to see medium format really strut it's stuff.

Not to get too technical here, but I used the Epson ABW (Advanced Black & White) print setting for these black and white prints rather than an ICC paper profile for the Epson paper; in other words, the printer driver took control of the printing rather than Lightroom. Epson's got it dialed for B&W printing w/o a trace of metamerism; okay, I may be getting too technical here, but you used to have to use a RIP (raster image processor, like ImagePrint) to get black and white like this using an inkjet printer. Epson solved that with the 3800-series.

Makes perfect sense! No, I got most of that.