Why I SWITCHED from Sony to Fuji for my LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
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Why I SWITCHED from Sony to Fuji for my LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY
In today's video, I share a little bit about why I've decided to switch from Sony to Fuji for my landscape photography. I'm really excited about the switch and I hope you follow me on this new journey!
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Yes! I totally get this! I switched from Fuji to Sony for around a year and as much as the Sony A7iii was a great camera , I always felt like I was fighting the colour in post production (especially when I came to skin tones/ people). I do shoot a lot of low light (Urbex) and the A7iii certainly had some advantages but I just missed the colours and the whole Fuji experience. I’ve moved back to an X-T3 now and I can safely say I’ll be sticking with Fuji. I’m not disparaging Sony at all, it’s a great system, but I just find that Fuji makes my photographic life easier and more enjoyable. I’ve shot many cameras and systems and,for me, Fuji is the most complete package.
I LOVE Fujifilm colors and the film simulations. I shoot Sony and like it. I shoot Fuji and LOVE it. Likely unloading Sony A7R iv soon. Full frame has its slight advantages but Fuji just brings so much joy and pleasure to use. The sound of the shutter nothing compares.
Great video! I just got my first Fuji, the XT-3. I was researching, looking for a decent video camera for real estate and ran across a bunch of video on the Fuji cameras. I'm loving it for landscapes as well.
Hard to stay away from the Fuji system right? I find as long as you preserve the highlights there is quite a large amount of latitude in the shadow recovery or when in doubt, bracket obviously.
Hi Steven, I’ve been a Fuji man for the last 8 years or so. Along the way I’ve also owned both Canon and Nikon full frame cameras. Both of these offered incredible resolution, but, neither gave me the colours I’ve taken for granted with my Fuji cameras. I loved your honest approach to the new XT4 as well as your obvious excitement at getting the shots into Lightroom. They looked fabulous. Enjoy the new journey and I look forward to watching more of your work. Paul
A great video Steven, I'd be interested to hear how you find lightroom handles your fuji files?
Great video Steven, and welcome back! I moved to Fujifilm a year ago from Canon, after having the opportunity to spend a week working with a certain Mr Hamill. I knew that the chance for me to upgrade/change system was coming up, and after seeing Alistair using the Fujifilm system first hand, there was no hesitation! One year in and no regrets!
I switched to Sony last year and I've just switched back to Fuji last week bought an XH1 can't wait to get out and about again..... Good luck Steven...
Hi Steven, welcome back to Fuji..👏👍. I have always admired the photos you took with the X-T2 they were/are amazing! Those early videos were what got me interested in the Fuji system, which I love! I was so sorry when you switched to Sony but I understood why. I am so happy that you are back with Fuji and I can’t wait for the next video😊 Best wishes with the X-T4. 👏👏.
Hi Barbara, and thanks for your kind comments. I'm glad you've enjoyed using the Fuji system.
Cool video! Do you miss sharpness and detail compared with the Sony? Or is the image quality of the xt 4 very good for landscape?
I have been a fujifilm use for about a year and I have to agree the colours are fantastic it makes this time of year a joy 🤩 I’m not going back it’s a joy to use 👍
Thanks Jason, glad you're loving the Fuji!
Did you notice any loss of detail/quality when going from a full frame sensor down to a apsc? That and overall low light performance have me on the fence about switching from Sony to Fuji myself
Nice video Steven. A good mix of gear talks and photography issues. You may have answered this, but did you bracket the tree and water by time, if so, it affected the appearance of the water didn’t it? Thanks- I’ll be interested in how you handled that. Did you just blend them? Geoff
Sony was designed by a technical person and Fuji by an artist 👩🎨
Hi Steven, I have one question. The xt4 is a cropped sensor camera and as far as I know you are selling prints. Based on the ideas that have been perpetuated on the internet that you cannot print big on a cropped sensor, how will you go about this? What is the biggest size you have printed so far with the xt4? Have things started to change or have we been brainwashed to think wrongly all along? Just an honest question. 😀
Hey Marieta, I think you will find you can print large prints just fine off a crop sensor camera, especially one with a 26mp sensor. It is a bit of a myth really, a full frame has some other advantages like having a slightly better dynamic range, different depth of field abilities etc because of the larger sensor area but print size generally is not one of them. :) My 2c
John Pouw thank you for your reply. I actually thought about that too and occasionally I have printed up to A3 size with my cropped sensor camera but never bigger than that. However, everybody on the internet still perpetuate this “myth” and I wanted to hear someone else’s opinion on the issue. 😀
@SF6 yeah I’ve done prints up to A3. I just don’t know how much bigger I can push it before having to enlarge with programs such as gigapixel etc.
But Steven, the medium format Fujifilm that I saw you shooting in another video isn't it more appropriate for getting detailed landscape images? I also have the Fujifilm XT3 and I love the camera but the resolution from the APC sensor isn't in par with medium format or full frame. Yes, the details for closer shooting is fine but not for larger vistas or larger views. To get more from afar I would have to take several frames and stitch them to have more detail. How is your experience?
I have been doing a bit of research on the XT-4 and one You Tube reviewer said that the XT-4 wasn't good for landscape photography. Glad I stumbled upon your video. I am mostly a Nikon shooter, but will be purchasing the XT-4 to add something different to my camera bag. Thank you for the informative video!
What lens filter would you recommend for landscape photography if you could only have 1?
Hi Steven, I agree totally regarding Sony v Fujifilm, may ask what filter system you use on the Fujifilm XT4?
I use Capture one for my fuji gear. One word: Super !! I do use the most the primes.
Thanks Ruud.
Another great video Steven! Im a Nikon shooter myself, have the 850 which has been great. But im wanting to switch over to mirrorless. I have never shot with Fuji, but love their look and capabilities. Plus their firmware is always being upgraded which i a big plus in my book. I noticed though in your latest Fall video, you have the GFX. Was there something in the XT4 you werent getting? I was eyeing the XT4 myself. Just curious your overall view of it after shooting with it for a bit. Thanks again!!
Wow stunning photos I am looking at buying my first camera and I checked out Sony and cannon but I was blown away with the colours of Fuji I really like the style and look of the X-T4, I am starting to think fuji is really under estimated.
Oh fantastic video mate cheers
Great video! I've had my xt2 for a few years, but bought a Nikon Z6 18months ago. Kept the xt2 but traded in all but one lens. But the Fuji was still always the first thing I'd pick up. I've since sold the Nikon :) and I'm keeping the xt2 but I'm like a kid in a sweet shop thinking about the lenses I want(need).
Any chance you could show up a comparison of the colors you are seeing between the Sony and Fuji cameras? Would really help us to understand what you are experiencing. Thanks
Your enjoyment in the Fuji is plastered on your face. I'm considering either the Xt-4 or the sony a6600 because of autofocus. I will be videoing my nieces' gymnastics and plays. Do you still use your Sonys for weddings?
Great to see you back with fuji although your images with any camera are amazing .
Thanks for the video👍🏻 I have sold my Sony gear buy now sort of stuck in the middle. My only concern with Fujifilm at the moment is their push for medium format. I just wonder if they will start to fade out the spec. 👍🏻
Love the end shots you've captured Steven . Nice to see your happy with Fuji , I have followed you for some years now and think even the oldest camera out there , you would capture that special shot . I will be waiting for the next vlog with the new camera .
Thanks so much Iain. Keep an eye for the next vlog - might have a little surprise 😎
You have just made my mind up... I'm going to go Fuji... Fantastic work 👌👍😁
Are you happy with Fuji?
Excellent video and feedback. Thank you!
Since you're back on Fuji, I'd highly recommend Capture One! Night and day difference for me from Lightroom.
What makes the difference? I'm not familiar with capture one. Does fuji benefit more than Sony in some way?
@@nicostrappazon Yes, a lot more I think. The sharpening is so much different, somehow how Capture One handles the .RAF files, they just look so much better. Its like you can finally see your true image. And the editing controls I find so much better as well, I can finally achieve what I want. Hope that helps!
@@trentschlamp interesting, I will have to give capture one a look and see if I like it. Do you know if it has integrated workflow with photoshop like lightroom does?
@@nicostrappazon I don't use photoshop, but a quick google search looks like that is an option, round-trip editing. Depending on what you're doing, maybe you don't need it anymore :) Na not for real, but Capture One does A LOT. I specifically like the color options, being able to add layers and every tool is available on every layer, makes the perfect adjustment possible. Also, having a three way color wheel on top of the regular HSL sliders is awesom. Tones for days. And the same color wheel available on every layer if you want. I love it.
@@trentschlamp good to know! lightroom just put in primaries wheels and it is probably one of my favorite additions they have made, finnaly some innovation haha. I find I like them much better than the old split toning tool. I will have to see if capture one does luminosity masks for blending multiple exposures, that's my main use of photoshop. That and faking promist filters to bloom highlights. I never thought to look capture one before, thanks for the info
Great Vlog regarding the Fuji colours.
When I first started out I used Nikon then switched to the Sony system and I knew straight away that I wouldn't be staying with the Sony very long, the colours were absolutely awful.
I now shoot with the fuji XT2 & XT3 and I wouldn't change it for the world, I love the colours the fuji cameras produce.
Thanks for the info. Question: Did you consider the X-T3 in addition to the X-T4 since you primarily shoot stills with it? Again, great video and love your comments about that notion that it's not about a "camera war", it's about choosing a tool for a job.
Great video, as always. I really loved the images you captured that day. Nice to see the obvious joy you felt un playing with the Fuji once more. I understand the need for a workhorse for professional jobs, such as weddings, but landscape photography should be fun, and the equipment we use should be part of that fun. I hope you get a lot of happiness from using the camera going forward. :) Paula
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I think your facial expressions show exactly how much you love the X-T4 Steven. :) Great video to watch & the images were all fantastic.
He loved it that much he got the GFX a week later 😉
Great Vid, thanks. Interested to know what the pano/ levelling base you had on the tripod was?
Good luck with the new system Steven 👍👍👍
Thanks Ray
I had a nikon d2x and used it until it was worn out, I got a lot of good photos from it,now I have a nikon D850 and I will use it until it is worn out, It is to expensive for me to change + for me art is translating what you see into your photos with whatever kind of equipment you do have to do it with,you can get great photos with a point and shoot, this is not meant to be critical of you so I hope it's not coming across that way hey, I think your photography is outstanding and I love your RUclips videos
Hi Steven, great video. I think we all know that the most important aspect of any camera we use is the enjoyment we get out of using it, be that the ergonomics, colours, tactility, anything. Although I take your point on some being better suited for some work requirements. I went from Canon to Fuji and then Nikon (Z6) and will say I am pretty happy. I loved the X-T3 but am also enjoying the full frame of the Z6 and the colours are very useable on it, something I always liked on the Fuji as well. I still have an X30 simply for street and so I can still use the film simulations which are awesome. Keep it up, enjoying the content. John Pouw NZ
Steven I love your images! I just switched from canon to Fuji as well! Thanks for the great content! What kind of L bracket and shutter button did you get? Keep up the great work!
Hi Nicholas, I just bought a cheap L Bracket of Amazon. The shutter button is by Artisan Obscura from the US.
I have the same experience! I shot Pentax ff and Fuji apsc. Then I thought a Sony a7iii would be the best of both worlds. Loved the portability, battery, lens selection, af and to a certain degree the sharpness from the Sony. But as with you, I felt I had good light and the photos still was a bit ... blaaah. So I sold the Sony A7iii with some great lenses and got a Canon R5 to go as my main camera next to my Fuji. Since I won't get that much for my K-1 compared to the photos it delivers, I'm keeping it. The IQ is maybe the best out of them all, but the size and AF is a bit blaaah. Love Fuji though, If they made a ff i wouldnt use anything else. As you say, the colors are the best.
A friend of mine ditched Lightroom and moved to C1 for her Fuji files. She's absolutely delighted with the change. I'm frightened to try one of those Fuji cameras cause if I do it, I'm sure I'm going to try to switch from my Nikon 🤣
Hi Juan, yeah C1 seems to handle them better. Its a great system.
@@StevenHannaPhotography +1
Nice mate. As you know I never liked my Sony. Was so happy to get the fuji back. Tho they don’t compare in the focusing dept. especially with the older primes. Still stunning tones and colours tho. I used to dread editing Sony raws. Especially as you say for landscapes. Cool soft shutter btw 😊
Yeah the landscapes really troubled me with the Sony files, fine for wedding work.
confused, when using raw file, does what color you see matter?
Can't help but love that retro Fuji appeal. I'm not a fan boy of a particular make they are all tools to do a job but personally have had a few issues with the Sony a7iii shutter. Being a wedding tog and having giving yours plenty of abuse by now have you had any issues in this area? Great to see you with a Fuji back in your hand. Health to enjoy!!
Thanks Shaun. No issues so far with the shutter on the Sony although I do know someone else who did have issues.
Hey Shaun yeah my a73 has a prob with the shutter. Apparently there's a known issue about them going early. Mine appears at very fast shutter speeds in daylight. Can see a band in the sky. Only the odd time. But waiting for the a74 to swap it out
@@RICHARDWATSONPHOTO yeah had one of mine fixed then the other one the shutter stuck on it. A bit of an agricultural slap on the bottom of the camera freed it up for the time being. Same shutter been used throughout and no sound of an upgraded system or change in the A7r4 or any talk of it in the A74 coming although too early to tell.
All cameras have their quirks, the perfect camera never exists but its a pain in the butt when you phone up and they say yes it's a known issue.
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Best of luck with the X-T4, cracking camera, you might even jump ship completely back to the Fuji who knows😁👍
Shaun G the only ever Fuji I owned was the x100 and it had a sticky shutter after a few months.
I paint, and when it comes to paintings its even worse to get the colors right. Strangest thing is that the samsung nx mini is the best. I have tried 25 different cameras.
Funny enough I use both and can't decide. Love the Fuji colors but also my Voigtlander lenses for Sony....
It's a good problem to have! :)
Another great video Stephen...Think I want one lol. Can I make a claim to fame as I was in Wex at same time when you were exchanging lol. Although my purchase was considerably less 😂
Cheers Winston, oh really?? You should have said hello! lol
Steven Hanna - Landscape Photography Starstruck lol....Didn’t want to be one of those idiots that accosts people in public haha....I will next time 🤣
Interesting. I hear what you say about the joy of using the Fuji cameras and their colours, but I changed from Fuji (X-T2 W/ 10-24, 50-140, 23 f1.4, 35 f2, 56) to the Nikon Z7 (W/ 14-30 & 24-70 f2.8) this year. My reason for changing was that I wanted higher resolution (not an option with Fuji unless I had an X system and a GFX system), but more importantly corner to corner sharpness. Maybe I had a bad copy of the 10-24 but it would (quite often) give me one corner slightly out of focus, as if the lens was de-centered. Even after repair by Fuji it still did the same thing. I tried it with OIS on and off, but my theory was that the lens elements weren’t returning to a neutral position with OIS off. Unfortunately I found this unacceptable. I also had to have my 50-140 fixed under warranty for a similar issue, but they did fix that one. I must say that I’m very happy with the Z7 & 14-30 and don’t regret making the change. I’ve seen a lot of great photos taken with the X-T’s and 10-24, so maybe mine was just a bad copy. I’m not knocking Fuji as I loved using them and I hope your works out for you. Looking forward to seeing some great photos.
Hi David, sorry to hear you had such a bad experience with them. I'm sure that was frustrating!!
Was Only a matter of time really! 👌🏻😂
Tollymore is on my wish list but being from the republic you can't move at the moment unfortunately 😱
Regarding the camera best of luck with it. If I buy any more gear? I'll be able to open a camera shop 😂👍
Hi Eltin, hopefully you'll be able to get out and about soon!
Great video, you can see it in your face that it's a joy to use. I love my XT4 for that reason, it makes me happy to shoot with it 🙂
Thanks Tony!
Is it good for professional photography ?
The Fujis are great for photography, but the AF for video is sadly very unreliable (pulsing BG, bad AE on video, lenses designed for photography only). Anyways, the right tool for the job it is!
13:33 - haha, must be odd to walk in a beautiful landscape to find a guy who is alone, talking to his camera. Other than that, everything that's being said for colour I totally can relate to. I had Sony for a while and always - from day one - struggled with color. I tried 3 different converters, it's just so different, only Canon can come a bit closer to Fuji but the RF system is expensive...
Fujilove.
First of, welcome back, once Fuji is in the blood you will always return 😁
The worms effect is still an issue, lot less these days. LR has never been the best at handling RAF files.
Are you still shooting Sony for weddings?
What other lenses did you Get? If you're looking for some primes then Viltrox make some great lenses, real bang for your buck, the new 56mm is sweet and less than 300 quid.
Thanks Mark. Yeah I’ve been using Capture One for some of the other stuff so will probably keep using it for the Fuji files now too. I’ve heard some great reports on the Viltrox stuff.
The "worm effect" is non existent if you know how to process the RAF files correctly, for one knock the default sharpening down to 0, Adobe have it set to 40 which is far to high for XTrans files. That's just one step, also use sharpening mask heavier than you would with other RAW files
I tried to switch to X-T3 from sony. couldnt do it. didnt make a video about it tho
I switched to nothing, nothing at all.
I have actually switched back to film. Nikon, Canon, Sony, Olympus and even Fuji, all are or have been in my arsenal. All are more or less the same and do the same job. I decided that I wanted to be in charge and not the algorithms or the processor made in Japan or China.
In my land this is often called; Moving from horse to donkey
Ahaha, we have a saying in Turkey too: Getting off the horse to get on the donkey.
Fuji files are always recognizable when processed. ALWAYS RECOGNIZABLE IN A BAD WAY.