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What a high quality video. I could listen to you explaining and breaking down complex topics all day. I am new to this space and honestly learned so much from this video. Looking forward to getting one of these cameras myself. Thanks.
Great stuff!! Pleasure to listen. I have my X100F for two years now. Let me say 2 things: 1. I love using optical view finder. Maybe because I'm so old that I was using those old cameras in my young days :) EVH looks too electronic to me :) 2. Let me say that this is NOT a camera for people making photos 3 times a year on vacations or some travel. From my own experience - if you not doing photos on a daily basis, you will very fast forget what shortcut you assigned to which button and where is function you need just now! :) But flexibility in customazing how this device will operate is tremendous! Love this little machine.
Just so you know. All large format lenses use leaf shutters and also the Hasselblad lenses are leaf shutters as well. I use the OVF all the time esp at night when using flash. I prefer it.
@@вечная_мерзлота Agree on 4x5 Fields, agree also on Rolleiflexes from TLR's to 6008s. Leicas however? Hmmm... Would you prefer a Retina IIIc? That's one with a Synchro Compur leaf B, 1-1/500! Trade you for *any* Barnack Leica; and they're much harder to load! 😂
Thanks for posting this! Lots of good info here. Just picked up an x100t off the second hand market and having a blast. It may not be the latest and greatest but it works fine for my needs.
Thanks for the clear explanation about the view finder. I usually like to have a viewfinder on the camera for the purpose of bright sunlight and I can’t see the LCD screen properly.
I occasionally use the OVF in the following way. I set my exposure using the EVF and then quickly switch to the OVF to choose the right moment as someone enters the scene. I don't use it often but find it useful when I do.
No need to do that as the exposure is the same either way. I just checked it out on my X100f in a dark room. The view is different but not the settings.
I love your simple and easy explanations. Its not new to me, i am a photographer, but i enjoyed your way explaining. surely it will help many new X100 users. thanx
I do use the OVF sometimes to conserve battery. I tend to screen over EVF for the same reason. It seems counter-intuitive, but the screen consumes draws less from the battery than the EVF on mirrorless cameras. The EVF is higher resolution in most cases. That means it needs more RAM and their’s more to compute. The big disadvantage for mirrorless vs. DSLR is battery life. I have both a Canon R5 (mirrorless) and a Canon 5D Mk IV (DSLR). The specs for the R5 are approx. 650 shots per battery. I can tell you from experience, I average more like 500 shots. And I have every power saving feature applied. I guess to get to 650, you never review a shot. My 5D Mk IV is rated at 950 shots. In my experience, that’s an underestimate. When I use the EVF on the R5, while it’s a great visual experience, my battery drains significantly faster. I carry two spare batteries. But when I need to really conserve as much power as possible, then I’ll use the OVF.
I’m still a film guy but the X100 brought me into digital because it worked like film cameras. So many bells and whistles with digital cameras already! Just let me set the aperture and shutter speed (though being able to change the ISO mid roll is nice.)
An advantage of the OVF that you failed to mention is that the battery drain is much less than the EVF. Also, as long as it is bright outside it will likely be fine. A disadvantage is that in low light situations like indoors or at night, the view will be dark regardless of open aperture, low shutter speed, high ISO settings that in EVF mode will show up as bright and beautiful.
And the 100V is a true *hog* 🐖. I own several W126 from my other FF cameras; whenever I load one of those, the bloody Miss Piggy protests, *"Use a W126S"* I'll be hungry! PS, real men don't use AF. Heck RM don't use AE either! RM shoot film Leicas and Nikons (FM2n pleeese!). RM do their C41 --if they're not macho enough to shoot 400TX! OK, guess the 100V is the best for (us) boomers, millennials and genexers, (unless you're a reeel macho and use a view camera, know many). 🤣
Hi Kiddo! 😉 Great clip, you must have been a great teacher in a previous life; I was absort from minute 1 to the very end, and will try to buy something from your links in thanks... I got my first camera (a Kodak Six-20 at age 12 in 1959) and shot my first *serious* camera at age 20 in 1967, a Leica IIIf with a collapsible Elmar 5cm that my father had replaced with a Canonet QL19 (to save you the aritmethic trouble I just turned 76 less than 2 months ago). You may guess I hated the IIIf the moment my father placed it in my hands and started explaining how to use it for a summer European excursion, and to this day I wonder why couldn't he give me an Instamatic 126 like the rest of the travelers were using? The only way one can sing praises to that camera is when the alternative is a Retina IIc. 😭 You might perfectly guess the Ektachrome 160 garbage I returned with after six weeks. Heck! He even chided me for the results!! The following year I saved enough for a Pentax Spotmatic with a 50/1.4 Super-Takumar. Curiously enough, after my father died I got a different IIIf (the one my father had was dropped into a Swiss lake some years after). Then I could appreciate the Leica mistique; but not the Barnacks. Istill shoot film with a Leica M or a Nikon FM2. I'm far from a beginner to the X mount or even the X100, having got me a T to mimmick what I couldn't afford: a digital M. Now the camera I keep at the _foyer,_ hanging from the coat stand is the X100V in a tiny bag that holds a WCL two extra batteries and a compact charger.
I also prefer the EVF over the OVF ...but you didn't mention combo mode (no, I haven't tried it). You are right about the digital zoom...x100v is my ONLY camera with that left on. Simulations...so cool...one of my 2 favorite bracketing modes is simulation bracketing, which I keep changing the 3 selections (one is always Velvia for landscape etc, but vary the other 2). My other favorite bracketing is HDR+ where Fuji brackets the exposures then combines them in camera for the final photo.
If you want a do it all camera and have deep pockets. The XT-5. You will then spend many times its value on lenses and accessories. The X100 is an everyday camera that captures life - much like a mobile phone. It has its limits, but will be the best value because it will be with you all the time.
Both are good cameras, but maybe start with what are you wanting to do with it? If you want something easy to bring everywhere to "document your life" with friends, family, trips, etc, the X100V might be the better choice. If you want something to use with various lenses like macro, wide angle, telephoto, or zoom lenses to try a mix of sports, wildlife, landscape, portrait, macro shots, then the XT5 with a couple lenses might be better...just know more planning goes into deciding which lenses to bring. 😉 Whichever system you get, they are both fun cameras to use.
4 things now on my X100V which I highly recommend: 1. NiSi UHD UV Filter for FUJIFILM X100 Series ($39 @ B&H); positive is you can use the original x100v lens cap (yay!!); negative is I can't use the CPL with it. 2. Artisan & Artist Multifunctional Parachute Hand Strap (~$50 @ B&H), the best of the hand straps tried for the x100v...strong yet flexible, not bulky, brass slider adjustment, doesn't get in the way, gorgeous. 3. Lensmate folding thumbrest ($60 @ Lensmate), really adds to the grip, and moves out of the way to use the shutterspeed dial...get this, if nothing else!! 4. Gariz leather half case($116 but current sale $93 20Nov2022 @ Gariz) bottom panel is metal, moves the tripod mount over so the battery door can open even with the PD arcus plate attached. NOTE---get the half case; don't get the full case because it won't fit over the lens if you add weather sealing ring, filter, WCL or TCL, or anything else to the front.
Love your work and have learned a great deal from your experience, however ... now you need to rediscover the joy and experience of photography before the digital age .... through the OVF. It's another joyous feature of the X100 that gives you that feeling of not knowing exactly what you are going to get until later ... when you got the film back from the developer. Yes you can set everything via the EVF and get the result you want. But what if you try to challenge yourself and trust the OVF and your skills to get the result. No chimping. It's such a satisfying way to shoot. It's not better, it's not worse, just a wonderful, different experience and challenge. I actually shouted at the TV - when you aired your comments about the OVF and no-one using it! 🤣 But then you went on to my actual point. 😊 Try it! You will rediscover a whole new world of photographic joy. I await your video and your thoughts... The downside is not huge, the resulting pleasure is. The X100 rocks purely because of that imho
I'm sure it's been said by now, but I can't not also say it. There are manufacturers aplenty what make interchangeable lens cameras with leaf shutters. I have one. Mamiya. Each lens has its own shutter. Especially common in the medium and large film formats where a focal plane shutter is much less practical. Love your video, I just got one of these x100v things
I've had the X100V for a couple of months now and I'm really enjoying it! At first I only shot JPG's but lately I've switched to JPG and RAW. The only photo editing tool that I've used is the Apple Photos App. What do you think of Capture One Express for Fujifilm? I'd like to start out with a free editing tool so would this be a good choice for the Fuji RAW files? Thanks for an excellent video! PS: I still think taking an iPhone snap now and again on a Fuji shoot is a handy way to Geo-locate the photos that aren't GPS tagged in the Fuji camera!
I don't have any experience with Capture One Express but I use the pro version for my processing and love it. I have a couple of videos on my channel with tricks.
Very interesting, thank you so much. One question though : about ND filter, how can you manage not to get blurry pictures, especially as there is no image stabilisation ?
Amazing video! Please don’t overlook the OVF though. I’ve literally just shot a photo of my father and my niece that I wouldn’t have gotten had I not been using the ovf and a Godox Lux Senior. The light was really poor and the evf was useless! But with the OVF I caught a moment in time that my parents will treasure forever. And, just while I’m here, my car has auto and manual transmission I think you call it, we call it a gearbox in the UK, but I never fully trust the auto. I can shift better than my car can 👍🏻. Thanks for the video though Booray!
I don’t use anything but the viewfinder(s) 90% of the time. Only use the screen for hip or low level shots. I hate shooting looking at the back of a camera.
in your honest opinion, is the 100F really that much softer wide open than the 100V? if so what about at F2.8? just wondering if all the negative about the soft lens is blown out of proportion. Thanks
It's pretty soft but many people found that top be part of the charm and old film look. It really comes down to your preference. Because I shoot professionally, I'm a stickler for sharpness, even in my personal "fun" camera.
It’s funny I’ve been using 4/3 to m4/3 for 18 years and 2 months ago I broke down and got 100v. I’m not interested in any other Fuji camera but that 100v has been a love affair since day one. I’ve never had a camera before that literally goes everywhere with me from work to the grocery store and on my nightstand for bed.
That's a great helpful description, thanks! Am I right in thinking this would be a great camera for shooting people and products too? I am looking for an entry-level, good enough camera to shoot good-quality photos of models and clothing for my Instagram and online shop. I evaluating if buying an iPhone 14pro (that would be good also for social media posting) or this camera, that looks stunning, what would you suggest?
@@BoorayPerry I’m with you Booray! I don’t like having to use the touch screen for my custom functions. I think your right about most manufacturers not making leaf shutter lens. All my lenses for my bronica ETRsi (6x4.5) are leaf shutters. But thats a camera from the 80’s ;-). Even Fuji medium format lenses are not leaf shutters. Bring back the leaf shutters! And can we please get rid of focus by wire. :-)
@@BoorayPerry Interchangeable lens x100 series? Wouldn't that make it an x-Pro series? 🤣😂🤣 The D-pad would be nice...and image stabilization...and a screen that flips forward for selfie mode.
I enjoy the leaf shutter and the fast flash sync, but I'm unclear what you mean at 15:17 when you say it can be used to "...to get that light to come down". Can you clarify? How does the leaf shutter reduce the amount of light hitting the sensor?
I like the video, but i really thought you were kidding when you said "nobody ever uses the viewfinder" ... Like what ?! :D I'm a full time photographer and i use nothing BUT the viewfinder :D I HATE shooting on a screen ..
Hello Perry, i recently went on rain shoot with my filter on lens..and after there was some fog that got into lens..it has Dissipated, but now there is a black box in corner of viewfinder that stays on when camera is off..... It doesn't affect the image quality but it's still there when I try to use the view finder... im aware of how to switch between ovf and Evf and the box to focus....but im inquiring if your aware of how to switch this box of have heard of it before? Thanks
@@22s22a The box still being there when the camera is off is what confuses me. At that point, you're just looking through the glass in the rangefinder. I've never seen this problem before.
hi sir, you think it's better to wait for the x100v successor or buy now? I have sold my canon R last year coz I needed extra funds for migrating here in US. Currently im just using my phone for photos.
I actually don't know because to be honest I don't think I've ever used the video feature on the camera. It's really not designed to be a good video camera.
Thanks but I don't think it's a photography beginners guide at all. I tried to stick to features that are unique to the X100V. For as photography beginners guide, check out my "Booray Explains" videos. :) ruclips.net/video/pecHFYpg0Zw/видео.html
Still shocked that after more than a decade in production. NO other camera manufacturer put out there own x100 type camera. Especially canon because of the canonet. What are they waiting for ?? Clearly, there is a market for this type of camera. I'm not talkin about similar cameras like the Ricoh or the RX1 i mean with same body type as the x100
Greetings, I'm a bit surprised that someone who states they are a "Professional Photographer" seems to think that Fuji x100 series cameras are the ONLY Cameras that have a Leaf Shutter. Most older film cameras like my Zeiss Ikonta 6x9 circa 1939 are Leaf shutters just like my Zenza Bronica EC 6x6. And I thought EVERYONE knew that Hasselblad Cameras were Leaf Shutter cameras not to mention large format cameras like the ones Ansel Adams used! (facepalm) Now you might be correct in saying that the Fuji x100 series cameras are the only modern digital rangefinder cameras with a leaf shutter, but that would need to be verified. The biggest problem is with this "Wonder" camera is good luck finding one unless you are prepared to fork out the equivalent of a mirrorless pro camera body or higher. $1,500 +/- for the manufacturer's list is even a bit of a stretch, but $2k - $3k + for a fixed lens rangefinder... Ummm No!
@Booray Perry Well I guess I'm not "Most People," & for the record, there are several modern digital cameras including Ricoh, Panasonic, Sony, & of course Hasselblad that have Leaf Shutters.
Booray, why is it when I’m literally getting quotes to sell my X100F do you put out this video? I love the camera, but I find I usually miss having a somewhat longer lens for my preferred subjects usually landscapes and such. If I did candies or street photography this camera and it’s brothers and sisters in the X100 line are superstars!
@@BoorayPerry No apologies needed! I have an X-T1 and X-T3 so I’m not lacking choices for sure. I just love the rangefinder styling and it truly is a nice camera. You were spot on about the camera showing up in advertisements. Even Nikon’s ad company goofed and put it in a Nikon ad. Don’t think that went over well.. thanks and keep up the great work.
Even composing images in the camera I'm used to not seeing my images until I plonked them on the light box ...... modern equipment makes everything too easy and folk way too lazy.
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What a high quality video. I could listen to you explaining and breaking down complex topics all day. I am new to this space and honestly learned so much from this video. Looking forward to getting one of these cameras myself. Thanks.
Thanks!
Great stuff!! Pleasure to listen.
I have my X100F for two years now.
Let me say 2 things:
1. I love using optical view finder. Maybe because I'm so old that I was using those old cameras in my young days :) EVH looks too electronic to me :)
2. Let me say that this is NOT a camera for people making photos 3 times a year on vacations or some travel. From my own experience - if you not doing photos on a daily basis, you will very fast forget what shortcut you assigned to which button and where is function you need just now! :) But flexibility in customazing how this device will operate is tremendous!
Love this little machine.
I agree. I'll pick it up after working with my work camera for a while and it takes me a bit to get back into it
seen all your programs,like it,very clear for me. now 2 months 100v,it is amazing
Just so you know. All large format lenses use leaf shutters and also the Hasselblad lenses are leaf shutters as well. I use the OVF all the time esp at night when using flash. I prefer it.
only real cameras have leaf shutter.
the rest is junk.
@@вечная_мерзлота Agree on 4x5 Fields, agree also on Rolleiflexes from TLR's to 6008s. Leicas however? Hmmm... Would you prefer a Retina IIIc? That's one with a Synchro Compur leaf B, 1-1/500! Trade you for *any* Barnack Leica; and they're much harder to load! 😂
Thank you !! It’s my first camera after a disposal one I used in 1998.. Been using my phone for yyyyyears😢
thank you so much for your kindness
Thanks for posting this! Lots of good info here. Just picked up an x100t off the second hand market and having a blast. It may not be the latest and greatest but it works fine for my needs.
I've owned 3 of them and loved them all. :)
Thanks for the clear explanation about the view finder. I usually like to have a viewfinder on the camera for the purpose of bright sunlight and I can’t see the LCD screen properly.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Very cool! My X-100F is maybe my favorite camera. I'll be checking this out.
I occasionally use the OVF in the following way. I set my exposure using the EVF and then quickly switch to the OVF to choose the right moment as someone enters the scene. I don't use it often but find it useful when I do.
No need to do that as the exposure is the same either way. I just checked it out on my X100f in a dark room. The view is different but not the settings.
I love your simple and easy explanations. Its not new to me, i am a photographer, but i enjoyed your way explaining. surely it will help many new X100 users. thanx
Thanks!
Great video. I learn something new every time I watch your posts.
Great video, thank you 👏
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The cake analogy was so helpful!
Your video has a huge issue. Unfortunately, it ends. Congratulations for the easy way in transmitting the information! 😊
Lol.. thanks 😀📷
What a fantastic video! Instant subscribe, thank you!
That's the best compliment I could get! Thank you😎📷
I do use the OVF sometimes to conserve battery. I tend to screen over EVF for the same reason.
It seems counter-intuitive, but the screen consumes draws less from the battery than the EVF on mirrorless cameras. The EVF is higher resolution in most cases. That means it needs more RAM and their’s more to compute.
The big disadvantage for mirrorless vs. DSLR is battery life.
I have both a Canon R5 (mirrorless) and a Canon 5D Mk IV (DSLR). The specs for the R5 are approx. 650 shots per battery. I can tell you from experience, I average more like 500 shots. And I have every power saving feature applied. I guess to get to 650, you never review a shot. My 5D Mk IV is rated at 950 shots. In my experience, that’s an underestimate.
When I use the EVF on the R5, while it’s a great visual experience, my battery drains significantly faster.
I carry two spare batteries. But when I need to really conserve as much power as possible, then I’ll use the OVF.
I keep saying I am going to do a challenge where I use only the OVF on a trip. :)
Great video, I learnt so much 😊
I’m still a film guy but the X100 brought me into digital because it worked like film cameras. So many bells and whistles with digital cameras already! Just let me set the aperture and shutter speed (though being able to change the ISO mid roll is nice.)
An advantage of the OVF that you failed to mention is that the battery drain is much less than the EVF. Also, as long as it is bright outside it will likely be fine. A disadvantage is that in low light situations like indoors or at night, the view will be dark regardless of open aperture, low shutter speed, high ISO settings that in EVF mode will show up as bright and beautiful.
And the 100V is a true *hog* 🐖. I own several W126 from my other FF cameras; whenever I load one of those, the bloody Miss Piggy protests, *"Use a W126S"* I'll be hungry!
PS, real men don't use AF. Heck RM don't use AE either! RM shoot film Leicas and Nikons (FM2n pleeese!). RM do their C41 --if they're not macho enough to shoot 400TX!
OK, guess the 100V is the best for (us) boomers, millennials and genexers, (unless you're a reeel macho and use a view camera, know many). 🤣
Hi Kiddo! 😉
Great clip, you must have been a great teacher in a previous life; I was absort from minute 1 to the very end, and will try to buy something from your links in thanks...
I got my first camera (a Kodak Six-20 at age 12 in 1959) and shot my first *serious* camera at age 20 in 1967, a Leica IIIf with a collapsible Elmar 5cm that my father had replaced with a Canonet QL19 (to save you the aritmethic trouble I just turned 76 less than 2 months ago).
You may guess I hated the IIIf the moment my father placed it in my hands and started explaining how to use it for a summer European excursion, and to this day I wonder why couldn't he give me an Instamatic 126 like the rest of the travelers were using? The only way one can sing praises to that camera is when the alternative is a Retina IIc. 😭
You might perfectly guess the Ektachrome 160 garbage I returned with after six weeks. Heck! He even chided me for the results!!
The following year I saved enough for a Pentax Spotmatic with a 50/1.4 Super-Takumar. Curiously enough, after my father died I got a different IIIf (the one my father had was dropped into a Swiss lake some years after). Then I could appreciate the Leica mistique; but not the Barnacks. Istill shoot film with a Leica M or a Nikon FM2.
I'm far from a beginner to the X mount or even the X100, having got me a T to mimmick what I couldn't afford: a digital M. Now the camera I keep at the _foyer,_ hanging from the coat stand is the X100V in a tiny bag that holds a WCL two extra batteries and a compact charger.
That was a wonderful thing to say. Thank you very much. :)
I also prefer the EVF over the OVF ...but you didn't mention combo mode (no, I haven't tried it).
You are right about the digital zoom...x100v is my ONLY camera with that left on.
Simulations...so cool...one of my 2 favorite bracketing modes is simulation bracketing, which I keep changing the 3 selections (one is always Velvia for landscape etc, but vary the other 2). My other favorite bracketing is HDR+ where Fuji brackets the exposures then combines them in camera for the final photo.
Darktable is a powerful RAW processor that is FREE.
Nice work Booray.
Thanks. It's really just a video for all the people buying an x100V to hopefully point them to all the videos I have made about it. :)
I'm still deciding between x100v and xt5.
X100V having built-in ND filters and flash makes me incline more towards it.
They are completely different cameras. X-T5 has interchangeable lenses and a 40 mb sensor.
@@BoorayPerry
40mp isn't a necessity but flash, leaf shutter and ND filters...
If you want a do it all camera and have deep pockets. The XT-5. You will then spend many times its value on lenses and accessories.
The X100 is an everyday camera that captures life - much like a mobile phone. It has its limits, but will be the best value because it will be with you all the time.
Both are good cameras, but maybe start with what are you wanting to do with it? If you want something easy to bring everywhere to "document your life" with friends, family, trips, etc, the X100V might be the better choice. If you want something to use with various lenses like macro, wide angle, telephoto, or zoom lenses to try a mix of sports, wildlife, landscape, portrait, macro shots, then the XT5 with a couple lenses might be better...just know more planning goes into deciding which lenses to bring. 😉
Whichever system you get, they are both fun cameras to use.
4 things now on my X100V which I highly recommend:
1. NiSi UHD UV Filter for FUJIFILM X100 Series ($39 @ B&H); positive is you can use the original x100v lens cap (yay!!); negative is I can't use the CPL with it.
2. Artisan & Artist Multifunctional Parachute Hand Strap (~$50 @ B&H), the best of the hand straps tried for the x100v...strong yet flexible, not bulky, brass slider adjustment, doesn't get in the way, gorgeous.
3. Lensmate folding thumbrest ($60 @ Lensmate), really adds to the grip, and moves out of the way to use the shutterspeed dial...get this, if nothing else!!
4. Gariz leather half case($116 but current sale $93 20Nov2022 @ Gariz) bottom panel is metal, moves the tripod mount over so the battery door can open even with the PD arcus plate attached. NOTE---get the half case; don't get the full case because it won't fit over the lens if you add weather sealing ring, filter, WCL or TCL, or anything else to the front.
Love your work and have learned a great deal from your experience, however ... now you need to rediscover the joy and experience of photography before the digital age .... through the OVF.
It's another joyous feature of the X100 that gives you that feeling of not knowing exactly what you are going to get until later ... when you got the film back from the developer.
Yes you can set everything via the EVF and get the result you want.
But what if you try to challenge yourself and trust the OVF and your skills to get the result. No chimping.
It's such a satisfying way to shoot. It's not better, it's not worse, just a wonderful, different experience and challenge.
I actually shouted at the TV - when you aired your comments about the OVF and no-one using it! 🤣
But then you went on to my actual point. 😊 Try it! You will rediscover a whole new world of photographic joy. I await your video and your thoughts... The downside is not huge, the resulting pleasure is.
The X100 rocks purely because of that imho
As always....Great video!!!
Thanks!
Thanks 🙏
You're welcome!
I'm sure it's been said by now, but I can't not also say it. There are manufacturers aplenty what make interchangeable lens cameras with leaf shutters. I have one. Mamiya. Each lens has its own shutter. Especially common in the medium and large film formats where a focal plane shutter is much less practical. Love your video, I just got one of these x100v things
Fabulous commentary thank you.
Thanks!
I've had the X100V for a couple of months now and I'm really enjoying it! At first I only shot JPG's but lately I've switched to JPG and RAW. The only photo editing tool that I've used is the Apple Photos App. What do you think of Capture One Express for Fujifilm? I'd like to start out with a free editing tool so would this be a good choice for the Fuji RAW files? Thanks for an excellent video! PS: I still think taking an iPhone snap now and again on a Fuji shoot is a handy way to Geo-locate the photos that aren't GPS tagged in the Fuji camera!
I don't have any experience with Capture One Express but I use the pro version for my processing and love it. I have a couple of videos on my channel with tricks.
I use the OVF because it helps me with my composition and I also shoot my camera like a 35mm slr. Yes. I'm old.
thank you!!
Very interesting, thank you so much. One question though : about ND filter, how can you manage not to get blurry pictures, especially as there is no image stabilisation ?
As long as your shutter speed is high enough you are fine. :)
Amazing video! Please don’t overlook the OVF though. I’ve literally just shot a photo of my father and my niece that I wouldn’t have gotten had I not been using the ovf and a Godox Lux Senior. The light was really poor and the evf was useless! But with the OVF I caught a moment in time that my parents will treasure forever. And, just while I’m here, my car has auto and manual transmission I think you call it, we call it a gearbox in the UK, but I never fully trust the auto. I can shift better than my car can 👍🏻. Thanks for the video though Booray!
Subscribed. great video!
Thanks!
I don’t use anything but the viewfinder(s) 90% of the time. Only use the screen for hip or low level shots. I hate shooting looking at the back of a camera.
in your honest opinion, is the 100F really that much softer wide open than the 100V? if so what about at F2.8? just wondering if all the negative about the soft lens is blown out of proportion. Thanks
It's pretty soft but many people found that top be part of the charm and old film look. It really comes down to your preference. Because I shoot professionally, I'm a stickler for sharpness, even in my personal "fun" camera.
Thanks!
Thank you!!
It’s funny I’ve been using 4/3 to m4/3 for 18 years and 2 months ago I broke down and got 100v. I’m not interested in any other Fuji camera but that 100v has been a love affair since day one. I’ve never had a camera before that literally goes everywhere with me from work to the grocery store and on my nightstand for bed.
Welcome to the cult. Don't forget your hat. :)
That's a great helpful description, thanks! Am I right in thinking this would be a great camera for shooting people and products too? I am looking for an entry-level, good enough camera to shoot good-quality photos of models and clothing for my Instagram and online shop. I evaluating if buying an iPhone 14pro (that would be good also for social media posting) or this camera, that looks stunning, what would you suggest?
Awesome video as always :-). What would you like to see in the next X100?
Return of the D-pad. In a perfect world they would make it interchangeable and make leaf shutter lenses for it. :)
@@BoorayPerry I’m with you Booray! I don’t like having to use the touch screen for my custom functions. I think your right about most manufacturers not making leaf shutter lens. All my lenses for my bronica ETRsi (6x4.5) are leaf shutters. But thats a camera from the 80’s ;-). Even Fuji medium format lenses are not leaf shutters. Bring back the leaf shutters! And can we please get rid of focus by wire. :-)
@@BoorayPerry Interchangeable lens x100 series? Wouldn't that make it an x-Pro series? 🤣😂🤣
The D-pad would be nice...and image stabilization...and a screen that flips forward for selfie mode.
Is the ND-filter really "optical"? Is there really a lense which physically moves before your sensor?
I believe so.
Where do I buy my cult hat? Amazon monetized link please.
We know who you are and a member will appear one night at your house with your hat
@@RandyPollock Then, the secret initiation begins!
I enjoy the leaf shutter and the fast flash sync, but I'm unclear what you mean at 15:17 when you say it can be used to "...to get that light to come down". Can you clarify? How does the leaf shutter reduce the amount of light hitting the sensor?
I joined the cult, thanks to Your vids in 2019. I like you sense of humor too.
Thanks!
I like the video, but i really thought you were kidding when you said "nobody ever uses the viewfinder" ... Like what ?! :D I'm a full time photographer and i use nothing BUT the viewfinder :D I HATE shooting on a screen ..
I had to go find where I said that. My mistake, I meant the OVF. Of course people use the viewfinder. :)
Where should I get the hat?
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😝 My car is actually manual ... (UK!!) 😀
many people still use manual gearboxes in their car :)
What I struggle w/ is movie mode. When I record it is pretty dark..
Have you checked your ISO and Aperture?
thanks! I did a reset just in case and it seemed to work. Prior I think I played a little too much without knowing what I was doing@@BoorayPerry
Hello Perry, i recently went on rain shoot with my filter on lens..and after there was some fog that got into lens..it has Dissipated, but now there is a black box in corner of viewfinder that stays on when camera is off..... It doesn't affect the image quality but it's still there when I try to use the view finder... im aware of how to switch between ovf and Evf and the box to focus....but im inquiring if your aware of how to switch this box of have heard of it before? Thanks
Is it a perfect digital box or is it something that is a result of the rain?
@Booray Perry it is a perfect box, i can send you a picture via email if possible
@@22s22a The box still being there when the camera is off is what confuses me. At that point, you're just looking through the glass in the rangefinder. I've never seen this problem before.
@Booray Perry indeed, i had filter on the lens so I'm not sure how it could be water damage.. but still troubleshooting
For gods sake don't show them the secret thumb rest hand shake!
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hi sir, you think it's better to wait for the x100v successor or buy now?
I have sold my canon R last year coz I needed extra funds for migrating here in US. Currently im just using my phone for photos.
I haven't heard any rumors about a successor. Factory can't make enough of the ones that are in demand now.
thank you for replying sir. . .
How to change from video to photo and vice versus is there better way than menu ? Thanks
I actually don't know because to be honest I don't think I've ever used the video feature on the camera. It's really not designed to be a good video camera.
Fuji XH1 has a leaf shutter✌🏻
No it doesn't. The shutter button has a leaf spring mechanism which is probably what you are thinking of. :)
Good to know, they keep referring to it as a leaf shutter on RUclips ✌🏻
Yea, the Fuji X100V X100F is advantageous in so many ways, however for me, the fixed lens is too limiting!
I wish they'd come up with a zoom lens for these cameras.
@@вечная_мерзлота The digital zoom works really well, and you have the TCL/WCL options...
You simply aren't stuck with 35mm equivalent at all.
only have ipad.make 1000 photos a month,serious with my photos jpeg are great
Interesting; just, this is more of a photography beginners guide. Good teacher though ;-)
Thanks but I don't think it's a photography beginners guide at all. I tried to stick to features that are unique to the X100V. For as photography beginners guide, check out my "Booray Explains" videos. :) ruclips.net/video/pecHFYpg0Zw/видео.html
Where to check for serial number on it?
Under the flip screen. :)
@@BoorayPerry If there is no bill and only the serial no. Can it be covered under warranty?
@@NishanthMSkumar I don't know.
@@BoorayPerry okay thank you
Still shocked that after more than a decade in production. NO other camera manufacturer put out there own x100 type camera. Especially canon because of the canonet. What are they waiting for ?? Clearly, there is a market for this type of camera. I'm not talkin about similar cameras like the Ricoh or the RX1 i mean with same body type as the x100
Greetings, I'm a bit surprised that someone who states they are a "Professional Photographer" seems to think that Fuji x100 series cameras are the ONLY Cameras that have a Leaf Shutter. Most older film cameras like my Zeiss Ikonta 6x9 circa 1939 are Leaf shutters just like my Zenza Bronica EC 6x6. And I thought EVERYONE knew that Hasselblad Cameras were Leaf Shutter cameras not to mention large format cameras like the ones Ansel Adams used! (facepalm)
Now you might be correct in saying that the Fuji x100 series cameras are the only modern digital rangefinder cameras with a leaf shutter, but that would need to be verified.
The biggest problem is with this "Wonder" camera is good luck finding one unless you are prepared to fork out the equivalent of a mirrorless pro camera body or higher. $1,500 +/- for the manufacturer's list is even a bit of a stretch, but $2k - $3k + for a fixed lens rangefinder... Ummm No!
I feel confident that most people who watch my channel understand that I'm referring to modern digital cameras.
WOW! You really got him there…….uh
@Booray Perry Well I guess I'm not "Most People," & for the record, there are several modern digital cameras including Ricoh, Panasonic, Sony, & of course Hasselblad that have Leaf Shutters.
Well, Hasselblad makes them, and has done so for ages..😉 Simple enough, you just have to put a leaf shutter in every lens..
I have found that using using the x100 on the street is more discrete. Wearing the official x100V cult hat makes that less possible. Maybe just me.
The order comes first, Padawan.
Booray, why is it when I’m literally getting quotes to sell my X100F do you put out this video?
I love the camera, but I find I usually miss having a somewhat longer lens for my preferred subjects usually landscapes and such. If I did candies or street photography this camera and it’s brothers and sisters in the X100 line are superstars!
lol... sorry about that. Have you considered having 2 cameras? You can probably pick up an x-t30 or x-t3 pretty cheap. :)
@@BoorayPerry No apologies needed! I have an X-T1 and X-T3 so I’m not lacking choices for sure.
I just love the rangefinder styling and it truly is a nice camera. You were spot on about the camera showing up in advertisements. Even Nikon’s ad company goofed and put it in a Nikon ad. Don’t think that went over well.. thanks and keep up the great work.
Hardly any automatic car is in the right gear when you know how to drive... just saying.. :D
Android phones around 400 dollars had raw files for ages😅 nice video
Even composing images in the camera I'm used to not seeing my images until I plonked them on the light box ...... modern equipment makes everything too easy and folk way too lazy.
funny booray
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