Photograph and Camera talk
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Seeking advice here…
Interested in buying a new camera. Currently have a Nikon D100 slr with several lenses. Now looking for something far smaller and portable enough for multiday motorcycle travel. So mostly documenting memorable moments during trips: people, scenery, selfies, flowers, trees, rocks, birds, and so on. At this point I’ve narrowed it down to a FUJIFILM X100VI.
Grateful to receive feedback on the pros and cons of this choice, and other options which may be preferable.
Any inside info on availability of the X100VI? B&H Photo currently lists it as UNAVAILABLE.
Thank you gents.The journey is the objective.
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@motojobobo I would always go for Fuji - love the style, but also more the way the images come out due to the slightly different way the sensor is.
I would love a X100VI, but bit too expensive (and hard to get hold of). But also look at the Fuji XE range, the new XE5 looks fantastic, plus you can change lenses on that range, so a bit more versatile - I got a XE3 with a fast 27mm lens, so similar results to a X100. -
also like the fuji series, but what's your intended use beyond the subject matter? Are you sharing with friends/family on the internet or printing large? Honestly, sometimes a phone camera works just perfect for this, I often augment my shooting with a "real camera" with my phone if I don't have the lens on I'd prefer or dont want to take out the camera (raining, small space, be conspicuous, etc).
But i understand totally if you want a camera experience. Beyond the fuij, you could consider something like a leica q or ricoh gr series.
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@motojobobo similar situation here. I bought the FUJIFILM X100VI a year ago, and used it on one trip. I sold the camera soon after, since I could not get used to the limitations of having only the one lens and stuck to 23mm (or whatever it is). I came from a Canon setup (I sold before I bought the Fuji) with 5 or 6 lenses. Fans of cameras like this will tell you that it forces you to accept the limitation of having only one focal lenght, and be creative..
What I never fully got was how important the pre-set styles are for fans of this camera, simulating old film look and feel. I am now using Lightroom and can do all this with any of my pictures in post processing...
Anyways: happy new owner of a Sony a7Cii, body also only around 500gr, full frame, and combine it with a initial travel lens 20-200 (Sigma). Setup around 1kg. Only downside I found so far: too complex user menu and too many customisation options. Oh and: no Continious autofocus when in intervall shot or delayed timer mode for Iron Heart Selfies
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@Steve I’ll definitely take a good look at the XE options, wasn’t aware about them. At this point I was hoping to make do with a single fixed-length lens (for sake of lightness, compactness and simplicity), realizing I must get used to that new situation after my previous setups.
This issue ties in with @Tobi ’s first point and I guess my hope was hinging on the 40 megapixel sensor, and hoping that the two ‘digital cropping’ options would end up quasi-covering the lack of additional focal lengths. @Tobi did that not work well enough for you?
I admit to being horribly lazy about post-processing so I very much doubt I’ll ever get into it. But I doubt I’ll play much with pre-set styles either. So not an important selling point in my case.
@pechelman intended use will be 99% sharing with people via Whatsapp/internet; and once in a blue moon get worked up enough about one pic that I’d like to print at circa 7”x9” size. Which is why I was hoping the cropping action on a 40 MP sensor would let me share acceptable quality pics of subjects even if too far away for a 23mm lens.
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for a small post card size print, a cell phone might scratch the itch enough for its convenience with the other 99% of the time to share the photos immediately with it being an internet connected device that also has embedded AI and editing capabilities.
Still, if you want a "real camera" and if you aren't really thinking about post processing images out of a camera to be part of your workflow, then I would be sure to steer you toward a camera that has good simulations embedded in it like from Fuji. Most cameras will produce a flat looking image that's very malleable to post processing but will look pretty meh if you use it straight out of camera.
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Classy shot @Marc2706
TMax 400 takes me back to my youth. Very cool they still make it.
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@Bridger in my opinion nothing beats film when you have a good natural light. And for sure it is just a mental thing but my heart is more attached to analog photos than to digital ones even though digital images can be edited that they look almost similar to film. But with film I appreciate the result more
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@Marc2706 - it does feel a little like the vinyl vs CD debate.
I do appreciate the effort required to get a perfect shot with film, given the reduced ability to post-produce the image.
I remember being happy if I got 1 or 2 good shots in a roll of 36. The cost of film and production makes the each press of the shutter more considered.
