I may not have thought of it before, but the ability to change lenses actually made me grab my camera less. I thought I was in heaven camera wise… until I wasn’t. With the X-E4, I found a camera that is nearly the size of the X100 range of cameras, but with the ability to change lenses! I became enthralled with the prospect of taking the 27mm f.2.8 with me along with the Fuji F/2 trilogy of lenses (the 23, 35 and 50) in a very small bag. I had it once before but sold it when I found the utility and ability to change lenses on the Fuji X-E4 so appealing. Some photographers just want a new addition to their kit because… well, why not?įor me, the X100v was a re-purchase. Other times it’s because our old cameras just can’t keep up with us any longer, and the lure of new technology makes sense. I shoot with a variety of bodies these days (D850, D500, D7200, X-T2), but none of them intrinsically produce quite such pleasing results.Sometimes it’s because we need more megapixels to fulfill a job requirement. The DR was amazing (none of that ETTR stuff, just middle the exposure, and pull the highlights), but you had to watch out for highlight noise if you made a big pull, because the sensor just worked that way. I tried profiling my S5 once in ACR, but much preferred the unprofiled results!!!įunny thing about the S5 was that it was slightly quirky. Other cameras always seem like hard work, like I had to work at it just to get something I liked. Shots looked great straight out of the camera, but I could play with the raws to my heart's content, all the while knowing that, hey, it looked great when I started, and all I was doing was pushing each shot to where I wanted it to be. I could take a shot with that "lowly" 6mp sensor, and it was just fun to work with. It is, to me, hands down the most rewarding camera I've owned. Oh, and as a jpeg shooter, I'll say this: if you aren't getting batter jpeg images SOOC with a newer version of the 100 series cameras, you're doing something wrong. It's what I'd call 'charming,' I still think dearly of it, because it's the camera that got me into Fuji, but to say that the image quality is better that any later X100 series cameras is just foolishly romanticizing something from the past. And every time I do, I think 'this is cute.' The menu's a puzzle, and shooting above ISO 1600 is a crap shoot -not to mention how quickly the battery drains. Listen, I currently use my 'F,' and I've still got my old X100, which I pull out from time to time.
The change from rotating selector dial to joystick, and D-pad don't count as real changes to you? How about the huge EVF changes? If you aren't aware of the constant improvement in AF speed, resolution, menu improvements, and handling, you don't really know the 100 series cameras.
William I've owned them all, except the S.
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