$1500 Fujifilm X100V Overrated? - A Film Photographer's Perspective

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With all of the rave and hype about this Fujifilm camera on KZfaq, Tiktok, and Instagram, I straight up wanted to hate this camera purely on its explosive popularity. I've used Fuji cameras before like the X-T2, and I do enjoy the cameras + raw files. As a film photographer too, I got tired of people trying to emulate the medium.
However, I will say....after actually playing with the Fuji X100V, those reviews were right. This camera is actually very good and NOT over hyped.
#fuji #x100v #fujifilm
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@Diegoteodia Жыл бұрын

The buffering thing usually happens when Clarity is enabled on the settings! But i kind of makes you slow down so I guess it’s cool sometimes, right?

@stevemphoto Жыл бұрын

^^This! I never liked using simulations with clarity is enabled.

@jarodfrausto Жыл бұрын

That is exactly why I like it

@Eyeofkamau Жыл бұрын

@@jarodfrausto same!

@MoritzOtt Жыл бұрын

if you use drive continues 3fps its gone

@Kevon420 Жыл бұрын

also if you change it to low speed continuous in the drive menu it also circumvents this.

@derrindizon7903 Жыл бұрын

Great informative video Chris! Keep killing it this year.

@MichaelFrederickPhoto Жыл бұрын

I got mine in October 2022, I had always liked Fuji colors so this was my entry into their system. I fell in love with creating recipes that I can do amazing SOOC Jpegs for social media. The images are sharp and colorful. I love the Fuji system so much I just got a X-H1 last week and one lens to start. I have a Canon R6 with heavy AF glass so it’s nice to have a lighter rig and I am having fun shooting landscapes again.

@gordonbrown5901 Жыл бұрын

One thing to remember about the WCL and TCL lenses for the X100 series is the they only change the AOV, you do not get any change in DoF.

@dontshootphotos3372 Жыл бұрын

4:35 just Austin, Hannah and Kaylee just chill vibin in the back. I think that Jarod in the back as well just vibin

@whoschrischu Жыл бұрын

They trollin

@jellevanthuyne1984 Жыл бұрын

I love your blazer of kodak!! Where did you get it from??

@cheryllynn4737 Жыл бұрын

It’s a beautiful camera. I received mine as a birthday gift last year 🎉 Glad I found your channel. Refreshing to watch someone that is mature , intelligent and not annoying 😅! Keep it up 👍🏻

@JoeLopez Жыл бұрын

As posted above, what was your clarity setting when you experienced the ‘buffering’ between photos?

@urbanwindows Жыл бұрын

Awesome video man.

@smudo7081 Жыл бұрын

Every channel needs the x100v push … so disappointing and annoying

@kendrasananikone Жыл бұрын

love my x100v, super excited to see what the successor will look like!

@joaquinnolasco5210 Жыл бұрын

It's a great camera for retail. I wouldn't pay anything more than retail for it, though. PS. I've owned mine for 2 years.

@whoschrischu Жыл бұрын

I would agree. I wouldn’t buy this over retail

@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures Жыл бұрын

Seconded from another X100V owner here. Especially since there's some great other options if you can't find one - like the XE4 with an 18mm f/2 and little EFX20 box flash is pretty special, I think.

@salahu-dinhussein195 Жыл бұрын

I also have the x100v and I'm wondering what presets you used to edit your photos its hard asf.

@JoeLopez Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget about the built in digital tele-converter allowing you to shoot at 50mm & 75mm. Also, ~40mm in sports finder mode

@patrickjclarke Жыл бұрын

So, I shoot raw, take that into account when you read this: Once I found DxO PhotoLab, I really stopped worrying about what "look" my camera had baked in...yes even CCD (to a point). DxO PhotoLab does an AMAZING job of color science and has ALL the profiles, even Fuji. My Leica M240 can look like my Sony A99, and vice-versa, or like a Hassy X1 in color science. My point: Stop worrying about the look of a camera's built-in profile and find a camera that works best for how you create.

@lordbogus6709 Жыл бұрын

4:25 the girl out of focus mocking him 😂

@just_eirik Жыл бұрын

Oh and that loading when you were shooting was likely because the “clarity” option was on. That slows down the camera a lot. Even my X-T5 slows down with that on. EDIT: commented before I saw other had already mentioned this. Leaving my comment here just in case it helps with the algorithm though.

@unmecvrai Жыл бұрын

I just got my X100V on the last stocks Fuji send to France, I was pretty lucky ! I love this camera it's beyond every one I ever had !

@j5daniel182 Жыл бұрын

Turn off the Image Preview for faster shooting.

@JLStreetDoc Жыл бұрын

I wish they would change the lens to a true range finder style lens with distance markers in order to use this in manual mode. Would love to use proper zone focusing with this camera.

@mulkosilma Жыл бұрын

You can do that, or at least mimic it, by enabling focus distance scale in evf/ovf settings and adding focus distance scale to film format basis. I've used that for manual / zone focusing and it has worked very good. That being said, I would also gladly take true manual focusing capability with distance and aperture markings in the lens instead of focus-by-wire focusing.

@JLStreetDoc Жыл бұрын

@@mulkosilma right. I don’t want mimic it. I want true hard stops and a scale. They would have to make it a bit longer and through a focus tab on there too.

@abelardojeda Жыл бұрын

It’s a great camera but not for everybody. Indeed it is an amazing tool for street photography. The fact you have the hyperfocals in the viewfinder tells you a lot about the camera. Also as someone else was pointing, you need to turn off image preview. I use mine mostly in raw and I use the camera profiles as a starting point for editing. The thing is jpg is 8bit dynamic range and raw is 14bit, so… for practical purposes, any camera using jpg trash a lot of information. Plus, raw editing is a lot more like darkroom editing and jpg only like “just let the lab do it for you”. *Actually the hype is kind of contradictory because it is a niche camera, that’s why many KZfaqrs buy and sell it almost immediately.

@-grey Жыл бұрын

YES. Thank you for saying that the recipes are overcooked. I have been sharing a lot of real film examples with the community to try and get us away from the muddy green, shot through a dirty windshield look. I don't think people in the community have too much experience with film, so a lot of the major recipe creators get it super wrong in terms of colour and tone matching. The biggest offenders are Ektar, Ektachrome, and Portra recipes. They always look super muted and overcooked, despite being rich vibrant, versatile film stocks. They get Kodachrome mostly right though, since Classic Chrome is built for that by Fujifilm. I think you're one of the only creators on YT with this critique about recipes rn. Everybody else is taking muted brown photos like they've got a chocolate filter on, and loving it. It's pretty misleading to the newcomers from film tbh.

@orestes1984 Жыл бұрын

Oh it looks like film, because the sensor is actually tiny, and uses an xtrans sensor. But then, it's digital... Just no, you're creating nothing.... the problem with digital is that it's just 1s and 0s. The problem with simulation is exactly that. If you know what film looks like nothing it produces looks real.

@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures Жыл бұрын

@@orestes1984 I can definitely see where you're coming from. I shoot Fuji digital because I can't afford film. But all the images I do like from my Fuji I make sure I print. I don't feel an image is alive unless it's there on a negative, slide or lovely print - something I can hold.

@Grumpygrumpo Жыл бұрын

@@orestes1984 the problem with film is it looks a certain way out of the box and that’s inaccurate as well.

@orestes1984 Жыл бұрын

@@Grumpygrumpo there's nothing inaccurate about film. It's all about how you do the color timing. Negative film doesn't look like anything out of the box... You might be confused with slide film. Both film and digital can be quite accurate, it's just easier to achieve colour accuracy out of the box with digital cameras. The major thing with film is really that you are using ink (dye) which gives it a painterly look when you see a film recorded on film, that can't be replicated no matter how many LUTs or simulations you have.

@TheWutangclan1995 Жыл бұрын

I agree with the colors being over cooked. Had a Fuji xpro 3 and tried the recipes but disliked the way it looked out of the camera. If there’s one work around I’ve found when it comes to film, it is bulk loading black and white or vision 3.

@mrjar716 Жыл бұрын

Turn off clarity slider to help with buffer issue

@johnniemenjivar Жыл бұрын

1:05 needed that 🥹

@whoschrischu Жыл бұрын

Dang. Hang in there ❤️

@alexbustamante6532 Жыл бұрын

Omg I AM going through a break up. This took me by surprise lol. Great vid man

@whoschrischu Жыл бұрын

hang in there! you'll be okay

@alexbustamante6532 Жыл бұрын

@@whoschrischu thanks :')

@michaelfedorsha8147 Жыл бұрын

AWESOME video AWESOME photos!

@MichaelFrederickPhoto Жыл бұрын

Also get the free Capture One Express for Fuji, MUCH better than L/R.

@professionalpotato4764 Жыл бұрын

The bokeh issue is pretty well documented. Anything above 1/1600 give it the weird shape due to leaf shutter. Probably affects other cameras too.

@taylorruss Жыл бұрын

The X100F used to limit shutter to 1/1000 when wide open at f2, but for whatever reason the V doesn't (this limitation was the original reasoning for the ND, as the leaf shutter couldn't clear the full opening of f2 at those higher speeds). So I'd definitely agree it's just an artifact of the leaf shutter not being able to properly keep up without this built-in limiter that the F had.

@orestes1984 Жыл бұрын

There is control in post with film. You just need a better scanner.

@headwerkn Жыл бұрын

Came here from Mamiyamigos to make sure you got to 100K ;-)

@esprit853okg Жыл бұрын

I love my X100V. It takes me back to the 70s & my Olympus OM10.

@TMM6900 Жыл бұрын

Love u Chris. U make interestings, unlike many other camera tuber. U definitely have your own style nail down!

@Joacimbylehn Жыл бұрын

I love mine. Just wish Apple would fully support fujifilm raw files.

@IDaumI Жыл бұрын

The way you felt about the X100V is the same way I feel about the M6. Most film Leicas function the same way. So I'd rather go with an MP or MA or even the older M2 over the front branding on the M6 as well as that angled rewind knob.

@whoschrischu Жыл бұрын

Duuuude the MP is sooooooooo nice

@alhOOO2O Жыл бұрын

Agreed, the buffering when you've set your own profile is ridiculous and prevents me using those features because they slow you down so much. The other thing is that calling their jpeg presets 'film simulations' when they are literally the same as any other manufacturers jpeg presets is one of the biggest cons/greatest marketing schemes I've ever seen.

@germonsta Жыл бұрын

Loving the Samsung washing machine sound in the beginning 😂

@whoschrischu Жыл бұрын

LOL you know that sound??

@germonsta Жыл бұрын

@@whoschrischu Yeah, hate that sound so much and don't know how to turn ist off hahahahah :)

@TMM6900 Жыл бұрын

The weird bokeh makes it extra filmic. Probably reminds me of the minimum coating effects?

@MrSolidair Жыл бұрын

8:02 thats a lie... you only made this video for hitting 100k subs. And you know what I don't even mind because I really enjoyed this video.

@Stephen_garza Жыл бұрын

That’s a sweet jacket !

@patrickjclarke Жыл бұрын

And Chris, as a BW film shooter (mainly Tri-X and BW400CN) that loves his M240 A LOT, I've spent a long time on a quest to get my digital files to more of a "film" look. To me that's removing some of the sterile and sharp (by lens or by some PShop actions I've found by Nick Bedford) and adding some interpretations of halation effects that happen (specifically Tri-X), and yes, adding DxO FilmPack 6's Tri-X simulation. It's still not quite film, but to me it bridges the gap of what I want from film AND don't like about digital.

@patrickjclarke Жыл бұрын

The closest "digital film" from JPG I've ever gotten is shockingly from the Sigma DP1 Merrill in BW jpg mode...it's like a medium format T-max in tone and rendering.

@gordonbrown5901 Жыл бұрын

I've heard that th X100F is the only X100 camera that has both the D-pad and joystick.

@rf8221 Жыл бұрын

Also how is he using this music, is it a new form of licensing that I'm unaware about?

@whoschrischu Жыл бұрын

¯\( ˘͡ ˘̯)/¯

@NewerSing Жыл бұрын

Bought mine for cheap (before war started, our currency is unfortunately tied to ruble) and still keeping it. Love it

@jasondewar2188 Жыл бұрын

I don't hate the x100v because it is so popular, in fact I don't hate it at all. It's just that other Fuji cameras have the same sensor, but with interchangeable lenses, IBIS, and much better video.

@darkwhale-og9ig Жыл бұрын

i feel you on this man! I owned a Q2 for about a year and loved it! when the price increased I "downgraded" to this guy and with the extra money copped a summicron 35 for the m6! love this little thing. I might prefer it to the Ricoh GRs and Leica Qs

@whoschrischu Жыл бұрын

Oh man, I def think you came out with a win with that “downgrade”

@thisisbenji90 Жыл бұрын

7:00 I actually prefer my Nikon Z6 jpegs to my X100V. Lol.

@juanmayorga4702 Жыл бұрын

My guy doesn´t care about copyright, but men, there´s songs that you just can´t replace with royalty free stuff

@jarodfrausto Жыл бұрын

Gang gang gang we out here

@whoschrischu Жыл бұрын

Gang gang gang gang gang gang gang

@rf8221 Жыл бұрын

The images are nice but the price hike on this camera is bonkers considering how lightweight and toy like it feels in the hands.

@whoschrischu Жыл бұрын

Forreal. It’s super rare to see a digital camera appreciate in value. The X100V is a damn good camera, but TikTok and KZfaq have made it more than what it is tbh

@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures Жыл бұрын

@@whoschrischu Thank Christ I traded in my X100F and bought at launch!

@strippedlist Жыл бұрын

you have Q for quick change stuff....

@heartburn6160 Жыл бұрын

Given that the X100v is unavailable, is there anything comparable out there? Great video!

@DanceIsLife012 Жыл бұрын

I’ve had the Nikon Z50 for a couple years and I love it!

@JoeLopez Жыл бұрын

X100F, X100T

@dashonaubrey1321 Жыл бұрын

Me wanting more X-Pro hype over X100 and X-T hype

@whoschrischu Жыл бұрын

X-Pro 3 is kiiiinda nice. I just wish it was more squared off in its design

@dashonaubrey1321 Жыл бұрын

@@whoschrischu I wonder how the next model will look. I personally love it’s design language.

@pancakelens75 Жыл бұрын

I love my little Xe4

@austiinjohn Жыл бұрын

tbh this camera was so fun haha

@whoschrischu Жыл бұрын

Dude, I love how we were both so surprised by how fun it was

@GlaciaDay Жыл бұрын

I have been buying Kodak films from B&H ever since the initial price increase. Kodak price here in Japan is ridiculously overpriced.

@wedubus Жыл бұрын

is that Donut Media in the back

@whoschrischu Жыл бұрын

Hi Low! That Subie season was an absolute crap show

@wedubus Жыл бұрын

@@whoschrischu so many engine swaps

@Visions_in_Toyko Жыл бұрын

X100v is great, but the xpro 3 is even better

@adnan_velic Жыл бұрын

If you can get it for $1500 it’s an awesome camera but do not pay a scalper $2000 for one!

@didierjanson Жыл бұрын

Don’t use CLARITY… leave it at 0 … clarity at any other value will slow the camera between shots

@SixPapayas 6 ай бұрын

Why are you constantly zooming in and out when you are talking?

@rasidsaranovic7921 Жыл бұрын

Not worth the price point. It's not 1500$ but 2600$. Worth it for 1300$ MSRP, if you know what you're getting into and it's limitations. Otherwise, there are much better deals, especially for hybrid shooters.

@jarodfrausto Жыл бұрын

Got mine for $1250 on Fred Miranda. Never have I seen one sell for 2600 haha. But yes, 1600-1800 is not something I’d pay for this.

@rasidsaranovic7921 Жыл бұрын

@@jarodfrausto Thanks for input but not to sound rude, I assume that's in US? U.S does have that privilege over EU in a way. That price I just pointed out, that's EU price. Exactly 2579 Euros for silver and black for same price or 1600 euros if you are lucky to find it for that much. In any case it's not worth it. Used are selling for about 1300$ I believe, but since I can't test that (as I'd order it from another country) that's what we call a cat in a bag. You never know what you can get haha. Just look up some German retailers and you'll get a rough estimate of the price. Cheers!

@jarodfrausto Жыл бұрын

Ah that makes sense then.

@stephan_1507 Жыл бұрын

If only... FUJI would ramp up the production and make that camera available again.

@whoschrischu Жыл бұрын

I think they cancelled a lot of backorders to major retailers 'cuz they might be gearing up for the next iteration of the X100 this year

@Austinite333 Жыл бұрын

The 100v is just a rumour really. Try buying one. They do not seem to exist.

@janihonkala8154 Жыл бұрын

That IS OVERHYPED! Only fanboys like that. Poor battery, awfull tracking.... and more..🤦‍♂️

@abelardojeda Жыл бұрын

Depends on the user. Street photographer here, bought mine in 2020, had the first and second version too. Battery life actually is pretty good, I rarely change the battery but I have a really clear idea of what kind of images I want (that comes with experience). I do not use the tracking, it makes no sense for street, you are supposed to use this camera as a rangefinder and using hyperfocals. Obviously if you use this camera like a cell phone, battery drain faster.

@waakudiidechannel6727 Жыл бұрын

@JoeLopez Жыл бұрын

That camera is far from overhyped.

@IanInChengdu Жыл бұрын

Arghhhhhh not another 100v video

@rockysrider5352 Жыл бұрын

The KZfaq tax on fuji cameras is ridiculous.....

@martingreenberg870 Жыл бұрын

$1500? I Want a Fuji X100V. I have S and T. I will not pay a premium for a new (if you can find one) or used body. As a result, I am awaiting the announcement of the X100VI. That body will have the new 40MP sensor and, I hope, IBIS. Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)

@JoeLopez Жыл бұрын

Fuji has IBIS and 40mp on other bodies. Not every body needs to appeal to every shooter 😉

@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures Жыл бұрын

@@JoeLopez Plus leaf shutter helps you get reliably down to 1/15. I would love an IBIS camera eventually though for the X-Pro line, my hands have never been that steady.