Shooting the Fuji X100V in Germany's Japan

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11 ай бұрын

In this video I am spending the day in Germany's "Japan". Once a year in May a big event called the "Japanday" takes place in Düsseldorf, attracting over half a million visitors (partly in costumes, cosplay or traditional Japanese clothing) - a heaven for street photography. I am shooting my X100V and have a rather hard time to stick to my self-imposed black and white photography challenge.
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@justamanwithanopinion 11 ай бұрын

Black and white just hits different!

@KarinMajoka 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@InfiniTTT 11 ай бұрын

5:58 looks amazing!

@KarinMajoka 11 ай бұрын

It's my absolute favourite from the entire set as well! :)

@photomorti 11 ай бұрын

One of my favo street photography videos ive seen in a while. Love the pov and the beautiful photos. Really digging this black and white with so much noise recipe !

@wieldthelight 11 ай бұрын

Nice Video, thanks for the trip.

@robertwaffel8248 11 ай бұрын

Nice video. I dig that you sometimes also shoot digital. I also do both and enjoy each in a different way! Keep the good work up!

@KarinMajoka 11 ай бұрын

For me it still feels a little odd to only bring a digital camera - but I guess it's just a question of getting used to it. Thank you for your comment. :)

@carltanner9065 11 ай бұрын

The best piccie was the one you did of the green dino costume. Reason being my best friend has exactly the same costume, only theirs is orange😊❤🦖🦖🦖

@KarinMajoka 11 ай бұрын

Such cool, I love those costumes!

@manugeee 11 ай бұрын

Hach Japantag in Düsseldorf! :-) This video wakes memories of the time I started studying in Aachen and met my future wife. It was a new life and a new love. Pink glasses. ;-) The Japanese day was one of our first trips we made and it was a really fun time. I still have one small portrait of my and my wife of this day hanging on the wall today. Thanks for refreshing„old memories“, although I am obviously not old! 😂😅

@KarinMajoka 11 ай бұрын

Such a heartwarming comment, thank you so much for sharing your personal experience! This sounds like your wife and you should go on a nostalgia-date in Düsseldorf during the Japan Day next year. ;)

@manugeee 11 ай бұрын

@@KarinMajoka nice to read that you liked it. :-) actually a trip to Aachen at some time is planned to meet some old friends and show our kids the place we met each other and lived the first years together. We moved to the south of Germany for work after university but never found another city like Aachen again. 😁

@andyjones5192 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your impressions! The sheer amount of people would have just overwhelmed me. Visual overload. Just being curious. What’s your style of shooting with the Fuji. Do you zone focus and just snap away or do you make use of the AF?

@wieldthelight 11 ай бұрын

10:04 The best

@dr.seltsam1975 11 ай бұрын

Little Tokio in Düsseldorf is also awesome. Will be there in August. Great shots ! 5:52 & 12:03 are awesome. Keep it up, Leica-Girl 😊

@KarinMajoka 11 ай бұрын

Oh yes, I love Little Tokyo, my go-to place when I crave Japanese food. Thank you so much for your feedback and comment. :)

@NinaPapiorek 10 ай бұрын

Da war ich tatsächlich auch an dem Tag, aber die Menschenmassen waren nicht so wirklich meins - we call it reizüberflutet ;) Sehr sympathische Videos hast Du hier!

@KarinMajoka 10 ай бұрын

Ahh, der Name kommt mir doch bekannt vor. Tolle Fotos auf Instagram hast du, dein Stil gefällt mir echt sehr gut! :) das kann ich gut verstehen, ich war zwischenzeitlich auch echt sehr geplättet von der Masse an Menschen. Danke für den lieben Kommentar! ☺️

@NinaPapiorek 10 ай бұрын

@@KarinMajoka Wirklich ? Das überrascht mich. Aber umso mehr freue ich mich über die lieben Worte :) Danke.

@Bonsees 11 ай бұрын

Go Karin 🙌🏼 I’m not as strong as you, I’d switch to colour in a heart beat 💀 I stopped by Düsseldorf to get to the airport when I visited, but it was nowhere near as lively as this during Japan day 😂

@KarinMajoka 11 ай бұрын

Even though I really enjoy the challenge, I am also happy once it's over 😂 Yes, I bet! I guess that's another reason to come back to Europe and also visit Düsseldorf once again. ;)

@BerndtOtto 11 ай бұрын

Da wurden schöne Erinnerungen geweckt. Ich war jedes Jahr auf dem Japanfest in Düsseldorf, weil ich ganz in der Nähe ( Hilden ) gewohnt hab. Inzwischen hab ich aber jeden Tag Japantag, weil ich seit fast 20 Jahren in Tokyo lebe. 😜 Schwarzweiß ist allerdings persönlich nicht so mein Ding. Auf manchen Bildern wirkte es gut aber generell hätte ich für diesen Event Film und Farbe gewählt … aber das ist natürlich alles Geschmacksache. Ein gutes Auge für die Streetfotografie hast Du auf jeden Fall. 🖖🏻😘

@KarinMajoka 11 ай бұрын

Jeden Tag Japantag klingt auch nicht allzu schlecht ;) Ich war bisher nur ein Mal im "richtigen" Japan und fand es absolut traumhaft, kann es kaum erwarten eines Tages noch einmal dorthin zu reisen! Wie ich im Video bereits gesagt habe, wäre ohne meine 365-Tage schwarz-weiß Herausforderung sicherlich auch auf Farbe gefallen. Auch wenn ich mich währenddessen geärgert habe nicht auf Farbe fotografieren zu können, bin ich jetzt im Nachhinein doch ganz froh, da die Bilder in Farbe wesentlich chaotischer wirken.

@SicksomniA 11 ай бұрын

nice video!

@KarinMajoka 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@filippocerasuoli8329 11 ай бұрын

Question not related to the video , love your work tho

@devroombagchus7460 11 ай бұрын

Thank you. Wonderful video. What focal length did you use? Very interesting to see this in B&W. It does give a whole different dimension. Less busy, I think. My complements for the busyness and still take good pictures. It would have overwhelmed me.i hope this event was not yet there in 2000. I lived not too far from Düsseldorf then and would hate to learn that I missed it. 😢😅

@KarinMajoka 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment, I appreciate it! :) I read that the first Japanday took place in 2002. And back then it was probably still rather small and unknown. But a good reason to come visit Düsseldorf again one day! The X100V has a fixed 23mm lens, which is about a 35mm full frame equivalent focal length.

@devroombagchus7460 11 ай бұрын

@@KarinMajoka thanks the pleasure is mine. Look forward to next video. 35mm is what I would have probably have thought of. With 23, great depth of field! By the way, i didn’t know Mr Schüngel spoke excellent English. Can you also do the videos in fluent French, with or without Swiss accent? 😇😂😘

@bchoward0000 11 ай бұрын

Very cool - I had no idea such a day existed. What is the German expression you mentioned at 10m56s? Always love learning something new in German....

@KarinMajoka 11 ай бұрын

I said that I am "reizüberflutet". The most suiting translation is probably "sensory overload"... but I could not think of that term in the middle of my sensory overload. ;)

@bchoward0000 11 ай бұрын

@@KarinMajoka Thank you! That makes much more sense than what I was hearing.

@mingman 11 ай бұрын

I finished a 365 project in monochrome (digital) back in March. It was tough! Have fun :)

@KarinMajoka 11 ай бұрын

Wow, awesome! Congrats on sticking with it. What will you do with the images now that you made it for the whole year?

@thorstenjaspert9394 11 ай бұрын

For my taste I would shoot in color mode. On lightroom you can develop RAW with a very neutral flat colours. Very similar to your eyes seeing colours, without any special look. But could boring perhaps. I thing shooting the Japan Day with colour film, may be one if the Portra family (perhaps overexposed) or Ektar 100, or could look well. I know, film have become luxury.

@KarinMajoka 11 ай бұрын

Without my black and white challenge I would have probably chosen to shoot colour as well. And I agree, Extra 100 probably would have looked amazing. But as I also said in the video, I am rather content that I didn't because it brought in a perspective I probably wouldn't have gotten if I shot colour.

@jerryrichards8172 11 ай бұрын

There doesn't seem to to many Japanese at the Japanese day event.

@Saartekk 11 ай бұрын

Viele schöne Shoots dabei! Das mit dem kleinen Jungen mir dem Luftballontier bei 11:19min. find ich am besten, auch eben wegen der schönen story... So etwas ähnliches hatte ich vor zwei Wochen auch, als Wir spontan Samstags einen Trip nach Düsseldorf machten um etwas durch die Immermannstr. zu schlendern... Was wir nicht wussten, dass just an dem WE die DoKomi an der Messe war... Dementsprechend war das Cosplayeraufkommen auch recht hoch... Da das Wetter schlecht war, hab ich mir auch nur SW-Film eingepackt und meine Sony zuhause gelassen... 😂😂😂 Hab mich dann notgedrungen auch auf eine SW-challenge eingelassen... Leider wurde das Wetter so mies uns regnerisch, dass ich kaum Fotos machen konnte... Hatte mich dennoch auch einmal 10min. In Streetfotografie versucht und recht interessante spontane Gegebenheiten eingefangen als ich vor einem überfüllten Supermarkt gewartet hab... Bin echt mal gespannt, was aus den Bildern wird...

@KarinMajoka 11 ай бұрын

Hi Olli, vielen Dank für deinen Kommentar! :) Ja, das Motiv mit dem Jungen und dem Ballon mag ich auch, das ist auch eines der Bilder, welche von Farbe meiner Meinung nach profitiert hätten. Oh spannend, von der DoKomi hab ich schon mal gehört, war aber selber nicht dort. Da war Little Tokyo bestimmt auch ganz schon voll mit langen Warteschlangen. Cool, dass du dort auch Film fotografiert hast, bin gespannt zu hören (oder zu sehen) was aus den Bildern so geworden ist. :)

@Maxhuertas 11 ай бұрын

First comment !

@noctor1zed 11 ай бұрын

woop woop second

@KarinMajoka 11 ай бұрын

🤍

@actionimagesphotography 11 ай бұрын

I don't know but I think I see a Q3 in your future. The Fuji just misses some how. Not focus but feel. There is no pop to the images. The photos are great, they are just missing something. IMHO.