The Camera That Changed My Life | Fujifilm E550 Compact Digicam

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I got my first ever camera before a trip to India in 2005 which would be the first step in changing the trajectory of my life. The Fujifilm FinePix E550 became a daily companion and documented my time in India throughout Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, and Ladakh.
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@AlexOnStreets Жыл бұрын

Wait what?! A lot of those photos were compositionally stellar street photos with super nice colors! My lord man you killed it at 19 🔥

@weisserth Жыл бұрын

Same thought here. Then again, in India you can randomly point your camera into any direction and end up with bangers like this... ;)

@rickbiessman6084 6 ай бұрын

2:50 BRO. Why does this old camera produce such amazing colors?! Also I’m really impressed with the kinds of photos you took before "learning" photography. When I did some traveling in Asia while I was in university, I definitely didn’t do as well as you did - even though in retrospect I realize that that was when my love for photography started.

@brandonmurray3629 Жыл бұрын

Awesome you get to relive those memories with such a cool camera! Great video Benj!

@genkishan 7 ай бұрын

Because of your amazing photos/video I finally got mine, love the camera-robust, ergonomic, quick and responsive, intuitive menu and the photos are awesome. Thnx a lot!

@MikeyMack303 11 ай бұрын

I am so glad to see that you really like that camera. I, too, bought mine in 2005 just because it was new, and had good hype. I have to say, I really love this camera. The clarity and resolution is spectacular, for what it is! Great investment for me, 18 years later! Thanks for showing this!

@spaceman77777 11 ай бұрын

Not an odd review at all Ben, your shots of India are fantastic. I took a Fujifilm F10 (5.6 mp hexagonal CCD) to Oaxaca Mexico in late 2005 and had a similar Fuji digicam experience.

@asimplefarmer Жыл бұрын

Great video! I picked up a Ricoh GRD-IV some time last year. Its the last camera before they switched to the aps-c sensors and man its fun but has its quirks. I actually enjoy old p&s cameras that can shoot raw and have manual controls like the canon S95. Whats funny is when I was younger, i didnt understand how to use the camera and got ok photos, but when i did become a better photographer, the images outta these small cameras are pretty amazing!

@MatthewMorse Жыл бұрын

Dude... your photos from India were incredible. I have an E500 and an E900 and they're both really cool little cameras that tick some nostalgic boxes for me. I've been shooting the E900 alongside my Xpro3 a little bit and it's kind of fun to see how they compliment each other, even 15 years apart. Fuji is maybe one of the only camera manufacturers that has stayed true to their original design language and imaging styles through the years, and I think that's what really keeps them going. Loved your take on this.

@ValentinPadurean 4 ай бұрын

How do the the two compare in terms of image colors and tones - is the E900 color rendering the same as E550?

@rakshithappaiahhs4186 Жыл бұрын

It’s really nice to see that India was also a contributing factor to your photography at least in some minute ways. Absolutely love your photography and videos. Huge fan. I was trying to also age you right with this video. E550 was released in 2004 And you were 19. With just that information, you should definitely be less than 39 years of age as of today. This video got me to check my photos when I was 18 and travelled to London France and Italy for a month. I used a canon digicam. Got check which one that was.

@UrbanoModa Жыл бұрын

stunning colour and film esq feel, love @6:42 & @6:43. great video

@KeithHodgkinson Жыл бұрын

You got some cracking shots out of the 550.Well done.Cheers.

@andrejkrieger4617 Жыл бұрын

It's definitive impressive what output you got out of this Cam! No Leicas needed;-)

@rdog77 Жыл бұрын

Wow, this pictures are great. Goes to show that composition matters more. Then hardware great photos. Seams like great little camera.

@duanemcclun 7 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this video! I have several small and older digicam cameras. I have found some for $3 - $8. I got them for the CCD sensors and to challenge my photography. I still have my DLSRs and Pixel 7Pro cell phone but I'm enjoying some of the older cameras that challenge my photography skills. Best of luck in your photography journey. Best, Duane

@dunkkid23 Жыл бұрын

Amazing photos G! 😎

@Lizerator 6 ай бұрын

JUst bought one today, Jan 15 2024. I am looking forward to just taking "walking around" pictures. By the way, you must have a great way with people because the access that you got to people's lives in India when you were 19 was really something extraordinary. Wonderful photographs! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this camera.

@AnthonyJGianotti 11 ай бұрын

I use digicams all the time for professional work and love handing them out to millennials at gigs. It hits the nostalgia bug hard for them and they love using them. My favorites are the Nikon e series to hand out (dirt cheap, take SD cards and are dead simple to use) and I always bring an Olympus C-7070 and/or a Panasonic LX3 to give me something fun to get into crowds with while having external flash and raw capabilities. Lots of times the digicam photos are clients favorites.

@brendonwilson1318 11 ай бұрын

The photos this camera produces are phenomenal. I got one in a film camera lot a few years ago, and I had the brilliant (read: terrible) idea to mutilate this camera and take it's lens off to try and attach a higher quality LTM lens. Removing the lens caused an error and I was never able to try that! I hope I will come across another one of these because it is a really great pocket camera.

@brendonwilson1318 11 ай бұрын

I just got to the sample photo part, dear God its like kodachrome. I have to find another one of these and I hate myself for what I did to mine. Luckily I still have an XD card.

@samuelmartinez5748 Жыл бұрын

Great photos still. Really shows that it’s not about the camera but about the user.

@bsmukler Жыл бұрын

Cool video! I believe my first camera was a Brownie Starflash, or similar, circa 1960s. No issues regarding memory cards, but those flash bulbs were hot!

@benjhaisch Жыл бұрын

Love it!

@EthanQuinton 8 ай бұрын

This is one of the only cameras I shoot with. I broke my first one and ordered a second one because I liked it so much. I've made a couple different photo books with it.

@kuroexmachina 8 ай бұрын

the photography skills really shine here

@spongebobdriftpants 10 ай бұрын

the usb cable is the same one used on older nikon dslr like d3000. e510 is half the price of e550.. i use an iphone adapter to transfer the images and lightroom app to edit, a little bit of film grain effect in lightroom and maybe i could live in the world when film runs out.

@poretmore7959 Жыл бұрын

Nice set of photos! May I ask if they are straight out of camera jpg or any touches you made? So beautiful though. Love your channel. 👍

@hariprasadkl42u 5 ай бұрын

Re-watched it to see my country's beauty again🥰

@benfromatlantis 6 ай бұрын

6:44 is..wow. I am in love.

@ChrisTurnerPhotographer Жыл бұрын

Music track "Fuji e550 - Camera of the Spartans"

@MrBilgey 4 ай бұрын

still have my E550 - can't live without it!

@pers4855 Жыл бұрын

For casual shooting these types of cameras gets the job done

@stephanie4548 4 ай бұрын

I have the E500 and I believe it’s a similar model to this one? I was wondering how you import photos onto your laptop? Having troubles with the cable and wanted to know if you can get a specific card reader for the specific fujifilm card it comes with?

@hariprasadkl42u Жыл бұрын

i wil buy it for its clours itself❤❤❤❤

@blikblik5713 4 ай бұрын

If the screen wrinkled or broken, can it be replaced or fixed?

@deborahdossantos7536 Ай бұрын

do you think an e510 would be similar? it's just easier to find for a better price and with more components included.

@BaqirMehdi 6 ай бұрын

Quick questions, were the images taken in India straight out of camera or edited raw?

@OliviaJenkins-ub2vj 2 ай бұрын

How many pictures does a 256mb card hold?

@siofna9709 Жыл бұрын

Nice great camera. Have an E500 and an E510 in my collection. And I have some other cameras which runs in AA batteries and uses SD cards :-). With greetings from lower Bavaria.

@zblsk Жыл бұрын

E550 has a bigger sensor compared to E500 and E510 so you should add it to your collection too:)

@siofna9709 Жыл бұрын

@@zblsk Maybe, she will find me ;-).

@SpikeHead-Cactus 6 ай бұрын

I'm thinking about buying a one i found the FinePix e900 9MP (Also there is TF to XD card adapters available now)

@josesantos5065 Ай бұрын

Hi. Where to buy this adapter?

@hobosoulkind 5 ай бұрын

hey i love the colours on the E550, how compact it is and also the fact that it uses AA batteries. However, this is really hard to find and no where else seems to be selling this. any recommendations or alternatives?

@benjhaisch 5 ай бұрын

I just got mine on eBay ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@ogmike6444 6 ай бұрын

im 35 and ive called it a digicam since 2004 baby

@laurapeter3857 Жыл бұрын

I picked up the E550 and love it but I’m bummed because I don’t know how to get my computer or editing software to recognize/view/edit the RAF files. It’s like they don’t even exist. JPEGs are fine but no RAW editing joy. How do you edit FinePix RAF files? Update: Raw Therapee for the win!

@MikeyMack303 11 ай бұрын

Have you tried using a all-in-one memory card reader with a USB connection? That's what I use, and works very well.

@SM-xo3dv 9 ай бұрын

Up to what iso is this camera usable.... how does it perform in low light... anyone know?

@benjhaisch 9 ай бұрын

Use the flash when in doubt :)

@johnlarrycinco Жыл бұрын

Nice review! Today I got a Canon G15 for 50usd Because I can’t afford a X100v and its impossible to have one these days Its been 8 hours and honestly I’m having fun taking photos Also can’t wait to use it on wedding as a fun cam ❤

@MC-hr1py 11 ай бұрын

Benj at 19 with a finepix is so much better than me at 34 with a X100 yeeshh hah

@helmanjanuario2398 Ай бұрын

I hope you see this in 2024, but where did you buy the USB cable, I have the camera from an old family camera we use to use, and would love to export images.

@benjhaisch Ай бұрын

Ah man, I think I had to buy one on eBay 😭

@stefanhensel8611 Жыл бұрын

Are there any Micro SD to xD adapters available that really work? I bought some a couple of years ago, but my old Fuji refuses to accept them.

@MikeyMack303 11 ай бұрын

I had bought a few adapters and found that you need to remove the outer ridges to make them work properly.

@benjhaisch 11 ай бұрын

@MikeyMack303 whaaaaat that’d be amazing

@LetsMakeGhosts 8 ай бұрын

@@MikeyMack303Hi there. Just seeing your comment. The cost of XD cards are so expensive. If I buy a MASD-1 to SD adapter and cut off the little tab? Should it work in this finepix? Thanks.

@puppy_BYTE Ай бұрын

prefer silence without music..., nice pictures.

@gs1408 8 ай бұрын

are the pictures edited?

@galibshahriar4717 Жыл бұрын

Are digicams a viable option nowadays for someone who doesn't want to carry a dslr everywhere? Maybe modern digicams can provide better image quality than mobile phones?

@ToothlessSnakeable Жыл бұрын

Yes they do have better quality than phones

@ToothlessSnakeable Жыл бұрын

As long as it’s newer than 2009

@segzeeman7356 Жыл бұрын

@@ToothlessSnakeable I disagree with that. I just got a G11 and it’s great and has good iq. I’d say, try to get something that has variable shooting modes like manual, aperture priority etc, and can shoot raw if possible. I would try and avoid any cameras with weird and proprietary storage media, unless it comes with the storage media and it WORKS.

@stefanblu2621 Жыл бұрын

HI ,does anyone know how to transform the F chrome on the FINEPIX series to lightroom presets? the F chrome film simulation is so great !

@MikeyMack303 11 ай бұрын

Have you downloaded the manual? It should be in there.

@benfromatlantis 6 ай бұрын

So maybe the e900 is even better??!

@WhoIsSerafin Жыл бұрын

The music, so dramatic for this video.😂 But a fun video

@benjhaisch Жыл бұрын

Thought I’d have some fun ;)

@webc0re 10 ай бұрын

Came here to find a review of this camera because someone in my town is selling theirs for $80 barley used with multiple SD cards 😳 that’s a steal right?

@alyahannani3261 Жыл бұрын

Hi, I just recently bought the E550, does it have to use the rechargeable AA batteries or can it also use the non-rechargeable ones? Mine won’t turn on anymore rn after I used the non-rechargeable ones on them 😭

@djtoman6875 Жыл бұрын

I just changed the batteries in mine, using Duracell alkaline batteries, and it's working perfectly.

@-grey Жыл бұрын

I've been with Fujifilm for over a decade, and I know this is a controversial opinion considering the new direction of their design philosophy but: Fujifilm should make small cameras again. These X-H Lumix S5-looking cameras are great, as are these new 1.4 lenses, but man they're so heavy and bulky and I don't want to buy them at all.

@benjhaisch Жыл бұрын

I’d LOVE a really small pancake style set of f/2 primes. The current f/2 line is good, but I’d love to see them smaller. That being said, there are a lot of small MF options out there

@benjhaisch Жыл бұрын

I’d LOVE a really small pancake style set of f/2 primes. The current f/2 line is good, but I’d love to see them smaller. That being said, there are a lot of small MF options out there

@-grey Жыл бұрын

@@benjhaisch at least an update to the decade old 18f2. That's the lens that brought me to the system. It's about time, I think.

@benjhaisch Жыл бұрын

@@-grey exactly. It’d be an instant buy for me

@grandtheftauto1233 5 ай бұрын

I ended up buying another camera cause the picture cards cost so much

@SAGGING_GUT Жыл бұрын

8:47 But it can't legally drink! XD

@Alsayid 9 ай бұрын

I saw nothing wrong with the pictures that camera took.

@jan-martinulvag1953 11 ай бұрын

The color grading on the video is so awful that I honestly don't understand how its possible . Many youtubers have this milkish grayish look on their videos.

@benjhaisch 11 ай бұрын

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@cassia_cries 11 ай бұрын

You might want to get checked for cataracts if everything has a milky wash over it

@jan-martinulvag1953 11 ай бұрын

@@cassia_cries Jews cant be criticized. Are you a jew?

@itsjorgieeSF Жыл бұрын

Yes digicams have some limitations, but if as a photographer you don’t understand how to control light or your composition sucks well guess what your photography sucks Lol. Doesn’t matter if you have a full frame top of the line.