Starting out - Fujifilm X100v
Hardest part of shooting - finding the Fujifilm X100v for MSRP. Took about two months from deciding to purchase one to walking out the door of my local Best Buy with one. There were times where I didn’t want to spam “BUY NOW” button on best buy spontaneously throughout the day whenever I got a notifications. There we’re times where I thought that everyone who commented that they were able to purchase one from Best Buy were bots! Anyway I got super lucky around 8PM on a random night.
Build quality is top notch, the finish feels cool to the touch. Love the satin black color with the fonts/dials being majority white/red, very good legibility as you can see. The camera itself feels modern yet the rings/dials/buttons gives it an analog feel, especially when you’re adjusting and taking pictures. There are so many ways to customize/re-map buttons to your own tastes, even create your own custom quick menus, etc.
There is a learning curve with this camera as my main camera ecosystem is Sony and a little bit of Canon. By the time I reached 500+ shutter count, I was able to start to develop some muscle memory for how to operate this camera to my taste.
My intention for this camera is simple: Aim. Click. Pray. With a little luck, there might be some dope shots? My goal for this camera is to do zero or as little editing as possible. All images should be good to post straight from the camera, it is why the camera image quality is set to jpegs. The camera is superb at spontaneous/of-the-moment type of photos, so there isn’t a need to have color accuracy, correct white balance, proper exposure, etc.
What elevates Fuji above other brands is that they are masters at film. Replicating film look is easier now with so many apps that are well capable of it, but Fuji has an amazing film simulation system that allows photographers to customize their very own presets. Now if you’re in the market for an X100v chances are that you’ve probably already heard of Fujixweekly, They have great starting point for simulations that you can copy over and then alter to your own tastes. Finally, here are some chosen shots of the first couple hundreds of exposures out of the X100v.
