FUJIFILM X100VI: Unobtanium Obtained. Part 3B – Scenes Seen On The Drive Home.
My last post documented our chorus singing at an event held at a historical site.
A much-needed dose of inspiration in these trying times.
In that post, I also shared images taken at the event, where the camera showed itself to be quite flexible. It served both as an alternative to a point and shoot camera as well as an alternative to a modern interchangeable lens solution.
This here post is the addendum regarding the images taken on the way home. Scenes seen in Eric speak.
Instead of using AF I chose to zone focus. Not as quick to access as the snap focus on a GR, but just as effective. Plus a handy aperture driven zone focus graphic helps a great deal. I set the aperture to f/8 and set the focus to just touch infinity. Worked like a charm.
Here are the pics, followed by some thoughts. Nothing Earth-shattering. Just cataloging whatever I came across.
Thoughts.
Before I start blathering praise let me make some attempt at objectivity by quoting the thoughts from my last post.
What is it not?
Let me be clear before I proceed. This is not some magical device that will transform my photography. Nope. At the end of the day? It is just a camera. What transpires once it is in my hands is largely up to me. That is largely why I stopped looking at sample images from other folks. I pretty much take the same photos no matter what camera I use. Where the camera comes into play is determining, based on the tech, compactness for a daily carry, and features involved, how many images I successfully capture.
On to the blathering.
What a wonderful tool.
There is a lot of talk about the aesthetics. For example when looking for sample pics taken with the camera it seems as easy if not moreso to find more pics of the camera. I understand. I got the product pics out of the way early as I do with all gear. I get it. It is a handsome thing.
But other than perhaps inspiring one to pick it up to start with aesthetics does not help you capture an image. But this camera is different from its larger sensored cousin…
…in a good way. I was also drwn to the looks of that camera at first. But after some reflection and the advice of a friend I had to admit that it left some key things on the table as compared to its similat sensor having interchangeable lens brethren. Namely:
- No IBIS.
- A relatively slow lens.
- More expensive.
Even compared to its little X100VI cousin, it left some things on the table:
- No hat tricks like an optical viewfinder.
- No flash.
- No IBIS.
- Compact for a medium format camera but larger than the X100XI.
However, the X100VI flips the script when compared to its same sensor-stable mates.
- Less expensive.
- When you add in a similar lens.
- Aforementioned optical viewfinder hat trick.
- ND Filter.
- A faster lens than comparable interchangeable lens pancakes.
- Smaller.
So, if like me, you are not planning to get more Fujifilm X camera bodies or lenses and can work with the fixed focl length it “makes more sense”. Once again quotes invoked because none fo this makes sense.
To sum up.
A great day. A great image-capturing solution.
Welp. From here forward, I will likely get a few more X100VI specific posts out of my system before I pivot back to my usual scenes seen posts asit becomes a part of my day to day workflow.
Happy capturing.
-ELW
Eric L. Woods 