I've watched so many videos on this camera recently and it's so refreshing to have finally found some content by women!! This was thoroughly enjoyable to watch. Keep up the great work!
For some reason this video just popped up on recommended, I watch a lot of camera videos and this was absolutely superb. Really natural and highly amusing, "My favourite range is high dynamic range" is a classic and had me laughing out loud! Keep going ladies, you have a special and very natural talent! learn the photography and show us your journey, I am sure you deserve many, many more subs than what you have. Greetings from London 👍
These are the kind of reviews I love to see. Sure, once in a while I like the really fancy, technical videos of some UA-camrs but I love the low key and sooo down to earth vibe your videos produce. Keep them coming and in regards to the x100v, I just ordered one sooo hope I love it too!
Excellent video just the right techy level for this type of camera. Thinking of getting one "just for fun", but it's very expensive just for that purpose.
For complete beginners, who can't afford this beautiful camera, and who are more interested in photography than video, I recommend buying a second-hand Fuji XT-1 with a 27mm f2.8 lens. They are very cheap online and are little gems of cameras, with beautiful images straight out of the camera.
A $1,400 camera?... for a beginner? I can definitely see this being someone's second camera, but this Is pretty premium for someone absolutely new to photography. Let's not forget about the lack of availability and the price gouging online.
agreed. i've always stood by the fact fuji cameras make fantastic beginner cameras, as they work great in auto and then the film sims mean the user can just basically shoot jpeg forever and not have to worry about editing the photos. however the x100v's popularity is a detriment to itself in exactly the ways you described. maybe an xt-30 is a better call.
@@davidb_ Great recommendation. The X-T30 features a built-in flash along with a handful of creative filters such as "toy effect " while also keeping some features that are synonymous with Fujifilm. The Variety offered from the X-T30 can help a beginner find their niche, hopefully at a good price too.
they probably mean beginner in terms of the technical use, not tones of buttons and disks and switches. just a simple camera to use with a ton of powrr under the hood
Been going around watching reviews of this camera and I gotta say I love everything about this video! I'm not too technical and I'm only getting into photography again but I'm totally like Jen, I would rather let the camera do the work for me so I can focus on other things like compositions and subjects lol Thank you for this! I enjoyed this video so much!
For complete beginners, who can't afford this beautiful camera, and who are more interested in photography than video, I recommend buying a second-hand Fuji XT-1 with a 27mm f2.8 lens. They are very cheap online and are little gems of cameras, with beautiful images straight out of the camera.
If the camera wasn't scalped to $1700 it might be. Instead, I picked up a new XE3 with the 18-55mm kit lens for a whopping $750 on black friday. Couldn't be happier. Fuji needs to address their stock issue and drop the price. $1400 for msrp is a little high imo.
This video is NUTZ. I have the x100v… its a camera that a photographer can finely tune. This UA-camr should get a smartphone instead, thats what she wants. Expect this camera in the used market in 6 months
Nice presentation! But the point of the video is completely wrong in my opinion. The X100V isn’t a beginner camera by any stretch of imagination, for various reasons. 1) the price. 1400-1700€ is prosumer or even pro price range and for the money you can also find cameras that are 3 times better than the X100V. 2) a fixed lens camera can’t be a beginner’s first choice. It simply can’t! A beginner needs a zoom lens in order to figure out he’s favorite focal length and style. The 35mm, though pretty useful, isn’t beginner friendly. Too tight for landscape and too wide for portraits for example. 3) Fujifilm’s controls is a nightmare for beginners. I am shooting with pro cameras for a decade (Canon and Sony) and It took me half an hour to find how to use the XT4 of a friend on aperture priority or manual mode! In general, the X100V is a nice camera for photographers that are aware of what they’re doing. Is capable and it has a good lens but the price is bad. The dynamic range is better than the Canon M50 as you suggested but remember that the Canon costs half the price and it’s an entry level model. The X100V has flagship sensor. In comparison with a Sony apsc (like the a6600 that costs the same) the Fuji has inferior dynamic range and worse color rendering (in raw).
30 minutes isn't really that long of a learning curb though lol. I agree on all your points though. Fuji is an easy camera to use however even for me as a beginner I started on an Xt3 most of my learning curb was just learning what I do apetur and shutter speed and stuff was thru UA-cam. But the camera was straight forward. I have the x100v now and it's incredibly easy to use. Esp with auto mode on the x100v. Fuji xt3 was my first camera and I agree the 18-55 taught me how to use cameras and zoom
@@vnjoshi4 that’s right! There’s a point about kit lenses for beginners or general photography. If you’re doing your first steps in the camera world you don’t need (and can’t take advantage of) a higher grade camera or lens. That could be overwhelming. I used kit lenses for half a decade before I put my hands on f4 and f2.8 zooms and after that I decided that a 35mm fast prime is all I need! Now I can appreciate a camera like the X100V (though I have a better camera) but back then a fixed lens camera would have been an obstacle for my progress…
I have an X100V. It's beautiful but it's the worst camera for a beginner. It's too expensive and it's too limited. It's a camera for an experienced photographer who made a deliberate decision to buy a camera based on quite niche features. A beginner should buy something like a used Canon 7D and a 18-45mm. You can buy a great condition setup like this for $300. You can use and abuse a 7D and it won't care, it's a Pro body for $250!!!! It will do everything a beginner needs (Remember this was a Pro Wildlife camera not so long ago). In fact ...... Why don't I buy one as a backup????
The only reason I won't buy this camera is that screen aspect... I wish you could turn it to use it for selfies and so on, for me the screen moving the way it does is useless
The answer to the question is, "no". That's way, way too much money for a beginner to spend. And judging from the presenter's interest in learning photography (almost zero) as opposed to just taking pictures, a used bridge-type camera is a much better initial experience.
Its far from a user friendly camera and makes little sense unless you intend spending a lot of time learning how to use it. I've spent 3 weeks learning just the basics and I've done a lot of photography. For the money a high end phone can do auto snaps better than this.
It’s a horrible camera for beginners, this is for experienced photographers who know what they want in photography and enjoy a 35mm experience. Your helping the aftermarket recommending such a camera when new people to photography sell them.
I've watched so many videos on this camera recently and it's so refreshing to have finally found some content by women!! This was thoroughly enjoyable to watch. Keep up the great work!
Such an awesome review!! I am a noob and can't wait to get this camera after watching this review!!
For some reason this video just popped up on recommended, I watch a lot of camera videos and this was absolutely superb. Really natural and highly amusing, "My favourite range is high dynamic range" is a classic and had me laughing out loud! Keep going ladies, you have a special and very natural talent! learn the photography and show us your journey, I am sure you deserve many, many more subs than what you have. Greetings from London 👍
These are the kind of reviews I love to see. Sure, once in a while I like the really fancy, technical videos of some UA-camrs but I love the low key and sooo down to earth vibe your videos produce. Keep them coming and in regards to the x100v, I just ordered one sooo hope I love it too!
Excellent video just the right techy level for this type of camera.
Thinking of getting one "just for fun", but it's very expensive just for that purpose.
For complete beginners, who can't afford this beautiful camera, and who are more interested in photography than video, I recommend buying a second-hand Fuji XT-1 with a 27mm f2.8 lens. They are very cheap online and are little gems of cameras, with beautiful images straight out of the camera.
A $1,400 camera?... for a beginner? I can definitely see this being someone's second camera, but this Is pretty premium for someone absolutely new to photography. Let's not forget about the lack of availability and the price gouging online.
I’ve seen multiple people recommending this as a first camera 😅 feels very disconnected with what it’s like being a beginner
agreed. i've always stood by the fact fuji cameras make fantastic beginner cameras, as they work great in auto and then the film sims mean the user can just basically shoot jpeg forever and not have to worry about editing the photos. however the x100v's popularity is a detriment to itself in exactly the ways you described. maybe an xt-30 is a better call.
@@davidb_ Great recommendation. The X-T30 features a built-in flash along with a handful of creative filters such as "toy effect " while also keeping some features that are synonymous with Fujifilm. The Variety offered from the X-T30 can help a beginner find their niche, hopefully at a good price too.
yeah its a lot. But the photos also look like theyve been taken on a $1400 camera
they probably mean beginner in terms of the technical use, not tones of buttons and disks and switches. just a simple camera to use with a ton of powrr under the hood
Been going around watching reviews of this camera and I gotta say I love everything about this video! I'm not too technical and I'm only getting into photography again but I'm totally like Jen, I would rather let the camera do the work for me so I can focus on other things like compositions and subjects lol Thank you for this! I enjoyed this video so much!
Thank you so much for your kind words! And glad you enjoyed the video.
I'm definitely saving up to get it images are nice straight out the camera and plus minimal editing colors are great
Beginners should buy a Leica. With at least 4 premium fixed lenses. And a darkroom too. Shoot color and develop the films at home.
For complete beginners, who can't afford this beautiful camera, and who are more interested in photography than video, I recommend buying a second-hand Fuji XT-1 with a 27mm f2.8 lens. They are very cheap online and are little gems of cameras, with beautiful images straight out of the camera.
Good point 👍
Great atmosphere! Like this format of a dialogue!
You guys are fantastic! You need a TV show!🙂
If the camera wasn't scalped to $1700 it might be. Instead, I picked up a new XE3 with the 18-55mm kit lens for a whopping $750 on black friday. Couldn't be happier. Fuji needs to address their stock issue and drop the price. $1400 for msrp is a little high imo.
Where are you guys getting this thing to buy??????
That's a tasty looking camera
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Nice one 👍🏼
Love it Jen... 😍
Great review, ty !
Beautiful camera
This video is NUTZ. I have the x100v… its a camera that a photographer can finely tune.
This UA-camr should get a smartphone instead, thats what she wants.
Expect this camera in the used market in 6 months
A $1,400 camera that you can't find anywhere is definitely not a beginner's camera...
Not a beginners camera, it is not cheap. It is almost double the price of sony 6400,6100 and canon m50 ii.
Nice presentation! But the point of the video is completely wrong in my opinion. The X100V isn’t a beginner camera by any stretch of imagination, for various reasons.
1) the price. 1400-1700€ is prosumer or even pro price range and for the money you can also find cameras that are 3 times better than the X100V.
2) a fixed lens camera can’t be a beginner’s first choice. It simply can’t! A beginner needs a zoom lens in order to figure out he’s favorite focal length and style. The 35mm, though pretty useful, isn’t beginner friendly. Too tight for landscape and too wide for portraits for example.
3) Fujifilm’s controls is a nightmare for beginners. I am shooting with pro cameras for a decade (Canon and Sony) and It took me half an hour to find how to use the XT4 of a friend on aperture priority or manual mode!
In general, the X100V is a nice camera for photographers that are aware of what they’re doing. Is capable and it has a good lens but the price is bad. The dynamic range is better than the Canon M50 as you suggested but remember that the Canon costs half the price and it’s an entry level model. The X100V has flagship sensor. In comparison with a Sony apsc (like the a6600 that costs the same) the Fuji has inferior dynamic range and worse color rendering (in raw).
30 minutes isn't really that long of a learning curb though lol. I agree on all your points though. Fuji is an easy camera to use however even for me as a beginner I started on an Xt3 most of my learning curb was just learning what I do apetur and shutter speed and stuff was thru UA-cam. But the camera was straight forward. I have the x100v now and it's incredibly easy to use. Esp with auto mode on the x100v. Fuji xt3 was my first camera and I agree the 18-55 taught me how to use cameras and zoom
@@vnjoshi4 that’s right! There’s a point about kit lenses for beginners or general photography. If you’re doing your first steps in the camera world you don’t need (and can’t take advantage of) a higher grade camera or lens. That could be overwhelming. I used kit lenses for half a decade before I put my hands on f4 and f2.8 zooms and after that I decided that a 35mm fast prime is all I need! Now I can appreciate a camera like the X100V (though I have a better camera) but back then a fixed lens camera would have been an obstacle for my progress…
I have an X100V. It's beautiful but it's the worst camera for a beginner. It's too expensive and it's too limited. It's a camera for an experienced photographer who made a deliberate decision to buy a camera based on quite niche features.
A beginner should buy something like a used Canon 7D and a 18-45mm. You can buy a great condition setup like this for $300. You can use and abuse a 7D and it won't care, it's a Pro body for $250!!!! It will do everything a beginner needs (Remember this was a Pro Wildlife camera not so long ago).
In fact ...... Why don't I buy one as a backup????
You two are hilarious. Agree with you about the flippy screen, would be useful if it flipped entirely around. As it is, who cares? Nice camera though
The only reason I won't buy this camera is that screen aspect... I wish you could turn it to use it for selfies and so on, for me the screen moving the way it does is useless
The answer to the question is, "no". That's way, way too much money for a beginner to spend. And judging from the presenter's interest in learning photography (almost zero) as opposed to just taking pictures, a used bridge-type camera is a much better initial experience.
No Zoom
Hmmm. Well, it’s a choice…
Its far from a user friendly camera and makes little sense unless you intend spending a lot of time learning how to use it. I've spent 3 weeks learning just the basics and I've done a lot of photography. For the money a high end phone can do auto snaps better than this.
It’s a horrible camera for beginners, this is for experienced photographers who know what they want in photography and enjoy a 35mm experience. Your helping the aftermarket recommending such a camera when new people to photography sell them.
silly video.of course it is NOT a camera for beginners, IT COST TO MUCH silly ladies
You should really just use your phone.