A $35 Fuji X100VI knockoff camera...fully tested :-)

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  • @shaocaholica
    @shaocaholica Місяць тому +18

    At least you can buy this camera unlike the X100VI

  • @tomnoack9593
    @tomnoack9593 Місяць тому +92

    I was actually positively surprised by the picture quality of this 35$ camera. :D

    • @christopherfrost
      @christopherfrost  Місяць тому +14

      I was being a little harsh admittedly haha. The second you begin to crop in to those photos though...things quickly fall apart...

    • @amermeleitor
      @amermeleitor Місяць тому +10

      You can get better image quality from a used $35usd smartphone, and you can use free fully manual apps to control the phone camera for photo and video

    • @HyviaVideoitaMansenlale
      @HyviaVideoitaMansenlale Місяць тому

      Or used mirroless like Sony A3000 for 30€ with kitlens like I did. ​@@amermeleitor

  • @suioganwilliam
    @suioganwilliam Місяць тому +31

    That camera is 1000% real. Not fake!

  • @mrbassett4388
    @mrbassett4388 Місяць тому +38

    This is better than I expected for the money though 😂

  • @What_Other_Hobbies
    @What_Other_Hobbies Місяць тому +28

    Is this where all the retired surveillance cameras ended up?

    • @SyntheticFuture
      @SyntheticFuture Місяць тому +3

      Old webcam and security camera sensors indeed. Upcycled ewaste I guess? Although it's still ewaste 😅

  • @tonytfuntek3262
    @tonytfuntek3262 Місяць тому +30

    You forgot to mention anything about flaring, chromatic aberration, focus breathing and contrast on close-up objects. How do you expect me to spend all of $35.00 without a detailed review ? LOL Actually, I was impressed that it was good as it was. Thank you, these reviews are always fun to watch.

    • @hendrickziegler8487
      @hendrickziegler8487 Місяць тому +2

      close up would probably be surprisingly "good". Ye olde point and shoots with their 1/3 inch sensors used to easily fill the sensor on a couple of centimeters distance. The sensor being something lik 3.5x5mm...

  • @cy9nvs
    @cy9nvs Місяць тому +12

    I'd seriously like to see how some of the most popular/best phone cameras are doing on your chart test. S24 Ultra, Google Pixel, iPhone 14(15?) Pro Max etc.

    • @Twobarpsi
      @Twobarpsi Місяць тому +1

      Yes! This would be interesting!

  • @Jones5121
    @Jones5121 Місяць тому +30

    these cheapo knockoffs do appear to be getting *slightly* better tho

    • @SyntheticFuture
      @SyntheticFuture Місяць тому +3

      It's just newer batches of rejected CCTV style sensors being recycled 😂

  • @thissidetowardscreen4553
    @thissidetowardscreen4553 Місяць тому +10

    I have never laughed harder at a review (note: did not say camera review) before! Thanks for brightening up the day! I feel these types of devices are what grandparents would buy in trying to meet the need of a grandchild that is interested in photography. Or something that trended on TikTok! Thanks for sharing!

  • @tomcruz3774
    @tomcruz3774 Місяць тому +11

    Stacking debuffs 😂 I'm sorry you had to suffer for this. This is one of my favorite reviews.

  • @pixelpeter3883
    @pixelpeter3883 Місяць тому +7

    Seen it on AliExpress and wondered how it would be; thanks for clearing that up :-)
    On the other hand: for the money, it isn't totally aweful.

  • @joudi_pics
    @joudi_pics Місяць тому +3

    Hello Christopher, I watched your videos for more than a year now and was amazed by your straight forward and calculated approach, thank you so much for all the great content❤, I wish you will review L-mount lenses too in the future; with your great reviews they shall be the best L-mount reviews ever

  • @256guitarplayer
    @256guitarplayer Місяць тому +1

    I laughed continuously throughout this review. Excellent analogies and zingers throughout! Thanks for the entertainment!

  • @donaldcongdon9095
    @donaldcongdon9095 Місяць тому

    That was sooooo fun! Thanks for the light moment!

  • @craigcarlson4022
    @craigcarlson4022 Місяць тому +1

    Chris, Thanks for a great chuckle. Maybe a good buy for our 6 hear old nephew. 😉

  • @thomasweidner3145
    @thomasweidner3145 Місяць тому

    Thanks for bringing back memories of my trip to Sevilla and Ronda. I hope you had another camera with you to capture those beautiful locations :)

  • @jodyterrell26
    @jodyterrell26 Місяць тому +1

    This review actually made me laugh out loud a few times, thanks for the humor.

  • @AardvarkAdventure
    @AardvarkAdventure Місяць тому +2

    Well, it appears to have a hot shoe (and a viewfinder of some sort), unlike the $1500 Lumix S9.
    The fact that it takes pictures, has a display with good resolution, and even has a proximity sensor is incredible for $35.

  • @fouriousbanana6966
    @fouriousbanana6966 27 днів тому

    This might be the perfect camera for liminal spaces. It's exactly the kind of old 2000's digital hand-cam sort of look that you often want in those kinds of photos.

  • @LukesMushrooms
    @LukesMushrooms Місяць тому

    An interesting camera choice for a trip to Seville :) Thanks for the review.

  • @TomCalton
    @TomCalton Місяць тому

    Nice review Chris! I ended up giving mine to my son after I'd finished my review video on it and he loves it 😂

    • @christopherfrost
      @christopherfrost  Місяць тому +2

      I've just had a look at your review! It's fun to check out something so bad once in a while. I'll probably pass this thing on to my daughter :-)

  • @PhilipBallGarry
    @PhilipBallGarry Місяць тому +1

    Well Chris, you took one for the team again 😂. You have a very robust constitution. Excellent one liners coming thick and fast were just what I needed to set me up for the weekend. Now get those jpegs into light room 😂

  • @arunmohandas9127
    @arunmohandas9127 Місяць тому +1

    I enjoyed this review😃

  • @j16m02
    @j16m02 Місяць тому

    Like a lot of other, I was surprised. Watching on a 13" Mac Book Air, the images looked ok. I have a 9 year old grandson who is more than a little geeky, nerdy, (tried to explain black holes to me the other day)and I thought, this could be perfect for him to take with him when he goes to summer camp, he'd love it.

  • @GalacticoUC
    @GalacticoUC Місяць тому +2

    Even with this crapy camera your shoots looks awesome 👌🏻👌🏻

  • @dante7228
    @dante7228 Місяць тому

    It's right within my budget! I gonna get one and live my dream of becoming a famous photographer!

  • @SebastienBarrau
    @SebastienBarrau Місяць тому +3

    Would make a okay camera to give to your todler

  • @JanSur
    @JanSur Місяць тому

    I quite liked those pictures. It reminds me old postcards or pictures from old travel guide book :)

  • @HartponderJr
    @HartponderJr Місяць тому

    That was fun, thank you! If it’s too good to be true it is…

  • @okaro6595
    @okaro6595 Місяць тому +3

    Micro 4/3 sensor? They mark on the front f=3.37 mm. The focal length is roughly same as the sensor size (either height or width depending on whether it is 24 mm or 35 m equivalent). More like Micro 1/3.

  • @Maochan81
    @Maochan81 Місяць тому +2

    It's incredible that it has and eye proximity sensor. I think you should do rather a test on a cheapo second hand camera. For example max. 100$

  • @derlangsame7813
    @derlangsame7813 Місяць тому

    Hi Chris. Perhaps as a suggestion, you can try to get a cheap used camera and lens combination with a specific budget to see how the image quality performs compared to the equivalent new version

  • @parranoic
    @parranoic Місяць тому

    Looks good for daylight shots. I can see my self buying some to convert to full spectrum and attach a 720nm filter for those that wanna try infrared and are on a budget

  • @christianpetersen1782
    @christianpetersen1782 Місяць тому

    The best camera is the one you have with you. Still waiting for my X100VI !!

  • @afshark6319
    @afshark6319 Місяць тому

    this is perhaps your best review ever hahahaha!!!! :D

  • @cottonbomb8272
    @cottonbomb8272 Місяць тому

    Hey, wait a minute! Thats Plaza España, the other one is Torre del Oro! You are in Sevilla aren't you!? Will you come and visit Málaga? It's so exciting to see one of my long time followed UA-camr actually comes to the city I'm living in 🎉

  • @noscopesallowed8128
    @noscopesallowed8128 Місяць тому +1

    This is 100% just an old smartphone camera sensor without all the crazy settings and post processing that modern smartphones do.

  • @donaldbate3017
    @donaldbate3017 Місяць тому +1

    Probably not too bad for 6x4 snaps, as mentioned. If it was marketed as a kids camera I think that would be greeted with general acceptance.

  • @jukeboxjohnnie
    @jukeboxjohnnie Місяць тому +2

    I prefer it to the Fuji version

  • @ReinoldFZ
    @ReinoldFZ Місяць тому

    I liked the colors! although sure I know I would cry if I would watch them in full screen, but so far looks a bit better than the photos from my unused Sony WX80, with a Carl Zeiss branded zoom.

  • @Ralph7D
    @Ralph7D Місяць тому

    Best review ever 😅😅😅

  • @tbrown2892
    @tbrown2892 Місяць тому

    I can foresee all manner of artistic video projects, where the 15fps would be a real winner, though 10fps would have been better for some of my productions. For £25, I believe this should come ‘highly recommended’.

  • @sols9449
    @sols9449 Місяць тому

    What lens did you use with the Z7 its was brilliant.

  • @blazerbarrel2
    @blazerbarrel2 Місяць тому

    So you missed April fools day this year and trying to make up i suppose . Love your reviews !

  • @maximolopez9135
    @maximolopez9135 Місяць тому

    This video was hilarious 😂

  • @TheCruisinCrew
    @TheCruisinCrew Місяць тому

    This is the camera you give as a stocking stuffer to 5 year olds who want to go on a little photo safari with dad! ;)

  • @donho6523
    @donho6523 Місяць тому

    I thought this was a belated April fools joke!

  • @suvajeetdatta1220
    @suvajeetdatta1220 Місяць тому

    You're reviewing it as a camera (as it was advertised to be one) but it's obvious that it's a children's toy, and a good one at that for the price

  • @JeanV1986
    @JeanV1986 Місяць тому

    Actually, I am quite surprised with the IQ 😁 those look much better than the toy camera I got for the kids. Dynamic range seems decent, and even colors look fine. I think it's a win for the price 😜

  • @framerate3x3
    @framerate3x3 4 дні тому

    Did not know Christopher was somewhat of a gamer. 😂

  • @miha493
    @miha493 Місяць тому +1

    Still better than new Panasonic 26mm f/8 for 200$.

  • @Agora1981
    @Agora1981 Місяць тому

    Enjoy Sevilla ❤

  • @shang-hsienyang1284
    @shang-hsienyang1284 Місяць тому +1

    Can you test smartphone cameras with 1" sensors? I wonder how something like a Xiaomi 14 Ultra would perform with your charts.

  • @pizzablender
    @pizzablender Місяць тому

    You confused me with that final music. Taken from a 3M background machine video, right? It's my ringtone - and I thought it would be unique.

  • @mdeko-apdaila
    @mdeko-apdaila Місяць тому

    is this camera any better than midrange smartphone cameras?

  • @user-me5eb8pk5v
    @user-me5eb8pk5v Місяць тому

    It's physically how little they added to what sensor. Like, "usb 2.0, let me check your credit score...hmm manager says you can have an rca bullet plug back up imx585". The amount of know how to desolder what they did is liken to sleeping with your parents.

  • @gustavobalduzzi3316
    @gustavobalduzzi3316 Місяць тому

    Me gustaría que realizarás test de cámaras Canon powershot con súper zoom.

  • @BrooklynJimmie
    @BrooklynJimmie Місяць тому

    Oh no. Did you try to upgrade the firmware?

  • @sbeckmesser
    @sbeckmesser Місяць тому

    Love the Homeric series of metaphors and similes. And how often does one encounter the word "degeneracy" in a camera review (8:35)? Given a few other recent releases, all greatly more expensive, perhaps it should be used more often, along with "decadent".

  • @ej_tech
    @ej_tech Місяць тому

    So the challenge now is what used camera can you get for $35 that will absolutely beat this...thing

  • @tahrimhere
    @tahrimhere Місяць тому +1

    The photos look kinda good tho

  • @mikearst2940
    @mikearst2940 Місяць тому

    "But aside from all that, Mrs Lincoln, how did you like the play?"

  • @MP_pov
    @MP_pov Місяць тому

    I have given you a like for your patience alone, I have a feeling I would’ve thrown it against the nearest wall within 10 seconds!

  • @couchumina
    @couchumina Місяць тому

    I can't believe you took 500-600 shots to test battery

  • @swanseamale47
    @swanseamale47 Місяць тому

    Could be handy for street photography. If you get mugged or attacked and camera smashed, its not the end of the world at £25. Dont fancy loosing my ZV1 though.

  • @DEFilmProductions
    @DEFilmProductions Місяць тому

    At least it has a single pin hotshoe. Even the Panasonic s9 doesn’t have a hotshoe

  • @craigmckernan4056
    @craigmckernan4056 Місяць тому

    Would have been a 'good' digicam if it were 1996 again. You can argue the marketing of the camera being atrocious, but for $35 you do get a device that can at least capture a somewhat usable photo, with a screen, and battery at least.

  • @Simpaulme
    @Simpaulme Місяць тому

    You fairly let yourself go with this sardonic script - very entertaining🤣

  • @wakeywarrior
    @wakeywarrior Місяць тому

    In fairness the Z7 with lens is about 1200x more expensive- was it 1200x the image quality?

  • @leemoody9247
    @leemoody9247 Місяць тому

    I see some of these on Facebook for £100! Crazy

  • @GungKrisna12
    @GungKrisna12 Місяць тому

    Maybe next: try some old digicams

  • @mipmipmipmipmip
    @mipmipmipmipmip Місяць тому

    It has a contact on the hot shoe, which is more than the Panasonic S9 😂

  • @HartponderJr
    @HartponderJr Місяць тому

    It is weather sealed?

  • @NotAnotherChannel_Channel
    @NotAnotherChannel_Channel Місяць тому

    The Fluji X100Nope.

  • @Decoii
    @Decoii Місяць тому

    This is awesome! 😂🤌

  • @bramastahartono7612
    @bramastahartono7612 Місяць тому +1

    Heyyy not bad

  • @medicinalcarrots123
    @medicinalcarrots123 Місяць тому

    But does it suffer from diffraction

  • @nicedward7544
    @nicedward7544 Місяць тому

    I mean I'd like to get my nieces and nephews cameras when they are 4-6 years old.... I was using film trying to get action shots when I was young. Get them away from a cell phone or iPad.. . I'll probably buy a few of these .. And a bike and a ramp..

  • @totallynotmyeggalt6216
    @totallynotmyeggalt6216 Місяць тому

    These aren't terrible photos, but it's pretty funny that even ones from a ten-year-old smartphone could likely look better

  • @yuhduh
    @yuhduh Місяць тому

    The debuffs are real

  • @jacobzhang2433
    @jacobzhang2433 Місяць тому

    better than disposable cameras

  • @antzpantz
    @antzpantz Місяць тому

    Funnily enough, I've been tasked to see what 'childrens' cameras' are suitable for my niece's 3rd birthday. 15+ years of photography experience and... I'm going to have to do some research?!

  • @jan-martinulvag1953
    @jan-martinulvag1953 Місяць тому

    This shows that showing pictures on youtube without zooming in and pixelpeeping does not say anything about the picture quality

  • @Twobarpsi
    @Twobarpsi Місяць тому

    It does take acceptable pictures though. I could see giving this at an office xmas party, or to a child.

  • @raytbrown2
    @raytbrown2 Місяць тому

    lol - stacking de-buffs!

  • @Poorgeniu5
    @Poorgeniu5 Місяць тому +1

    I bet they just an rehoused and reprogrammed dash cam sensor/module.

  • @YokohamaCalling
    @YokohamaCalling Місяць тому

    Nothing that a firmware update can't fix 😂
    Lovely FOKEH - Out Of Focus Foregrounds.

  • @matiasfora
    @matiasfora Місяць тому

    Flares?

  • @Hexlord
    @Hexlord Місяць тому

    Is this better than the Panasonic S9? (no

  • @primegeek
    @primegeek Місяць тому

    "Stacking debuffs" xD

  • @Larken42
    @Larken42 Місяць тому

    If only megapixels was a standard measurement of discrete light sensitive elements on a sensor instead of a relative measure of the file it spits out.
    Oh wait… it is.

  • @okaro6595
    @okaro6595 Місяць тому

    There was a plastic protector on the lens? Half of people will not get that it has to be taken off.

  • @Princeton_James
    @Princeton_James Місяць тому

    Looks better than my Sony screen 😅

  • @fonzireyes
    @fonzireyes Місяць тому

    I think they missed a decimal, .48MP!!

  • @ineedagoodusername3164
    @ineedagoodusername3164 Місяць тому

    4K 15p? They should've advertised it as a Fuji X-A5 instead!

  • @jimmyml88
    @jimmyml88 Місяць тому

    I hope it wasn't the only camera you took to Spain 😂

  • @rickfarber4243
    @rickfarber4243 Місяць тому

    I wonder which camera offers the most value for the money. This one for $25 or the Fuji X100VI for $1,600. Hmmm.

  • @henrytong8707
    @henrytong8707 Місяць тому

    Sounds like the Lumix s9 with no mechanical shutter.

  • @christerappelgren1665
    @christerappelgren1665 Місяць тому

    haha, lovely!

  • @belfeuhr
    @belfeuhr Місяць тому

    the camera that predates Nicéphore Niépce's invention.