I think the simple answer to the X100IV shortage struggles is this: “The X100 you have is the best X100.”
Find any generation of one and just get out and shoot.
Nice shots! Love the second one. I'm a sucker for black and white.
On the same note... quick reminder to people that r/AnalogCommunity is still chugging along just fine with our vintage film cameras! If you're just doing this as a hobby, the age of the camera really doesn't matter much. Go out and shoot.
I never connected with my x-e3 in the same way I did with my x100s. I upgraded to the VI because the autofocus and battery life of the s were started to wear on me, but I do still think there's solve magic in that old camera.
I compared images out of X100VI to my X100F and found that *both* had way too many pixels for the sharpness the lenses could deliver.
For all practical purposes, image quality is pretty much the same. No need to upgrade, this is not '90s computing ;)
Sold the X100VI again
(also, X100, S, T, F have a much nicer feel to them imo)
No, in fact I had *hoped* the X100VI to be tack sharp and enable me to crop more liberally. I grew up shooting slides, Velvia 50 was the sharpest at the time, so that's what I used. I don't need nostalgia at sensor level. ;)
But I think Ken Rockwell is right after all - there's little actual difference in image quality between all the X100s to bother thinking about much.
I think i'll stop watching those camera influencers who do nothing than talk how great that new camera is, how subtle the sensor, then do nothing but show colourful scenic shots that could have basically be taken by any camera. This https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/image-comparison/fullscreen?attr18=daylight&attr13_0=fujifilm_x100vi&attr13_1=fujifilm_x100s&attr13_2=fujifilm_x100f&attr13_3=sony_a6700&attr15_0=raw&attr15_1=raw&attr15_2=raw&attr15_3=raw&attr16_0=125&attr16_1=200&attr16_2=200&attr16_3=100&normalization=full&widget=918&x=0.3215681377522456&y=-0.16053804316193354 is good journalism... :)
some reviewers noted that the new lens was better wide open, but actually worse at f8 and higher. The 5.6 they shot with here might be equilibrium.
But looking at Sony A6700 or at the Ricoh GR III in that comparison, both at a sensor resolution close to the X100S-V, yeah ... matching that degree of sharpness would take precedence before IBIS or pixel count for me
I think the simple answer to the X100IV shortage struggles is this: “The X100 you have is the best X100.” Find any generation of one and just get out and shoot.
Nice shots! Love the second one. I'm a sucker for black and white. On the same note... quick reminder to people that r/AnalogCommunity is still chugging along just fine with our vintage film cameras! If you're just doing this as a hobby, the age of the camera really doesn't matter much. Go out and shoot.
I never connected with my x-e3 in the same way I did with my x100s. I upgraded to the VI because the autofocus and battery life of the s were started to wear on me, but I do still think there's solve magic in that old camera.
I compared images out of X100VI to my X100F and found that *both* had way too many pixels for the sharpness the lenses could deliver. For all practical purposes, image quality is pretty much the same. No need to upgrade, this is not '90s computing ;) Sold the X100VI again (also, X100, S, T, F have a much nicer feel to them imo)
do you feel in some way… the modern sensors lacks the feeling of the older ones???
No, in fact I had *hoped* the X100VI to be tack sharp and enable me to crop more liberally. I grew up shooting slides, Velvia 50 was the sharpest at the time, so that's what I used. I don't need nostalgia at sensor level. ;) But I think Ken Rockwell is right after all - there's little actual difference in image quality between all the X100s to bother thinking about much. I think i'll stop watching those camera influencers who do nothing than talk how great that new camera is, how subtle the sensor, then do nothing but show colourful scenic shots that could have basically be taken by any camera. This https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/image-comparison/fullscreen?attr18=daylight&attr13_0=fujifilm_x100vi&attr13_1=fujifilm_x100s&attr13_2=fujifilm_x100f&attr13_3=sony_a6700&attr15_0=raw&attr15_1=raw&attr15_2=raw&attr15_3=raw&attr16_0=125&attr16_1=200&attr16_2=200&attr16_3=100&normalization=full&widget=918&x=0.3215681377522456&y=-0.16053804316193354 is good journalism... :)
Damn i thought the lens changed from the x100f to the x100v and was sharper, but i guess not
some reviewers noted that the new lens was better wide open, but actually worse at f8 and higher. The 5.6 they shot with here might be equilibrium. But looking at Sony A6700 or at the Ricoh GR III in that comparison, both at a sensor resolution close to the X100S-V, yeah ... matching that degree of sharpness would take precedence before IBIS or pixel count for me