Flixelpix listed 10 reasons to own a Fujifilm X camera. Make sure to read them all over at flixelpix here… and then feel free to pick out your 2 main reasons for using a Fuji X camera in the poll (I’ve added another option not listed at Flixelpix, the HVF):
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I appreciate this site, and I know I’m not paying for it. But here’s a little suggestion:
I dearly wish there was a way to separate the blog posts about deals on Fuji stuff, books being sold, reviews about how great the X system is…. from the actual rumours about Fuji products.
Tags? A dedicated RSS feed?
Thanks!
(Apols if there already is a way and I missed it).
http://www.fujirumors.com/category/rumors/
There is a rumor category. Just click on it
Yes, there is…. but those that use RSS get everything in one package. It maybe that I haven’t found how to filter news by xml data in the feedly. Having dedicated RSS feeds for different categories would be great for me.
Cheers
Easy peasy: http://feeds.feedburner.com/FujiRumorsRumors
Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for 🙂
For me, this is kind of an impossible poll. I didn’t choose Fuji for ONE feature. I chose Fuji because they put together the best set of features for my needs. Fuji (1.) listened to their customers, and put together a system that offers (2.) excellent image quality (3.) beautiful glass, (4.) class leading viewfinders, in a (5.) stylish, (6.) lightweight package. Take away any ONE of those, and I’d probably still be shooting Canon.
Well said. In my case, take away #6 on your list and I’m still shooting Canon.
Fujifilm is about portability and x-trans (including Fujifilm colors). The other features mentioned in the pool are features that others producers have (well except hybrid viewfinder but that’s a spec found only in one Fuji body…). Also the low-light performance is overstated considering Fuji cameras are lying about ISO with between 1/2 and 2/3 stops…
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A very difficult pool for me, with only 2 options to vote. I was ready to instantly select at least 6-7 reasons why I am and will be a Fujifilm X photographer.
I think the Fuji colors and jpgs are a big part of why I like fuji, but not the x-trans sensor. The two don’t have to go together. See the x-a1 and s5pro for proof.
And the x100. I agree I would personally rather a bayer sensor, otherwise fuji should provide a raw converter (with their film profiles) for their cameras
This.
Not listed but a big factor for me: intuitive, direct access, analog style dial and button control of the exposure triangle.
It is listed. Named a bit less fancy … “Control”.
So it is. Thanks! What is “photography features?”
My guess is they mean additional gimmicks … WIFI, GPS, tilt/flip-screens, mic inputs and the like.
Or instead of guessing, you can read the article 🙂 it says:
Most X range cameras offer a little more than just the standard still and video capture modes. multiple exposure and film simulation are two examples but my favourite has to be the panorama capture mode. Simply select this mode from the ‘drive’ menu, focus, then capture the image in a sweep direction (all linear directions (left, right etc) and the camera will stitch the JPG files together to create a stunning panorama.
Nah, knowing is boring. Guessing is more fun. :o)
Hehe you got me on that one 🙂
Yeah, That’s what I figured too. I know it;s semantics but I would have used “ergonomics”
Although the Fuji cameras look AMAZING, if you are among the 7% who primarily use Fuji cameras because of their looks…there are no two ways around this, you are a prick!
People do buy Leicas…
Not among the 7% but still completely disagree. Choosing a camera based primarily on aesthetics may mean you are a hipster; it may mean you’re not a serious photographer; but it doesn’t mean you’re a prick. People who say things like that, OTOH…
I don’t buy a car just for the engine. The look is important as well. That being said, you sir are a dumbfuck.
There’s no way to keep this to just two checkmarks.
Agree. For me it is size and overall IQ which encompasses lens quality, sensor quality, and low light capabilities. It isn’t just one aspect of IQ that makes the difference.
#1 reason for me – Leaf shutter (x100s)
Skin tones. Excellent SOOC jpegs. Dynamic range. Lightweight.
One great perk is the fact that Fujifilm still do great firmware updates to their older models. The XT1 firmware update in December will give my camera features that CaNikon would only introduce via an ‘upgrade’ to a newer model.
I guess that falls under ‘Fujifilm listens’. The change to the way spot metering works has me so excited for the new firmware. If that eventually makes it to the X100S, I will be a very happy man.
Lens quality, portability, control, firmware updates, EVF, design/build quality, wifi feature… It’s quite impossible with only two reasons!
Fujifilm colours, dynamic range, exposure controls and design, lens quality. They are the only ones doing it right with respect to design. However, …:
In my opinion, they need to provide their own bare-bones raw converter, to get the most out of the files.
I agree. There own raw converter would be the best of both worlds (if you can tie it into a light room work flow also)
Yes, if it worked as a plug-in with Photoshop/Lightroom, it would be great. For some reason, they don’t seem to be thinking about it.
I’m sure such a plug-in would make a lot of people happy and emphasize the professional aspect of the Fujis.
I voted control and color. Here is the deal, with no shutter speed dial I would not shoot a Fuji. Lots of things make Fuji great, so it is hard to say it is any one thing. But if I had to pick one make or breaker it is the shutter speed dial.
Fuji…are you working on the FF Fleica rangefinder knockoff????
And the aperture ring
Only 2? Minimum 3 would be nice. Over previous (nikon) system
Portability
Lens Quality
EVF
– Control
– X-Trans Sensor & FujiFilm colours
Lowlight performance
Fujifilm Listen
Looks
How about just “fun to use”?
There is no “main reason” for me. The Fuji system is perfect for me because of the great MIX it offers. Most of the single aspects are done much better by other brands/cameras…
Portability: go buy a Nikon Coolpix S01
Versatility: go buy medium format
Lens Quality: go buy medium format … or maybe Zeiss Otus
Features: go buy a Panasonic Smart Camera
Lowlight performance: err… Sony α7S
Looks: go buy a Hasselblad Lunar
etc.
If there was a greatest aspect about Fuji, for me, it would be that “Fuji listens”. But that would be nothing if they’d offer bulky, EVF less cameras with crappy lenses and an omission of function buttons and dials. It depends on the mix. And Fuji is doing it seriously right at the moment.
Versatility : medium format ? Can you explain me ?
Look : Hasselblad Lunar ? Can’t agree but look is totally subjective then…
Looks are subjective, really. I don’t think its a beautiful camera either, but it is built (exclusively?) for the looks, so it serves as an example.
Regarding versatility .. that really depends on how you define that.
The Samsung Smart Camera might be the most versatile because of all the functions, having a phone, camera, internet, wifi and such. Any Canikon DSLR might be the most versatile because of the plethora of additional accesoires for it. Medium format might be it because of the highest image quality … less iq might mean less versatility. Your choice.
Versaitility in my opinion :
– goog IQ
– good AF
– good low-light performance
– lenses and accessories available for any kind of job
I used a medium format ONCE (a hasselblad a friend of the family shared with us for few days) : IQ was very good, but auto-focus and high iso performance was not that good. In my opinion (again), medium format performs best in studio, which is not a versatile use.
PS : this medium format camera was little bit old, maybe new ones are better ?
I don’t know… in fact. Versatility is a good point only if you can afford it 🙂
I think any MLIC does fill in that mix. But a DSLR does as well. Portability is for most just an issue because they want a battery hand gripped FF and big, heavy zooms, preferably with the metal support bracket mounted on it. Using a DSLR with sober primes does make this option a lot more interesting and optically you’re playing in a totally different league to if you invest in the best glass on the market. One that IMO surpasses all this MLIC very easily, wasn’t it only for the more enhanced DOF competence at lower focal lengths. Don’t forget that Fuji is only APS/C, I even doubt that most APS/C DSLRs with APS/C designed glass (which are often kit/budget solutions, I know) is so much different in weight and even form factor. Read through any post concerning Fuji X, you can be sure that 90% really buys MLIC-stuff because it looks next to the 5x more expensive Leica so ‘toys for boys, look at my highly advanced new gear now’ alike. The fact there’s a 4 years old Sony sensor inside that has been used in the camera market for a very long time and was upgraded to a 24MP in most other systems, also the fact it has a very deviating and complex CFA – until now only allowing a quite average RAW conversion – does matter apparently a lot less for most. Yes, I love Fuji too, I believe they can really do it, but my next X-series upgrade won’t be before the X-Pro3 when they go for a 24MP curved sensor, by then available from Sony ;-).
You do realise that a curved sensor will render all current lenses useless? I guarantee fuji won’t put a curved sensor in their next generation cameras
“Using a DSLR with sober primes does make this option a lot more interesting and optically you’re playing in a totally different league to if you invest in the best glass on the market.”
56mm isn’t in a totally different league than full-frame high quality lenses in my opinion. And why does somebody needs a big and heavy body to handle a “not so big” prime lens ?
Agreed with nzswedespeed : curved sensor body won’t happen on X-mount.
Well, I admit that I first got intrigued by the X-system by the looks alone, but other features made me buy one… or two… This poll was hard to do, the looks got me interested, but the quality of the lenses and the sensor is what I use to defend my decision…
+ Rangefinder style 🙂
For me, it was the size of the X100S and the quality of its images that sold me. I wanted a camera for concert photography that I could take in to any show and not have it taken away from me by the staff. I can carry it around on a wrist strap, and it just disappears when I don’t need it.
It requires a bit more work on my part (I have to arrive early in some cases, and get up close to the stage), but the results are fantastic, and I love both the colors in the final result, as well as the relative lack of color noise in the high ISO pics.
I joined for the control dials and EVF, but stayed because of the photo quality and lens.
I would put as separated options FujiFilm Colors from X-Trans Sensor.