Hi, My name is Jay and I am a casual photographer and gear enthusiast.
I created this page to share my photographic journey with the world and give people insight into my mindset and creative process every step of the way. I hope you guys will join me on this ongoing endeavour.
I strive for quality content, so frequency of videos will vary. But usually every 2 weeks or so.
Your videos are fantastic, and I really appreciate your style of communication. Just picked up my first Fujifilm camera (X100VI), and I'm super excited to dive into their ecosystem. Content like yours makes that process even more fun and accessible.
2:58 the major problem is with Fuji's OVF vs a rangefinder optical system is that a rangefinder is perfect for accurate manual focusing, on the Fuji, the OVF gives pretty no information about the accuracy of your MF result. You should enable EVF to make sure focus accuracy.
6:57 Zone focusing with OVF, sounds brutal. So, the OVF gives no feed back about the focus accuracy, if you want to make sure your MF is sharp, you should switch over to EVF? This is totally Ok to, I just want to understand the OVF system for MF avoiding false expectations.
You nailed it at 6:22 Ive got a handful of killer iPhone apps that emulate the look of everything from disposable cameras from Kodak, Fuji and AGFA and instant cameras, to classic film cameras from Leica, Fuji and more, all in my pocket. Really no need for a digicam these days. Ive had dozens of digicams and they are mostly more trouble than they are worth. You need to have all kinds of different memory cards, batteries and chargers on hand for them, the displays are impossible to see outdoors etc...Ive sold all of them off except for the Canon Powershot G3 and Olympus C-740. Both of which really nail the film look that I have found hard to replicate with any iPhone app. But if a $10 digicam is your thing, thats cool too.
Cant go wrong for $10! I have a few digicams, some old, and some new. Good for the vibes, but like your experience, they like to use low shutter speeds (even with flash) so you just have to embrace the motion blur 😅
Great video! I have one of the successor versions, the CANON IXUS 400 from 2003 (4 megapixels), which I’ve been using as a travel camera for a few years now. It was a gift from my grandmother some years ago; she must have bought it also in 2003. It’s always a conversation starter when I take it out of my bag. I even bought the same model again after the sensor in my original one failed. For two months, the red colors gradually spread across all highlights, and slight distortions appeared at the edges, reminiscent of VHS tapes. During that time, I still managed to take some very cool pictures with the camera, especially with the flash and some of the visual sensor errors. Eventually, the pictures became entirely red and unrecognizable. I then bought another one, without sensor issues, for just 10 bucks, including a charger. The IXUS 400 also already had a USB port. Even the batteries can still be purchased for little money.
Very nice pocket camera! A great buy! I have the Fujifilm Finepix F31 fd and it is a pure gem! Only 6 megapixels but the image quality is outstanding! Small sensor and small body, but the possibilities are limitless! A great pocket camera.
Excellent video...you have eased my angst of not having all the latest film simulations of newer Fuji camera models!!! I have an X30 and can hardly wait to give this program a try. A+++++++
Jay! Did you know Davy Crockett Used one of these Yashica cameras during the siege of the Alamo in 1836!? Using just one roll of Kodak Eastman 5222 black and white 35mm motion picture film he shot enough sprocket holes to stave off General Santa Anna and his army of 2000 men for THIRTEEN DAYS! Thank you so much for sharing! More people need to learn about the Yashica and its rich AMERICAN history of nearly 200 years. Learn more in my new youtube short "the untold history of the Yashica Mat 124G" Though he was a battle hardened bad ass, I don't think his frames would compare with yours. Sadly only a few negs have survived the passage of time, and the Smithsonian keeps them locked away from the public. Subbed
My stupid question. Is it possible, through accident, to alter the settings to the DEFAULT profiles? I don't want to screw those up, trying to create a custom profile.
@@JayRegular facepalm. I've had the lens for a month on my x-t5 and only now realized the front dial is for aperture control. Exposure preview doesn't work on auto aperture. I've only used the aperture ring on my other Fuji lenses this whole time so I never needed to use the x-t5 front dial. Thank you for the response lol. I love this lens even more now. 40mp + digital teleconverter 2x for 110mm @ 1.7 down to 20MP. Enough for social media and viewing later. Love it. So light & compact for daily use and travel.
I had the desire to get a little wider shot from time to time and thought about trading my 100V for the X-T50. With this video I need to re think. Thanks for the info
i have no idea on meike or ttartisan. Both are sharp in the middle and sigma is a little soft wide open while viltron wide open sharpness is pretty good across the frame. Sigma is sharp across the frame at f2 though and has higher contrast even wide open. f1.4 and f1.7 is not that much different I probably couldn't tell without side by side. Both have pretty confident af. Sigma has virtually not vignette while viltrox has quite a bit. Sigma wide open has more ca but both are decently controlled. sigma has a bit of distortion that is corrected in software. Viltrox has a slight pincushion but looks fine uncorrected. Sigma feels slightly better in hand, but both are pretty plastic fantastic. I can't really compare pure sharpness to each other much or which has faster af because of being on two different systems. I used sigma 56mm f1.4 on a6000 and viltrox 56mm f1.7 on x-h1. Both make great images, I would probably buy viltrox just because of the pricetag. Both versions are better than viltrox's 56mm f1.4
