Fujifilm X100V - Should You Buy One? (vs Ricoh GR III) 

To comply with social distancing, I would recommend shooting street photography only with an 800mm f/5.6 prime.

Kai: "Camera a bit too wobbly without stabilization" Also Kai: *Holds camera 1 handed while trying to film with another camera*

Really good comparisons Kai, I enjoyed that!

Nice to see this man with an actually nice haircut.

For me personally, Fuji X100V: 1 Built-in Flashlight 2 Appearance 3 Viewfinder 4 Color - Film Filter Ricoh GR3 1 Pocketable Size 2 Built-in Stabilization 3 I already have it for a while so I cannot return.

I haven't seen Kai in so long, since the digitalRev TV dayss, its so nice to come back and see he's still killing it

I really am loving these videos and the way Kai narrates and how the videos are produced, long with the humour, reminds me if Top Gear did a show on cameras.

2:34 that dude in the back is feeling it

Love the new haircut Kai!

The Fuji is beautiful, but I have a GRii and can’t imagine a better camera. I use or for everything - even astrophotography! It’s a brilliant camera that easily fits in a pocket. If I could only keep one of my several cameras, it would be the GRii.

I love your honest reviews! Thank-you!

Very entertaining and informative. Thank you both

Thank you for all your wonderful videos!!! Love them all!!!

Always posting great videos Kai, I have been a great fan of your work for a long time. You have a great way of presenting things, because you have great personality and charisma. Keep up the good work man! I have a youtube channel but I need to do more with it. If you are ever in Louisville Kentucky, they have some decent parks here to photograph!

legendary reviewer back in action!

I adore the sexiness of the Fuji immensely, but the practicality of the GR III has won me over. It is so darn small, sharpest of lenses and stabilized for night photography (where it simply excels).

this thumbnail is beautiful, reminds me of DigitalRev days

Great review! Thank you

Thanks Kai this is something I have been thinking about.

i like the x100v's hybrid viewfinder and less wide focal length, plus its probably overall the better camera but the ricoh has the size advantage and is maybe more fun as you will take it with you more often

man your speech is sooo funny i love the way you talk and review it

Other than the OVF, is there a reason to get this one if you have an X-T2? Love my X-T2, still battling audio issues though. High sound levels, even with an external microphone, just don't work. I wonder what Fuji were thinking with the super limited control over the levels. Using it for concerts with a Rode Videomic Go is just impossible

Phenomenal video, Kai!

You basically convinced me to get this camera. Nice to meet you

LOL, didn't know you had a collab with Joe Allam. Love his channel, and you succeeded in bringing out his goofy side. As expected of Master Kai :D

Great video Kai, I bought the X100V after trying it in London last month. A big difference from my A7II. Love both.

Kai, your are a dapper gentleman. Nice sport coat & scarf.

The 100S was my first foray into the Fuji world. Now the Fuji X series are my go to cameras for work. Very tempted by the 100V but really cannot justify it.

kai and joe in one video with a fujifilm camera. this seems like all i ever wanted

Kai and Joe! I’m so happy right now seeing two of my fave photographer youtubers together

I think there's somethign wrong with my Ricoh GR iiix. It is taking terrible blurry low contrast photos no matter what I do! I've messed with settings and no answer. Can someone please look at the sample photos in the short on my page. I need help I spent so much money on this thing!

10:22 a wild Nikon tank appeared.

Looking dapper, Bravo!

Great vid! Nice Batgirl 🤙🏼

I have a question. Did Fuji change the colours on this one? I've been looking at samples and think the colours, particularly skin tones, look less like the clean X100F and more like blotchy Sony A6x00. I'm a Sony user, so I'm used to redoing colours but the whole point of Fuji is to get usable colours straight from camera.

You know what I like more than the Fujifilm X100V? Kai's new haircut.

Glad to see GB still is going strong

Anybody knows what shoes he is wearing at 4:46 ? Looks like something similar too air force 1 in grey. Sorry a little off topic, I know

Two of my favorites RU-vidr!

If the X100V have the d-pad I would buy it with no question. I would rather not having the weather resistant or the flip up screen to exchange for the d-pad. Because I feel very useful to setting film profile, white balance and etc on my X-Pro2. What do you think about it.

Well done for salvaging some of the footage - Glad those ridiculous outfits didn't go to waste! 😏 I know the X100 isn't a big camera, but whenever I see it next to the Ricoh, I'm reminded just how incredibly small the GR is!

I legit LMAO'd when I saw a comment in Kai's Instagram... "This looks like a Fisherprice camera"

I have a Fujifilm x10 and a Ricoh 8.1 megapixel GR digital cameras. I love them. Got both for £200. I love the zoom on the Fuji and the little pop up flash on the Ricoh.

Love your sense of humour. I really need advice. I have tried the Pen E-PL10 and the 14-150mm lens. While the quality and clarity of the photos was brilliant (for me), I realised I would rather a camera you dont have to change the lens. I found them awkward. Loved the camera otherwise. But my main worry was that i would not have support from Olympus next year as they are selling on. So i now am looking for a camera again with the same specs, (good stabilisation as i have a bit of a tremor in my hands, close up photos, good zoom but with good quality when using zoom, but good night shots too, 4K Video, tiltable touchscreen etc etc. I also liked the fun things that the PEN E-PL10 did ie. like ART, SCENE, PANARAMA, FIREWORKS etc etc. I do not understand all the jargon. Only owned point and shoot before but wanted to do better photos day and night and video. That's why the PEN was good. Worried about Sony as i read may also sell out but dont know if true. I would spend say up to about £900. I may be asking the impossible for this, but do you have any suggestions please? I really do need advise.

May I know how did u add the Traditional Chinese subtitle into your clip?

good review as usual

Great video 👍🏻 both are great camera and it is really difficult to choose. However, would you please share me a video link of a guy that have his unique stylre of shooting picture with ricoh gr iii to me? Thx Kai 🙏🏻

The leaf shutter + ND filter + built-in flash is incredible. I wouldn't give that up for a ricoh or any other camera! I want X100V but already have x100T so cannot justify the purchase.

My dream camera from now on for sure

Xt 200 or x100v for photography. Which one you recommend??

Hi I really need some help and advice please. I would like to buy a compact camera with a good zoom, good video, picture quality, touch screen if possible, anti shake as I have a small tremor and RA in my hands but I really would like to buy one and finally take nice photos of birds, family so fast moving, and would like to photo water that looks like foggy/steamy if you know what I mean. I am a pensioner (in my 70s so a young pensioner), so cannot afford a lot. I bought an Olympus Pen 10 camera just before the pandemic but then we could not go out. But trying it on birds in the garden and horses in the field where I lived, I realised with these hands not a good idea to have to keep changing lens. Could you please point me in the right direction please. I live in Uk. Many thanks.

Sir Kai. Thanks for review.

Nice jacket. Looks really soft and warm.

love it!

What camera and lens did you use to film this video?

Kai, you are spot on. I love Fuji. I have several Fuji cameras. I want the X100V so bad, but it doesn't allow me to do anything new. It is too big to carry all the time. That is why I considered and bought the GRIII. It is the camera I have with me. And it's features and quality don't appoint.

Is this camera bigger than the last version or do you have usually small hands?

Will Fuji come up with a new 23 f2 lens? The current one is soft wide open

Nice GMT Master II there Kai, tasty

Does include Hipster mode, or it is sold separately?

I think you once did a similar kind of thing on old Dig Rev, but can you do a video on photography ideas while being locked up in your own house... you know, due to some coughing

Hi! What is sharper? The x100v or the gr3?

The leaf shutter on the Fuji comes in very handy if you do flash

you are still making me laugh years after first dicovering you Kai :]

After seeing all the reviews, I finally purchased one to use it as my daily pocket camera to take pictures of my two kids. I have been using Sony a6300 series for quite sometime, but I wanted something smaller. First of all this is not a small camera, and the "improved" autofocus is very clunky, noisy, and hunts a lot (compared to my a6300). It wasn't quick enough to focus my kids running around. Just did not work for me. But its film simulation and jpegs are far better than what you get out of Sony. The optical viewfinder is something to try and may use for a couple of days before switching to the amazing evf. Returned it and got a Sony RX100 VA. Cheers.

It's nice to see kai has a taste on taking true street photography photographs

Great content. Would you please share what lens hood is on that x100v. Thanx in advance.

Nice video, about the stabilization i think that a camera for street photography dont need it for several reasons. Ergonomics, pocket size, weather resistence or even flash is something more valuable.

Love your work. I was hoping this vid will sway me one side or the other..but...but...it seems i should have both..D:

WHAT WAS THAT IN THE BACKGROUND AT 2:35?

What I like about GRIII is you don’t even have to look at the screen for a shot. Just get your settings right

Gee, you demonstrated the flippy screen's flippiness with no prior warning. I had conniptions! And then there is that horrible gap on the side. A dollop of Shoe Goo, finished with a bit of black Sharpie ink, would make short work of that. It was great that this video came out today. Quite a relief from watching all the terrible news. Stay safe and keep the videos coming!

I spent last year traveling and realized my a7iii setup sucked for long term (and ultralight) travel, especially annoying when shooting in rural parts of southeast asia... nobody wants to point a bazooka 24-105 f/4 at someone there. So, in preparation for resuming travels next year or whenever the plague lifts, I have been looking into this camera and the rxr1 ii (preferably iii but no news on that front). I think this works better for me- lower profile and the VF is integrated instead of a wonky popup. Also almost 1/3 the price so if I lose it or it gets damaged its not as much of a pucker factor.Thanks for the review, the GR III is interesting and Daido is great but I'm certainly not him.

Both cameras are rad, I just sold my 100f..while I decide what route to take next my pentax q7 with the standard prime is my go to! :)

What's that strap you use on the fuji? It looks awesome and probably comfortable?

When will x100v have ibis + optical stabilization?

could you do a video of night photography with this camera or if its even good for night photography? love the vids.

does anyone know what he's filming the opening shot on? the sky and his skin has perfect exposure lol

I have both. Although I carry the GRiii in my pocket daily, I use the X100V more. I prefer the 35mm over the 28mm field of view. The X100V is an overall better shooting experience. I did shoot some test video yesterday with it in 4K and F-Log. It is not a camera I would use for video often but it is nice to know it is cable of doing so if needed.

I owned the X100V and the Ricoh GR3 side by side. The GR takes better images. Has nicer colors. To me at least. The V has a nice body. But I still don’t get the budget cuts on the EVF and the sensor a 1500 bucks camera has. I sold it. Kept the GR. Supplemented it with a ZV-1. Still money left.

I figured the flip up screen is designed for discreet street photography with camera hanging around waist. So the flip up is good, and the tab at the bottom makes total sense.

Neat-looking lens hood on the X100V - wonder where it comes from?

OK, mine arrived one day late, but at least I have it now. Now I just need to learn how to use it. The variety of settings is amazing.

That's the most truthful opinion about stabilisation.

Do you have wool gloves by any change? I would like to know how the x100v finish feels like when wearing those. My x-t100 is slippery af.

Does the Gr lll have lazer assisted focusing?

2 wishes for firmware: Digital Image Stabilization for VIDEO. so I don´t mind an add. 1.2 crop but please clean up the micro jitters. and add the ND filter feature to video too. it can´t be that hard... the rest of the camera is amazing!

Like your new haircut. You look good.

where did you get the square hood

what about: 1) battery life if left constantly On? I remember my Fuji would eat through 2 batteries and still not go on a full day 2) delay between button press and shot. The Fuji doesn't have any, does the Ricoh? 3) can you set either cams to a pre-set focus distance quickly without looking at the screen/viewfinder - like you could on film cams - and shoot it?

You were the first photography channel I subbed to back in the early DR days. I love that you’re heading back in that direction with your content. A good mix of out there practical shooting, you just need to show us some files again a and keep up your signature humour 👌

Mine arrives Sunday!!

I’ve a T, 2 F’s and now a V. Love them all and used the built in ND filter all the time. Here’s something I’ve discovered but heard no one mention: the 3stop ND was perfect. Shooting in bright afternoon light wide open at ISO 160, I get the red, 2000+ SS warning, but when I turn on the 4stop ND the SS drops to between 160 and 250. That’s much too slow and NOT a versatile range. Have that at only f2.8. As I said, at 3stops this would have been a SS around 360-500. Does anyone else wonder why Fuji upped the ND filter to 4stops? Every talks like this is an improvement. What am l missing?

Uhhh, where did you get that fabulous thunder cat sweatshirt? :D Oh, great comparison video Kai! Thank you.

Good review... Not all jokes with no technical information, like some earlier vids.

Who is the photographer mentioned at 10.35? Thanks!

If I had to choose between these two I would go for the Ricoh. The small size makes it easier to carry when you do street photography and that's something I really appreciate.

Kai, I would kill for your digs in this video. Who makes that godly grey coat? Fanks 😉

What's your opinion on leica c-lux/lumix zs200?

will you be reviewing Oppo find x2 pro phone? its main shooter is capable of shooting 12bit raw photos