Fuji X100vi
The Fuji X100VI is a fixed-lens 35mm equivalent APS-C camera that replaces the mythical Fuji X100V, a camera I have never used but is very YouTube famous and much loved. So, when its successor came out, I pre-ordered it, and now it's finally arrived.
This is certainly not a review of the camera; there are a ton of those out there, just my first impressions and a few images I've taken so far. The thing I love the most about it (aside from its good looks :)) is actually a combination of things. It's the only small, fixed lens camera that I know of that has a small flash, IBIS, and a built-in ND filter. Also, it has what I usually consider table stakes, which is a good viewfinder and a tilt screen. Those are the features that got me interested in it. And, as with other Fuji XT cameras, I absolutely love controlling ISO, shutter speed, aperture, and exposure compensation with physical controls that you can see and adjust the settings with, even when the camera’s turned off. This was a feature I sort of balked at as gimmicky before starting to use Fuji but it’s really grown on me and I now I miss it when I’m using cameras that don’t have it.
There are also a few aspects of the camera that I'm still getting used to or that I'd consider compromises. I'm still adjusting to the 35mm focal length for street photography. I've gotten pretty used to using a wider 28mm along with a longer85mm as my go-to focal lengths. Out of habit, I still tend to want to compose for 28mm, but I like that this camera is getting me to adjust to a new focal length. Aside from that, I wish the focus ring had more functions you could assign to it when you have the camera set to auto-focus. It'd be cool to have that ring adjust the exposure compensation or ISO (despite there already being hardware buttons for both of those), for example. I also wish there was a dedicated movie button or a way to start recording a movie without having to go to any menus. Minor issues.
Overall, I'm loving the camera. It's fun to hold and use. It looks great, and has all the features I could hope for in a fixed-lens 35mm camera.
Thanks for reading, now enjoy a few images taken over the last few days:
