Fav "Art" cameras

[Andrew Reid]

Thoughts on the best fun-factor cameras, I am thinking Fuji X-Pro 3, Sigma Fp, all the things that doesn't try to look like an EOS R5, but feels and looks a bit different. Niche artistic tools. I think I would rank my favourites as follows but pretty sure I have forgotten some...

1. Sony RX1R II... The smallest ever full frame camera and that ingenious pop-up EVF

2. Fuji X-Pro3... Fuji's prettiest camera, with the most film-camera-like shooting experience

3. Sigma BF... It's the Fp concept turned up to 11

4. Hasselblad HV... The crazy Sony collaboration which came up with this 10k a99. It's lovely though. Got mine on eBay.

5. GFX 100 with full frame lenses... Pure art every time.

I would like for there next to be a digital version of a Contax T2 in same style of body, same size, retractable fast prime lens, also would like a digital Nikon S series rangefinder camera and an X-Pro4 that finally launches Fuji's full frame range (I can but dream).

[MrSMW]

For me it would have to be either the Nikon Zf with the 40mm f2 SE and/or the Hasselblad X2D with the 55mm f2.5.

I wish the Zf was. bit more compact, but for what it is, that is my only real gripe.

I wish I had the funds for the Hassie. But I don't.

The about to be announced new fixed lens Fuji medium format might be an interesting contender...

[BTM_Pix]

13 minutes ago, MrSMW said:

The about to be announced new fixed lens Fuji medium format might be an interesting contender...

Smoke has risen from the cabin in the Dolomites and here is the leaked press release.

No IBIS, slowish lens and 4K30 maximum but it does have internal ND.

Price is semi-ouch considering what is on offer with a used GFX100s and a couple of lenses but not against a Q3 and I can see why this might just be a perfect end camera for a lot of people.

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Fujifilm GFX100RF Press Release

FUJIFILM GFX100RF introduced: Premium compact camera with 102 megapixels

With the GFX100RF, Fujifilm has launched its first A premium compact camera in the GFX series has been introduced. Combining a 102-megapixel medium format sensor with a fixed 35mm lens (equivalent to 28mm in 35mm film, f/4), the model brings the image quality of the GFX system into a more compact body – and competes with other premium compacts such as the Leica Q3.

Weighing just 735 grams, the GFX100RF is the lightest camera in the series to date. The new X-Processor 5 is designed to enable fast image processing, while AI-assisted subject recognition ensures precise focusing.

The lens offers a minimum focusing distance of 20 cm, enabling close-up shots with great detail. Additionally, the focal length can be digitally extended to 45 mm, 63 mm, and 80 mm (equivalent to 36 mm, 50 mm, and 63 mm in 35mm film).

A dial on the back allows users to choose between nine different aspect ratios, including 3:2, 16:9, 1:1, and 17:6. The camera also features a built-in four-stop ND filter and supports Frame.ioCamera to Cloud for direct file backup.

The FUJIFILM GFX100RF will be available in black or silver from April 2025 for €5,499 (MSRP). Further information is available at: www.fujifilm-x.com.

Fujifilm Press Release:

Design highlight: FUJIFILM GFX100RF: Premium compact camera with 102-megapixel sensor and AI-based scene recognition

Kleve, March 20, 2025. The new FUJIFILM GFX100RF is the first premium compact camera in the GFX series. Weighing approximately 735 grams*1, it is the lightest model*2 to date in the successful camera system*3, which combines technology and design at the highest level. FUJIFILM is thus once again setting a milestone in the advancement of photographic culture.

The GFX100RF is the ideal choice for anyone who desires a first-class shooting experience and uncompromising image quality. Equipped with the high-resolution 102-megapixel “GFX 102MP CMOS II” sensor and the latest high-speed X-Processor 5 image processor, the camera offers exceptional performance. The newly developed 35 mm lens (equivalent to 28 mm in 35 mm) with a maximum aperture of F4, AI-based scene recognition, and fast autofocus ensure high-quality images in a wide variety of shooting situations – from casual snapshots to professional reportage.

The camera structure has been fundamentally redesigned. The lens is positioned closer to the image sensor. This keeps the design compact and lightweight despite the large sensor. The top plate of the GFX100RF is precision-crafted from aluminum. The high-quality workmanship is also evident in the lens ring, control dials, and base plate.

A new control dial on the back of the camera allows for quick switching between nine classic aspect ratios, including 3:4 and 17:6. It provides an authentic analogue shooting experience and allows you to intuitively adjust the aspect ratio to suit your subject and creative intent.

The GFX100RF’s elegant design and first-class feel invite you to get creative and explore new photographic possibilities.

The FUJIFILM GFX100RF will be available in stores from April 2025 at a price of €5,499 (MSRP).

COMPACT DESIGN AND OUTSTANDING IMAGE QUALITY

Weighing approximately 735 grams*1, the GFX100RF is the lightest camera in the GFX series.*2 The newly developed 35 mm lens and optimized component layout have reduced both size and weight. The new fixed focal length camera weighs significantly less than the previous lightest model in the GFX series, the GFX50R, at 775 grams*1 (body only).

The GFX100RF is equipped with a high-tech duo of the GFX 102MP CMOS II sensor and X-Processor 5. Together with the high-quality lens and unique color technology, it delivers the outstanding image quality typical of the GFX series. The 102-megapixel sensor with optimized pixel structure and microlenses ensures low-noise images, a wide dynamic range, and sharper details at the edges of the image. It also ensures precise autofocus.

HIGH-END OPTICAL COMPONENTS

The new 35 mm lens on the GFX100RF offers an angle of view comparable to a 28 mm 35 mm lens. It is suitable for a wide range of subjects, such as landscapes, travel, snapshots, and portraits. The optical design comprises ten elements in eight groups. Two aspherical lenses correct sharpness errors and distortion, ensuring high resolution. The Nano-GI coating was specially developed for highly curved lenses. It effectively suppresses distracting light reflections, even at the edges of the image, which reduce sharpness and detail reproduction.

The lens enables close-up shots from just 20 centimeters away. The compact body and the outstanding image quality of the sensor open up unique creative possibilities.

HIGH-QUALITY WORKMANSHIP AND INNOVATIVE FEATURES

The top plate of the GFX100RF is made of precision-machined aluminum. The lens ring, control dials, base plate, and other details are also carefully crafted, ensuring a high-quality feel and a distinctive design.

A new control dial on the back of the camera allows for quick changes in the shooting format. Depending on the subject and creative expression, you can choose from nine popular aspect ratios for photos, including the new 3:4 and 17:6 formats.

The digital teleconverter adjustment lever is located on the front of the camera. This allows you to intuitively select the desired angle of view and respond flexibly to different shooting situations. The 35 mm focal length (equivalent to 28 mm in 35 mm format) can be converted to 45 mm, 63 mm, and 80 mm (equivalent to 36 mm, 50 mm, and 63 mm in 35 mm format).

SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY AND FUNCTIONALITY

The GFX100RF’s fixed focal length contributes significantly to the camera’s compact size. It allows the use of a leaf shutter instead of a focal plane shutter, thus shortening the flange focal distance. This creates space for the optimized arrangement of the components and the resulting compact design. The leaf shutter also allows flash photography at any shutter speed, opening up new creative possibilities, for example, when shooting in bright sunlight.

The GFX100RF is the first GFX model with a built-in four-stop ND filter. This neutral density filter facilitates shooting with a wide aperture in bright light or at a slow shutter speed.

The camera is compatible with the Frame.io Camera to Cloud service. Photo and video files can be uploaded directly to Frame.io, significantly accelerating the workflow from capture to editing.

ADVANCED MONITOR AND VIEWFINDER

The new 8 cm (3.15-inch), 2.1 million-dot, tilting LCD monitor features a redesigned user interface. To ensure an optimal shooting experience, the display of the shooting icons has been adjusted to the 3:2 aspect ratio of the monitor. The high-resolution electronic viewfinder with 5.76 million pixels and 0.84x magnification delivers an optimally corrected image and offers the best possible view of the subject.

The new Surround View function limits the shooting zone with semi-transparent areas or lines, depending on the aspect ratio. A lever can be used to turn this function on or off while looking through the electronic viewfinder, simulating an optical viewfinder with a bright frame that reveals more than just the actual image.

FAST AND PRECISE AUTOFOCUS

Whether for photos or videos, the GFX100RF offers high autofocus performance, ensuring a comfortable shooting experience. A modified algorithm enables improved autofocus prediction and more accurate face and eye detection. The camera also features AI-based subject recognition. Deep learning technology enables precise detection and focus of animals, vehicles, birds, and aircraft. In video mode, subjects can be tracked even more easily using touch controls.

4K QUALITY VIDEOS

The GFX100RF can record high-resolution 4K videos at 30 frames per second and 4:2:2 10-bit color depth. The default ISO setting of 100 enables recordings with a wide dynamic range and low noise. In F-Log2 mode, moving images are recorded with a dynamic range of more than 13 EV stops*4. The resulting video footage offers considerable creative freedom in post-production.

STYLISH ACCESSORIES

An aluminum lens hood and the PRF-49 protective filter are included. The filter, which is attached with a special adapter ring, provides exceptional weather resistance. The GFX100RF can therefore be used in both light rain and dusty environments.

A shoulder strap, like the precision-crafted lens hood, also complements the camera’s elegant design.

*1 Weight includes battery and memory card.
*2 As of March 20, 2025
*3 With a diagonal of 55 mm (43.8 mm wide x 32.9 mm high), the image sensor area is approximately 1.7 times larger than that of a 35mm format camera.
*4 FUJIFILM’s own measurements.

FUJIFILM GFX100RF

Price: €5,499
Available: April 2025
Color: Black or Silver

 

[BTM_Pix]

1 hour ago, Andrew Reid said:

Thoughts on the best fun-factor cameras

No video of course and I don’t use it nearly enough but the Sigma SD0 is probably the one for me as it’s completely different to anything else I’ve got and with the 21:9 ratio mode is my bootleg digital XPan.

With a lottery win I could see that new GFX100RF taking over from it though !

 

[eatstoomuchjam]

1 hour ago, Andrew Reid said:

Thoughts on the best fun-factor cameras

- RX100 V / ZV1 - I almost never pick mine up, but every time I do, I end up smiling.  Everything is so fast.
- Mamiya 7 - Near-perfect ergonomics and usable handheld due to being a rangefinder with leaf shutters
- Just about any of my large or ULF cameras - for the opposite reasons of the M7.  Using a camera that needs to be set on a camera with framing and composition done on ground glass is inherently slow and meditative.
- Ronin 4D, but this might be new toy syndrome - but the flex unit and gyro control with the high-bright remote are really fun

[Andrew Reid]

2 hours ago, BTM_Pix said:

Smoke has risen from the cabin in the Dolomites and here is the leaked press release.

No IBIS, slowish lens and 4K30 maximum but it does have internal ND.

Price is semi-ouch considering what is on offer with a used GFX100s and a couple of lenses but not against a Q3 and I can see why this might just be a perfect end camera for a lot of people.

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Fujifilm GFX100RF Press Release

FUJIFILM GFX100RF introduced: Premium compact camera with 102 megapixels

With the GFX100RF, Fujifilm has launched its first A premium compact camera in the GFX series has been introduced. Combining a 102-megapixel medium format sensor with a fixed 35mm lens (equivalent to 28mm in 35mm film, f/4), the model brings the image quality of the GFX system into a more compact body – and competes with other premium compacts such as the Leica Q3.

Weighing just 735 grams, the GFX100RF is the lightest camera in the series to date. The new X-Processor 5 is designed to enable fast image processing, while AI-assisted subject recognition ensures precise focusing.

The lens offers a minimum focusing distance of 20 cm, enabling close-up shots with great detail. Additionally, the focal length can be digitally extended to 45 mm, 63 mm, and 80 mm (equivalent to 36 mm, 50 mm, and 63 mm in 35mm film).

A dial on the back allows users to choose between nine different aspect ratios, including 3:2, 16:9, 1:1, and 17:6. The camera also features a built-in four-stop ND filter and supports Frame.ioCamera to Cloud for direct file backup.

The FUJIFILM GFX100RF will be available in black or silver from April 2025 for €5,499 (MSRP). Further information is available at: www.fujifilm-x.com.

Fujifilm Press Release:

Design highlight: FUJIFILM GFX100RF: Premium compact camera with 102-megapixel sensor and AI-based scene recognition

Kleve, March 20, 2025. The new FUJIFILM GFX100RF is the first premium compact camera in the GFX series. Weighing approximately 735 grams*1, it is the lightest model*2 to date in the successful camera system*3, which combines technology and design at the highest level. FUJIFILM is thus once again setting a milestone in the advancement of photographic culture.

The GFX100RF is the ideal choice for anyone who desires a first-class shooting experience and uncompromising image quality. Equipped with the high-resolution 102-megapixel “GFX 102MP CMOS II” sensor and the latest high-speed X-Processor 5 image processor, the camera offers exceptional performance. The newly developed 35 mm lens (equivalent to 28 mm in 35 mm) with a maximum aperture of F4, AI-based scene recognition, and fast autofocus ensure high-quality images in a wide variety of shooting situations – from casual snapshots to professional reportage.

The camera structure has been fundamentally redesigned. The lens is positioned closer to the image sensor. This keeps the design compact and lightweight despite the large sensor. The top plate of the GFX100RF is precision-crafted from aluminum. The high-quality workmanship is also evident in the lens ring, control dials, and base plate.

A new control dial on the back of the camera allows for quick switching between nine classic aspect ratios, including 3:4 and 17:6. It provides an authentic analogue shooting experience and allows you to intuitively adjust the aspect ratio to suit your subject and creative intent.

The GFX100RF’s elegant design and first-class feel invite you to get creative and explore new photographic possibilities.

The FUJIFILM GFX100RF will be available in stores from April 2025 at a price of €5,499 (MSRP).

COMPACT DESIGN AND OUTSTANDING IMAGE QUALITY

Weighing approximately 735 grams*1, the GFX100RF is the lightest camera in the GFX series.*2 The newly developed 35 mm lens and optimized component layout have reduced both size and weight. The new fixed focal length camera weighs significantly less than the previous lightest model in the GFX series, the GFX50R, at 775 grams*1 (body only).

The GFX100RF is equipped with a high-tech duo of the GFX 102MP CMOS II sensor and X-Processor 5. Together with the high-quality lens and unique color technology, it delivers the outstanding image quality typical of the GFX series. The 102-megapixel sensor with optimized pixel structure and microlenses ensures low-noise images, a wide dynamic range, and sharper details at the edges of the image. It also ensures precise autofocus.

HIGH-END OPTICAL COMPONENTS

The new 35 mm lens on the GFX100RF offers an angle of view comparable to a 28 mm 35 mm lens. It is suitable for a wide range of subjects, such as landscapes, travel, snapshots, and portraits. The optical design comprises ten elements in eight groups. Two aspherical lenses correct sharpness errors and distortion, ensuring high resolution. The Nano-GI coating was specially developed for highly curved lenses. It effectively suppresses distracting light reflections, even at the edges of the image, which reduce sharpness and detail reproduction.

The lens enables close-up shots from just 20 centimeters away. The compact body and the outstanding image quality of the sensor open up unique creative possibilities.

HIGH-QUALITY WORKMANSHIP AND INNOVATIVE FEATURES

The top plate of the GFX100RF is made of precision-machined aluminum. The lens ring, control dials, base plate, and other details are also carefully crafted, ensuring a high-quality feel and a distinctive design.

A new control dial on the back of the camera allows for quick changes in the shooting format. Depending on the subject and creative expression, you can choose from nine popular aspect ratios for photos, including the new 3:4 and 17:6 formats.

The digital teleconverter adjustment lever is located on the front of the camera. This allows you to intuitively select the desired angle of view and respond flexibly to different shooting situations. The 35 mm focal length (equivalent to 28 mm in 35 mm format) can be converted to 45 mm, 63 mm, and 80 mm (equivalent to 36 mm, 50 mm, and 63 mm in 35 mm format).

SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY AND FUNCTIONALITY

The GFX100RF’s fixed focal length contributes significantly to the camera’s compact size. It allows the use of a leaf shutter instead of a focal plane shutter, thus shortening the flange focal distance. This creates space for the optimized arrangement of the components and the resulting compact design. The leaf shutter also allows flash photography at any shutter speed, opening up new creative possibilities, for example, when shooting in bright sunlight.

The GFX100RF is the first GFX model with a built-in four-stop ND filter. This neutral density filter facilitates shooting with a wide aperture in bright light or at a slow shutter speed.

The camera is compatible with the Frame.io Camera to Cloud service. Photo and video files can be uploaded directly to Frame.io, significantly accelerating the workflow from capture to editing.

ADVANCED MONITOR AND VIEWFINDER

The new 8 cm (3.15-inch), 2.1 million-dot, tilting LCD monitor features a redesigned user interface. To ensure an optimal shooting experience, the display of the shooting icons has been adjusted to the 3:2 aspect ratio of the monitor. The high-resolution electronic viewfinder with 5.76 million pixels and 0.84x magnification delivers an optimally corrected image and offers the best possible view of the subject.

The new Surround View function limits the shooting zone with semi-transparent areas or lines, depending on the aspect ratio. A lever can be used to turn this function on or off while looking through the electronic viewfinder, simulating an optical viewfinder with a bright frame that reveals more than just the actual image.

FAST AND PRECISE AUTOFOCUS

Whether for photos or videos, the GFX100RF offers high autofocus performance, ensuring a comfortable shooting experience. A modified algorithm enables improved autofocus prediction and more accurate face and eye detection. The camera also features AI-based subject recognition. Deep learning technology enables precise detection and focus of animals, vehicles, birds, and aircraft. In video mode, subjects can be tracked even more easily using touch controls.

4K QUALITY VIDEOS

The GFX100RF can record high-resolution 4K videos at 30 frames per second and 4:2:2 10-bit color depth. The default ISO setting of 100 enables recordings with a wide dynamic range and low noise. In F-Log2 mode, moving images are recorded with a dynamic range of more than 13 EV stops*4. The resulting video footage offers considerable creative freedom in post-production.

STYLISH ACCESSORIES

An aluminum lens hood and the PRF-49 protective filter are included. The filter, which is attached with a special adapter ring, provides exceptional weather resistance. The GFX100RF can therefore be used in both light rain and dusty environments.

A shoulder strap, like the precision-crafted lens hood, also complements the camera’s elegant design.

*1 Weight includes battery and memory card.
*2 As of March 20, 2025
*3 With a diagonal of 55 mm (43.8 mm wide x 32.9 mm high), the image sensor area is approximately 1.7 times larger than that of a 35mm format camera.
*4 FUJIFILM’s own measurements.

FUJIFILM GFX100RF

Price: €5,499
Available: April 2025
Color: Black or Silver

 

Certainly aimed at the Leica Q3 crowd and perhaps some X100 VI owners with deep pockets.

I don't like that F4 lens though.

All just so it has sharp corners wide open.

The Reid Experiments with fast full frame lenses on the GFX 100 proves that you can have a small-as-Leica-M something F2 lens on there and still reach the edges of the sensor quite well.

I forgot the X100 VI in my list as well... The new lens and sensor is much improved since the earlier days of X100T etc.

[eatstoomuchjam]

1 hour ago, Andrew Reid said:

The Reid Experiments with fast full frame lenses on the GFX 100 proves that you can have a small-as-Leica-M something F2 lens on there and still reach the edges of the sensor quite well.

The community, overall, seems to really like the Canon EF 40mm f/2 pancake.  I can confirm that AF works well (using Fringer) and it has really decent edge-to-edge coverage.  I'm not sure, though, that it'd satisfy the 100 megapixel-peepers that the GF series tends to draw.
(I say "not sure" because lenses for me fall into the categories of "too sharp," "pretty sharp," "a bit soft," and "coke bottle" - zero interest in doing in-depth lens sharpness tests)

[MrSMW]

4 hours ago, BTM_Pix said:

With a lottery win I could see that new GFX100RF taking over from it though !

The digital Xpan is exactly what I am thinking so interested to see some real world reviews on this one!

[ac6000cw]

4 hours ago, eatstoomuchjam said:

- RX100 V / ZV1 - I almost never pick mine up, but every time I do, I end up smiling.  Everything is so fast.

I feel the same about the ZV-1 - I bought it mainly as a pocket-sized video camera, but I'm actually liking the stills from it more (I find the video quality is a bit so-so). Turning it on/off by opening/closing the screen is a great time-saving idea.

I'm also finding the S9 + 18-40 lens quite fun - the limited amount of buttons and dials (and no EVF) means there's fewer decisions to make, so it becomes more of a point-and-shoot experience (and in traditional Panasonic style, you can set it up to shoot basic shutter-priority video when using the record button in photo mode - no need to operate a photo/video switch first). Almost the perfect hybrid for me.

[eatstoomuchjam]

1 hour ago, ac6000cw said:

I feel the same about the ZV-1 - I bought it mainly as a pocket-sized video camera, but I'm actually liking the stills from it more (I find the video quality is a bit so-so). Turning it on/off by opening/closing the screen is a great time-saving idea.

I'd say that the video and stills quality are both so-so, but I'm not breaking out a 1" sensor point and shoot camera from 2016 if I want the highest quality (And yes, the ZV-1 was released in 2020, but as far as I can tell, it's exactly the same guts/lens as the RX100 V, but in a "vlogger" body).  😄

(That said, the quality for both is definitely in "good enough" territory!)

[Andrew Reid]

2 hours ago, eatstoomuchjam said:

The community, overall, seems to really like the Canon EF 40mm f/2 pancake.  I can confirm that AF works well (using Fringer) and it has really decent edge-to-edge coverage.  I'm not sure, though, that it'd satisfy the 100 megapixel-peepers that the GF series tends to draw.
(I say "not sure" because lenses for me fall into the categories of "too sharp," "pretty sharp," "a bit soft," and "coke bottle" - zero interest in doing in-depth lens sharpness tests)

That's a prime example, if you pardon the pun

I know ultra sharp corners are a concern of the engineers, and all that...

But the 40mm F2.8 EF Pancake costs 150 bucks and doesn't vignette.

If you need sharp corners for landscapes, which you'd shoot stopped down 99% of the time anyway at infinity... then just stop down to F5.6 or F8. Sorted.

No reason why the lens can't be an F2 or F2.8 on the mini GFX.

[MurtlandPhoto]

My latest fun-factor obsession is the Epson R-D1. It's the closet thing to a film-like shooting experience you can get on digital. As far as I know, it is the only digital camera in which you must cock the shutter manually... for sure it is the only digital rangefinder in which you must do so. Seiko made the automotive inspired gauges at the top, which are very fun. To me, it's the full, unapologetic ode to film cameras that Fuji wishes it could do. It's feeling very old at the moment though at 6MP and the images themselves aren't particularly spectacular on their own SOOC.  

[Snowfun]

Well, you did ask… my memories of the Yashica Mat will always satisfy my artistic streak. But possibly no longer relevant to this topic! 

[Django]

I was going to say the X100 & Leica Q series but hot damn the leaked GFX fixed lens camera looks insane! 
 

$5K isn’t really that expensive for a top quality medium format camera with a compact leaf shutter lens and ND filters. At first 35mm f4 seemed like a miss but that converts to 28mm f3.2 in full frame terminology which isn’t that bad. Basically very close to a 28mm f2.8.

The aspect ratio wheel is cool beans. In fact aspect ratio settings seems like the cool new thing, saw a review of the Bf showcasing how quick and effective it can be to frame shots. I hope that feature works in video mode too.

Shame there is no IBIS but other than that this could be my dream « art » camera! 

[newfoundmass]

For me it's the original Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. That camera, and all the wacky c-mount lenses I used with it, was just so much fun to use and everything I got out of it looked so much better than it should have, at least to my eyes. I FELT like an artist using it, as opposed to a videographer. That was such a special sensor, and to this day I still don't understand why every camera manufacturer hasn't switched to a menu system like it (and the other BMD cameras.)

 

[EduPortas]

14 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

Thoughts on the best fun-factor cameras, I am thinking Fuji X-Pro 3, Sigma Fp, all the things that doesn't try to look like an EOS R5, but feels and looks a bit different. Niche artistic tools. I think I would rank my favourites as follows but pretty sure I have forgotten some...

You cannot not include the original X100.

It's basically just a point and shoot rangefinder with a 35mm F2 lens and one usable focus point in the center. Leaf shutter, incredibly advanced flash system, great skin tones. I really enjoyed using it until the TikTok fad made it a risk for me to use it for street photography. These suckers have become absurdly expensive.

Now I'm having a blast with a tiny Nikon ccd point and shoot from about 20 years ago. 

Cheap as beans, fits everywhere, has flash, a nice wide to tele lens and the gf likes it. Of course the battery is mediocre, is very slow in operation and has glacial autofocus.

BUT once you print an image created with those ccd sensors you realize the hype is real.

I have NEVER seen skins tones as natural as the ones produced by these old Nikons (3300, 3400, etc). 

 

[PannySVHS]

Could be the sensor from the Nikon D60 btw. @MurtlandPhoto I used to fancy that Epson camera years ago.

For photography I love a plastic fantastic Canon Autoboy, a Oly 35RC or a Ricoh 500G and other ps and fixed lens rangefinders. I had a great summer with the mju II, XA and 35RC Olys when film was still affordable. I had so much fun trying out an Oly 35 SP or a Yashica Lynx 14, which I have sold since then.

I love using the og pocket for the image, for the size and the whole feeling. The quirks are fun and a great challenge to grow on, though I would not include the battery in this category but rather name it what it is, a nervewrecking flaw.

I love to combine things in ways that exite in regards to handling, artistic possibilities, the right strokes with the right brushes, like the og pocket with an AF 14mm Lumix lens or a S1H with a 35mm C-mount Zeiss, making me feel an artistic rush and sensation.

[newfoundmass]

4 hours ago, PannySVHS said:

I love using the og pocket for the image, for the size and the whole feeling. The quirks are fun and a great challenge to grow on, though I would not include the battery in this category but rather name it what it is, a nervewrecking flaw

If they re-released the pocket with the same sensor but with a battery that lasts at least 90 minutes I'd buy it. That was literally the only reason I stopped using it. There were times I just wanted to go out with it and film some cool stuff without having to rig it up, but it was just a pain. I loved everything else about it, even the quirks, but battery life was such a deal breaker. 

To this day though that image is my absolute favorite out of any camera I've ever shot with. Using that camera made me better at my craft and I miss it. 

[MrSMW]

5 hours ago, EduPortas said:

You cannot not include the original X100

The only camera so good, I bought it 3 times!

And then went on to the S, the T and the F.

After that, I flipped to X Pro2.

I do miss those days and it’s a scenario I have considered many many times and may go back to next year, ie, a pair of small, light bodies with a pair of primes or a single do it all such as this new Fuji which screams to me, OG X100 on steroids.

Only 3 Q’s really:

1. Is that enough lens for me? I would have preferred something a little faster and a little longer. Had it been f2 and 40mm full frame equivalent, it would be perfect for me.

2. Can I live without IBIS and/or is there any electronic stab? Probably yes because none of my cameras up to and including XT3 had it except the XH1 and that was very basic.

3. Could I justify trading pretty much my entire stills kit for this and also factor in having to buy a Fuji X camera with a longer lens for a couple of things I where even with 100mp, it would be a crop too far. Possibly yes is the answer.

Would it be a fun camera? Fuck yeah. And then some.

[EduPortas]

9 hours ago, MrSMW said:

Would it be a fun camera? Fuck yeah. And then some.

It is. Mainly bc the original X100 is so limited in terms of AF and, as you said, focal length.

But once you learn to live with that it's a very enjoyable experience when shooting through the hybrid OVF (forget about the EVF).  There's still nothing out there. 

For maximum fun I just leave it at F8, 1/125 and move around the ISO during my trips. Single point center AF. Basically a point and shoot.