I don’t hate the camera on my phone, but I am not a fan of using my phone as a camera. It’s big (bring back the iPhone Mini), and the controls are rubbish, and making manual adjustments takes too long. I wanted something to take on days out with friends (which usually involves drinking), or on a city break. Something that was small and easy to use.
The X100vi is still a fairly hefty camera, and definitely not pocket-able. So, I decided to dig out my point and shoot.
This camera has been sat in my sock drawer for a good few years and hasn’t been used. It wasn’t cheap and I have thought about selling it a bunch of times. But, I’m glad I didn’t because I haven’t given it a fair chance.
This isn’t a review, there are a million already out there by much more qualified people.
I love the sound this camera makes when you turn it on. That’s a good reason to buy a camera right? It’s the little things.
I like to use this camera in aperture priority (AV) mode. It can be used fully manual, but with a camera this size I just want to worry about the aperture. As I’m using this as a point and shoot I don’t want to spend lots of time editing. So I generally just use the straight out of camera Jpegs.
I have three presets on the dial for different colour profiles, Kodak, Portra and Ilford Black and White. But, the built in colour modes are good too, and easy to access from the control dial.
There are lots of great recipes over at https://ricohrecipes.com, the same guys that run the brilliant https://fujixweekly.com.
In my last post I wrote that I wanted to take more photos this year, and photos of our life rather than just one I’d put in my ‘portfolio’. This camera will definitely help with that.
Shaun Madill Photography 