I just got my first Fujifilm camera! I’m still a complete newbie so I’m not sure anyone should follow my camera advice just yet, but I figured I may as well start documenting it now.
I went with the Fujifilm X-T5. I tossed up whether to go with an older X-T30 since they are considerably lighter (I think 150g) but decided I’d rather check out all the shiny new features of Fujifilm’s latest model.
Why I went with a Fujifilm specifically is it seemed the most easy to use - they have their “film simulations” feature which applies a sort of filmy look and outputs the image as a JPEG, no editing required. I really like the look of these, although I can imagine in 5 - 10 years the photos you take could start to look quite dated if you go overboard. You can still take RAWs at the same time so presumably you could go back and edit the RAW yourself later.
For my first lens, I went with the kit lens that comes with the X-T5 - the XF16-50mmF2.8-4.8 R LM WR. I really went back and forth on the lens option - my coworker recommended I go with a prime lens straight off the bat, but it was too hard to choose a specific focal length so I figured I’d get used to this one first and see which focal lengths I prefer.
Secondly, I got a second-hand XC50-230mmF4.5-6.7 based off a recommendation from this great blog post by Lily M Tang. I really wanted a zoom lens for distant mountains and the occasional bird, and this seemed to be a good combination of lightness and cheapness.
I added a bunch of custom film simulations to my camera settings. We’ll see over time which ones I actually prefer, but the current ones I want to try out are:
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