Fuji X100V - How Suitable for Travel & Landscape?

pekored · Mar 25, 2021

I have had this X100V for nearly 1 month and set it up with some accessories that I hope are good for travel and landscape work. With the fixed 35mm lens (equiv.), how suitable do you find this camera for those genres? I have been using zooms ever since I went digital.

biza43 · Mar 25, 2021

If you are comfortable with the focal length, it is fine.

EXIF says Xpro2, but that is just to fool my old version of LR.

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Jon Schick · Mar 25, 2021

I used the X100F as my only travel camera for a number of trips with no regrets; plan on doing the same with my X100V. Don’t be afraid to use the digital converter on occasion; it can be useful. I’d also consider buying the wide angle lens adapter which is small and excellent.

jjz2 · Mar 25, 2021

pekored said:
I have had this X100V for nearly 1 month and set it up with some accessories that I hope are good for travel and landscape work. With the fixed 35mm lens (equiv.), how suitable do you find this camera for those genres? I have been using zooms ever since I went digital.

While I do shoot the majority of shots with 35mm equivalent... for certain landscapes, having a 20 or 21mm equiv lens is a must for me. Or a 16-35mm type zoom. Only you can know if it's going to be enough for you.

Paul JN · Mar 25, 2021

It's freeing to have only one camera and fixed lens as long as you accept that you are going to miss some shots. If you are just recording memories then you may be happy with heavy cropping and the resultant loss of image quality. I suggest you go through your existing images, pick out the important ones and look at the focal lengths you used.

Personally, if I was going on a special holiday I would rather have a 24-120 equiv zoom

JPEGer · Mar 25, 2021

Me sounding like a broken record here: you will be fine. You will find a way. You will adapt. More time to enjoy photography and everything else.

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a_c_skinner · Mar 25, 2021

I've taken a whole holiday with an X-E3 and 23/2.

Before you travel practice making wider images by stitching several images taken in landscape and portrait. It is really effective and easy. Like this, you don't need to make it long and thin:

I've often used stitching when I'd not got a wide enough lens:

Always hand held, you just need to be careful.

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pekored · Mar 25, 2021

Thanks! Love your examples!

pekored · Mar 25, 2021

Thank you and I appreciate the advice!

pekored · Mar 25, 2021

Your input is appreciated. Thanks!

pekored · Mar 25, 2021

Beautiful shots and appreciate the inspiration.

pekored · Mar 25, 2021

Thanks and this is defintely something I need to try.

uniball · Mar 25, 2021

I’ve done Europe for 3 months twice with just an X100. Loved it. You shoot the lens and don’t bother thinking FL. But it’s not my out west USA camera.

I do reinforce the wide end with a WCL-X70 which gives me about a 21mm FF equivalent.

Human Elements · Mar 25, 2021

9 months with the X100V. Not much travel, cuz...COVID. But I did use it for documentary photography alongside landscape work and it was fantastic. I decided to switch back to an ILC for future paid work but I do regret it somedays. One camera one lens was a delightful adventure and I'd have loved to see what I could have done with it abroad.

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a_c_skinner · Mar 25, 2021

If you run Windows MS ICE is a very good stitcher indeed. Hugin is free and works but has a learning curve. PTGui is probably the best one to buy, but Adobe's products now stitch much better than they used to. Affinity is OK, but you don't get to choose the projection.

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boogisha · Mar 26, 2021

uniball said:
I’ve done Europe for 3 months twice with just an X100. Loved it. You shoot the lens and don’t bother thinking FL. But it’s not my out west USA camera.
I do reinforce the wide end with a WCL-X70 which gives me about a 21mm FF equivalent.

Hmm, from what I understand, 14mm (or 21mm full-frame equivalent) field of view is achieved with WCL-X70 actually mounted to X70 camera only, which natively has an 18.5mm (28mm equiv.) lens to start with...?

With X100, having a 23mm (35mm equiv.) lens, WCL-X70 seems to bring it to around 17mm (26mm equiv.), being just slightly wider than what original WCL-X100 would accomplish (18mm, or 28mm equivalent).

uniball · Mar 26, 2021

boogisha said:
uniball said:

I’ve done Europe for 3 months twice with just an X100. Loved it. You shoot the lens and don’t bother thinking FL. But it’s not my out west USA camera.
I do reinforce the wide end with a WCL-X70 which gives me about a 21mm FF equivalent.

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Hmm, from what I understand, 14mm (or 21mm full-frame equivalent) field of view is achieved with WCL-X70 actually mounted to X70 camera only, which natively has an 18.5mm (28mm equiv.) lens to start with...?

With X100, having a 23mm (35mm equiv.) lens, WCL-X70 seems to bring it to around 17mm (26mm equiv.), being just slightly wider than what original WCL-X100 would accomplish (18mm, or 28mm equivalent).

You're absolutely right. I was thinking the wrong camera. Its circa 26mm on the X100.

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