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I bought a Fujifilm X-T4 for my first "big boy" camera last year and the deciding factor in my head was that the best camera is one you want to carry. The 18-5
by kirse 4y ago
I bought a Fujifilm X-T4 for my first "big boy" camera last year and the deciding factor in my head was that the best camera is one you want to carry. The 18-55mm kit lens is one of the best + the X-T4 has easy knobs and settings for great snaps out of the box.
I shoot everything JPEG, usually 16:9, immediately download to phone, and basically delete the raw as soon as the edits are done in Snapseed or VN. Photography in the age of social media is highly ephemeral. It's there for a day and then people are onto the next story or snap dopamine hit. I prefer a form of photography that is more like blitz chess, which is to see how quickly you can snap something good and create/post a decent edit.
- ubermonkey 4y agoWhy not RAW?
- wwkeyboard 4y agoFuji's JPEG colors are great, and if you're willing to spend the time to get it right in the camera they are sufficient for personal work. Especially if your personal interests are being out shooting instead of sitting behind a computer editing.
- nebusoft 4y agoI mostly agree but I find modern software algorithms with "automatic" adjustment on the RAW tend to do a good job for the stuff I'm happy to have a lower quality JPEG anyway. It allows me to spend less time adjusting settings on my Camera, just load it into lightroom, auto-wb and auto-color tone and the jpg is "ready" to send.
- ubermonkey 4y agoI do almost no editing beyond crops and occasional WB / color correction, but holy crap you're leaving SO MUCH on the table by marrying JPEG on the camera.
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- hammyhavoc 4y agoCame here to say this. Holy.
- FpUser 4y ago">I shoot everything JPEG, usually 16:9, immediately download to phone, and basically delete the raw as soon as the edits are done in Snapseed or VN. Photography in the age of social media is highly ephemeral. It's there for a day and then people are onto the next story or snap dopamine hit." Different take here. I do show some photos to family / friends and keep web album for that. But mostly I photograph for my own viewing on large 4K screen. Photos from smartphones just do not cut it for me so I stick to mirrorless. The fact that most are happy with smartphone is irrelevant to me. It is my hobby and as long as I am happy the rest does not matter.