A time not so long ago, Fuji’s single-lens compact camera series delighted photographers who wanted something smaller and capable—with creative extras, like the hybrid digital-optical viewfinder or fun film simulations.
Then TikTokers and Instagramers went, ah, quackers for retro-styling and the image—not that’s produced by the device but how they look carrying it. Suddenly, the X100V was in hot demand and available nowhere. Fuji’s answer to that problem was development of the X100VI, which started shipping two months ago.
Influencers’ obsession is reason enough to not purchase the current iteration. It ain’t cool if all the cool kids must have one—you know? But I have in the past owned several of these compacts, starting with the original X100, which I reviewed in May 2011. My last was the X100F, which I reviewed in May 2017.
The unremarkable Featured Image comes from the camera, recollecting its capabilities and limitations. Funny the photos you remember taking and those you don’t. I recall seeing the ducks along a street outside Liberty Station in San Diego’s Point Loma area.
I considered cropping but present the duck portrait as shot. Vitals: f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/800 sec, 35mm (film equivalent); 11:19 a.m. PDT, April 29, 2017.