Fuji X100V. Strong opinions please

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ShinySideUp said:
Well, my new toy has arrived and is currently charging up. It is a lovely looking piece of kit, reassuringly weighty and stylish.

However:

I have fitted the weather resistant adapter ring and filter and beautifully engineered as it is, the well-finished aluminium lens cap NO LONGER FITS!!! This means that every time I want to put the camera in a bag, even temporarily, I have to remove the filter and adapter or risk scratching the protective filter itself.; I did not expect that. I'm sure if I look carefully, I'll find that Fuji are selling a suitable lens cap for some ridiculous price. The camera had better perform because this first impression is not a good one and you don't get a second chance to make a first impression. For now the weather proofing is coming off, probably to sit in a drawer for ever unless I take a trip to Niagra Falls or a local steam room. Mildly irritated so far. Kinda fortunate I didn't pay full price the weather kit, still a waste of money though IMO.
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I just used a standard lens cap . You could leave the hood on a clip in the cap to inside of hood . Just a standard 49mm lens cap
 
Just put an Amazon/jJc hood on it and wipe/blow the filter if it’s dusty. You then don’t need the cap, just drop it into a bag because the hood will protect the filter.
You can buy a cheap Hoya or similar uv filter to use with the adapter and not care about scratches, just replace if it gets damaged.
The weather kit is an option, it’s not needed but it’s there if you want to get the camera wet. Or buy the x100f cap for £9.99.
you could keep the camera lens ring on and use the cap but don’t get rain on the lens.

You’re making a mountain out of a molehill really and knocking the shine off a gorgeous new camera. If you really aren’t happy return it
 
You can buy a 49mm Fujifilm lens cap?
That's what I use for mine and then a op/tech neoprene hood for added transportation protection lol. :D
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benc98 said:
I've had my V for a few weeks now, but not had the chance to use it properly. I would say though, just from testing it around the house and a snap on my daily walk it is a total joy to use and puts the fun back into photography.
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That is the reason I kept my V, it really is fun to use and a joy.
 
Riz_Guru said:
I still have mine :D I am not taking many photos at all these days but when I take the Fuji X100V out, its a joy to use and it ooozes quality.
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It took me ages to get over the 90mm twice but managed it, the V has never really come to mind to sell.
 
I do a lot of my quick snaps on my iPhone however you can't beat the Fuji X100V for what it offers..... its like a baby Leica Q.... build quality and finish is great.
I did consider a Leica Q2 at times but couldn't justify the money, all of the proceeds from selling my Sony gear went into TSLA shares. :D
 
bumper said:
Just put an Amazon/jJc hood on it and wipe/blow the filter if it’s dusty. You then don’t need the cap, just drop it into a bag because the hood will protect the filter.
You can buy a cheap Hoya or similar uv filter to use with the adapter and not care about scratches, just replace if it gets damaged.
The weather kit is an option, it’s not needed but it’s there if you want to get the camera wet. Or buy the x100f cap for £9.99.
you could keep the camera lens ring on and use the cap but don’t get rain on the lens.

You’re making a mountain out of a molehill really and knocking the shine off a gorgeous new camera. If you really aren’t happy return it
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No, I'm not going to return it, I am perfectly happy with it (steep learning curve with all it does though). I've got over the lens cap issue now, it was just so irritating that Fuji could have been so short-sighted, I mean they could have included a lens cap with the weather kit.

C'est la vie. Onward and upward.

More studying of the menus and Youtube videos today and if it ever stops raining, I'll get out an take some photographs. If only my camera was weather resistant...oh...wait. ;)
 
Is the weatherproofing kit basically just one of THESE and a filter?
 
Fuji logic:
Camera weather poof but not the lens - X100V
Lens weather proof but not the camera - X-E4 kit with new 27mm
 
I suppose 'weather-proof' or 'weather resistant' is pretty subjective really. The only way something could be absolutely 'proof' would be to but it in a waterproof cowling like the one that comes with the GoPro Hero range for example, but then it would be almost twice as big, very cumbersome and VERY expensive. The secret of weather proofing is to treat it like a Mogwai, don't feed it after midnight and don't get it wet.
 
ShinySideUp said:
No, I'm not going to return it, I am perfectly happy with it (steep learning curve with all it does though). I've got over the lens cap issue now, it was just so irritating that Fuji could have been so short-sighted, I mean they could have included a lens cap with the weather kit.

C'est la vie. Onward and upward.

More studying of the menus and Youtube videos today and if it ever stops raining, I'll get out an take some photographs. If only my camera was weather resistant...oh...wait. ;)
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There are some rather neat JJC lens hoods that are compatible with the X100 series push-on lens caps (designed so that the hood fits the end of the cap). But I don't know if they were upgraded specifically for the X100V cap, which I think is a bit bigger than the previous caps - the description is rather vague. In any case, this style of hood would do a pretty good job of protecting a lens that also has a filter - you'd hardly need a cap:


I'm personally not mad about metal lens caps, and mine has stayed in the box. They are rather expensive to replace, could get dented if you drop them, and if they come loose in your bag might scratch something. I used a filter on the X100T with a generic plastic clip-on cap that fit the filter thread for a while, then stopped bothering with the cap. The camera is generally either in a neoprene case in my bag, or in a jacket pocket on its own, so the filter is reasonably well protected.
 
Update:

I bought my X100V on January 25th or thereabouts so have had nearly two months with it. Do I like it? Oh yes, sooo much. It's built to last, takes great pictures, has more features than I expected and is generally brilliant. I am quite happy with the 35mm (equiv) lens and given the quality and pixel count can easily crop to one tenth of frame size without too much loss. I am still finding things it can do and especially like the remote triggering from my phone which lets me get really close to birds I lure to feeders. There are so many ways to customise the thing and after two months I only found out yesterday that there is a control ring on the lens with which you can change even more things at the flick of a wrist. I didn't get rid of my Nikon SLR stuff in the end but I can see this is going to be my camera of choice for years to come. Oh, and with the new release of firmware, I can use it as a webcam too.

If you have the money, buy one, you are unlikely to regret it.
 
ShinySideUp said:
Update:

I bought my X100V on January 25th or thereabouts so have had nearly two months with it. Do I like it? Oh yes, sooo much. It's built to last, takes great pictures, has more features than I expected and is generally brilliant. I am quite happy with the 35mm (equiv) lens and given the quality and pixel count can easily crop to one tenth of frame size without too much loss. I am still finding things it can do and especially like the remote triggering from my phone which lets me get really close to birds I lure to feeders. There are so many ways to customise the thing and after two months I only found out yesterday that there is a control ring on the lens with which you can change even more things at the flick of a wrist. I didn't get rid of my Nikon SLR stuff in the end but I can see this is going to be my camera of choice for years to come. Oh, and with the new release of firmware, I can use it as a webcam too.

If you have the money, buy one, you are unlikely to regret it.
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Hi, I am glad you are happy and satisfied with your Fuji.

And it is wise to keep your Nikon gear. There are things rangefinders cannot do, even those with interchangeable lenses like Leica M.

I see camera systems as complementary - using Leica, Nikon and Sony.
 
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