EstherSP wrote:
I am honestly shocked to say that I agree with the angry photographer after shooting the X100V a bit earlier this week.
Posted this in one of the other x100v threads, but for anyone that likes the idea behind the X100, you're going to love the V.
The body design/ergos are better. Specifically the grip is more substantial while still feeling streamlined. The flip screen is very stealthy and pops flush to the body and I for one like having the different viewing angle options. The ISO dial is finally implemented in a more sensical way, and the action is nice and positive as you switch between iso and shutter speeds.
The EVF/OVF is noticeably better. The EVF is much nicer and the OVF's larger FOV is great. The mechanism that slides the EVF up and down was always an annoyance for me, as the sound it sliding up and down just felt kind of toy-like. They have updated it so the physical movement is dampened and silent, while also being a bit quicker. For example when I was shooting in OVF mode, you can have the EVF pop up with an image preview between shots, which feels much more seamless as the EVF pops up so much faster.
Lastly and to some most importantly, the lens is now nice and sharp at close focus distances at f2!...Show more →
There is a thread at DpReview regarding overheating. People claim it is too hot to comfortably hold and that the camera overheats with five minutes of 4K video. I doubt that you would have tested this, but you did shoot images with the camera.
Was the camera noticeably hot?
I've been shooting with this camera all day today trying to like it.
Absolutely the most enabled, responsive fixed-lens camera on the market? Actually its AF is sluggish and problematic in low light like all X100 cameras, there is a lag when lifting the camera up to your eye, and while I am not sure the last few X100 cameras were like this, pressing down to the first resistance point with the shutter release does nothing. You have to then press one step further to get it to AF.
I would not call this camera a big upgrade at all to be honest. The lens is NOT much sharper, the viewfinder doesn't appear to be any better nor different than any other X100 camera I have ever used, as a matter of fact if I don't square my eye exactly in the center of the viewfinder everything looks unsharp, yes the Q button has been moved..to a very inconvenient place! And the fact that you cannot even feel the Q button because it is so small and flat against the body, you have to search for it to use it.
Sorry but the one thing that I feel this camera has that sets it apart from the X100f is the flip screen, period. Even this is problematic as there seems to be no way to quickly switch between EVF and LCD without either going into the menus to do so or by leaving the LCD on all the time and letting the eye detection switch for you. Do this and the LCD is always on unless you're looking into the EVF.
I am not even seeing any difference in lens quality.
All else being equal, for anyone not owning an X100 camera, I'd say go for it. Otherwise, if you can get an X100f for a couple hundred dollars or so less, I'd say it's a much better buy.
BTW, yes the camera gets a little bit warm even when shooting stills. No biggie, but I do concur.
Dunno, I think the lens is sharper (than the X100F) at wide open and close distances. Stopped down, I can't tell a difference but I didn't expect to.
I appreciate that it records 4K. Now it's the only thing I feel I need to take on trips.
And I like the tilting screen. And although I haven't tested, I like that it's weather sealed.
Outside of that... it gets warm even when not shooting anything (never felt it get hot though). The touch screen sucks. Concur that the placement of the Q button sucks too. It's like what Sony mistakenly did with their record button on the pre-3rd generation alpha cameras.
I did find a way to more or less switch between viewfinder and LCD though without having to go through the menus to do so.
If you hold in any one of the programmable buttons on the camera (I chose the back control dial), you are presented with options as to what you want that button to do. One of the options is called "view menu options." If this is chosen, that button always presents you with the ability to cycle through the options for either having the viewfinder on all the time, the LCD on all the time, or either one on when looking through the viewfinder or not. So essentially this gets you straight to the menu option for choosing the view without having to actually go in and wade through those menus to get there.
Very cool.
