Thanks for your thoughtful reflections, John. As a Fuji and Nikon user, I can relate to your sentiments. I was intrigued by your comment about not liking to press a button and then spin a dial to change ISO or exposure on the “SLR-like” Z cameras because the design of the new GFX 100 II seems to be very “Nikon-like” with the three topside buttons and the two on the front. Anyway, I’ve always appreciated your Fuji articles on your website but I’m excited that I get to appreciate your Zf articles now as well.

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

Yeah I stay in Aperture Priority most of the time for what I do and use EC a lot. Having to press a "shift key" to do that always annoyed me and I much prefer a dedicated dial. Happy to see this on some Nikon cameras now.

I have made the opposite trip. From a d7200 to the XS20... and I'm quite happy. Although the image quality produced by the Nikon's sensor is clearly superior, I love Fuji's film simulations and colors. I also love the range of good lenses it has, including very very cheap high quality options.

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

Yes, both of those are big selling points and make up some of the main advantages of the Fujifilm system.

Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge- I just got the Nikon Zf and i look forward to learning tips and tricks from you. Very curious about film simulation in the Nikon. Hope you can do a video to guide us how best to use that feature and edit color profiles.

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

That’s definitely on my publication calendar already - thanks for the suggestion!

I had the same experience with Fujifilm. My nine year run with them came to an end a little over a year ago and I went back to DSLRs. This ne Zf has me thinking of getting a mirrorless again only because it closely resembles my workhorse FE bodies I used since the late 70s.

Thank you. You and @pal2tech have been very helpful to help me get the most of my Fujifilm cameras. Glad to see you’re looking at Nikon- there is a lack of high quality YT content. Can I request a video on active D lighting?

@PeltierPhoto

6 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! Yes that’s on my publication calendar in the future, unfortunately, I can only do one video per week right now.

I've loved your podcast and videos on Fujifilm cameras and am happy you've found new enjoyment with the switch. It needs no long explanation. Just this: "All kids love new toys."

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

Except in this case I rely on the toy for income...though I still do play around with it quite a bit :) I'm glad you're enjoying everything, and I'll be sure to continue with it. Note about the podcast though: I will be switching to twice or once a month. Weekly for a year was a bit more than I could chew!

@snsokstan

7 ай бұрын

Then I'll rephrase: "All kids love new toys and tax-deductible ones are best."

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

@@snsokstan 😂😂 that’s gold!

Is the fun photographer talking about us just experience the different setup and possible an escape than forward looking and the typical modern PASM dials setup might be the fun for someone started and used the dedicated classic dials setup for long or the classic dials setup is only or mainly the likely setup to have the fun experience? I hope Sony or other camera companies who to jump on the nostalgia train do something forward thinking, new original way to photograph yet fun at the same time and not just either the modern or the classic

Common misunderstanding with the YT crowd. No, buying a camera of any given brand does not make you part of a tribe. Use what you enjoy using.

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

Thousands of photographers rely on me for help with their Fujifilm cameras, so I felt I at least owed them an explanation why I'm moving on - like you said, because I need to enjoy it.

@robinb5752

7 ай бұрын

Sorry, I phrased that badly. I didn't mean to criticize your video at all. I hope it didn't sound like that. I totally get that switching systems can bring the spark of fun back into photography. Just for the pure joy of learning a new system, which forces us to see things fresh again. At least for a while. The point I wanted to make was more that the actual brand of camera used is not as important as it seems. I had Canon, I had Fuji, I had Sony. According to marketing completely different end-points of the spectrum of "camera philosophy". But I found that in the end the brand didn't matter that much to my photos at all. And I'm sure very few people looking at my photos can tell what brand of camera I've used. I know my images suck with all three systems in a very similar way :-)

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

@@robinb5752 oh it's all good, I've just been getting a lot of hate over the past month from some Fuji fans, but such is the Internet :) Over the past 20 years I've used every major camera brand except Olympus and agree none have been "objectively better"; the only thing that made my photos "better" was improving what's happening behind the viewfinder. It's all subjective and based on the individual user experience.

Fujifilm is still fun :) they have good cameras, good colors, nice fujifilm film simulation, you can create your own recipies, the cameras are small anc compacts, lenses are great. When you comare Xt1 to the newer xt5 or the upcoming xpro 4 things are not the same :) have faith and keep shooting. Camera is just a tool like how a pen is when your writing some great things.

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

I’m not ditching the cameras altogether, but as my priorities have changed, I must change the tool that I primarily use.

Is it for the Nikon jpeg's quality you have been changed??🤔🤔

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

It's that Fujifilm's newer cameras frustrate me and don't excite me anymore because of changes Fujifilm is making to reach a greater market. That's their call, and it's my call to not bend to that. They still offer wider JPEG styling than Nikon, but for professional work, I have more fun and ease using Nikon Zf than the latest generation of Fujifilm cameras.

@patricklancien1506

7 ай бұрын

It would be interesting if you clarified in a future video what you mean by "... changes Fujifilm is making to reach a greater market..." I hope you continue making videos about fuji, I learned a lot watching them! @@PeltierPhoto

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

@patricklancien1506 maybe I will…I’ve discussed these things here and there over the past couple years but a rundown might be in the future.

Did you buy the Boryoza FX to Nikon Z adapter yet? I did. It works! It means using DX mode, or get a ZFC :-)

@PeltierPhoto

6 ай бұрын

Oh you did?! No, I’ve been holding out because I can’t find anyone else who has used it yet, and I don’t want to pay for it to be shipped from China if I don’t know anything else about it :) But I might just do it now!

@snoogly

6 ай бұрын

@@PeltierPhoto oh, shipping was free, and took only about four days.

@snoogly

6 ай бұрын

@@PeltierPhoto Working zooms. The lens control ring can be set to change aperture: fuji EBC 55-200 3.5-4.8 R LM OIS fuji EBC 18-35 1.28-4 R LM OIS Working primes. Aperture ring must be set at A, and aperture changed using camera control dial: fuji EBC 35mm 1.4 fuji EBC 23mm 1.4 R viltrox 13mm 1.4 TTartisan 25mm 1.4 (MF) (aperture ring works, of course!) does not work, as the lens fits on the adapter but the bayonet can not be turned: fuji EBC 27mm 1.28 R WR this is my only WR lens, and I think it may be the rubber gasket that stops the lens from locking on the adapter. Perhaps all WR lenses suffer this issue?

@PeltierPhoto

6 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks for the info! I have a bunch of WR lenses, I’ll see if that’s the problem…it would make sense.

I'm getting mine tomorrow, let's go Nikooooooon! lol :) Glad to hear people are giving Nikon a chance again despite the many haters on KZread/out there, they make great cameras and even better lenses, enjoy!

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

That's exciting, I hope you have fun with it!

I believe Fujifilm and Nikon make complementary systems. Each have what the other lacks. I am a Nikon user who is looking to invest in GFX at some point.

@PeltierPhoto

6 ай бұрын

Oh that’s interesting. I had both X and GFX for different things (well, still do!) but went to Nikon for my professional work to consolidate both my APS-C and medium format systems into one full-frame system. GFX is beautiful, I hope you enjoy it.

I just moved from Fuji to Nikon as it was no longer the tool I needed for my vision. Fujifilm was great to learn on over the past few years.

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

I'm glad you were able to identify what you needed and make the switch. I hope it works out for you.

@VOX471

7 ай бұрын

@@PeltierPhoto I also grew up using manual film cameras. Still have a few of them however film became too expensive and inconvenient to use. I loved all my xt bodies from Fuji but even with the X-T5 I could never get 100% happy with the crop sensors and wished for a full frame with manual controls. Enter the Nikon Zf. Now I have a Z7ii and I'll be ordering a Zf once done with the holidays.

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

I never thought cramming 40MP into a crop sensor would bother me, but the more I compare the X-T5 images to my older X cameras, the more I just notice little differences I’m not happy with.

@VOX471

7 ай бұрын

@@PeltierPhoto When one considers that a wavelength of light is 1/2 micron and 40 CMOS megapixles with the associated voltage gates are placed into an area the size of an APSC sensor it starts to make sense.

I switched a few month ago From X-S10 to Nikon Z5. Love it especially with the 40mm f2!. Can totally understand your points!

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

Aside from the plastic construction, I was actually quite surprised by the optical quality of that lens for the price! Glad you're enjoying your transition.

@kadag8540

2 ай бұрын

I'm also planning to do the same thing, can you tell me about your experience? Thank you!

@MaxR.

2 ай бұрын

@@kadag8540 well, switched back to Fujifilm again. Loved everything about the Z5. Autofocus, image quality, handling all very good. Was just to big and heavy at the end for me. So I went back....

For me personally the whole Fuji experience is boring had XT10 XH1 and XT3 I am longing for different experiences with different brand.

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

That’s the nice thing about the options photographers have - something for everyone.

@NetvoTV

7 ай бұрын

Sl fun for photographers just to try different experience so if one say the classic is fun doesn't necessarily means it's true becuaase they just bored with the modern PASM dials and for the classic shooter the fun is actually the PASM dials cameras?

@felm.974

7 ай бұрын

Try the ZF, great colors, well built, retro, amazing lenses, etc

That's a beautiful Nikon ZF. Not half as beautiful as my GFX 50SII, but still pretty cool! 😄

@PeltierPhoto

6 ай бұрын

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or some other cliché :) I just parted ways with my 50SII - I'll miss that shutter sound but nothing else about it 😂

@dr7319

6 ай бұрын

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder....unless it's a Sony! Those are just ugly! Lol!@@PeltierPhoto

@PeltierPhoto

6 ай бұрын

@@dr7319 dude don’t even get me started on those things… 😂

@debadri

2 ай бұрын

@@PeltierPhoto Sony cameras - that bad? I am on the youtube researching for cameras.

@PeltierPhoto

Ай бұрын

@@debadri Sony has some marvelous technology. Unfortunately myself and many others find that this tech isn't "blended" into an easy-to-use camera. I've said for years that Sony cameras feel more like computers than cameras, and I want a camera :)

Fuji does not change. There are a few new PASM cameras as the X-H2 and the X-S20. But we have a X-T5. X-E5, X-T40, X-Pro 4 and X100V are coming. No reason to change into a another system without native retro lenses.

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

All of those new cameras are just rumors as of now. Fuji has made some drastic changes between models; look at the X-E3 and X-E4, same with the GFX line - all new GFX cameras changed to PSAM dials, ditching the exposure dials found in the first gen. And their Custom Setting system found in all new cameras is garbage for everyone who loved using them for "film recipes" and only film recipes - a considerable portion of the user base. All of those were some massive changes. Native Z lenses still have functional aperture rings (programmable control rings). They don't click or have inscriptions like Fujinon lenses, but the functionality is the same - and that's all I care about; the "retro looks" are secondary to function for me. I'm still keeping my old Fujifilm X cameras & lenses - those are still fun to use, like to throw the X100V over my shoulder and hit the street. But as a camera to grow into for professional purposes, the writing on the wall tells me Nikon will serve me better.

@SummersSnaps

7 ай бұрын

​@@PeltierPhoto If by change you mean Fuji have broaden their horizons, then yeh. I mean, there was a time when the XT3/4 were dominating, but at the same time the XS10 and XH1 existed along side (but overlooked by many, or forgotten). Now we have their successors and they are doing very well and so those more fond of the analogue style are shouting and proclaiming that the brand has changed... which I think is a little harsh. If there was a mistake to be had by Fuji it was the XT5. They cheaped out on it. It should have had support for a battery grip and a better EVF, possibly even a stacked sensor version for those still shooters who did professional work under ambient light. But I guess it is just not possible to keep the same slim compact form factor with this tech, Fuji are nearing the limit of their retro design to tech ratio (the XH2/S are practically FF camera sized and weight!). But yeh, they should not be breaking their line into 'tiers', they should just make good cameras and I really feel for the XT fans because they underdelivered on the XT5, not enough of an upgrade over the XT4 (which was flagship). I like that Fuji expanded and gave us working pros some pro PASM cameras, but in doing so they kinda kicked their core base in the face by giving it a meh update. Hopefully it is a one off sin, XPro 4 and X100VII IS CONFIRMED for 2024 and perhaps an XT6 will remedy where they lacked with the 5. What I find most saddening is things like the Custom modes on the XH line. Whilst I appreciate a single turn of a dial evokes multiple core changes (such as drive mode, AF points, AF.C/S/M etc etc), I can really sympathise with those that preferred a simple set up and wanted just IQ changes to occur. Something like this should be so EASY to implement with a f/w update and an option in the menu to toggle how Custom Modes behave. With Pentax I think they had it as a 'Memory' menu and you ticked boxes on/off as to what things switching Custom Modes would toggle or leave alone (Pentax really do not get enough credit). Personally the XH2S has kept me with the Fuji system. It's stacked sensor is a life saver for the work I do, to get that piece of tech elsewhere is twice the price!

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

​@@SummersSnaps Hey Eddy! Thank you for your thoughtful response. "Broadening horizons" may benefit the company but not all of its customers, which is true in every industry. I fall into the crowd of grumpy people who do not benefit from this :) The change in how Custom Settings operate was a HUGE loss and disruption for me. No matter how often I try to explain this, those who did not get into Fujifilm specifically for the JPG styling options will never understand how detrimental this change was to those who did. It's not that I'm just upset and crying in the corner; the change has actually caused me to make errors during assignment work because of how engrained my muscle memory was from previous models. I've given the new system two years, which is more than enough for a fair shake. I'm having more success starting from scratch with the Nikon Zf than trying to remember how my T5 works differently than my T4. Why don't I just stick with the T4? As mentioned in the article, I'm trying to "skate where the puck is going," as Frederick Van Johnson says, rather than hanging on to old equipment as long as possible for professional work. And 40MP? Why? Give me a solid camera with 24ishMP and I'm a happy camper. The X-H2S was a huge release, and its success is a testament to the design and the photographers benefitting from that, as you point out. I just wish I was one of them so I could stick with the system :)

@SummersSnaps

7 ай бұрын

@@PeltierPhoto For sure, I get it. Congrats on the ZF, looks like a great camera!

@PeltierPhoto

7 ай бұрын

@@SummersSnaps Subject Detection in Manual Focus is a feature I never knew I wanted until now!

My goodness they are just tools

Fuji colors 😒