I wanted to have a Fujifilm for so long and on my birthday, I was given an XA10 with its lens kit, 16-50mm. I know it’s a bit dated now to have it and for a hobbyist like myself, it’s a good entry point to explore further on this particular hobby of mine.
In the past working with fixed lenses and limited settings of Sony DSC-H300, I took so many cool pictures that I was really satisfied with its result. Now though, I realized that I know nothing at all about composition and framing.
It is also why I spent the entire day obsessing about its setting and trying to come up with the look that I wanted. Here are some of the results from my first experiment of settings with the camera.
There were more options compared to the first camera I had. I needed to re-learn all the theory and put it to practice.
Just as these two pictures below, they are shot with different film settings on the camera itself.
From the first picture, I think fuji is really awesome for street photography rather than indoor ones.
I am still working on creating bokeh but the first time I tried it, the result looks like these
There are many new things I need to discover and I'd do some more photo hunt and walk around some neighborhood. Since now I also live in another city with more object to shoot at, I'd have to much fun with it. I also see the color changes indoor vs outdoor which I am very much looking forward to working with and improve my skills.
 | 𝘊𝘦𝘮𝘺 (𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘤) 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳, 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩. 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺; 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴. |
What a thoughtful gift! I think the indoor shots have a certain charm too, though definitely seems to work nicer, at least on these settings (who knows with others?) on outdoor. The cat's eyes, on the other hand...damn.
Right? I think the indoor ones needs a bit of work and I am still trying to figure out the right setting for it. I love the outdoor ones, it just have this certain fuji look to it. I need to walk around and experiment more 😄
Indeed - it's an entire new world. Enjoy your explorations and wanderings :)
Do you know if modern lenses would work with this camera? Maybe Fuji cameras are more your thing after all. Could be good to swap out the kit lens and get used to their stuff
I saw some options including Fujifilm XF 16-55mm F2.8 R LM WR II Lens and TTArtisan AF 27mm f/2.8 ( this one looks so compact and affordable too). Definitely going to get the affordable ones 🤣 this is the beginning of my endless upgrade cycle
That'd be a good one for staying relatively out of people's way and getting some up close shots of things. Their lenses are also built quite well despite how affordable they can be. 28mm tends to be the general street photography focal length too, nice and wide
The camera and its 16mp sensor are fine, really. Just pay attention to exposure and learn the histogram and you'll get some nice shots out of it. :)
The lens kit right now is too bulky and definitely catches people's attention. I am looking for a 2nd hand lens of that and hoping I could find a sweet deal.
Yeah that's generally why I don't like zooms. They're just a bit too big and/or heavy for me. Doesn't feel very comfortable for quick shooting, especially if you're at an event or something and trying to be a bit less obvious when snapping pictures of people
Back in the days when I was a filmmaker, I collaborated with a guy called Fuji on my short film projects ( from 2010-13 ).
He was my camera operator/editor.
We used a Canon (7D ) though.
Have fun playing around with this camera!
hahahahaha that's interesting name! I am currently testing the video feature too and trying to explore around with it.
That's incredible! The photos you took are amazing.