Fujifilm X100VI & WCL X100 II at the Blue Jays Game
June is the best time of year to enjoy a ballgame. The summer heat hasn’t arrived yet and the air is still brisk and refreshing. My Fujifilm X100VI had recently arrived and I figured the Blue Jays game would be a great place to test out the new camera and it’s new 40.2 megapixel sensor. I also brought along the WCL X100 II wide angle adapter which converts the cameras native 35mm full frame equivalent lens to a 28mm. 35mm to 28mm isn’t a huge leap but the wide open spaces at the ballpark would be a great place to do some comparison shots for a future review video.
I know half the fun of using these Fujifilm cameras is the film simulations in jpg mode. That being said I shot all these images in raw and used Capture One to convert them. Being a new camera I wanted to see what I could do with the raw files. I have to admit I am impressed with the quality of this sensor. It’s funny when I got to the stadium the security guard inspected my camera and said “you’re lucky any lens over 75mm is considered professional and isn’t allowed in the stadium” hahahahahaha. I kept a straight face but was laughing out loud in my head.
As an owner of the Fujifilm X100V this new X100VI felt right at home in my hands. Button placement and ergonomics are pretty much the same so there’s no learning curve there. When it comes to image quality it’s APS-C so the details are mushy when images are viewed at 100%. However when you take that APS-C 40 megapixel image and shrink it down to web size, as you’re seeing in this blog, the images look amazing. I think 40 megapixels is the sweet spot for shrinking APS-C images for social media and web. They just crisp right up when shrunk. It’s pretty hard to tell the difference between my 45mm full frame EOS R5 image and the X100VI’s image when shrunk for web. The exciting thing for me is that now I can take the X100VI with me on paid shoots when the content being created is for web or social and that opens up a world of possibilities. I tried using the X100V for that roll but that 26 Megapixel sensor wasn’t quite at the level I wanted it to be at.
These are just some initial thoughts on the X100VI. Full review video coming soon.
Comparison shots between the Fujifilm X100VI’s native lens and the WCL-X100 II
The WCL X100 II lens adapter is a nice addition to the X100 kit. The Mark II version in great because you don’t have to go into the camera menu to tell the camera you have the wide angle adapter mounted. The mark II lens automatically communicates with the camera. So that’s a time saver. When you shoot jpg with this adapter mounted the distortion created by this adapter are corrected in camera. However on the down side if you are shooting raw like I was the distortion is saved in the raw file and you have to correct for the destination in post. Not a huge deal you can make a preset to correct images but just something to keep in mind if you want to buy a WCL X100 II. Sample images below.
