There's only one solo ingredient that can make a classic what it is - the test of time.
And just like the all-American Filson brand (est. 1897), Fujifilm's X100's design has indeed survived past through the test of time.
Those of us who were smitten by its purity most surely remembers the day we first lay our eyes on such a beauty. For me, it was during the WPPI show in Las Vegas in 2011, right after Valentine's Day in a crowded MGM show room in February.
And it was love at first sight.
I flirted with purchasing it for a few more months after that, but deep down in my heart I knew...it was not a matter of "if" but of "when." The manual controls and dials of what Photo District News called "traditional style compact camera" really reached deep into my retrolicious nostalgia of when I first began learning photography using a Pentax 35mm camera.
So here we are...a half decade and one year later.
Nothing seems to have changed much on the outside, but on the inside it is a whole new camera. Slightly bigger to accommodate the same battery used in his older siblings, but the feel...and how it fits in the hand...is just as familiar as the very first X100 that I picked up years ago.
Classics.
Why change a good thing when it's been going so good.
Kudos to Fujifilm for keeping the changes to the outside to an absolute minimum.
X100F.
A classic refined.
And just like the all-American Filson brand (est. 1897), Fujifilm's X100's design has indeed survived past through the test of time.
Those of us who were smitten by its purity most surely remembers the day we first lay our eyes on such a beauty. For me, it was during the WPPI show in Las Vegas in 2011, right after Valentine's Day in a crowded MGM show room in February.
And it was love at first sight.
I flirted with purchasing it for a few more months after that, but deep down in my heart I knew...it was not a matter of "if" but of "when." The manual controls and dials of what Photo District News called "traditional style compact camera" really reached deep into my retrolicious nostalgia of when I first began learning photography using a Pentax 35mm camera.
So here we are...a half decade and one year later.
Nothing seems to have changed much on the outside, but on the inside it is a whole new camera. Slightly bigger to accommodate the same battery used in his older siblings, but the feel...and how it fits in the hand...is just as familiar as the very first X100 that I picked up years ago.
Classics.
Why change a good thing when it's been going so good.
Kudos to Fujifilm for keeping the changes to the outside to an absolute minimum.
X100F.
A classic refined.
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| Taken with: Fujifilm X-Pro2 | Fujinon 50mm 2.0 WR Lens |