And what I did at the beginning was to force myself to shoot at f8.0. I got myself an Xt2 with the 23mm f2.0 lens. So having a smaller, lighter camera, and ditching the full-frame sensor seemed like something I could do. I was shooting less and less commercial work, fewer and fewer weddings, and devoted most of my time and energy to my photography tours. On top of that, I was so busy running photography tours here in Hoi An and in the rest of Asia that I had no longer the time to be a photographer. The photos tend to become very similar (which is the same issue as when I talk about boring portraits ).

Shooting at f2.0 is nice and pretty but quickly has its limitations. Why Fujifilm cameras helped my photographyĪs I was saying, I felt stuck with my travel photography. That poor 5D Mark 3 got suddenly abandoned and lost of love I had for it. From then I never ever touched my Canon DSLR again. I got myself a Fujifilm Xt2, right before heading to Myanmar to run my photography tour. Their cameras seemed (and actually are!) so simple, easy to use, small and light. And that forever changed my photography.Īt about the same time Fuji came out with great cameras, and I had to catch that train. Thanks to Drew, I started diving into street photography and what it really is. What took 15 years for me to achieve took less than half that time for him. This man continuously shows incredible creative moves, and I have seen such a huge and fast evolution in his photography. First I met someone that has been and will probably remain one of the greatest influences in my life: Drew Hopper.

Then, several things happened to my life. And it felt wrong, that had to be more to it. Very travel style and often relies on using a shallow depth of field. After almost a decade of shooting with Canon DSLR and my favourite 50mm lens, I felt I was always taking the same types of images. I owe a lot to them, as they came into my life at a crucial moment.įirst, I was creatively stuck with my travel photography. I have been writing extensively about using the Fujifilm cameras (Xt2 and Xt3) as well as many of their lenses and third-party lenses (oh I am going to miss that Mitakon lens!).Īnd I really have to thank Fuji for what their cameras did to me. If you are a different photographer (and I bet you are), some of these points may not be valid to you. You may disagree with some aspects of my vision (mostly when I talk about being a hardcore travel photographer who beats up his camera gear), but this is my opinion from my own experience. These are just facts based on my experience, being the kind of photographer I am. Why did I buy this camera? Why didn’t I stick with Fuji cameras? Here are my answers after 3 months of shooting travel and commercial work with the Canon R5.ĭisclaimer: I would like to say that this review is not sponsored by any camera brand or anyone. Yes, I do love Fuji cameras, and I can’t be grateful enough as they have helped me evolve with my photography at the moment I was creatively stuck.Ī few months ago, I bought a Canon R5 camera. If you have been following me you know I am kind of a Fujifilm boy. Well, let me now bring you: the Fujifilm cameras review… After a long 8 years of shooting exclusively with them. “Hey look I took a cool photo with this camera! It’s a good camera!” They completely lack hands-on reviews, and tests done in the fields for a long period of time. The reviews of cameras I find online are usually there to get people traffic and are so boring. I am not a photographer who writes a lot of reviews.

Fujifilm x t3 full frame