Black & White Street Photography with the Fujifilm X30

[@pulseimages]

I’ve had my X30 for a little over a year now. I love the Super Macro Mode and the lens is very sharp! It pairs well with my X100T.

[@smaeyl]

Cool shots here. I’ve just bought this little “old” camera in 2022 for street photography. I like the manual zoom lens and the film simulations. And the retro look is great too. I like it much more than the RX100 M3 even if the Sony is technically better. This X30 has a soul, it’s not just a piece of tech.

[@czechingouttasmania]

Haven't played with the Sony but it does seem a little soulless compared with the Fuji. Mine's broken now and live too far from the city to do any street stuff anymore 😔

[@pulseimages]

@@czechingouttasmania What on the X30 broke?

[@czechingouttasmania]

@@pulseimages not sure, just started having an error and would switch off and be unusable. Miss having a pocketable camera

[@DavidAusman]

I print 16x20 inch images from this camera with fractal sharpening and no problems. Quite sellable. Love it.

[@gulagulasusu]

Great perspective

[@czechingouttasmania]

They're more than sharp enough for online use and you could easily print 8x10s. The question is whether you want a shallow depth of field which is difficult to achieve with the X30's smaller sensor but a bonus of that is you get great depth of field also as the equivalent aperture is around F7-11 I believe.

[@wongjefx980]

Good to know the X30 in the right hands can make good pics, and you don't need to sink money into more expensive X cameras and lenses.

[@zrichards418]

Well done! Enjoy your photography a lot, you have a good eye. On an added note I've had my own X30 for a couple of years now as my dedicated camera and I have no plans to give it up. Plus I'm working on learning to do videos like this, so it may not be long before I have my own video featuring my work w/ the X30.

[@czechingouttasmania]

Nice! Look forward to seeing it. With photo slideshows you don't need anything fancy, pretty sure I made this in a free programme.

[@zrichards418]

I've got Movie Maker, and I've been messing around quite a bit with it. I don't know if I'll be making any of my videos public on KZbin, though.

[@czechingouttasmania]

It's a good place to get feedback so don't be put off by some of the trolls you see. The photography community on here seems pretty nice.

[@zrichards418]

Good to know. There's always trolls, always snobs to have to deal with anywhere you go. I just ignore, look for people who are actually passionate and knowledgeable about photography. Those are the rare ones.

[@rockporttwentyseven]

nice pics. ive been debating between x30, xe2s, x70, x30 being the cheapest to get for street photos. without pixel peeping at images and just viewing at max 1200-1400 (long edge) are the images sharp enough?

[@rainmakermr1]

could I ask on your setting for this pictures? did you retouch it after you took them, it is beautiful and I have x30 yet I haven't find the best setting to produce as yours here...

[@czechingouttasmania]

Hey there, I edited these in Photoshop afterwards yes, upping the contrast and converting to black and white of course. As far the camera settings go I always shoot in Classic Chrome and my shadow settings are +1 and highlights are +1 too I believe.

[@ceritaduniasore]

is all of your image is fresh from camera? if yes, how was your camera setting? thank for the answer

[@czechingouttasmania]

Hi Wied, no these aren't straight from camera, I edited them in Photoshop, boosting the contrast a bit.

[@ceritaduniasore]

thanks

[@fototechnology]

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[@czechingouttasmania]

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