Also, the scones at Lucy’s Tearoom (Stow-on-the-Wold) are soooooo good.
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My wife and in-laws got me great presents yesterday. My wife’s grandfather has been a sports photograher for a long time. I showed him the film camera I’ve been using and his face lit up. We talked about the things I need to learn when going from digital to film photography and ansel adams’ zone system for an hour yesterday morning over christmas breakfast.
Excited to shoot more film!!
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The photographer’s eye is fantastic. I’ve had The Negative in my Amazon checkout basket for a while now. Just haven’t pulled the trigger.
Another good book is “Light, Science and Magic”
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Any Andor fans in here? If so here are a few shots of Coruscant aka the Barbican centre right next to my work. Except for the first one which is of the new Elizabeth line station at Farringdon. The new Lizzie line stations are all fantastic. Shot with my Canon 60mm f2.8 macro (unbelievably good lens) adapted to my Fuji X-T3 with a fringer.
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Hey all! For Christmas this year, my wife got me a Fuji X10 since she knew I had been wanting to get into photography. This is my first ever camera that isn’t built into an iPhone so I’m a complete beginner and very intimidated by all the buttons and settings on this thing. Looking for any and all recommendations for resources on general photography and how to use my specific camera. So far I’ve found the Fuji Guys YouTube and have started watching some of their introductory videos about the X10.
Thanks in advance for any recs!
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Welcome to the fuji gang 
Pal2tech has a good video with a few fuji specific tips. Honestly I don’t know much about the x10 so not sure if all the tips will apply.
(Do you mean xs10 or x10?)
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Vague question but here goes it. My wife is an amateur iPhone photographer. She’s huge into the aesthetics of her photos, lighting, all that kinds of stuff. She loves it. I’ve encouraged her to consider dabbling in real cameras and have it as a hobby and see where it goes if it’s something she enjoys. I fully believe in starting new endeavors with quality gear and the right stuff. I’m clueless on all of this but I know it’s pretty specific stuff.
I’m sure you all get asked this a million times but what’s a good beginners set up that worst case if she doesn’t stick with it won’t hurt my feelings too bad but also is something she can grow with for a little while? I really think she has the eye for it and I’m encouraging her to get involved in new hobbies and passions. I think the initial startup cost of it intimidating but I’m a fan of expensive hobbies so I’m all for it lol.
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Yep the X10, and thanks for the link!
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A Fujifilm X-S20 with the 18-55mm kit lens.
Buy used from a reputable dealer (eg mpb.com) if you can.
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Big co-sign on MPB. Picked up a used nifty fifty for >$100 over the holidays that’s basically new.
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I don’t buy any of my digital kit from anywhere else.
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Option 1: Go “point and shoot” to learn how to shoot manually and adjust things like ISO, Shutterspeed, etc etc. You can do REALLY well in the $500 range (G5x is my favorite, ZV-1F is also solid)
Option 2: Grab a starter kit from Sony, Nikon, Canon, etc etc with a removable lens. Something like a Rebel Ti3 or R100 kit won’t break the bank and will give her multiple lens options for relatively inexpensive.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1769099-REG/canon_6052c022_eos_r100_mirrorless_camera.html
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Whats the budget? (Always the first Q for me)
Does she have interest in taking photos or just in having good photos? (Enjoy the process or the result?)
If she likes the process I would steer you towards Fuji. If she likes the result but maybe not the process would steer you towards nikon or sony.
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Well she was doing some research and she’s a fan of the canon R6 so I guess that’s the budget? Lol. I’m a big believer of pay to play so I get it. Buy once cry once kind of thing
I think the interest is heavily on the nice photos result not so much the process of nice photos
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Fuji also has a certain aesthetic to it, unmatched except by Leica which as near as I can tell is mainly used by wealthy hipsters. Love the look and feel of Fuji cameras and lenses. The results you’ll get with film simulations straight out of the camera without any post-processing are really good too.
So…
The R6 is great and professional grade - BUT I STRONGLY STRONGLY (…strongly) recommend spending half that budget on the camera body, and the other half on a good lens. The lens is what captures the image - so invest in that more than the body.
What I’d do is this:
6D Mark ii (Open Box) for 1100. That’ll shoot anything from fast moving objects to landscape all with a full frame sensor like the R6.
Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 super wide lens for portraits and landscape photos (wide angles) for 250
Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 for 900 for zoom capability and to shoot far away things.
That’ll be a full setup for her for the same price as JUST the R6 camera body.
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I don’t know anything about this stuff but I love the idea of this. It’s like getting fit into a ventus that is optimal for your game with last years driver head instead of playing the newest model with a shaft that isn’t right for you. I can appreciate that thinking.
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Love the comp!
She’s asking for a TSR2 - which is perfectly fine and one heck of a driver
But for the same price, you can get her a full set of 913D woods, AP2s, and vokeys as her first set.
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Holee cow ok thats the deep end for sure. I’ll defer to the pros around these parts for recs in that price range.
The only comment I’d add is the form factor of the R series is different than the 6D as the 6D is a traditional SLR and the R is a mirrorless system.
There are lower end R series if she’s looking for mirrorless. I think the r8 or r50.
But if I was about to spend that much money on a new system, I would try to get to a camera store and pick the different models up. Feel them. Because once you start buying lenses, it’s going to be tough to want to switch systems.
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