I shot a complete journey with simply an outsized compact digicam and a tiny mirrorless. This is what I realized

When I purchased my first DSLR, I by no means seemed again at my previous compact digicam – till, that’s, I took a trip years later and located myself capturing with a water-proof compact digicam greater than my mirrorless. The feeling of capturing with a smaller digicam was liberating, so, as I deliberate a visit flying from Detroit, Michigan, to Los Angeles, California, I packed two cameras: an outsized compact digicam and a tiny mirrorless.

I tucked the Fujifilm GFX100RF and the Fujifilm X-E5 with the 23mm f/2.8 R WR lens, which I had loaned out for the journey, right into a digicam backpack. At the final minute, my doubts bought the most effective of me, and I tossed in my very own X-T4 with a main and a zoom, simply in case, however neither one really left the digicam bag.

The Fujifilm GFX100RF and X-E5 aren’t precisely on the identical taking part in area. The GFX100RF is a 102MP digicam with a medium-format sensor and a set 28mm-equivalent f/4 lens. The X-E5 is a 40.2MP APS-C mirrorless digicam, which I shot with the compact 23mm f/2.8 R WR equipment lens. A greater comparability could be matching the X-E5 with the Fujifilm X100VI, however I needed to see how an outsized compact digicam and an undersized mirrorless digicam fared on the identical journey.

Out of the 2 cameras that I packed, the so-called compact digicam was really bigger than the mirrorless equipment that I used. The GFX100RF sits somewhat taller and deeper than the X-E5, weighing about half a pound or 255g greater than the X-E5 with its equipment lens.

As I shot with the GFX100RF, I might nearly neglect that I used to be capturing with a medium-format digicam. The digicam is small, and contemplating my favourite lens is the Fujifilm 50mm f/1.0, lighter than my usual kit. The metal build, however, reminded me of the technical marvel that I held in my hands.