Today is National Roadtrip Day in America! Oh, and the Fujifilm X-T50 is a pretty darn good travel camera.
All of the double-digit X-T series models are especially good for travel, thanks to their compactness. What I like about the X-T50 in particular is the slightly larger grip (compared to the X-T30), which helps when using bulkier lenses, the new Film Dial, which adds some SOOC versatility, and IBIS, which is great for low-light situations. While any of the double-digital X-T cameras are good options, including the original X-T10, the X-T50 is my personal favorite.
Fujifilm sent me a preproduction X-T50 to try out for a few weeks, and during that time I was able to take it on a couple of trips. There are a number of excellent travel cameras in the Fujifilm lineup, and you can’t go wrong with any of them—for example, the X100VI is also a personal favorite, and I like my X-E4 for travel, too. If you are in the market for an interchangeable-lens model that is really good for a roadtrip or cross-country adventure, the Fujifilm X-T50 is one to strongly consider. It worked really well for me, anyway.
Below are some photographs that I captured on a Fujifilm X-T50 while traveling. They’re all camera-made JPEGs that are unedited (aside from minor cropping/straightening).
Sedona, Arizona
Catskills, New York
New York City, New York
See also:
How To Add Film Simulation Recipes To Your Fujifilm Camera
The Essential 7 Film Simulation Recipes to Program Into Your Fujifilm Camera First
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Fujifilm X-T50 in black:
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Fujifilm X-T50 in silver:
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Fujifilm X-T50 in charcoal:
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I didn’t get the point of this article. What is it about?
Advertising paid?
It was National Road Trip Day, and that’s why I published the article. I found the X-T50 to be especially good for that type of photography, personally. That’s all.
The only sponsor I have is MPB, so if you see an article that’s says “Sponsored by MPB” then that’s paid content (although I have the freedom to say whatever I wish, there are no restrictions, and I’m allowed to be negative if that’s how I feel). They’re sponsoring one article per month for six months.
Stop the BS. Promoting this as a travel camera without weather sealing assumes that the traveler/consumer will be staying in a environmentaly controlled bubble.
If you travel like most people you are not staying in a bubble. They are in many different environments ranging from hot,cold,wet,dry, dusty, amd anything else that are travels encounters.
Let’s be honest and realistic about the best use for the camera.
I used the camera in triple digits and a dusty wind storm (haboob) in AZ, and I used it in the rain (sometimes pouring) in New York. A camera like the X-T5 will give you better peace of mind when it comes to extreme conditions, but the X-T50 handled it really well for a “non-weather sealed” camera. It clearly has some level of weather-sealing, but not enough to be given the title of weather-sealed. So, yeah, a great option for travel, and that’s not BS.
Ehh, I’ve never had a weather sealed camera- none of the old lenses from the 60s & 70s that I use have any kind of sealing and they’ve held up just fine. Weather sealing is a pretty new tech overall in the realm of photography, and I’d say that folks have been taking stunning pictures for over 100 years at this point. Weather sealing is nice, but I’d prefer the smaller camera over a larger one that gives a touch more peace of mind. A smaller camera means I can spend more of the space budget on more lenses 🤪
I feel similarly. Weather-sealing is nice to have, especially for truly extreme conditions, but it is more of a luxury than a necessity. I’ve never ruined a non-weather-sealed model in heat, cold, snow, rain, or dust.
Funny, I’ve been taking my cameras traveling, hiking, skiing, trekking, etc for 40 years without weather sealing and have never had a problem. Do I use it in a downpour? No. But they don’t need to be babied, they aren’t that fragile.
The very first “weather sealed” camera was released in 1989… not sure how photography existed before that 🤣… no one must have traveled anywhere or photographed in anything other than beautiful blue sky conditions. 🤣
Thanks for the input!
So you get to NYC and you go to an iconic spot to shoot the bridge and there are a zillion people in the street, lol
Truthfully, I’ve been fond of this photograph since it appeared in an earlier post. What captivates me is the assembly of people within the frame. It seems as though they’ve been digitally inserted by an AI tool, lending an abstract quality to the image. To me, the activities of the individuals at this remarkable location are more fascinating than the location itself. There are numerous narratives that could emerge from this. The bridge provides an elegant backdrop to this tableau.
Thanks! Once I realized that it would be impossible to get the picture that I really wanted, I decided to focus on the crowd itself. The guy in the red shirt initially caught my interest, then the lady with the dog walked through. Turned out as best as I could have hoped for.
Yeah, I had a couple of hours of free time, and this was one place that I really wanted to visit. Had no idea that there’d be hundreds of others there, too. 🤣
Hey Ritchie
Really nice photos. Thanks for sharing. I wish I knew you were going to be in NYC, it would have been nice to meet you…You lucked out with that shot of the Chelsea Hotel, they just fixed the sign recently. Thanks for you hard work.
Oh, you should have come to the Fujifilm X-Summit Experience in Manhattan! I would have loved to meet you. I had no idea about the sign: happy to be lucky. Next time, though, we’ll have to meet up. 😀
Ritchie – I have 2 question marks over this camera. 1 is that it utilises the older battery, and 2 is that the film sim dial will hamper people wanting to utilise 2 or 3 simulation recipes on the same day.
I like the size of it, the inbuilt flash, the graphite colour, general design etc. I think paired with the new 16-50mm it will be a borderline perfect travel camera. Better than the X100Vi in my opinion. But I have those two question marks…
To answer question 1:
I think this is a camera that you’ll want to carry a spare battery for. With that said, only once did I run the battery dead and had to use the spare.
To answer question 2:
https://youtu.be/WfjGeQnAhBM?si=2F2mq4KoETEQQ0IR
I hope that helps!
That does help, thanks. Now, if you could only have one camera for the rest of your life, and you’ve only got the X100Vi and XT50 to choose from…which would you pick, and why?
X100VI (or even the X100V). It’s the perfect tool for 95% of my photography. I’d definitely be happy with the X-T50, but it doesn’t quite touch the X100VI for me. I hope that makes sense.