Swedish Ski Star Wants to Buy a Skateboard, but Ends up Purchasing a Fujifilm GFX and Selling his Canon 5D MK 4 :-)
Happens to all of us, right? I mean, you just go out for an icecream, and you come back home with new gear :)
No? Well, then let me tell you this little weekend story…
Jon Olsson is a former Swedish ski athlete (and camera nerd :) ), who is now making a respectable career as a Vlogger (700k subscribers).
In his latest video, he takes you with him during a day in Stockholm. His plans for the day?
- modelling for a photo shoot
- meeting some Dell guys and comparing Mac Vs. PC
- buy a skateboard
On the photo shoot, the photographer used a Hasselblad (H6D?) MF camera…. and it seems that seeing that Medium Format beast at work, triggered Jon’s desire for a MF camera.
In fact, his original day-plan then changed to:
- modelling for a photo shoot
- meeting some Dell guys and comparing Mac Vs. PC
buy a skateboardCheck out some “seriously unnecessary” stuff (min.8:45)
So, in the afternoon, Jon leaves his hotel room to buy a skateboard, but once near to a photography store, he stops there to test for 3 hours the Fujifilm GFX 50s and the Hasselblad X1D.
Finally, since the Hasselblad was “really slow and weird“, he ends up buying the Fujifilm GFX (min. 12:35).
He decided to get the Fujinon GF 63mmF2.8 lens, because, after checking the files on a computer in the camera store and seeing how much detail they have, he concludes that “you just need one lens, then you can zoom in 4,000%“.
True, the GFX is not as cheap as the skateboard he planed to buy, but he says “what’s the point in working hard and making money if you don’t use the money. Now, you have to be a little smart, but you also have to enjoy“.
Don’t expect a professional in-depth review. Jon says “I don’t know the technical details. I just shoot stuff, and when I like it, I like it.“
At min. 14:10 he offers his Canon 5D MK 4 for sale, and after charging the batteries, they start playing around with their new camera (min. 14:51). I guess there will be more coming about the GFX on his channel, but he seems to be very happy with it, since he says:
“Life goal checked: I own a Medium Format camera” :)
You can check out the whole video at Jon Olsson youtube channel
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