X-E3: Wonderful IQ in a good-looking and compact form factor

cloud woman wrote:

KariP wrote:

cloud woman wrote:

xb70fan wrote:

I’ve never found my X-E3 slow. Paired with the Lensmate thumb rest it’s one of the most comfortable cameras I’ve owned. My only complaint would be battery life. I use it in high performance mode.

I wish Fuji would give us a fast 35 or 40mm equivalent prime with an aperture ring. I use the 23/2 a lot, and sometimes pine for an X100 ... but the X-E3 is so versatile.

Thanks, that's good to know. With a prime, I assume it wouldn't need a grip. What about with the 18-55?

Lenses are another topic I have to tackle. I've been playing with a 27mm pancake on my Canon, and that's been fun, but not so fun that I would go with Fuji X100F, at least not yet. I think I'll want some of versatility. I've looked at the 23/2, also the 35/2. I imagine I'll end up with the 18-55 to start, but am curious about the handling. I don't want to go back to toting a lot of stuff.

I bought my first Fujifilm camera X-E1 several years ago with 18-55 ... it is still the lens I travel with and it is a lens that I have used for 90% my better images. No 2 is 10-24 .

People say they really absolutely need primes - I'm not sure for what. 56f1,2 is a great lens for example, but it is made for a special shallow DOF purpose. I travel with 18-55 and 10-24 - both OIS lenses !

Part of the appeal of primes for me is the idea of paring down to one or two focal lengths and being creative with them. But sometimes you just like having that zoom!

X-E3 is not especially good for difficult fast moving subjects - keeper rate of images of a kid having fun in a swing is guide low compared to my 5DMkIV. Or things like sports or BIF...

Yeah, BIF would be fun; I used to shoot some football, but no more. I might want to shoot some fast-moving things, so maybe that's a concern here.

For everything else X-E3 is just great. And very portable.

Portable is getting to be more of a thing for me, for sure.

Didn't you just love your 40D? Mine's still going strong, but since we can have a few more megapixels now, I'd like to have them. I'll be glad to leave CF cards behind, too.

After 40D I bought 7D. and that is sold and then bought a FF and so on... of course 40D was a very good camera to start with some 12 years  ago !

I spend very much of my time by the sea/ at sea  or archipelago  in Hanko and the light is often quite contrasty. Dynamic range of a sensor is important IMO. Fujifilm cameras are especially suitable for some seaside landscapes and  traveling .

Canon cameras have other good sides - like fast AF, ergonomics etc  - and 5DMkIV has also decent DR (like 80D). Very nice to carry the load in a big backpack  

It is just  so easy to walk around and travel with a smaller lightweight system in a smaller shoulder bag . I did some trips with just one lens (18-55 in Rome for example).  Small cameras are also unobtrusive and do not look like "weapons of mass destruction".

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