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

cloud woman wrote:

KariP wrote:

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

Ha, yes, that's a load for sure. I used to do a backpack, but I just won't anymore. FF has never tempted me, because I don't want to hesitate about what I want or don't want to carry. Well, also the price. Photography isn't my only hobby.

I've always loved Canon and have always had at least a point-and-shoot of theirs alongside my larger cameras.

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".

These are gorgeous images.

... thanks

I do not exactly know why started with FF. Of course the price of 5DMkIV is reasonable nowadays and i could trade some old gear. There is something in FF ...

I have tried to do some BIF photography and the weight of a big 100-400L lens  with 5D  is quite heavy - the weight of a camera body becomes insignificant ... a X-T3 with Fujinon 100-400  is not   so much easier  to carry around. X-H1 is obviously the best BIF camera Fuji has made

I like to have two systems because i really have "two lives". I usually carry the heavy FF gear backpack  in a boat or just the camera with one lens when i walk on the beach. We visit some small island routinely and the distances are really short. No long walks on a 5 acre island    I crawl around with my FF gear taking landscapes, macro shots of plants and bugs and sometimes butterflies or birds (BIF)

Price of X-E3 is at the monet 700€ and X-T3 is 1400€ . X-E3 is almost cheap!

X-T2 /3 is more like a real system camera and very solid/ WR . I can live with X-E3 and perhaps there is a X-T4 coming in future. X-T3 is almost perfect already, but X-T4 will  possibly be  "more perfect"  😎

I think X-E3  is closer to my original and old  Leica - dream (could not afford it)  and it  is almost pocketable. Funny and usable option is the automatic jpeg  mode that we occasionally use for selfies  - fool proof and also anyone on the street can push the button. It works. Great for traveling - here in Finland or anywhere (except Swalbard or Antarctica - where i have never been to) )

Image quality is about the same with all more expensive X-x models. What i like especially is the quality of RAW files - very adjustable  and Capture One pro has also all the film simulations for RAW processing.

There was a period when i shot mostly JPEGs - now just RAW.

Perhaps X-T2/3  is better in many ways - -E3 is not a mistake if you take it. Did not ask if  you live in a cold country/place. X-Tx will work in -15°C quite well - my T1 did