Nearly perfect

Every photographer needs to find "their" camera for each format, in my opinion. I'm in the school of thought that every photographer should have one camera for each primary format -- Digital, 35mm film, 120 film, large format. Find a camera or two in each format that fits you.

I've been struggling for years to get behind Canon. I love canon dearly, my first digital camera was a Canon, my first DSLR was a Canon, and my last camera before buying the X-T3 was the Canon 6D Mark II, a drastically underrated camera. I love canon for its color, comfort of use, ruggedness, and consistency in image reproduction. But my style of taking photographs has changed drastically, making my big rig Canon full-frame unsuited for my work.

As most Fujifilm photographers are, I am a big fan of film -- I've been using a 35mm SLR since I was in high school (which, admittedly, being 23 years old, isn't all that long ago). I love the process and feel of using a 35mm SLR and wanted the same feeling in a DSLR. Not many DSLRs exist that feel like a 35mm SLR, and those that do are either absurdly overpriced or don't meet my personal needs. My decision was not based on the fact that this is a mirrorless camera.

My needs in a camera are relatively simple. The most important thing to me is color, then dynamic range (a more recent addition to my criteria), and comfort of use. The X-T3, which uses the same computer and sensor as the other recent X-line cameras (X-Pro3, X-T4 and X100V), means that it is up-to-par with Fujifilm's current image quality (which is very good). Fujifilm's color reproduction is beyond belief for a consumer-price professional digital camera. The dynamic range on recent Fujifilm cameras is pretty much equal to Sony's (who have set the current standard in consumer-priced digital camera dynamic range). And the camera feels good to use.

The camera doesn't take up much space, and that's a huge plus. It's a lot of camera in a relatively small package. While the body is roughly the same size as a Sony A7-line camera, the grip makes a difference, as well as the lenses (thanks to the superb crop-sensor), this whole camera is the perfect size for those who also regularly shot with 35mm film.

I'm not fully in the school of thought that Fujifilm shooters "miss 35mm film," because I shoot it just as much as I do digital -- I can't miss something that I already shoot with. Having a digital camera that replicates film very well helps keep my photography looking consistent in more subtle ways.

This is a camera that I would suggest to, well, anyone.  Play with the camera and see fi if feels right to you, and if it does, pick up this or the X-T4 (which only really offers better video and IBIS, which are not important to me).