Fujifilm X-T3 Review

I own this camera and for the record autofocus in video mode is totally useless if you want to track an object eg car or train. It will hunt backwards and forewards at least once thereby ruining any footage. By comparison, the DPAF on my wifes M50 blows it away. It also has an exposure stepping problem with certain lenses so you end up running manual focus and manual exposure.

No IBIS, and no stabilized standard 2.8 zoom available.

I did not buy this X-T3 when I needed a replacement for my broken x-T10 even though it's a great camera for a great price and probably with great build quality (main reason I wanted to leave the X-T x0 range in the first place).
However, due to ongoing situation in Hongkong, I felt compelled to buy the all Japanese product instead. That's the one leverage we consumers have, don't we?
Latest news confirmed my suspicion, it's not a good move to build in China, for a Japanese company.
So go X-T2, H1, Pro 2 or 3 instead.

Great camera, not so great sensor. Worm-like artifacts all over the place, like with every other X-Trans sensor. I tried an X-T100 with a traditional type sensor for several months and it has excellent image quality.

Fuji is not customer friendly. I sent my XT-2 for repair although working with LCD but broken EVF. They quoted $495 for repairs which I refused as new Camera is on sale for $799 with 1 yr warranty. I took it to local shop but Fuji has refused to sale the part and want to keep the monopoly and making it mandatory to repair it from for exorbitant cost. I emailed and had a call but did not get any response. If you go by other cameras like Nikon and Fuji they can be locally repaired. I will suggest to future Fuji buyers to think on this aspect because you not only buy Camera but lenses and accessories which is very costly to switch to other gears if Fuji screws customer for repairs.

@DPR: Do you plan to update the AF review based on the new 3.0 firmware ?

Suggestion: In the future let Wenmei Hill take ALL the pictures!
Sorry guys, you (may and do!)know a hell of a lot about camera's and such (I always enjoy your articles!)but please let her be the photographer.......!

Made in China...not what I want from a Fuji. They were one of the last to make them in Japan. If I buy a Japanese camera, I want it from Japan, not China.

I don't care about other electronics being made in China, but when it comes to cameras it's just bothersome to me. I'll keep my X-T2.

As a current 4/3 Oly shooter, I Just bought the X-T3 to get a bit more low light capability and IQ. It's an intuitive experience, shoots quickly, AF is great, menus are great, and it's easy to navigate, but for the life of me, almost everything I shoot seems a bit soft vs. OMD-EM1 mkii and certainly Canon 5D iv. Not sure if it's the lack of great IBIS, which I've become so used to, and that I need to develop a new, slower technique to avoid camera shake. But I don't think that's it. Also, I process RAW in C1, so there's no Lightroom weirdness. I'm thinking Fuji is an acquired taste. I'm going to stick with it, but the universal hype around this camera seems a bit overblown and not for everyone.

Praise this camera all you want but no IS system is a major deal breaker.

Its merely okay, don't believe the hype. My 5d IV is obviously better than my X-T3 at 100%, and my GFX50S is far better than both.

Not interested in video. Therefore, very little reason to get x-t3 over x-t2 ... and save about $500.

well, we finally got Phase One Capture for fujifilm and it is totally free.... Hip hip hooray!!!! It's faster workflow with better jpeg converter.

One of the most limiting factors of this camera as a one solution camera is it's lack of IBIS. In the Canon EOS R review the significance of the lack of IBIS is described this way "No in-body stabilization further limits usefulness as a video camera"
The XT 3's Video capabilities certainly seem impressive in many ways but it's lack of IBIS is a hugely limiting factor for the average user. Competing cameras IBIS systems are almost uncanny in there ability to stabilize the sensor a without the need to carry extra cumbersome gear that would be needed to stabilize this camera.

XT-2 still rules... This is a great camera, but I have an X-T2.. So glass will make more of a difference for me..

Small thinko about shutter speed:
"though still some way behind the 1/160s readout of the specialist chip in the Sony a9 (or the ~1/250s mechanical shutter rate)"
1/250s is a typical flash sync speed - a typical focal plane shutter is somewhat faster.
Jim Kasson records 2.4ms (1/420s) for D850.
I get 2.3ms (1/430s) for D7200, by the same method (analogue scope).
So 2.6x faster than Sony A9 readout.
When Sony gets to 3ms readout, maybe we can start saying goodbye to mechanical shutters.

Still in love with the NX1 so no thanks.

Only 2 cameras worth buying $1500- 2000, this and Sony a73.... Check out Tony Northropes new video on color science.. beware Canon and Nikon scored horribly in a 1500 blind survey... Sony and Fuji were on top...

2402 comments in roughly 2 weeks. Is that a new record?
Still owning some Nikon and Fuji lenses I seriously consider buying this for maturities sake.
It's not the FF, ergonomics or lense lineup I'd want but Fuji fixed so many things that made my Fujis backups.
Kudos to them
I myself am getting real tired of waiting for a Zee6 or whatever.
This might just work, too.

Looks great, but then so does my X-T2, so I'm a little underwhelmed and see nothing too exciting here that would make me want to upgrade. For my current needs, that is. I totally get that for some people the X-T3 may be exactly what they needed/were waiting for.

I don't know what to beat it with! Beating it doesn't seem appropriate or fair! Why does it deserve a beating? Why are they recommending us to try to beat it? It appears to be a fine camera! I mean, I'm just saying, not judging! Thanks!

Just got mine today and LOVE it! 🤓

Would be perfect camera if it had IBIS. Great lens lineup, great colors, great ergonomics, state of the art video specs, and then... NO IBIS. What the heck, Fuji?

It sounds like a fabulous camera and very tempting even for someone with a D850 as a sidekick.

I'm looking forward to seeing how Fuji improves this with firmware. I'm also curious just how much little brother X-T30 (next spring maybe?) will have too.

I feel bad for DPR having to answer the same fanboy nitpicking of the review over and over again.

Done with xt3 review but not yet done with nikon or canon?? DPreview come on. We want to know what score youll give. How ironic xt3 is done with reviews but the other 2 takes a long time.

"These AF improvements make the X-T3 a much more flexible camera. Probably on a par with the Sony a6500 in most situations, but arguably easier to configure and use."
Jesus Christ, a6500 is almost 3 years old already. What's going on Fuji?

The most comprehensive comparsion between the "old" X-T2 vs the new X-T3 goes here:

https://mirrorlesscomparison.com/fujifilm-vs-fujifilm/fuji-xt2-vs-xt3/

Good Light!

Hi guys, loved your review.

Would you be open to correcting some of the errors in the conclusion at the end though?

For example i can hold on to the 'disp' button and assign it to face detect. Once assigned, it takes 2 taps (1 tap to bring up face detect menu, 1 tap to choose) to change the mode.

does seem like a very tempting offering, but small lens selection makes me hesitant to consider it. there is the "fringer" adapter, but still...

DPR certainly did lay some praise on this camera and I hope that purchasers of it enjoy it. But I found your comparisons of lens lineups to the Sony, Nikon and Panasonic to be seriously flawed. Fuji has some serious gaps in its lineup. Some that come to mind are:

No XX-300 zoom
No 70-200 2.8 zoom
No 17-70 zoom
No fisheye lenses
No superzooms
No primes longer than 200mm
No lenses of any sort longer than 400mm
Only two macro lenses and they are in the very narrow range of 60 and 80mm
Only two stabilized primes
Only eight stabilized zooms
No lenses from Sigma or Tamron and none are to be expected

Obviously, sports, action and wildlife photographers are impacted by the lack of long and fast lenses.

But other types of photography are impacted by the lens selection. The unparalleled small range of macro lenses is not good for that type photography.

People that want stabilized lenses will find Fuji's lineup limiting compared to Nikon's lineup or certainly any system with IBIS.

Finally got a chance to handle and shoot with the X-T3 at PhotoPlus Expo yesterday. The analog controls are an enormous delight (aperture ring!), as is the overall lighter weight. What's not so great is the relatively shallow grip; it just didn't feel comfortable over the course of almost 30 minutes. That said, it's something that I could probably get used to.

Hi! Photographing kids here. If AF can’t handle running kids am I better off with thwbsony a7iii? Trying to decide between the two cameras and thinking this issue might be the dealbreaker on the xt3.

Your comments about not being able to switch to face detection quickly is just plain wrong. Set the function button to select face detection. The screen dimming is a battery saving function that can be switched off and on.
I think you should spend more time understanding the functions better.

i hope the xt200 will incorporate the same focusing system... I love the quality of cmos sensors, the affordability, and the fuji glass.... I do hope the camera gets more intuitive than what we had last years so that we can finally use these cameras to shoot weddings, if not I am willing to wait another year or 2 until the mirrorless matures.