Photography

Personally, I was fortunate to be able to try out the Fuji XT3 prior to its general release later this month and I have got to say that I am very impressed by it. To me the form factor and the controls on the camera for the way I shoot which is in full manual mode goes very nicely with me. At least the key controls of ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture settings have to be able to direct control it by physical knobs and not buried under some menus settings. Having said that I am not overly hung up for full frame. As going full frame, means the lenses get bigger generally as well. To me more importantly, is that there is no AA filter to degrade the image and the sensor processing output for the final images that matters most. I have shot with a lot of cameras ranging from Canon professional gear, medium formats and Leica rangefinders and I find that I really really like the color rendition for the Fuji and their lenses like the 56mm f1.2 APD are among the very best I have come across - Leica lenses included. And the moot point is that the Fuji XT has a Leica-M mount adaptor that accepts my Leica M-mount to be used on the Fuji XT3. The Fuji Leica M adaptor is actually intelligent with firmware to help correct potential distortions and vignettes when paired with Leica glasses.  

Casey, must apologise to you for sharing this and in no way do I meant to disrespect or hijack this thread. Just sharing my thoughts on the mirrorless gear coming out based on how I shoot and the gear I work with. I have no associations with Fuji nor should this been seen as trying to push the product in anyway.

Jeff

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