Thanks so much, glad you found it useful

Thanks so much

Thanks so much for the comment, glad you found the video useful. I think this camera is a lot like the X100, with it's fixed focal length. Fuji know it's a niche camera with a potentially small market. I'm interested to see how well it does

@@AndyMumford I want one but am dug in to a couple of XT1s and a XH1 right now. If I brought another camera into the house I'm dead lol

I would imagine Fuji will keep the same styling, perhaps just introduce IS if they can fit it into the body (which they should be able to if they can fit it into the smaller body of the XS10)

Cheers Tony, glad you found the review interesting. Enjoy the camera, it really is very nice

Thanks so much, glad you enjoy the videos

Thanks so much, really glad you enjoy the videos. I've never used any of the X100s, but I'm sure at some point I'll give one a try

Thanks so much for the comment, glad you liked the review.

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the video

I think I'm the same Michael. I really do love the build and feel of this camera, it's just that the X-Ts are such practical cameras, and so they are always the ones I use. I did have a lot of fun with this camera though.

@@AndyMumford Hi, isn't this "analog" sim camera finally not just an expensive marketing stunt surfing on the vintage wave?

Thanks so much for the comment, glad you enjoyed the review

Thanks so much for the comment, really glad you found the video useful

Thanks for the comment Stefan. Indeed, I think that was the purpose of the designers, and I think they've been successful in that, but it's a divisive camera...I think Fuji knew it would be

Andy Mumford yeah indeed

Thanks so much, really glad you liked the video

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it. Fair point about the hybrid viewfinder

Thanks so much. It's a lovely country and I'd love to return one day

Cheers Adam, glad you enjoyed it

Thanks so much, all the best to you too

Thanks so much for the comment, really glad you enjoyed the video

No worries

Thanks so much, really glad you found the review useful.

Indeed it is

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it

Hi Ken, thanks for the comment. With the "not a landscape photography camera" comment I was referring specifically to the X Pro 3 and it's hidden screen. I honestly think though that these cameras are really not designed for landscapes for a few reasons, that's not to say that they can't be used, but rather that they'e not optimised and the features are designed around another kind of use, whereas a camera like the X-T3 is much more optimised for that use. Things like balance with a zoom lens, which most landscape photographers use, the fact that OVF doesn't play well with large zoom lenses, or so well with very wide or very long focal lengths. The screen doesn't tilt vertically for when you're shooting in portrait mode. The X-T3 gives you two options for a cable remote that won't interfere with an L-bracket (something that Fuji incorporated deliberately into the design for landscape shooters after the X-T1) and the X Pro series gives you none, the remote is behind the door on the side of the camera where the upright of the L bracket goes. Accessing things like bracketing requires an extra step via the drive button. These are small things, but they add up to a camera that ignores the way a landscape photographer works. I've met lots of photographers on workshops with them who make it work for sure, but it's really not the intended market of the camera. I've given the camera back to Fuji now so I won't be shooting landscapes with it, so I'll never get the chance to see if I was wrong ;-)

Andy Mumford lol you’ve just answered all my questions in one Go! Have a great Christmas & I’ll look forward to your next post!

Hi, thanks for the comment. You certainly can use the X-Pro 3 for landscapes, but it's most definitely not optimised for it. It doesn't balance well with zooms, the remote plug is on the same side as where an L Bracket goes (something Fuji changed with the X-T3 to optimise it for landscapes), the screen doesn't tilt out vertically so if you're shooting low to the ground in portrait it's difficult to see. None of these stop you from using it for landscapes, it's perfectly serviceable, but Fuji built this camera with aimed at recreating a film camera experience for street photographers, and pretty much ignored features that make life easier for landscape shooters. Hence why I said "it's not for landscape photography" because it's not designed for that. If you really love the form factor, then you'll work around all these, but if you want a camera that's much more optimised for that kind of shooting and don't care about having a rangefinder like camera, then the X-T series has everything the X-Pro 3 has and more.

the x100v looks very promising. it will be my first Fuji!

Yeah, I know what you mean, that's pretty much how I feel about the X Pro cameras. They're beautiful and I'm glad they exist, but they're just not for me

Thanks so much for watching, glad you enjoyed it

Agree and think I’m going to order mine today for an extra camera to have fun with on streets of Bangkok!

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the video. The magnesium X Pro 3 is indeed a beautiful looking camera. I haven't done a lot of street photography lately, it's been harder to spend any time on the street with the lockdown. As for the camera strap, I usually have one on all my cameras, but as this was only borrowed I never got around to putting one on.

Thanks. To you too

Hi Wouter Thanks for the comment and all the best for the new year to you too. I won't be continuing with the X-Pro 3...I borrowed it from Fuji for a couple of weeks and have since given it back. It's not that I think the X-Pro 3 doesn't work with landscapes, it's just that it wasn't optimised with that kind of shooting in mind, whereas the X-T3 was. Little things like the screen will only drop down, so if you're shooting portrait with the camera low then the screen doesn't articulate to make it easier to see. The remote is on the same side of the camera that an L bracket would go (on the X-T3 is was moved to the other side specifically because of this), and things like bracketing take an extra step to access via the drive button (and if you don't have the screen open or your eye to the EVF you can't see what you're selecting, whereas on the X-T3 bracketing is a twist of the dial below the ISO). Then of course you've got the fact that the camera doesn't balance well with landscape lenses (8-16mm, 10-24mm, 16-55mm, 50-140mm) and they obscure the OFV and the OVF doesn't work well with those very wide or very long focal lengths. All of these are relatively small issues, but added together they would certainly be less convenient in the field than the X-T3. So you could certainly use it and overcome all of these issues, but the only reason to do that is because you really really want the form factor of the X-Pro body.

Thanks for the comment. It is indeed a lovely city

Thanks so much for the comment Timothy, really glad you enjoyed the review. I've been in Lisbon for around 22 years now, I originally came here as an English teacher, but that was another life ago. I was born in the UK but left when I was 23, more than half my life ago now.

Andy Mumford Interesting. Thanks for sharing. I’ll bet you were an excellent English teacher. Do you speak Portuguese in daily life there or can you get by with English?

Leica makes those

Fjölnir Ásgeirsson yes for 6k with lens 😅

Fuji’s 670 medium format film camera was made until 2014. They sold every. Single. One.

Haha, it's lovely camera

Hi, thanks for the comment. To be honest I do usually have a wrist strap on my cameras, but because I was just borrowing this and I was often using my X-T3 (with a strap) to film, I was just too lazy to switch the straps over. When I shot weddings I never used a strap and I don't think I've ever dropped a camera (yet. Touch wood 😉)

Hi James, I can't honestly answer the question about Nikon files in Capture One as I've never tried it. I use both software, I tend to use LR for convenience, even though I know that Capture 1 will give me slightly better results

Hi Sergio I don't have a fixed workflow for images really, but everything is usually finished of in PS, so I still use the same sharpening actions in PS that i've always done. I use both LR and C1 for RAW editing, it really depends on my mood and the image, but I do find that C1 renders more RAW detail right out of the camera

Aperture priority with Single Point AF for street photography

Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video. You can assign functions to the different buttons in the Settings menu of the camera, that's how I set the read command dial to scroll through film simulations

So what are your current thoughts on the expo three? I was looking at the Leica Q2 as well for three photography reportage photojournalism work. What are your thoughts on the mega pixel count on the Leica Q2. Make a big difference in your work in terms of printing and cropping? also what do you think of the colors/dynamic range compared to the Fuji?

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the video. It's not that the X-Pro 3 can't be used for landscapes, it's just that it's not optimised in the way that an X-T3 is.

@@AndyMumford I guess so. The way I see it with my X-Pro2 is that it's perfectly satisfactory for landscapes (apart from lack of tilting screen) but has all the added benefits for travel/street! Looking forward to trying the X-Pro3 when it arrives for the 2-day trial, although I'll be fairly limited in scope due to the Lockdown! Should get a good idea of the ergonomics though.

I've lived here for about 22 years now....a long time. Glad you liked the video

Hmmm, I can only compare it with the X-T cameras and its exactly the same. It never felt too slow for me, I never felt like it would miss shots

Thanks Nadja. I didn't mount the X Pro 3 on a tripod, and I no longer have it, so unfortunately I don't know

Andy Mumford thanks anyway 😉 Have a happy New Year!

Cheers for the comment, glad you found the video useful.

Thanks for the comment. I agree with you the X-T3 is definitely the way to go for landscapes. As for the 16-80mm, I'm not sure if I'm going to review it to be honest. I almost never shoot in the mid range (between 24mm and 55mm) and often don't carry a mid range zoom. So I'm not sure what the 16-80 would give me, it's not wide enough to replace my 10-24 and not long enough to replace my 55-200mm, so it's not a lens I can see myself using much. I might do a comparison at some point, but right now I don't have plans to get hold of one.

Thankyou 🙏

Well, like everything, it's a personal opinion. I make my living through landscape photography, and the X Pro 3 isn't a camera I would ever seriously consider for my work. The articulating LCD is useless if you're shooting vertically or if you have the camera on a tripod at eye level, the camera doesn't balance well with the zoom lenses you'd typically use for landscapes, and the dials are incredibly awkward to operate with gloves. Of all the landscape photographers I know who shoot with Fuji, none of them have an X Pro body in their bag When they lent me the camera for review, Fuji (who know I'm a landscape photographer) literally said "it's not a camera for landscapes Andy" and so I really don't believe it's misleading at all to say "it's definitely not a landscape camera". For sure you can use it for landscapes, it'll take images and function, but it's not in any way optimised for that use. It's also hard to call it Fuji's best all purpose camera when the image quality and focus are the same as most of Fuji's other X Series cameras, but many features like frame rate (for sports or action) video capabilities (no 4k60, and limited to 15mins 4K recording) or in camera stabilisation, are inferior to Fuji cameras which cost less and match it in other areas. It is however a beautifully designed, well built and capable camera.

Thanks so much 🙏

Thanks James... With the audio I always set the narration audio volume to around the same level on all my videos. This one needed pushing a bit as the law is a little further away than usual. I think the issue is with the difference between the intro music and audio track. I've just listened now and with the narration audio at about 50% volume on my laptop and through my headphones and it's loud enough...but at that volume the intro music is booming. The problem is that the intro music went in right at the end and I wanted to get the video out. I should have spent more time equalising the music and narration video. Next time though. Thanks again for the comment.

@@AndyMumford Thanks for your explanation. It sounds like the ideal volume level might be somewhere in between where the music is lowered a small amount and the narration increased by 50%. See you next time..... and Merry Christmas as well as a Happy Festivus tomorrow Dec. 23rd (for any and all Seinfeld fans) ;)

@@fstopclick37 Yeah, I noticed that the sound level is lower than the speaking on the ad before, so it could certainly be increased. Have a great Christmas yourself James, all the best

I'm not sure, I think it's because that would complicate the buttons primary function of locking the shutter speed and ISO. I found the lift and turn to be relatively intuitive after a few hours.

@@AndyMumford thanks for the response! I have the Xpro2 and I find the current implementation of ISO selection completely fine. It was just a thought I had, that may make ISO selection easier for (some) people with less dexterity by switching the physical action required for the two functions (ISO select/Lock SS @ "A"). Anyway! Too complicated! Thanks again and keep up the good work on your fantastic vids! :)

They're really not, its just that when you search for something on YT then the algorithm thinks you like that and keeps sending more similar stuff into your feed. If you've watched videos on Fuji cameras then YT will give you more of them. Spend some time just looking at Sony, or Nikon, or Hasselblad reviews and that's all you'll get as well

Thanks so much for the comment, glad you found it useful

Thanks so much for the comment Greg.

For sure...I think the X-T30 is a fantastic second body. I used one for a long time.

@@AndyMumford thank you for the reply Andy. It is great how you always engage with your fans. So you will go with the X-T30 for a travel-friendly camera even if the X-PRO3 is a more features-packed camera?

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it. Its hard to say whether it's worth it, but the OVF is certainly problematic with wide lens because you can compose to the edges with it. Likewise, anything past 90mm the rectangle is so small as to make composition tricky. Personally I couldn't use the OVF for wider lenses and had to use the EVF. Like you, I love the style of the camera, and the X-Pro 3 is probably the nicest looking camera I've seen, but I just didn't find it practical to use

@@AndyMumford Thanks very much for the reply Andy, glad we agree, the X-T bodies are certainly more practical so perhaps they make more sense for a lot of people. On the other hand I noticed that when the X-T4 came out (quite recently), the price of the X-Pro3 came very close to the X-T4 (at least where I live), so it may not be the case anymore that you will be paying a premium price for an OVF that you use only with two or three lenses. We are never happy are we? :-) All the best!

Thanks for the comment David. I think it's clear that Fuji took a risk when they put this camera out, and it's place in the release schedule kind of shows that they believe that it has a small market. Fuji knew they would alienate a few people with the design, and a couple of other comments here support that. From their point of view though its still too early to say whether it's been worth it or not, and what will happen with the fourth gen of this camera in the future. As I shoot with the X-T series and I'm not a user of the X-Pro cameras it's easy for me sit and look at this camera and say "that's interesting, I wonder how that'll work out", but if I were an X Pro user and was hoping for the X-T3 features in an X Pro 2 body I can understand how that would disappoint someone

Andy Mumford sadly I sold my xt3 kit so I will probably now have to wait till maybe xt4 etc. Thanks

Done kzfaq.info/get/bejne/acCVitRht7C1mpc.html And thanks for the sub :-)

I don' have the X Pro anymore so I'm not sure if that's possible, but I seem to remember that the front thumbwheel was assignable in the Function button menu, so I'm sure it is. I use the same thing for the rear thumbwheel on my X-T30 for ISO

Ouch, that's not a great first impression for a camera. Glad you got it sorted out and are enjoying using it though

Thanks for the comment. It really depends on the lenses, some are really sharp, others, not so much

It's a lovely camera. Not sure when we'll see the X-Pro4 , but I doubt it'll be this year. Fuji have always used the same sensors in each generation of their cameras (this has the same sensor as the X-T3 and X-T30, the X Pro 2 has the same sensor as the X-T2 and X-T20 etc) so it's logical to assume that the XPro4 will have the same sensor as the XT4, XE4 and XS10...which is the same sensor (and image quality) as the XT3 generation. For the 4th generation Fuji introduced things like IS and better video, so it's unclear what improvements and XPro4 would have

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it. Mine didn't have X-Pro 3 on the top because it was a pre-production model that Fuji lent me

It is indeed a beautiful object...but did I really refer to it as a she? 😳

@@AndyMumford My bad English had caught she instead of "shoot" (around 12.50) I was too fascinated by the beauty of this camera! ;-)

@@LuigiNespeca Aha ha. Mystery solved :)

Honestly I think image quality differences would be marginal. Both cameras have the same resolution and similar dynamic range. Medium format is nice, but the actual difference you're going to see in your files isn't going to be significant. The 50S is a really satisfying camera to shoot with, and ultimately I'm a big believer in the "experience" of photography, as pretty much every camera nowadays will give you better image quality than you actually need, so it often comes down to less tangible feelings like the intuitiveness of a camera and how much fun it is to actually shoot with...something I've always thought Fuji have done well. I've got reviews of both the 50R and 50S on my channel, but the best thing to do is to see if you can loan one or borrow one from your camera store and see how you feel about it

@@AndyMumford OK, Andy, maybe it's not the right decision, at least for now. Many thanks, merry Chrismas and happy new year.....

I hear great things about Olympus cameras. I rarely get the chance try them out though, which is a shame

OK good to hear thanks for sharing

Thanks fo the comment. I generally do speak quietly, it's something I've always done, and I spent over 10 years teaching in the classroom and speaking softly was never a problem. There are a couple of videos (and this is one of them) where I've not recorded the audio at a high enough level. Over the last year or so since I've made this video I've increased the audio level in my videos.

@@AndyMumford OK. That must have been it. Your teaching method is really informative and inclusive. Thank you.

Good question...I don't have this camera any more as I was only borrowing it from Fuji, so I can't say.

To answer your question, when using the OVF you can use a small sub-LCD in the bottom corner that is zoomed into your focus point. When doing that, you can still see your focus peaking. While it's neat, it's less useful than just flipping over to the EVF though.

It's fine for landscape photography, it's just not really optimised like the XT3 and XT4 are, lacking a decent screen and it doesn't balance well with zoom lenses

@@AndyMumford Thanks Andy!

Yeah, Fujis pricing on the X Pro line has always been strange. It’s priced like a flagship but not featured like one.

It’s built with higher quality materials like titanium on the top and bottom plates and the OVF is expensive to make as well. In addition, it’s manufactured in Japan whereas other bodies are basically made in China, so the cost of labor is higher too.

Yeah, I'm curious to see how well this camera has actually done. I guess we'll see of the X-Pro 4 has the screen reintroduced

I honestly don't know as I've never used a Sony. I hear great things about their image quality, but not such great things about their menus and intuitiveness. That's subjective though, and as I say, with no experience of their rangefinder style cameras I really don't know

And which Sony with an OVF would you suggest? Sony only has the RX1 on offer, at a higher price, no interchangeable lenses and it is only styled to look like a rangefinder. The X-Pro2 and X-Pro3 are proper rangefinder cameras, providing not only for manual and autofocusing of its native X-Mount lenses using the OVF, but also for Leica M-Mount lenses.

@@adrianguggisberg3656 The X-Pro models aren't true rangefinders either, Adrian.

Timothy Linn Well, I have an M4P and an M10 and an X-Pro2, and there is no difference what so ever between these cameras in terms of how they operate, except the M‘s have a coupled telemetric range finder (providing for manual focus only) whereas the XP2 has a coupled optoelectronic range finder (providing for manual focus and AF as required). They all have a reverse Galilean finder with the finder and range finder operated through one eyepiece, a principle called Messucher by Leica (hence Leica M). I understand that some people think a range finder has to be a telemetric device. However, telemetric RF’s were invented for artillery ranging and I went from Centurion tanks with telemetric RF‘s to Leopard 2 tanks with laser RF‘s in my military career, yet they were still called range finder. In fact, I don’t think there are any optical RF‘s left, they are all electronic today, mostly laser or radar.

Adrian Guggisberg Interesting insights, Adrian.

It's not that it doesn't qualify, you can use it for landscapes for sure, but it's not optimised for that. It doesn't balance well with heavier zooms that you'd use for landscapes, and the LCD screen isn't ideal for use on a tripod

@@AndyMumford this makes sense. Thank you for elaborating

Indeed, I think that's what Fuji were going for

Aperture priority. Continuous AF

Yes, I live in Lisbon

Nice! I was there last week!

It's the 35mm f1.4

@@AndyMumford Thank you

Fuji won't make a full frame camera. It would take them years and years to have a lens range that would make it viable, and with the GFX system they don't think it's necessary. The X Pro 4 will either have the 40mp sensor of the XT5/XH2 or the backlit sensor of the XH23S.

You can review a shot on the EVF, it works exactly the same as the LCD

@@AndyMumford So what does prevent people from chimping in the EVF? Are these analog experience claims pure marketing?

X-Pro 3 for street GFX 50R for landscape

i didn't say it's not a landscape camera, I said it's not optimised for landscapes in the same way as the X-T3 is.

@@AndyMumford Thanks Andy! Love your landscapes!

Rafael Xenes, too much for an aps-c nowadays, but the lenses are not that expensive..

@@Pixeld. the XT-3 is a much better camera and less money. Just turn the darn display off if you don't want to preview your pictures 😂

I'm guessing that's the result of video compression for KZfaq. Certainly the effect at 26:10 is.

I didn't say you couldn't use it for landscapes...of course you can, but it's certainly not optimised for it. It doesn't balance well with zooms, the remote plug is on the same side as where an L Bracket goes (something Fuji changed with the X-T3 to optimise it for landscapes), the screen doesn't tilt out vertically so if you're shooting low to the ground in portrait it's difficult to see. None of these stop you from using it for landscapes, it's perfectly serviceable, but Fuji built this camera with aimed at recreating a film camera experience for street photographers, and pretty much ignored features that make life easier for landscape shooters. Hence why I said "it's not for landscape photography" because it's not designed for that.

@@AndyMumford thanks you! Love your channel!

Weird flex but ok

Ansel Adams was a landscape photographer. This is not a camera for landscape photography.

Andy Mumford Doesn’t change the fact that removing the back screen or making it hard to use is a good idea.

One of the (universally recognized) best cameras for street photography relies entirely on the use of the back screen: the Ricoh GR II/III

I can understand where you're coming from, I really can, but the reality is that this camera simply wasn't designed for you. I don't know the photographer you mention who uses the Ricoh, but I do know that both Steve McCurry and Sebastiao Salgado don't use rear screens, and when I shot weddings I never did either. But that's not really the point of this camera. Fuji have always targeted niches with the X System. They did it with the first camera the X100 which had a fixed lens. They did it with the X T1 by making it APS-C when the rest of the market was moving to full frame, they did it with the GFX systems…it’s what Fuji do, they target niches that other brands overlook. Sometimes more successfully than others. For me to review this camera and say that it’s stupid because it doesn’t have a screen and I can’t use it the way I prefer to use it wouldn’t be objective. It would be like saying the X-T3 is stupid because it’s not got a full frame sensor. To judge the camera objectively you have to understand what Fuji’s target market it, and if you use the rear LCD to shoot then clearly, the camera is not aimed at people like you. That’s OK, it’s not aimed at people like me either, and I said this in the review. But Fuji know this, it’s a small market camera aimed at a specific kind of shooter in exactly the same way as the fixed lens X100 is. For other people Fuji have the X-T3 and X-T30, and if you really want the rangefinder body then the X-Pro 2 will give near enough identical image quality and exactly the same feel…with a screen.

Andy Mumford You say this camera was not designed for me, however my all time favorite Fuji camera is the x-pro2. I’m sure that like me, a lot of people would’ve considered upgrading if they had implemented a tilt up-down screen a la x-t3. As it is right now, there’s no upgrade path for people like me who wants the x-pro form factor with the newer sensor tech.

Its definitely a niche and an acquired test. I'm interested to see how well it does

You think? It's a pretty solid looking camera I thought. Solid metal on all the body and dials.

Seriously....? this rig/design oozes that Classic, sexy rangefinder style.

cameraman655 never shot a film camera? most have much nicer builds

Tj Holowaychuk Leica M4P from ‘84-86’. Canon F1s were my main drivers from 81-90, followed by T-90s and the EOS lineup from 91 until 05, when I switched to digital. Shot for AP up until ‘99’ as well as a few rags later on. I have been shooting Fuji’s (XT, XE and X-Pros) since ‘17’. So, yeah, you might say that I have some film camera experience in my almost 40 years of pro shooting, then again, perhaps not as much as you, so I will defer to you vastly superior knowledge of all things photographic.

cameraman655 chill haha, it’s just an opinion