Thanks for the kind words! Hoping Fuji hears our love for this camera and continues the line.

Thanks so much! I skipped the XPro2, but it seems to be getting a lot of love these days. I'm curious to know how you feel about the 3 if you go that route, as compared to the 2 you used to have.

I believe that it will be 2026.

If I had the budget, there'd be an M10 or 11 sitting in my bag, but I just can't get there right now. I do love the experience of shooting with the M6 enough that a digital M is always sort of in the back of my mind. I don't want to go as far back as the M8 or M9 for various reasons, and I've never really loved the idea of the M240 as I think it's a little bit expensive for such an old camera. If I'm investing in a digital M, I'd want it to be newer than those so it's at least a little bit future-proof and holds its value somewhat well.

@@MatthewMorse I hear you. Thats why i am happy with the m10-r. i wish the would have made an m10-r-p though

PS whenever I venture out on a non photo sortie, I grab the X-pro3

Thanks for tuning in! I know it was a long one to get through.

I just want IBIS on the X-Pro3 successor.. is that too much to ask for, Fuji?

I wouldn't mind more (or less) megapixels. I'm not a pixel peeper, nor do I ever blow things up to the point that I need tons of megapixels. I also don't really crop (other than a slight crop as a result of straightening a photo) so I'm with you in that I'd like the sensor to stay the same. I like the way this one renders. I didn't like the way the one in the XT5 rendered, though. It felt really clean and didn't have that little bit of grittiness that I get from the XPro3, which I like for my style of photography. I'd just like to see an XPro4 as a continuation of the line in hopes that maybe the XPro3 would get a little bit of a second wind from the continuation.

@@abben I don't understand why they didn't have IBIS in the XPro3 to begin with...

My favorite black and white simulation is the Tri-X simulation from FujiXWeekly. It renders beautifully with really nice tones throughout. It's definitely the best black and white simulation I've tried.

I wouldn't know. Can't afford it. LOL!

Yep, I was going to say it. It’s the only one that works like it should.

Oh that's good to know!!! I didn't realize you could tether it in that way. I'll try it and report back. Enjoy the XPro3 and 23mm. It's an incredible combo.

were there any other differences you saw between the pro2 vs pro3? i'm looking to get one!

@@ryantolentino5491 Hmm. People say 3 has more detail though I don’t care enough to pixel peep. I also notice 3 have better autofocus in lower light. Ultimately I think both give great results, so I’d choose based on which design you like and what use pattern you feel fit you. I love the back screen design of X-Pro3. I like that it’s hidden most of the time, yet I can quickly flip it out for a waist level shot. With X-Pro2 I had to cycle through view modes to get the screen to turn off or on, which was slow and error probe. I also love the bigger optical viewfinder on the 3 (esp as I wear glases). And it’s maybe a bit silly, but I love the silver titanium finnish of the 3. The 3 has face detect autofocus that actually works! I also love the tiny subdisplay at the back that’s always on. I can always quickly glance at it before going out to check that I have enough battery or space left for images. That said, the 2 has it’s pros too. It’s easier to get beautiful images with the raw files (though I’ve gotten better with the 3, so I like both now). The 2 also have two magnifications for the OVF, so you in some sense better for both wide and tele, but at the cost of being much worse if you wear glasses. The screen at the back is certainly an advantage if you like to shoot using the back LCD a lot or you look at your images a lot. Honestly you kinda can’t go wrong. They’re both fantastic cameras!

@@ryantolentino5491 One more pro for the 2: since it doesn’t have a flip out screen, but the screen is built into the body it feels more solid. And related con to the 3: There’s been a good amount of people who have had the cable connecting the back screen fail on them, making the back screens non-functional. I’ve never had issues with my pair of 3s though.

I've tried most of the X100 cameras (the original, X100T, F and V), and I liked the original quite a bit, but that was when it first came out, and I felt that it was just a little... too quirky? I'd probably feel differently about it with newer updates, but my favorite of them all was the X100V. It felt very polished, refined and usable. The only reason I parted with mine was because I wanted to have the ability to swap lenses. I tried using the converters for the X100V, but found them to be a little clunky in use and figured if I was going to carry a few extra lenses anyway, I might as well get an XPro of some iteration. If the X100V was more readily available at a more reasonable price, I'd consider having one alongside my XPro3, but at the current prices, you can almost just get an XPro3 and 23mm f/2 (and could definitely get an XPro2 and 23mm).

I don't love the manual focus experience on the XPro3 so I don't really use adapted lenses all that much. I do have an adapter and I've tried it a few times, but it's not my favorite thing to do. What hybrid system are you experimenting with, if you don't mind me asking.

@@MatthewMorse Mainly it's the Canon EOS system with EF lenses. All the EOS cameras (film/digital) work with all the EF lenses (not EF-S or EF-M). I don't think Canon makes any manual focus EF lenses, however some third party manufacturers do. Also the Nikon F system is worth looking into. For the most part the lenses and bodies are interchangeable, however there are many asterisks. For example the newer autofocus lenses without aperture rings won't work on older non-autofocus cameras. Etc. I'm still learning.

I just picked up the 27mm not too long ago. At first, I had a hard time justifying it in my head since it's so similar in focal length to the 23mm f/2, and it's slower at f/2.8, but after having it on the camera, I absolutely love it! Really changes the form factor of the XPro3, and makes it such a joy to carry around on a wrist strap.

The first batch of photos is from the M6, the second is all from the XPro3. Thanks for the kind words!!

@@MatthewMorse nice stuff!

I owned the 50R for about a month. For me, its shortcomings far outweighed the few perks it had. The sensor isn’t really large enough to give the medium format look without very large, fast glass. And Fuji doesn’t offer much in the way of that. I also found it to be really slow and clunky to use, and the larger size made me not want to carry it as many places.

@@MatthewMorse in fact, I was thinking of one for my self … will keep my xpro2 and xe4… and 35mm mode on Gfx or vintage medium format glass ?

I didn’t realize they were the same. That’s good to know! I just meant from a UI experience, the XT4 just felt very much like any other digital camera. The XT5, on the other hand, has whatever the new sensor is and I really don’t like the images from it.