New camera - Fujifilm

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I'm a proponent of learning to use what you've got, make the most of it and don't lust over the latest thing. Both our cameras and post-processing apps are better than anything Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Henri-Cartier Bresson or Robert Capa ever had. My biggest hurdle is making the time to go do it. One of the things I'm looking forward to in retirement is photography. 

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Yep. Gear is just a tool. 
 

I wanted to upgrade to improve my high school sport shots and get into concert photography. None of which are going on right now. 

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I'm about 8 months into this and I really love the camera. I get great pictures right out of the camera. Love the Auto-ISO, film simulations, much more. The only thing is...Fujifilm's next level up camera went on sale and Adorama will pay me enough for my old camera to make the upgrade less than if I had bought the better one to begin with. Make sense? Well, if it's a little squishy sounding that's because I'm justifyin' here!

Bought the Fujifilm X-T3 and sold the X-T30. New one is a little larger, better build (magnesium alloy body), weather sealed and adds ISO and metering modes on external dials, rather than in menus. Shutter and exposure compensation are still on dials like on the previous one. Over the last several months I've really grown to love the external dials. Everything you need for exposure, metering and mode is on a dial. You can see where you are at a glance, make the adjustment and shoot quickly without fumbling through menus.

These additions are what really got me thinking. That and the sale. And the beefier build. And the fact that I never buy anything for myself, which Kathy points out is what I say every time  

Since it's a little bigger it feels better in the hand. And, the buttons are spaced out more and there's the addition of a 4-axis d-pad for moving around in menus or changing focus points. Other than all that it's pretty similar to the old one specs-wise, mostly a better form factor and a few advanced features. There will be very little learning curve on this upgrade. 

Pretty jazzed about the upgrade. It's what I would have bought if I'd have had more confidence switching from Nikon to Fujifilm back in January. But I love the system, and I'm all in now. I've got the better body and the range covered from 15mm to 300mm in three zoom lenses and a 50mm prime. I'm in great shape -- just need to get out and shoot!!

Here's a few of my favorites from the old camera:

 

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49 minutes ago, ness said:

 

I'm about 8 months into this and I really love the camera. I get great pictures right out of the camera. Love the Auto-ISO, film simulations, much more. The only thing is...Fujifilm's next level up camera went on sale and Adorama will pay me enough for my old camera to make the upgrade less than if I had bought the better one to begin with. Make sense? Well, if it's a little squishy sounding that's because I'm justifyin' here!

Bought the Fujifilm X-T3 and sold the X-T30. New one is a little larger, better build (magnesium alloy body), weather sealed and adds ISO and metering modes on external dials, rather than in menus. Shutter and exposure compensation are still on dials like on the previous one. Over the last several months I've really grown to love the external dials. Everything you need for exposure, metering and mode is on a dial. You can see where you are at a glance, make the adjustment and shoot quickly without fumbling through menus.

These additions are what really got me thinking. That and the sale. And the beefier build. And the fact that I never buy anything for myself, which Kathy points out is what I say every time  

Since it's a little bigger it feels better in the hand. And, the buttons are spaced out more and there's the addition of a 4-axis d-pad for moving around in menus or changing focus points. Other than all that it's pretty similar to the old one specs-wise, mostly a better form factor and a few advanced features. There will be very little learning curve on this upgrade. 

Pretty jazzed about the upgrade. It's what I would have bought if I'd have had more confidence switching from Nikon to Fujifilm back in January. But I love the system, and I'm all in now. I've got the better body and the range covered from 15mm to 300mm in three zoom lenses and a 50mm prime. I'm in great shape -- just need to get out and shoot!!

Here's a few of my favorites from the old camera:

 

 Neat,

  I shoot squirrels too. 

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, ness said:

 

I'm about 8 months into this and I really love the camera. I get great pictures right out of the camera. Love the Auto-ISO, film simulations, much more. The only thing is...Fujifilm's next level up camera went on sale and Adorama will pay me enough for my old camera to make the upgrade less than if I had bought the better one to begin with. Make sense? Well, if it's a little squishy sounding that's because I'm justifyin' here!

Bought the Fujifilm X-T3 and sold the X-T30. New one is a little larger, better build (magnesium alloy body), weather sealed and adds ISO and metering modes on external dials, rather than in menus. Shutter and exposure compensation are still on dials like on the previous one. Over the last several months I've really grown to love the external dials. Everything you need for exposure, metering and mode is on a dial. You can see where you are at a glance, make the adjustment and shoot quickly without fumbling through menus.

These additions are what really got me thinking. That and the sale. And the beefier build. And the fact that I never buy anything for myself, which Kathy points out is what I say every time  

Since it's a little bigger it feels better in the hand. And, the buttons are spaced out more and there's the addition of a 4-axis d-pad for moving around in menus or changing focus points. Other than all that it's pretty similar to the old one specs-wise, mostly a better form factor and a few advanced features. There will be very little learning curve on this upgrade. 

Pretty jazzed about the upgrade. It's what I would have bought if I'd have had more confidence switching from Nikon to Fujifilm back in January. But I love the system, and I'm all in now. I've got the better body and the range covered from 15mm to 300mm in three zoom lenses and a 50mm prime. I'm in great shape -- just need to get out and shoot!!

Here's a few of my favorites from the old camera:

 

                       Even more impressive seeing on the laptop instead of the phone.

I got tired of cocking my head sideways,

 

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46 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

                       Even more impressive seeing on the laptop instead of the phone.

I got tired of cocking my head sideways,

 

But that's not how she was!

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Just now, ness said:

But that's not how she was!

            She? Man you are good.