But as we pointed out in the review of Jared’s review, he is probably not so familiar with Fujifilm controls.
In fact, Fujifilm cameras are more flexible than anything else on the market right now.
If you like the retro analogue controls (like me), you just turn the dedicated dials, but if you hate them (like Jared), all you need to do is to set your camera in a way that all those nice retro-dials become useless, since you can control many settings via command dial, just like on a DSLR.
If you are interested to know, how it works, then make sure to check out Ming Cai Youtube Video “Customize the Command Dials on Fujifilm Cameras to Get DSLR-like Control”
And since it just fits so well in today’s article…. as a hardcore analgoue-like controls freak like myself, I share again Palle Schultz Video down below ;)
Just as with the XF 8-16 and XF 200 annoncement on Friday, July 20, there are chances that also this time on FujiRumors we can’t share the Fujifilm X-T3 announcement date.
What I can promise, though, is that the X-T3 live blogging on FujiRumors will start the very same second the X-T3 will be announced.
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I really like it, because none of the photographers interviewed mentions for a single time the word “Fujifilm” or “megapixel“. They “just” tell us what photography means to them.
Just the fact that Fujifilm shares such videos on their channels, denotes a photographic culture, that, so they tell me, is lacking in some other brands.
It’s surely an exciting time, now that also Canon and Nikon are entering seriously into the mirrorless market. But more competition in a shrinking market… how will it end for the various camera companies?
According to Tony Northrup, it’s a battle between Sony and Canon, with Nikon being the underdog.
Fujifilm will end up in the 4th place, and Micro 4/3 as well as Pentax will basically disappear.
Regarding Fujifilm, Tony & Chelsea say:
lots of different form factors, and retro style. They have carved out a safe niche
however, he also says that this “safe niche” could become hard for Fuji to defend
extremely loyal following (also thanks to Fujifilm listening to customers, like with Kaizen firmware udpates)
customer base is growing and more Pros are moving into Fujifilm
but they are still limited by their sensor size, they only have APS-C, so they won’t make the breakthrough in the Pro market
things Tony and Chelsea love about Fujifilm are “intangible” and do not appear on DxO and DPR
Tony Northrup does not mention Fujifilm GFX medium format system. And overall I see that the big youtube channels don’t really look at this camera. For them, Fujifilm is APS-C.
A pity, since even DPReview says in their GFX 50S review here “this is the best image quality we’ve ever seen.”
Anyway… the moral of the story: apparently only Full Frame is really Pro (not APS-C and apparently not even Medium Format)!
the Ridiculous “is Fuji Pro” question
Of course I don’t agree with this, simply because many Pros already use Fujifilm for their work.
Or maybe those Pros don’t know they are shooting with an APS-C camera? In this case, don’t tell them the sensor in their camera is APS-C, or they will delete years of pictures from their hard drives and send back to clients all the money they earned with Fujifilm pictures over all these years. ;)
No seriously, besides the fun, I find the question if Fujifilm is a professional system often ridiculous.
Just ask top wedding photographer Kevin Mullins, world renowned portrait photographer Damien Lovegrove, ultra famous celebrity photographer Markus Klinko, Magnum photographer David Alan Harvey, official FIA car race photographer John Rourke (and so many others), if Fujifilm ruins their photography or if they get less paid because they use Fujifilm gear ;) .
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