I can understand that people who never shot film might not quite understand the visual significance of this feature, but I would argue that it’s not completely unusable. In fact, it’s quite usable. When posted about it on Twitter, I had a few people remarks in not-so-gentle terms that little film sim display was a “stupid, completely unusable gimmick.” However, not everyone seems as impressed as I am about this feature. Seeing the actual film box logo for Velvia, or whatever sim I’m using, puts a huge smile on my face and makes me feel all warm inside. I absolutely love this feature, mostly because it brings me back to those days when I shot film myself. This allowed you to quickly and easily see what film was currently loaded inside the body. This harkens back to the film days when you tore off the label on the box of film you were using and slipped it into the dedicated slot on the back of the camera. The default mode is to show a digital “Label” of your current film simulation. In place of the back panel LCD screen, Fuji included a second Sub Monitor screen, which give you two different functions. Or, you can combine both and display a small EVF screen in the bottom corner of your optical viewfinder so you can get a Live View of your scene and check for precise focus or see the effects of your chosen film sim. It allows you to choose between using a bright, clear optical viewfinder, or an improved 3.69 million pixel OLED Electronic Viewfinder. To help in this process, the X-Pro 3 feature the Hybrid Multi Viewfinder that’s graced all of the X-Pro models. It actually flips 180 degrees, all the way down. (Note: There is some misconception online that the LCD only flips halfway down. Fujifilm did this to foster a more traditional style of shooting, which encourages you to shoot using the Optical/Electronic viewfinder and trust your creative instincts in the moment, instead of shooting with the screen and/or checking your images after every shot. The LCD screen is now reversed, and instead of being visible all the time, you must flip it down to see it. The most obvious thing is that the main LCD screen is gone. Hidden Screen and New Back Panel Sub MonitorĪlthough the X-Pro 3 retains the same familiar rangefinder design, it’s undergone a couple of significant changes. This gives the back of the camera a much more clean design. Instead, it has both touch and swipe controls on the main LCD screen, and the AF/selector joystick, just like the X-T3 has. One notable change to the body, though, is that, like the X-E3, the X-Pro 3 does not have the four Thumb Pad buttons on the back of the camera. Only, it comes packaged in that traditional stylistic body design which has captured the enthusiasm of photojournalists, wedding and portrait shooters and street/travel photographers around the world. In other words, X-Pro shooters now have a immensely powerful machine that allows them to capture a wide range of difficult and challenging scenes and push their creativity, just like the X-T3 shooters have enjoyed for the past year. It also has the immensely powerful PRE-SHOT ES feature that is so useful for shooting action and other fast breaking scenes, as well as 1.25x Sports Finder Mode, and the Electronic Front Curtain Shutter, which offers reduced camera shake at lower shutter speeds. This means the X-Pro 3 will fire at up to 11 fps with the mechanical shutter, and up to 30 fps with the electronic. In addition, the X-Pro 3 now has the radically updated electronic shutter, and everything that goes with that. Just as the X-Pro 2 introduced the 24MP sensor and the much faster X-Processor Pro image processing circuitry, both of which were eventually rolled into the X-T2, now we have the same thing in reverse.įujifilm has taken nearly all of the advancements that were introduced in the X-T3 last year and rolled them into the much anticipated X-Pro 3, which was unveiled last week at PhotoPlus Expo.īuilt with the same 26.1MP Back Side Illuminated X-Trans 4 sensor and the X-Processor 4 image processing chip, the X-Pro 3 now has the same power and creative performance of its X-T brother, and it gives users a huge array of new creative options.Įssentially, the X-Pro 3 has the same low light performance, the same 2.16 million pixel autofocus system with 100% phase detect coverage, faster, more precise tracking and 2 full stops of increased sensitivity in dim conditions, and the same movie recording specs that allow for shooting up to 15 minutes of DCI/UDH 4K at up to 200Mbps. Anytime Fujifilm releases a new camera, we can look forward to many of the updated specs and features being populated into future models, and in many cases, with already current models via firmware updates.
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