My X-E3 arrived today. Since the fedex guy who had it on the truck for delivery yesterday and was in my neighborhood decided I didn't need it till today.
Quick thoughts after shooting with it a bit. So far I really like it. As much as I thought I would hate it, so for I'm kinda liking the touch screen. Although, I try to hit the D pad on it constantly from muscle memory.
AF speed performs very well. Possibly a bit better than the Pro2.
I noticed in the AF menu, that the E3 has the setting to remember separate AF settings for landscape and portrait orientation like the X-T2/3. I really wish Fuji would have added this to the Pro2 in a firmware update.
I love the layout of the controls. My score is 99 out of 100. Only because I wish the play button to view photos was in the same spot as on the Pro2. That is a personal thing though, not a design flaw.
The body is really small. So small that if I hold it one handed for long, it starts to fatigue my fingers. A grip will fix that. And if I hold it by the lens like I should be, there is no issue. But I seem to want to shoot one handed with the X-E3. Probably due to the small size of the body. The larger lenses, like the 16mm 1.4, are not awkward if you support the lens with the left hand.
I noticed when shooting jpgs, the auto white balance was really hitting a magenta cast. But that was easy enough to correct in the AWB menu adjusting the color. As usual for Fuji, the out of camera jpgs look fantastic. It's on me if the photo is bad.
It fits perfectly in a Think Tank Mirrorless mover with either the 16 1.4 or 35 1.4 attached and the other lens on the other side of the divider.
If this thing was weather sealed, it would quite possibly put a large dent in X-Pro2 and future Xpro model sales.
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