Lightmancer
Legend
- Location
- Sunny Frimley
- Name
- Bill Palmer
So, I picked mine up today.
The quality of construction has taken a step up. I remember that my original X-Pro felt a bit "hollow", particularly coming from a couple of decades of Leica M use. The 2 improved on that, but the 3 feels hewn from a solid block of dense black stuff.
The built in handgrip is more substantial than found on its predecessors, to the extent that this is the first X-Pro that I think I can use comfortably without an accessory grip.
In the box there's the camera, a battery, a basic strap and a cable. There's an unfeasibly large polishing cloth which feels like an afterthought for those driven nuts by the fingerprint magnet that is the dura coating (mine is standard black), some Capture One paperwork and...
...well, that's it. No charger, no mains cord/plug, no instruction book...
There's a QR code to scan and download one, but to be honest I doubt anyone Fuji-literate will need one. When you pop in a battery and fire it up you get a choice of language and then it encourages you to connect to your phone/Fujifilm Remote and sync time and date and, optionally, location.
It took me moments not to miss the d-pad. The joystick is snappy and positive.
I love the new OVF. God it's pellucidly clear and very usable. Much has been written about the different field of view but in practice it's fine.
Attention has clearly been paid to usability and to feedback from real photographers not whiners. The exposure comp dial is more deeply recessed and harder to knock, as is the dioptre dial - mine was taped down on the X-Pro2.
So first impressions are favourable. Very much so.
I haven't had the chance to shoot anything other than the radiator on the other side of my lounge so far - watch this space...
The quality of construction has taken a step up. I remember that my original X-Pro felt a bit "hollow", particularly coming from a couple of decades of Leica M use. The 2 improved on that, but the 3 feels hewn from a solid block of dense black stuff.
The built in handgrip is more substantial than found on its predecessors, to the extent that this is the first X-Pro that I think I can use comfortably without an accessory grip.
In the box there's the camera, a battery, a basic strap and a cable. There's an unfeasibly large polishing cloth which feels like an afterthought for those driven nuts by the fingerprint magnet that is the dura coating (mine is standard black), some Capture One paperwork and...
...well, that's it. No charger, no mains cord/plug, no instruction book...
There's a QR code to scan and download one, but to be honest I doubt anyone Fuji-literate will need one. When you pop in a battery and fire it up you get a choice of language and then it encourages you to connect to your phone/Fujifilm Remote and sync time and date and, optionally, location.
It took me moments not to miss the d-pad. The joystick is snappy and positive.
I love the new OVF. God it's pellucidly clear and very usable. Much has been written about the different field of view but in practice it's fine.
Attention has clearly been paid to usability and to feedback from real photographers not whiners. The exposure comp dial is more deeply recessed and harder to knock, as is the dioptre dial - mine was taped down on the X-Pro2.
So first impressions are favourable. Very much so.
I haven't had the chance to shoot anything other than the radiator on the other side of my lounge so far - watch this space...