gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

On a scale of 1 to 10, how serious are your landscapes? Where is the mirror less lacking? I’m just curious as to your opinion. I don’t have a mirror less but my trusty D7000 does a sufficient job for me.

suntouched Loc: Sierra Vista AZ

This wasn't specifically addressed to me but I don't find the X-T3 lacking at all for landscapes. As a matter of fact Fuji has some of the best (small primes) lenses for landscapes. Along with controlled noise, great dynamic range, speciality film simulations, weather resistance and easy to pack and carry I don't see any reason not to use it for landscapes.

JFCoupe Loc: Kent, Washington

I am using the Panasonic 100-400 on my Olympus OMD EM1 MK II. Without a battery grip attached to the body, the camera and lens combination seem unbalanced. However, with the grip attached, it is wonderful. For comparison purposes it seems similar to my 5D MK II and 70-200 although still a bit smaller.


So if you are going to use a 100-400 on a Fuji body, I would suggest you use a battery grip as well.

DennisC. Loc: Antelope, CA

Will do, I’ll see how it compares to the Nikon D500 & 200-500. I don’t expect it to compete with a 500 f4 or similar but neither do any of the long zooms. I think the not so good reviews are from people with poor technique, Fuji makes beautiful lenses, I am amazed how well the 16mm f1.4, 56mm f1.2, 16-55mm f2.8 and 50-140mm f2.8 perform.

suntouched Loc: Sierra Vista AZ

You have all top end lenses but even the less expensive lenses I have are excellent- 55-200 mm, 23 and 35 mm f2. I no longer have but also excellent are the 14 and 18 mm lenses. Thanks and looking forward to your report.

xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

I think FF is great, however, I now prefer my XT3 for landscape over my D800 and other FF gear, not necessarily for IQ (which is great) but like many, have RAW on one card with the famed Fuji JPEGs on the other which means far less post pixel-peeping supposed “improvements” and, oh yes, the all-day “lugability” factor. To be frank, for my purposes, which do not include, billboard sized prints, the “lil” Fujis really do fit my bill. To each their own...

Cheers!

DennisC. Loc: Antelope, CA

I also have 23mm f2 and the 18-55 kit lens mostly used for video on a gimble and the 55-200 for walking around in the woods. I went to Yosemite on New Year’s Day to test the 10-24mm f4, I got it used and the price was right, nice lens, too bad it’s f4. They are all great lenses. I will also be testing the Laowa 9mm f2.8 and the Rokinon 12mm f2 cine version, I’ll share my findings with you.

suntouched Loc: Sierra Vista AZ

Looking forward to it.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

The EVF and OLED displays eat batteries in SOME mirrorless bodies.

Thorny Devil Loc: Alice Springs, Central Australia

I was a bit careless with my use of the words "serious landscapes". I treat taking all my photos with the same care and attention so I don't rate the process, but the results are a different matter.

I enjoy taking landscape photos and panoramas, sometimes hand held, other times I attach the camera to a pan head on a tripod depending on the scene, light, and whether I am going to make a single row or multiple row panorama. Mostly I either use my Nikon D7500 with a 16-35mm f4.0 lens for hand held or my D800 with either a 35mm or 50mm f1.8 lens on the pan head. The latter combination is for what I was referring to as "serious landscapes".

I doubt that the Fujiifilm XT3 is lacking anything for capturing landscapes and I will eventually try it out, but in the meantime it will be my daily / walk around / street / family events camera.

I might also add that I did not get the XT3 because I felt that either of my two Nikon cameras were lacking in any way or that the XT3 could do things that the Nikons couldn't, I got the XT3, partly to explore the new technology as well as to add another tool to my choice of photographic tools.

Shutterbug57

I have Nikon SLRs & DSLRs including the D500. I also have the X-T2. I got the X-T2 with the 18-55 & 55-200 lenses as a briefcase kit and to test out mirrorless. I have since picked up the 23 f/2.0 as a street/bad weather lens.

I had read that the Fuji did well in IQ, but, me being the skeptic, I had to try it out to see for myself. I figured that even if it was just OK, having an OK camera in my briefcase, which wasn’t going to be my D500 kit, beat not having a camera at all. For general use, I have not been disappointed. I frequently print 13”x19” and the Fuji holds it’s own with my Nikon gear. For knocking around, if I want a digital camera, it has become my go to and it is small & light enough with the 18-55 to ride along in my 4x5 bag when I am out taking things a bit more slowly.

I don’t plan to get rid of my Nikon gear. The D500 is better at action and low light because, except at 23mm, I have faster lenses for it. The fast Fuji lenses, while excellent, don’t meet the primary mission of a briefcase camera - size & weight.

Pros of the Fuji
Light weight
IQ
EVF - lets you pre-chimp
External knobs for controls
The lenses have an aperture ring that is actually used to set the aperture
No “modes” selector, although you can easily achieve the same result
Lens quality across the line up
Great film simulations

Cons
Size - while great for a briefcase kit, the body is quite small
EVF - pre-chimping can let you get lazy
EVF - camera must be on to see through it, otherwise it’s just a black hole
Battery life, I always have 3 on me
Decent but not great for action
BBF button lacks feel and placement is awkward

Thorny Devil Loc: Alice Springs, Central Australia

Regarding your comment about the placement of the button that you use for BBF, as far as I can see the XT2 and the XT3 have the same layout and I found it more comfortable to use the Fn2 button which I found I was acc1dentally pressing anyway before I changed it to activate AF. Maybe you can give it a try and see if that suits you better.