![]() By removing the temptation even to look, I’m spending more time taking in what’s around me, looking through the viewfinder, and just enjoying the journey. I’m starting to fully realize how the presence of a screen impacts the way I shoot a digital camera, and I’m beginning to appreciate why someone might spring for a model like the Leica M10-D, which has no screen at all. The only area where I feel let down by the X-Pro3 is its hybrid optical viewfinder, which is a core part of the camera's experience. Viewfinders on previous X-Pro models had a magnifier that would engage depending on the attached lens's focal length, allowing the user to view frame lines for a pretty wide variety of lenses. Astia film profile, processed in Adobe Lightroom. You can’t see frame lines for lenses wider than 23mm (equivalent to 35mm), which I notice when shooting Fujifilm’s 18mm F2, though fortunately, that lens's field of view pretty closely matches the viewfinder itself. ![]() The EVF is very usable, and I’ll switch over to it at times, but it takes away some of the magic. Many people pigeon-hole the X-Pro3 as a camera for street photography only, which is unfortunate because it’s really quite versatile. I’m definitely not a street photographer, yet to my delight, I found it to be an incredibly satisfying camera.Ī lot of unexpected things happened this year, and not all of them were bad. I got to know my family better, even over FaceTime, I spent more time with my pets, and I caught up on projects that have languished for years. I also discovered a camera that brings me joy and reminds me of why I started taking pictures in the first place. That feels like a pretty good way to start 2021. The X-Pro3 is easily (I had the X-Pro2 for a couple of years but never found the EVF that great. This all changed when I first used the X-Pro3.
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