I recently realised that I’ve gathered far too much camera equipment. As a result, I have great cameras and lenses sitting on a shelf doing nothing. This has made me contemplate selling or trading some of these kits, but where to start?
Before deciding, I wanted to check the image quality to ensure I didn’t regret my choices.
Looking at the RAW files from my XT3, I found I was much more impressed than I thought I would be. The image quality is great, the colours are wonderful, and the RAW files offer so much latitude for detail recovery in the shadows. I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to share some newly processed images here.
This first photo is on the South West Coast Path, descending into St Ives when coming from Carbis Bay.
I shot this handheld with the Fuji XT3 and the Fuji 18-135 lens at 22mm. The shutter speed is 1/40 second at f/7.1 and ISO1600. I love the colour and shadow detail captured by the camera, and I did very little editing on the RAW file.
This next image was taken shortly after in the harbour at St Ives as the sun was setting over the town.
This is another handheld shot with the Fuji XT3 and Fuji 18-135 lens at 18mm. The exposure is 1/105 second at ISO160 and f/14.0 (I think I must have caught the aperture ring on the lens). What surprised me about this shot was just how much detail I could bring up in the shadows, as I don’t believe I was using a lens filter.
These images and a few more have convinced me that the Fuji XT3 will remain my backup body for the Fuji XT5.
I hope you like the photos and have a great weekend.
The Lightweight Photographer 
It’s pleasing to me you arrived at that conclusion as I have an x-t5 and bought a used x-t3 as a second body/backup. On a tour I took the x-t3/fuji 10-24mm and x-t5/fuji 18-55. This covered everything but was lacking a bit on the long end sometimes, so have since bought a fuji 16-80mm for future trips. The setup isn’t too heavy for an old bloke saves changing lenses on the run.
Thank you for sharing the blog, which is always interesting in covering such a wide range of matters that pop up sometimes on a day to day basis.
I’d also like to add that I have the Affinity book on selection, pdf and now hard copy, and find it very helpful.
regards, Ross
Thanks Ross. It’s good to know my rambling is interesting and thank you for purchasing my “How To Select It” book for Affinity. I hope you find it helpful.
Appreciating the X T3 or X T5?
I appreciate both but I was writing about the XT3 in the article and the photos I shared were from an XT3.
i purchased
No, I gathered. I didn’t buy all my equipment.