For years, my camera of choice has been a Canon 5D Mark II which is a great camera, but it is a bit heavy when you include all the accessory and lenses. As I got older, I began looking around at some alternatives in terms of weight and had seen good reviews of the new mirrorless cameras.
Since I purchased as a refurbished or renewed camera, I took a gamble on how well the renewed product would be. I was not disappointed. It had been restored to near new conditions. There were a couple of nicks or scratches on the touchscreen, but nothing that would make me return the product...and I figured I would quickly put my own nicks or scratches on the camera.
All of the optics, sensors, knobs, buttons, etc were in perfect working order. It was like getting a brand new camera, but at a restored camera price.
Lens Quality
The 18-55 lens is a nice, medium size lens that will still allow you to get some nice soft focus elements. Since it is a Fuji factor lens, you know right out of the gate that your lens is compatible with this camera.
Picture Quality
Unbelievable is what I say. In some cases, I had to do a lot of tweaking to pictures with my previous camera; however, the picture quality was amazing right out of the gate. It was crisp and tight, and the color quality was near perfect as what I was seeing in reality.
The soft focus elements when coupled with a longer lens are stunning. Any tweaks I needed to make to the pictures were to help with mood creation or match what my creative vision would be.
Flip Out Screen
The flip out screen was a nice addition to the camera that I did not have from my previous cameras. I found the flip out screen provided the ability leverage low angle shots, and see what I was shooting instead of guessing. This screen has enabled me to take some amazing low angle shots that I only dreamed out.
Touch Screen
The touch screen is easy to use, and I am still getting used using it versus all the normal menu items and arrow keys. I still use the physical buttons as that is what I am most comfortable with; however, the clarity of the touch screen (or screen in general) is really good.
Weight
The camera is lightweight and compact which is great. Even with a decent lens on the camera it is still lighter than most of their competitors.
General Items
In addition to the light weight of the camera, I love the old school feel of the dials and knobs on the camera. It brings me back to some of my first film cameras and the look is incredible. Whats under the hood is also amazing, but the look and feel of it is an added bonus.
The SD media slots are great as you can have to two (2) SD cards and let them perform two different functions at the same time (photo and video). The RAW picture format is great and easily works with Adobe Lightroom for post production manipulation.
Overall
Overall, this camera is great and it has a great price point especially if you are looking to get into this market for a relatively affordable price point. If you are a Canon or Nikon user, just realize that you will probably need to buy new lenses for the camera unless you have third party lenses like Sigma.
The camera supports a number of third party lenses, but double check before you buy them to ensure they are compatible with this camera. If you want the latest and greatest features you might want to check out the X-T3, but for me, since I was new to this line, I went with the more affordable solution. I now have to two (2) camera bodies exactly same for the same price as one (1) from its competitor.
If you are looking for a change or certain factors like weight matter to you, check out the FujiFilm line up. You won't be disappointed.
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