I think I already posted it under your X-T3 video, but many people seem to miss that you can also apply the film simulations to the RAW files in Lightroom and Capture One, you don't have to use Fuji's software (or JPEG).
Great video..I got soooooooo tired of the 'i switched' crap,and finally,someone who can deliver an actual review.Every single Fuji user i met LOVES their camera...
With the great eye-AF and video features, the stand-out features of the X-T3x models were mentioned. For those new to the Fuji system (or mirrorless), it bears mentioning that there are many other bodies in the previous generations that, like these, give you incredibly sharp images from sensors with no anti-aliasing filter, an autofocus system on the sensor that doesn't need micro-adjustment like SLRs, nice-looking "filmic" luminosity grain at high ISO from the x-trans color filter array (compared to the color noise you get from other brands that force you into black-and-white conversion), and an exhaustive, excellent quality, compact lens system that you don't get from other APS-C brands. Other brands have gaps in their APS lens lineup that you have to fill with expensive full frame lenses, because they want to force you to buy a set of FF lenses in the hope you will upgrade.
Great work on this review, IMO nearly all cameras give great IQ these days so for many enthusiasts it comes down to what its like to use as the main priority. Btw what a superb view at 8:45 !
I´m using the X-T30 parallel to my Nikon D750. The make a greate couple. Silent shooting, full frame, EVF, OVF, hand friendly large Nikon, small FUJI for the pocket.......
Man Fuji always seems to have the best colors. Like you mentioned skin tones. Fuji just seems to get it spot on where other makers are just not there yet. Nice review! Thanks.
Used mine for about a month and then loaned it to my son who needed it for work as a professional photographer. I am really missing it now. Still have my X100F and an old X-T10. Love the range but still using Canon DSLR and 100-400 for Bird photography.
When I was shooting film, in a short period of time, I shot mostly with Fujifilm. I've done a couple blind test with the different mirrorless cameras and I was shocked how many times I picked Fujifilm images over Canon, Olympus, Panasonic and Sony. However I have designed some presets in Lightroom that have helped my work flow. Who knows I may own two camera system because there are features I don't want to give up on my Olympus but things I really like about Fujifilm.
I loved the feel of the Z50, but the XT30 has more affordable lenses. Z50 kit lenses have too high an aperture for my needs/wants and the full-frame Z lenses are $$$$$$$
Good review. I have shot everything over the years and currently have a Fuji XT-2 and an X70 which I love, take that everywhere. I really love the film simulations. Thanks for the review.
Amazing video. I really can't decide between the XT30 or the X100V. If I go for the XT30 I would only be buying one pancake 2.8 WR lens anyway due to budget, but then the X100V is semi-weather sealed but then you also need to add the lens filter. Ugh someone help!
Love it but too expensive for me I have the opportunity to buy an X T30 with a XF 18-55 for 1220$ Is that any good or i should wait for the XT40 to get the XT30 for less?
It may be too late, depending on where you saw that price, but I think that sounds like a pretty good deal. I rented an X-T30 for a week with the 18-55 kit lens, and it was great. I ended up buying the X-T3 because I wanted more weather resistance and a larger grip, but both take great pictures.
I purchased an X100F for my recent 28 day tour of Europe, and I was learning on the fly, I set up to shoot RAW and jpg and I would save my images every evening to my laptop and an external drive. I wanted to use the OVF exclusively, as it was high summer, but I found that sometimes I had dropped into video, and to get back to single shot I needed the menu, but it wouldn't display on the back screen and I had to flick through view mode to get it to display the menu. Sometimes I just had to put it away till I could figure out what I had done. I had that uncomfortable feeling of being stupid. Each day I could shoot for a bit longer before I knocked something and lost control of my camera. Is there a way to set up the camera to be a still camera with ovf and a choice between auto and manual where the menu displays only on the back screen every time? I love the camera but I feel like a fool most of the time, wondering when brushing a function button inadvertently will do something that takes time to resolve. Everytime I leave the house I take it on my wrist strap. So I want to become proficient.
Andrew, you’re not being stupid - it’s just a question of getting to know what the X100F can do, and it can do a lot. Although this is a review of the X-T30, the Fujifilm DNA and “feel” is also in your X100F, so I think it’s legitimate to discuss the problems you’ve described. I’m a user of the X100F. Perhaps I’m “old school” in that I shot film cameras for many years (and still use my Leica M6 on occasions). I want to keep things as simple as possible. The X100F gives the use a head start, in that the essentials of photography - the shutter speed, the aperture, the ISO rating and the focus - can all be set externally without the need to go into a screen menu. Each of them can be set manually or simple left in Auto mode. There’s a nice physicality about this which reminds me of using a film camera. Apart from this I do two things - I switch off function buttons and dials unless I need them and I lock buttons to prevent them being pushed by accident. (To lock functions down, simply press the Menu button for 5 seconds. To unlock, reverse the process. This would immediately solve your problem of accidentally switching to video, caused by brushing the Drive button - been there, done that!). The “5 second lock” also switches off the Q button for accidental knocks. Some people love the joy stick for moving the focus point. I don’t and so keep it locked. So, apart from controlling shutter speed, aperture, ISO and focus, what else do I have switched on? Well, there’s the lever on the front of the camera for flipping between OVF and EVF. In the centre of the lever is a button. I’ve assigned this to be my focus button for when I’m shooting in manual focus. (Some people prefer to assign a rear button for this. I have a rear button for manual focus assigned on my X-Pro2). And the Fn button on the top plate I’ve assigned to face and eye detection, though that rarely gets used. Apart from the Menu button, four other buttons operate as intended by Fujifilm - View Mode, Playback, Delete and Display Back. And the slider on the side off the camera for Single, Continuous and Manual focus works as usual. All of the X100F’s many other functions I can reach through the screen menus, though, as I said, I like to keep things as simple as possible. Of course, the are many ways of configuring a camera like the X100F. No doubt other people will read what I’ve written and shout “No, no, no!” - but this is just what works best for me. I hope this helps, Andrew.
Rob Phillips, I must be blessed. Your answer has come with perfect understanding of my dilemma. Thankyou! I am old school. I shoot with a Canon system as it fits in my hands well and also my adult children are all Canon users and have some useful glass which I have not purchased. When I first bought a DSLR I was confounded by the options and it was some years before I gave up the green A. When I decided to shoot manual, all of my joy returned, I was on home turf as I too had shot Fuji in the seventies (along with Medium Format). I like the dials and the camera in general. That lock function was a problem to me one day because I did not know how I locked the camera, so that afternoon was blown because it was hot, I was flustered and my camera was locked! So I shot with my phone. Later that evening I picked up the manual and checked the problem pages for a fix. Locked camera was not on their problem list, it should be. So I started reading the manual again, and somewhere near the start it mentioned locking the camera. The word "lock..." did not appear in the index either. Your advice on setting what I want and clearing the other stuff and locking the camera is a hot tip. I saw a tip from another photographer who used the front command dial to adjust his ISO when the ISO selector was in the C position, I will test to see if locking the camera disables that wheel. I have not seen face and eye detection work, they are greyed out in my menu. there must be a reason why the Disp/Back button does not always work. Then I try ViewMode to get my menu on the back screen instead of theviewfinder, and then there is no guarantee of success. I do like the joystick, because if shooting wide open, I have found in my Canons, that focus and recompose can lead to soft shots, because the subject's slightest movement will create loss of sharpness. By moving the points to suit the composition there is a better outcome. Your reply has opened up some other questions for me, but I can check those out when time is not an issue. I am really grateful for your reply, it should be pinned to the page (but it is strictly OT), thankyou!!
Andrew Greig Yes, we’re certainly veering off topic, Andrew, so apologies to Snapchick! All of the current and recent Fujifilm X-series camera’s have broadly similar menu and setting systems, though, so the points you raise are generally applicable, including to the camera reviewed here. You might want to visit the RUclips channel of the wedding photographer Kevin Mullins who uses the X100F (with other Fujifilm cameras) when covering weddings. This is a video about his settings for the X100F: ruclips.net/video/CXh6WgoukeY/видео.html . Kevin also published a book on using the X100S which is still available from Amazon (at least, here in the U.K.). Obviously, the X100 series has moved on since the X100S but this is still a useful book.
@@bollinmorris2 thank you for your research on my behalf. I really appreciate it. This will be my last message OT. I will check out the video make notes and then see how I want to fly. Rob Phillips suggestion of selecting the feature I want, and removing those which can be accessed by Menu anyway, and then locking the camera are very appealing. The wedding photographer's settings may make sense to me now . Thankyou.
I also just checked amazon, X-T30 with XC kit lens and oodles of accessories for $999, no idea what you looked at but you found the one reseller on amazon that overcharges people
You might be interested in all the other nice features of Fuji cameras that I mentioned in my comment above (or below), so take a look at the video about doing that on a budget, here: "Building A Fujifilm Kit (For Less Than The Price Of An X-T3)" ruclips.net/video/6e_pzcDQIQQ/видео.html
#TheSnapChick And as referring to Bokeh or whatever very shallow DOF , if you have chance just seperate subject and distance of background or slight change of perception , f/64 club was formed by such likes as Ansel Adams and if you have a subject make the surroundings part of the picture without taking away from main subject , get creative
I was a little confused and also concerned about that statement. I am a Canon user but really seriously thinking about switching to the xt30. I didn't understand about the dog comment. I use aps-c camera's and I have no problem getting a razor thin or very shallow dof with the right lens and settings. I have never had to make this happen in post. So, why would I have a problem with the Fujixt30? Is it because it's mirrorless? #Thesnapchick Thanks!
@@buddah610 since the Fuji sensor is technically slightly larger than the Canon APS-C sensors, I'd wager the depth of field would be slightly more shallow on the X-T30, but it's unlikely you'd see a difference.
My review of the Fuji X-T3 is live here! ruclips.net/video/2igfXuCWiFA/видео.html Also find links to all of the gear I used in the description above!
I think I already posted it under your X-T3 video, but many people seem to miss that you can also apply the film simulations to the RAW files in Lightroom and Capture One, you don't have to use Fuji's software (or JPEG).
how to do that on lightroom cc?
Great video..I got soooooooo tired of the 'i switched' crap,and finally,someone who can deliver an actual review.Every single Fuji user i met LOVES their camera...
With the great eye-AF and video features, the stand-out features of the X-T3x models were mentioned. For those new to the Fuji system (or mirrorless), it bears mentioning that there are many other bodies in the previous generations that, like these, give you incredibly sharp images from sensors with no anti-aliasing filter, an autofocus system on the sensor that doesn't need micro-adjustment like SLRs, nice-looking "filmic" luminosity grain at high ISO from the x-trans color filter array (compared to the color noise you get from other brands that force you into black-and-white conversion), and an exhaustive, excellent quality, compact lens system that you don't get from other APS-C brands.
Other brands have gaps in their APS lens lineup that you have to fill with expensive full frame lenses, because they want to force you to buy a set of FF lenses in the hope you will upgrade.
I just purchased the x-t30 to go along with my X-H1. Love them both but REALLY love my X-T30 even though it's not weather sealed.
Nice review... I own both the X100F and the X-T30 and both are great cameras.. Using the X-T30 with small f2 and f2.8 primes is a huge plus to me..
Great work on this review, IMO nearly all cameras give great IQ these days so for many enthusiasts it comes down to what its like to use as the main priority. Btw what a superb view at 8:45 !
I´m using the X-T30 parallel to my Nikon D750. The make a greate couple. Silent shooting, full frame, EVF, OVF, hand friendly large Nikon, small FUJI for the pocket.......
Man Fuji always seems to have the best colors. Like you mentioned skin tones. Fuji just seems to get it spot on where other makers are just not there yet. Nice review! Thanks.
Used mine for about a month and then loaned it to my son who needed it for work as a professional photographer. I am really missing it now. Still have my X100F and an old X-T10. Love the range but still using Canon DSLR and 100-400 for Bird photography.
When I was shooting film, in a short period of time, I shot mostly with Fujifilm. I've done a couple blind test with the different mirrorless cameras and I was shocked how many times I picked Fujifilm images over Canon, Olympus, Panasonic and Sony. However I have designed some presets in Lightroom that have helped my work flow. Who knows I may own two camera system because there are features I don't want to give up on my Olympus but things I really like about Fujifilm.
Thank you for this review. I’m trying to decide between the Fuji X-T30 and Nikon Z50. You reviewed both. Which one do you prefer?
SAME
@@maggiejackson6443 I went for the all new Fuji X-S10 (it has ibis) and really love it.
@@jberenden ooo nice choice. Thanks so much for your input!!
I loved the feel of the Z50, but the XT30 has more affordable lenses. Z50 kit lenses have too high an aperture for my needs/wants and the full-frame Z lenses are $$$$$$$
Interested to know whether you would pick the X-T30 over the Nikon Z50? I shoot primarily landscape photography, with some motorsports occasionally.
Good review. I have shot everything over the years and currently have a Fuji XT-2 and an X70 which I love, take that everywhere. I really love the film simulations. Thanks for the review.
Amazing video. I really can't decide between the XT30 or the X100V. If I go for the XT30 I would only be buying one pancake 2.8 WR lens anyway due to budget, but then the X100V is semi-weather sealed but then you also need to add the lens filter. Ugh someone help!
Same prob here. Waiting on the sept 2 conference. Let me know what you picked
I don't understand why Fujifilm couldn't put the same screen flip on the X-T30 😶
Love it but too expensive for me
I have the opportunity to buy an X T30 with a XF 18-55 for 1220$
Is that any good or i should wait for the XT40 to get the XT30 for less?
It may be too late, depending on where you saw that price, but I think that sounds like a pretty good deal. I rented an X-T30 for a week with the 18-55 kit lens, and it was great. I ended up buying the X-T3 because I wanted more weather resistance and a larger grip, but both take great pictures.
@@BrentODell that was on Amazon, anyway i bought just the body fo 770€
I'm waiting for the X-T40 so hard.
If you're shooting astrophotography with a Fuji X Series camera then the Rokinon 12mm f2 is by far the best option....
For photography, nikon d7500 or fuji xt30?
I purchased an X100F for my recent 28 day tour of Europe, and I was learning on the fly, I set up to shoot RAW and jpg and I would save my images every evening to my laptop and an external drive. I wanted to use the OVF exclusively, as it was high summer, but I found that sometimes I had dropped into video, and to get back to single shot I needed the menu, but it wouldn't display on the back screen and I had to flick through view mode to get it to display the menu. Sometimes I just had to put it away till I could figure out what I had done. I had that uncomfortable feeling of being stupid. Each day I could shoot for a bit longer before I knocked something and lost control of my camera. Is there a way to set up the camera to be a still camera with ovf and a choice between auto and manual where the menu displays only on the back screen every time? I love the camera but I feel like a fool most of the time, wondering when brushing a function button inadvertently will do something that takes time to resolve. Everytime I leave the house I take it on my wrist strap. So I want to become proficient.
Andrew, you’re not being stupid - it’s just a question of getting to know what the X100F can do, and it can do a lot. Although this is a review of the X-T30, the Fujifilm DNA and “feel” is also in your X100F, so I think it’s legitimate to discuss the problems you’ve described. I’m a user of the X100F. Perhaps I’m “old school” in that I shot film cameras for many years (and still use my Leica M6 on occasions). I want to keep things as simple as possible. The X100F gives the use a head start, in that the essentials of photography - the shutter speed, the aperture, the ISO rating and the focus - can all be set externally without the need to go into a screen menu. Each of them can be set manually or simple left in Auto mode. There’s a nice physicality about this which reminds me of using a film camera. Apart from this I do two things - I switch off function buttons and dials unless I need them and I lock buttons to prevent them being pushed by accident. (To lock functions down, simply press the Menu button for 5 seconds. To unlock, reverse the process. This would immediately solve your problem of accidentally switching to video, caused by brushing the Drive button - been there, done that!). The “5 second lock” also switches off the Q button for accidental knocks. Some people love the joy stick for moving the focus point. I don’t and so keep it locked. So, apart from controlling shutter speed, aperture, ISO and focus, what else do I have switched on? Well, there’s the lever on the front of the camera for flipping between OVF and EVF. In the centre of the lever is a button. I’ve assigned this to be my focus button for when I’m shooting in manual focus. (Some people prefer to assign a rear button for this. I have a rear button for manual focus assigned on my X-Pro2). And the Fn button on the top plate I’ve assigned to face and eye detection, though that rarely gets used. Apart from the Menu button, four other buttons operate as intended by Fujifilm - View Mode, Playback, Delete and Display Back. And the slider on the side off the camera for Single, Continuous and Manual focus works as usual. All of the X100F’s many other functions I can reach through the screen menus, though, as I said, I like to keep things as simple as possible. Of course, the are many ways of configuring a camera like the X100F. No doubt other people will read what I’ve written and shout “No, no, no!” - but this is just what works best for me. I hope this helps, Andrew.
Rob Phillips, I must be blessed. Your answer has come with perfect understanding of my dilemma. Thankyou! I am old school. I shoot with a Canon system as it fits in my hands well and also my adult children are all Canon users and have some useful glass which I have not purchased. When I first bought a DSLR I was confounded by the options and it was some years before I gave up the green A. When I decided to shoot manual, all of my joy returned, I was on home turf as I too had shot Fuji in the seventies (along with Medium Format). I like the dials and the camera in general.
That lock function was a problem to me one day because I did not know how I locked the camera, so that afternoon was blown because it was hot, I was flustered and my camera was locked! So I shot with my phone. Later that evening I picked up the manual and checked the problem pages for a fix. Locked camera was not on their problem list, it should be. So I started reading the manual again, and somewhere near the start it mentioned locking the camera. The word "lock..." did not appear in the index either.
Your advice on setting what I want and clearing the other stuff and locking the camera is a hot tip. I saw a tip from another photographer who used the front command dial to adjust his ISO when the ISO selector was in the C position, I will test to see if locking the camera disables that wheel. I have not seen face and eye detection work, they are greyed out in my menu. there must be a reason why the Disp/Back button does not always work. Then I try ViewMode to get my menu on the back screen instead of theviewfinder, and then there is no guarantee of success. I do like the joystick, because if shooting wide open, I have found in my Canons, that focus and recompose can lead to soft shots, because the subject's slightest movement will create loss of sharpness. By moving the points to suit the composition there is a better outcome.
Your reply has opened up some other questions for me, but I can check those out when time is not an issue. I am really grateful for your reply, it should be pinned to the page (but it is strictly OT), thankyou!!
Andrew Greig Yes, we’re certainly veering off topic, Andrew, so apologies to Snapchick! All of the current and recent Fujifilm X-series camera’s have broadly similar menu and setting systems, though, so the points you raise are generally applicable, including to the camera reviewed here. You might want to visit the RUclips channel of the wedding photographer Kevin Mullins who uses the X100F (with other Fujifilm cameras) when covering weddings. This is a video about his settings for the X100F: ruclips.net/video/CXh6WgoukeY/видео.html . Kevin also published a book on using the X100S which is still available from Amazon (at least, here in the U.K.). Obviously, the X100 series has moved on since the X100S but this is still a useful book.
@@bollinmorris2 thank you for your research on my behalf. I really appreciate it. This will be my last message OT. I will check out the video make notes and then see how I want to fly. Rob Phillips suggestion of selecting the feature I want, and removing those which can be accessed by Menu anyway, and then locking the camera are very appealing. The wedding photographer's settings may make sense to me now . Thankyou.
Very professional presentation.
Which camera you used to shoot this video ? yourself
Great video, however I am not a Fuji shooter. I do love seeing what various other brands are doing though.
me too!I am soon switching to Olympus from Nikon!I really really dont like the video settings on Nikon at all!
@@bernhardtsen74 yeah I switched from Nikon to Canon and I'm for the most part happy, but there are things that can be improved
Really good review. Thank you for helping me to make up my mind
Mam XT 30 or A6400 which one is better ?
X-T30 is overheating when one use the video recording. Is that correct mam?
I did not experience overheating.
@@LeighAndRaymond Thanks a lot for the reply.
Very helpful review. Thanks!
Awesome review! But also, is this flagstaff? 👀
Would like one.
I’m still stuck on the “not a landscape camera” from the X-T3 review.
It’s not JUST a landscape camera. :)
Same, mate.
Very good review. Thx snapchick
Why are you comparing to full frame as opposed to competing cameras..??
#TheSnapChick
Why don't they release Nikon Df mirrorless with Z 6 video features
Df failed but it was and is a great camera and is very fun to use
You need a GFX 100. I know a guy that has Fuji cameras and he loves them.
Please Fuji, bring out an XT40 :)
She’s very articulate and sophisticated I like that ❤️📸
Great little camera. But, I was a little disappointed by its price. The body is only $300 dollars less than the X-T3.
Wow ! Just checked Amazon $1499 . You have too be very serious when buying this camera .
I also just checked amazon, X-T30 with XC kit lens and oodles of accessories for $999, no idea what you looked at but you found the one reseller on amazon that overcharges people
You might be interested in all the other nice features of Fuji cameras that I mentioned in my comment above (or below), so take a look at the video about doing that on a budget, here: "Building A Fujifilm Kit (For Less Than The Price Of An X-T3)" ruclips.net/video/6e_pzcDQIQQ/видео.html
09:47 You mean X-T30 :)
#TheSnapChick
And as referring to Bokeh or whatever very shallow DOF , if you have chance just seperate subject and distance of background or slight change of perception , f/64 club was formed by such likes as Ansel Adams and if you have a subject make the surroundings part of the picture without taking away from main subject , get creative
I was a little confused and also concerned about that statement. I am a Canon user but really seriously thinking about switching to the xt30. I didn't understand about the dog comment. I use aps-c camera's and I have no problem getting a razor thin or very shallow dof with the right lens and settings. I have never had to make this happen in post. So, why would I have a problem with the Fujixt30? Is it because it's mirrorless? #Thesnapchick Thanks!
@@buddah610 since the Fuji sensor is technically slightly larger than the Canon APS-C sensors, I'd wager the depth of field would be slightly more shallow on the X-T30, but it's unlikely you'd see a difference.
We all know. My Ferrari is awesome I don’t think you have.
I think you are canon
Also if I hear "Raymond and I" one more time...... painful
She's very pretty. Marry me!