The X-T3 is definitely a camera that can do more than many need, especially amateur shooters like me. I love the camera. I take it hiking all the time. I got mine in 2020, barely used, at a great price. It will definitely be with me for a while as most new cameras are way out of my budget. Maybe down the road when the X-T6 comes along I will be able to find a newer used body again. Take care and have a great weekend.
I believe it will still be relevant as a photography camera for years to come. As long as it does the job you need it to do there is no real need to upgrade 😁
I love my Fuji X-T3 over all and never will sell it. Also I own two bodies of the X-T1 and love those too! The X-T1 has a feeling like no other camara has!
You may switch ISO and shutter to Automatic with just the Rear dial - if I am not mistaken, 3 Auto ISO modes (auto iso sets the shutter) are located past ISO 128,000. So just keep turning that dial 😊 It is not very fast, but it is on the same dial.
I have been trying to rationalize for years whether to upgrade my Fujifilm XT-3 but every time a newer model is released e.g. the XT-4, XT-5, X100VI, etc. I cannot justify upgrading because my Fujifilm XT-3 images are still fantastic (to me). I do not think I can achieve any better quality images by upgrading. My only complaint is the battery life. I carry a "pocket full" of batteries when I use the camera. Other than the battery life, I have no complaints. I have never had the issues that you complain of in this video. I purchased by camera in December, 2019 and am still happy with my purchase. The new Fujifilm X100VI has the same battery as the Fujifilm XT-3 so I guess I will wait for the next upgrade. Until that time, I will continue to enjoy my Fujifilm XT-3.
Yeah seems my camera has more issues than others, but they seem to have mostly gone away with the firmware updates. not sure what the problem was but yeah. still an amazing camera (except the battery)
I use the xt5 and the xt3 for weddings. If battery life is absolutely essential to you then the xt5 is fantastic. way longer battery life. the ibis also helps me in low light situations. The xt5 also seems to have slightly more noise. likely due to the higher megapixels. I could see someone being disappointed if they don't absolutely need the new features because the xt3 is still doing great work.
I was so confused by my camera resetting to factory settings for a long time. This makes so much sense now! Also, if you bump the camera it can factory reset 😅. My daughter pulled the table cloth off the table with my camera on it… luckily I have the cage on and it suffered no damage from the fall. But it DID factory reset the camera.
Thanks for the review and most importantly thanks for not asking to like, comment, subscribe. I like to have to the choice not to be told to do so, lol. I'm doing all 3 just because of that.
I bought mine in 2019, and since then, Fuji has improved many functions. I was playing with the thought of buying something else for video because of the leg of IBIS. I used Canon before, and the color has been great 👍🏻. When I first used Fuji simulations, I fell in love with them. Straight out of camera the jpeg's look great (I'm not a pro and shoot in all manual). I quickly got used to the dials and manual shooting. I also use aperture priority, but manual is simpley more fun. I looked at xt4, xt5, xs10, xs20, panasonic g9II.... They all look good on paper, but there is no innovation at all. In almost 4 years I didn't had no freeze or leg or reset problems with it. And I updated the camera every time firmware was available.
it is an amazing camera still! for upgrades, yeah the xt4 is too close to it and the screen is just worse for the style of shooting this camera is intended for. If you are happy with more megapixels the xt5 is a great option. But I get what you are saying, there is no big leap as an upgrade, but you will definitely feel the difference a lot with an x-t5
Yeah: I still love my x-t3's. Great for events and personal work. I love how small they are if you mount a small lens. But you can still do the more demanding things with the bigger primes and zooms. Super versatilie: I love that. As I don't really need faster autofocus or more megapixels, I don't feel a need for an upgrade. I love how it looks. I love that it has a headphone jack for video. For the kind of shooting that I do, I don't really need auto iso. So the front dial is fast enough for that for me. so yeah: awesome camera :)
they are amazing little cameras, especially for being 6 years old now. the main issue with mine is that the internal battery is dead and it resets quite often. I hear a lot of people have the same issue
@@perhat22photo Sorry to hear that your x-t3 resets to default. Sounds like a dead internal battery. Which is part of the motherboard, so thats hard to replace.
If youre not because of removing the battery while its on try putting it on a usb c charger overnight, just let it sit plugged in for a while, might help charge the internal battery for some time
@@perhat22photo it has happened after transferring photos over Bluetooth. The camera freezes and becomes unresponsive, so the only thing to do is remove the battery. I only charge it over usb c, but I’ll try to leave it plugged in for a while
Here is what solved it for me: -Make sure if a battery gets used up you replace it with a charged one as soon as possible -If you don't have a charged battery plug the camera and charge it trough usb-c directly -never remove a battery without turning the camera off beforehand This happens because the internal battery that is supposed to power the memory of the camera and keep your settings dies, once that happens if the camera runs out of juice it will reset to factory settings. It does not die right away when changing batteries but make sure it never stays without at least a bar of charge in it. If you don't use it every day make sure that every time you store it it has a freshly charged battery in it. Hope this helps :)
@@perhat22photo thank you! This is very helpful! Though, I heard it is not recommended to store your camera with the battery in it, as it will cause the battery to swollen. Is it true?
@@teukurama3569 Honestly no idea, I never take the battery out of my cameras, both my xt3 and xh2s always have one inside and I never had a swollen battery on either of them, or any other cameras I owned previously (more fujis, canons and nikons) so I say its not something to worry about. I think if that was something we should worry about other devices would not be made with integrated batteries (like gimbals and lights or even laptops or phones)
@@perhat22photo I've had my xt3 for years now. when I first got it i had no problems with resetting. not until it has aged have I had to deal with resets. I have always left batteries in the camera but I tend to use quality batteries such as the nitecores if im not using the original batteries. the cheap batteries would definitely swell up. I will also say I am constantly using my cameras so the batteries are constantly being swapped out. As far as the internal battery I believe Fuji might be able to do some maintenance. I have considered doing it myself but once i saw the amount of work that went into getting to the battery I thought it twice. I may end emailing fuji sometime down the road to see what it might cost.
Kind of 😂. But you can still find decent price xt3s aroun. We was looking the other day and there are some listed between 600-700€ here in spain. The pice should have gone down more since the xt5 and all but its keeping steady
Of course it is - the XT5 deletes the battery grip, reduced build quality/materials, weak buffer. The new sensor is lovely BUT electronic shutter is slower unless cropped, and readout is slower-so bad rolling shutter. You get a little dynamic range bump and 24% more resolution-that’s about it. Oh ya-the price now feels high for what you are getting. I definitely won’t be shooting my red badge lenses+flash with an XT5-the “photographer’s camera”. It would kill my hands. Not ready to switch to XH series which, better or not, is just like every other camera on the market in terms of ergonomics. Kinda boring to me and, at $2k-$3k fully kitted (grips, a battery charger, therapy to get used to the useless selfie screen), is making me pay attention to Nikon or GFX for “real” upgrades at some point. That is of course unless Fuji comes to its senses and remembers that both XT and XH cameras should be high value, “flagship” grade cameras!
Yeah, I get you. I don't really get the appeal of the x-t5, but I really like that they ditched the X-T4 screen on the 5. The 40mp sensor does not really have much sense for me as well, worse rolling shutter for both video and photo makes it less interesting.
🤌🏼Looks great!🙌 But in Mexico 🇲🇽 that camera is still expensive! 😵😭 I don’t get why you can get that camera cheaper. ¿What lens would recommend to use for this camera, if you only pick one? Which would it be??
uffff good question. My favourite focal lenght and lens right now is the fujinon 23mm f1.4, but if I could only have one I would want something more versatile so I would probably go for the Sigma 18-50 f2.8, best compromise. Small enoug to bring everywhere, cheap enough to not have to baby it, and great image quality
I used it only for a day about 4 years ago so not really sure anymore. Its probably decent but a Sigma 18-50 would be a really big upgrade in both image quality and speed. But if you are happy with the 15-45 just keep going with it.
Hey, would you recommend this camera for concert photography? I have x-t100 with viltrox 13 1.4 and the body is soo slow focusing in the dark. Is T3 better in this?
not the best at low light af performance but will definetely be much better then the xt100. keep in mind that fuji relies on contrast for autofocus more than anything else, sp as long as your subject has some contrast/separation from the background you will be fine
if youre sticking to fuji maybe spring for the xt4 to get the better battery life, and the grip is nicer too. just make sure youre ok with the flipscreen
No, ideally always keep a charged battery in it. This should help preserve the life of the internal memory battery which is attached to the camera board
Unfortunately yess, thats probably why it resets on me. I assume that when i bump it the camera battery looses contact and due to the internal one being shot it looses the settings
@@JJARCHIE in most cases is not a big issue, as long as you always keep a charged battery inside should be fine, when swapping batteries ususally you dont loose the info. but maybe I would go for the x-t4 as it seems it does not get the same issue.
I have it since last year and I love it the cameta tought me how to takr photos and what actually iso aperture and shutter means in my canon 600d i felt confused and just used the full auto
You can set aperture priority, and auto ISO, then in the auto ISO custom setting you can set a minimal shutter-speed value. During the day I usually just keep the shutter on auto, when it gets dark I will change it to full manual and take control as I feel that gives me the best results.
@@perhat22photo yes, i wanted to say that if with a aperture priority, and shutter speed and ISO autos, you could also set a min. shutter speed too. I understand that yes, after your answer. Sorry i didnt explained myself really good. Thank you! One subscriber more 😄
yeah it has been discontinued. You can still find them used everywhere. At this point an x-t4 is probably the safer bet. I recently put out an X-T4 review if you want to take a look: ua-cam.com/video/GWYcD0Fd0KU/v-deo.html
Yes worth it in 2024,2025,2026,2027.......... I love shoot with my X-T3
I'm still using it for weddings a long with my xt5. it's a great camera.
The X-T3 is definitely a camera that can do more than many need, especially amateur shooters like me. I love the camera. I take it hiking all the time. I got mine in 2020, barely used, at a great price. It will definitely be with me for a while as most new cameras are way out of my budget. Maybe down the road when the X-T6 comes along I will be able to find a newer used body again. Take care and have a great weekend.
I believe it will still be relevant as a photography camera for years to come. As long as it does the job you need it to do there is no real need to upgrade 😁
@@perhat22photo Exactly!
I love my Fuji X-T3 over all and never will sell it. Also I own two bodies of the X-T1 and love those too! The X-T1 has a feeling like no other camara has!
ive been wanting to try out an xt1 for years. heard lots of good things about the camera and sensor
You may switch ISO and shutter to Automatic with just the Rear dial - if I am not mistaken, 3 Auto ISO modes (auto iso sets the shutter) are located past ISO 128,000. So just keep turning that dial 😊 It is not very fast, but it is on the same dial.
I have been trying to rationalize for years whether to upgrade my Fujifilm XT-3 but every time a newer model is released e.g. the XT-4, XT-5, X100VI, etc. I cannot justify upgrading because my Fujifilm XT-3 images are still fantastic (to me). I do not think I can achieve any better quality images by upgrading. My only complaint is the battery life. I carry a "pocket full" of batteries when I use the camera. Other than the battery life, I have no complaints. I have never had the issues that you complain of in this video. I purchased by camera in December, 2019 and am still happy with my purchase. The new Fujifilm X100VI has the same battery as the Fujifilm XT-3 so I guess I will wait for the next upgrade. Until that time, I will continue to enjoy my Fujifilm XT-3.
Yeah seems my camera has more issues than others, but they seem to have mostly gone away with the firmware updates. not sure what the problem was but yeah. still an amazing camera (except the battery)
I use the xt5 and the xt3 for weddings. If battery life is absolutely essential to you then the xt5 is fantastic. way longer battery life. the ibis also helps me in low light situations. The xt5 also seems to have slightly more noise. likely due to the higher megapixels. I could see someone being disappointed if they don't absolutely need the new features because the xt3 is still doing great work.
I was so confused by my camera resetting to factory settings for a long time. This makes so much sense now! Also, if you bump the camera it can factory reset 😅. My daughter pulled the table cloth off the table with my camera on it… luckily I have the cage on and it suffered no damage from the fall. But it DID factory reset the camera.
It can be such a pain when it resets in the wrong moment 😅😂
I totally agree, the X-T3 is still excellent in 2024! I actually just made a video about this exact topic as well. Cheers!
Nice! Ill check it out
Thanks for the review and most importantly thanks for not asking to like, comment, subscribe. I like to have to the choice not to be told to do so, lol. I'm doing all 3 just because of that.
amazing! thank you. I want people to do that only if they actually find the content interesting or helpful, and I'm really glad some do
I bought mine in 2019, and since then, Fuji has improved many functions.
I was playing with the thought of buying something else for video because of the leg of IBIS.
I used Canon before, and the color has been great 👍🏻. When I first used Fuji simulations, I fell in love with them. Straight out of camera the jpeg's look great (I'm not a pro and shoot in all manual). I quickly got used to the dials and manual shooting.
I also use aperture priority, but manual is simpley more fun.
I looked at xt4, xt5, xs10, xs20, panasonic g9II....
They all look good on paper, but there is no innovation at all.
In almost 4 years I didn't had no freeze or leg or reset problems with it. And I updated the camera every time firmware was available.
it is an amazing camera still! for upgrades, yeah the xt4 is too close to it and the screen is just worse for the style of shooting this camera is intended for. If you are happy with more megapixels the xt5 is a great option. But I get what you are saying, there is no big leap as an upgrade, but you will definitely feel the difference a lot with an x-t5
Thank you that was super informative. Thanks agian!
thanks for watching!
Yeah: I still love my x-t3's. Great for events and personal work. I love how small they are if you mount a small lens. But you can still do the more demanding things with the bigger primes and zooms. Super versatilie: I love that. As I don't really need faster autofocus or more megapixels, I don't feel a need for an upgrade. I love how it looks. I love that it has a headphone jack for video. For the kind of shooting that I do, I don't really need auto iso. So the front dial is fast enough for that for me. so yeah: awesome camera :)
they are amazing little cameras, especially for being 6 years old now. the main issue with mine is that the internal battery is dead and it resets quite often. I hear a lot of people have the same issue
@@perhat22photo Sorry to hear that your x-t3 resets to default. Sounds like a dead internal battery. Which is part of the motherboard, so thats hard to replace.
@@jaapkamstra9343 yeah I made my piece with it already 😅
My X-T3 has returned to factory settings twice now and it is a huge pain in the butt.
If youre not because of removing the battery while its on try putting it on a usb c charger overnight, just let it sit plugged in for a while, might help charge the internal battery for some time
@@perhat22photo it has happened after transferring photos over Bluetooth. The camera freezes and becomes unresponsive, so the only thing to do is remove the battery. I only charge it over usb c, but I’ll try to leave it plugged in for a while
@@BrianKirby never had this issue wiile transfering files, this is a new one to me 😥
Do you use real Fuji batteries?
@@rafdegreve i use one real fuji and two third party batteries, but I got the issue with both types of batteries.
I have the same issues in my XT3: it randomly set to factory settings. I don’t know how to solve this 😢
Here is what solved it for me:
-Make sure if a battery gets used up you replace it with a charged one as soon as possible
-If you don't have a charged battery plug the camera and charge it trough usb-c directly
-never remove a battery without turning the camera off beforehand
This happens because the internal battery that is supposed to power the memory of the camera and keep your settings dies, once that happens if the camera runs out of juice it will reset to factory settings.
It does not die right away when changing batteries but make sure it never stays without at least a bar of charge in it. If you don't use it every day make sure that every time you store it it has a freshly charged battery in it.
Hope this helps :)
@@perhat22photo thank you! This is very helpful! Though, I heard it is not recommended to store your camera with the battery in it, as it will cause the battery to swollen. Is it true?
@@teukurama3569 Honestly no idea, I never take the battery out of my cameras, both my xt3 and xh2s always have one inside and I never had a swollen battery on either of them, or any other cameras I owned previously (more fujis, canons and nikons) so I say its not something to worry about.
I think if that was something we should worry about other devices would not be made with integrated batteries (like gimbals and lights or even laptops or phones)
@@perhat22photo I've had my xt3 for years now. when I first got it i had no problems with resetting. not until it has aged have I had to deal with resets. I have always left batteries in the camera but I tend to use quality batteries such as the nitecores if im not using the original batteries. the cheap batteries would definitely swell up. I will also say I am constantly using my cameras so the batteries are constantly being swapped out.
As far as the internal battery I believe Fuji might be able to do some maintenance. I have considered doing it myself but once i saw the amount of work that went into getting to the battery I thought it twice. I may end emailing fuji sometime down the road to see what it might cost.
These cameras are gold mines nowdays😢
Kind of 😂. But you can still find decent price xt3s aroun. We was looking the other day and there are some listed between 600-700€ here in spain. The pice should have gone down more since the xt5 and all but its keeping steady
Literally just bought one off mpb i initially bought the sx10 new but I just didn't vibe with it even though it performed well.
I had the X-S10 as well, great camera but did not enjoy it as much as the X-T3 and now the X-H2s. Can't go wrong with an X-T3 tho
Of course it is - the XT5 deletes the battery grip, reduced build quality/materials, weak buffer. The new sensor is lovely BUT electronic shutter is slower unless cropped, and readout is slower-so bad rolling shutter. You get a little dynamic range bump and 24% more resolution-that’s about it. Oh ya-the price now feels high for what you are getting. I definitely won’t be shooting my red badge lenses+flash with an XT5-the “photographer’s camera”. It would kill my hands.
Not ready to switch to XH series which, better or not, is just like every other camera on the market in terms of ergonomics. Kinda boring to me and, at $2k-$3k fully kitted (grips, a battery charger, therapy to get used to the useless selfie screen), is making me pay attention to Nikon or GFX for “real” upgrades at some point. That is of course unless Fuji comes to its senses and remembers that both XT and XH cameras should be high value, “flagship” grade cameras!
Yeah, I get you. I don't really get the appeal of the x-t5, but I really like that they ditched the X-T4 screen on the 5. The 40mp sensor does not really have much sense for me as well, worse rolling shutter for both video and photo makes it less interesting.
The therapy though 😂
🤌🏼Looks great!🙌
But in Mexico 🇲🇽 that camera is still expensive! 😵😭
I don’t get why you can get that camera cheaper.
¿What lens would recommend to use for this camera, if you only pick one? Which would it be??
uffff good question. My favourite focal lenght and lens right now is the fujinon 23mm f1.4, but if I could only have one I would want something more versatile so I would probably go for the Sigma 18-50 f2.8, best compromise. Small enoug to bring everywhere, cheap enough to not have to baby it, and great image quality
A great review. I’m looking at one from Japan with a 15-45 mm lens. What is that lens like?
I used it only for a day about 4 years ago so not really sure anymore. Its probably decent but a Sigma 18-50 would be a really big upgrade in both image quality and speed. But if you are happy with the 15-45 just keep going with it.
@@perhat22photo Thank you for that advice.
Hey, would you recommend this camera for concert photography? I have x-t100 with viltrox 13 1.4 and the body is soo slow focusing in the dark. Is T3 better in this?
not the best at low light af performance but will definetely be much better then the xt100. keep in mind that fuji relies on contrast for autofocus more than anything else, sp as long as your subject has some contrast/separation from the background you will be fine
@@perhat22photo and in this price whould you recommend something else?
if youre sticking to fuji maybe spring for the xt4 to get the better battery life, and the grip is nicer too. just make sure youre ok with the flipscreen
@@perhat22photo thanks ❤️
hello sir i have a question? do i need to remove the battery of my xt3, when not in use? pls answer thx.
No, ideally always keep a charged battery in it. This should help preserve the life of the internal memory battery which is attached to the camera board
Dețin xt3...SUPER camera
does it reset all the settings if the internal cmos battery runs out ?
Unfortunately yess, thats probably why it resets on me. I assume that when i bump it the camera battery looses contact and due to the internal one being shot it looses the settings
@@perhat22photo aww man , now im scared of buying ones that runs out of the internal batts
@@JJARCHIE in most cases is not a big issue, as long as you always keep a charged battery inside should be fine, when swapping batteries ususally you dont loose the info. but maybe I would go for the x-t4 as it seems it does not get the same issue.
I have it since last year and I love it the cameta tought me how to takr photos and what actually iso aperture and shutter means in my canon 600d i felt confused and just used the full auto
Yeah its a great camera to learn!
Does It let you set a manual ap Mode, but with a Minimum shutter speed set too?
You can set aperture priority, and auto ISO, then in the auto ISO custom setting you can set a minimal shutter-speed value. During the day I usually just keep the shutter on auto, when it gets dark I will change it to full manual and take control as I feel that gives me the best results.
@@perhat22photo yes, i wanted to say that if with a aperture priority, and shutter speed and ISO autos, you could also set a min. shutter speed too. I understand that yes, after your answer. Sorry i didnt explained myself really good. Thank you! One subscriber more 😄
Not once i felt penalized with my t3. When it happens i will get another camera. We are spoiled babys.
I cannot even find the x-t3 to buy it new ._.
yeah it has been discontinued. You can still find them used everywhere. At this point an x-t4 is probably the safer bet. I recently put out an X-T4 review if you want to take a look: ua-cam.com/video/GWYcD0Fd0KU/v-deo.html
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What's this title supposed to mean??