I Hate (How Much I Love) the X-Pro3

[@carrieannkouri2151]

This was great. I have a M6 and an XP3 with my late father’s Leica lens he used in the 1950s. Film has become so expensive that I often grab my XP3 to shoot photos.

[@christinasmith9032]

“Gives me that analog feel where I’m not plopping down in front of a computer”. Yes, I can relate to this. I work all day in the computer and photography is my hobby. I don’t want to spend more time in front of the computer!

[@bill3117]

I totally agree on your take on film vs. digital. I worked my way through college in a camera shop’s black & white film lab. The XPro2 and XPro3 brought me back to the good old days!

[@danielscheerer3032]

So I do the photography/camera thing, and more recently finding the tactile pleasures of fountain pens (love brass and other metal designs). That makes your videos a pretty good match for me, and I appreciate your casual but knowledgeable style. So make more videos! I'm already feeling cheated that your aren't more prolific! Found you through the Wotencraft bag video, and now checked 'em all out. I get it, you've got a life. But just sayin'. Cheers!

[@vizzybabyy]

Very honest review, love that you speak to the camera's ethos of pure photography.

[@cbschrader]

I had an X-Pro3 that I absolutely loved, but I sold it for an X-H2s recently. My eyes aren’t the greatest anymore, so the bigger and better viewfinder is a game changer for me. That and the top screen makes it much easier to see the settings that I couldn’t see before. The X-H2 and X-H2s are built like like mini tanks too. Nothing beats the overall vibe of the X-Pro series though!

[@MARKLINMAN1]

I LOVE MY X-PRO3, I would buy an XPRO-4 if they ever released one! I myself also OWN and shoot with an M6! Love the M11 but way out of my price range, my next cam if NOT THE X-PRO-4 will be the Leica Q3. Here is a little tip on the X-Pro 3, you DO NOT have to flip the screen out to view a pic, you can hit the play button and view the image just taken thru your viewfinder.

[@RandyPollock]

Thank you for helping me with deciding on the XPro 3, I have many Fuji cameras but trying to decide if I want to depart with my 100v and go with a XPro camera

[@malthus101]

"Priced Out of Paradise" - good name for an album

[@rogerbrooksfilms]

Couldn't agree more re: your comments about arbitrary designs to meet current consumer demands. I am one of those people who own an X-T5 (also have an X100F), and whilst the performance of the X-T5 is superb, I do feel as though its too technically superb and certainly does not provide me with an analog experience.
Having said that, the X-T5 is not designed to provide an analog experience I guess.
I will be looking at an X-Pro 3 tomorrow with the thought of purchasing it as my main street camera. I do have concerns about the ribbon/screen issue, however Fujifilm replace them for free when required, PLUS I have it on (seemingly) good authority that the X-Pro 4 will be released in 2026... I figure I could shoot with the X-Pro 3 for now and consider an upgrade in two years, depending on whether Fujifilm stay true to the X-Pro roots and do not spec it up too much.

[@MegaWholeMilk]

Enjoyed the video. Glad you’ll be making more.
I also have an Xpro 3, and I love it for the same reasons you stated.

[@MatthewMorse]

Thanks for the kind words! Hoping Fuji hears our love for this camera and continues the line.

[@Mtnpirate]

You sold me champ, need a new camera…great video and I usually hate long form. All great info

[@josep6673]

I share your philosophy. I once owned a Leica M6 and sought to digitize the 35mm Summilux lens I had at the time. I did this with a wonderful Fujifilm XE3. Since then, I've owned 7 more Fujis X. In summary, I greatly enjoyed the XE3, and I ended up keeping only an Xpro1, with its sweet sensor and marvelous colors, and the Xpro3, the best digital camera I've ever had. This is my experience.

[@WatchesAndPhotography]

In an era of digital cameras devoid of style, Fujifilm created, in my humble opinion, a refreshing and unique design with the Xpro3 that most camera manufacturers would dare to do.

[@ferdamusonthebeatz7891]

Great video ! I totally love my x pro 3 and I love the compact lens…like you I also have an m6 and I alternate between both. The x pro 3 is such a special camera and is a camera I want to take with me everywhere I go.

[@CraigBergonzoni]

I had an X-Pro2 for a bit but sold it and regret it. I'm going to return to the X-Pro line as soon as I am able. Hopefully I'll get the X-Pro3 but I'll take another X-Pro2 as well. Currently my Fujifilm X-T2 is my every day camera. I'm actually posting another video about that one tomorrow. Great video! Subscribed.

[@MatthewMorse]

Thanks so much! I skipped the XPro2, but it seems to be getting a lot of love these days. I'm curious to know how you feel about the 3 if you go that route, as compared to the 2 you used to have.

[@DocDee-xt2gq]

Mannnn honesty and realness;) guilty pleasure gave me a good smile 😃

[@sergebenassutti2975]

I love the xpro3. I had a Leica M type 240, with a 35lux an a 75cron. Sold it. And bought a xpro3. Now, some years later i have a xh2s (mostly for video). An xpro 3. And…well an Leica M10r with, you might guess it, an 35lux. And I will buy a 75mm cron when I find one used (disclaimer, I bought all my fuji gear new and all Leica gear used).
Bottom line….what he said. If you have the budget, own both.

[@MatthewMorse]

If I had the budget, there'd be an M10 or 11 sitting in my bag, but I just can't get there right now. I do love the experience of shooting with the M6 enough that a digital M is always sort of in the back of my mind. I don't want to go as far back as the M8 or M9 for various reasons, and I've never really loved the idea of the M240 as I think it's a little bit expensive for such an old camera. If I'm investing in a digital M, I'd want it to be newer than those so it's at least a little bit future-proof and holds its value somewhat well.

[@sergebenassutti2975]

@@MatthewMorse I hear you. Thats why i am happy with the m10-r. i wish the would have made an m10-r-p though

[@lamaludwig1470]

Maybe we will see a X-Pro4 which preserves the analog style and experience.

[@burneshollyman2621]

Leica makes a fab phone app. Don't worry about the future. The X Pro 4 will be awsome.

[@giuseppe.g]

Great video and I take the point, i agree with you 100%. If I can give you some advice, try the xpro2, I have it with the glorius 35 1.4 and the image its like a digital camera. Xpro1 and 2 have the soul of the glorius “ Fuji expirience”

[@nachohernandez9491]

So close to almost bought xpro3
So now im waiting on the xpro 4

[@rogerbrooksfilms]

I believe that it will be 2026.

[@BeeMichael]

So I switched back from Sony to Fuji and got an X-H2 ( luv it! ), I had some spare cash and picked up a used X-Pro3, since I now have some X mount lenses. As you said, it ticked all my old film nostalgia boxes. I even went a step further and shoot jpeg with all their great film presets and sometimes use a pro mist filter to get a more filmic look. So the short answer to GAS is, whatever turn you on! ( money of course, a factor, but you only live once )

[@BeeMichael]

PS whenever I venture out on a non photo sortie, I grab the X-pro3

[@phillipjackson2199]

Great video. Thanks. I agree. They’ve sold their soul. Let’s hope they can redeem themselves soon. I didn’t see the point in moving from the 2 to the 3 and I haven’t regretted that. I prefer the extra scope the 2’s OVF gives you. Like others, I feel that the feel of the images out of the two is, on balance, the best. But there was definitely something quite unique about what you could get from the 1. It just lacked a bit of resolution for what I needed. Anyway, thanks again and keep it up

[@arturgajewskiphotog]

I just can't justify film photography these days even though I have done it myself and still have my Pentax MV. I ended up anyways looking at the scanned photos which I developed myself at home. To be honest, I rather be out there shooting instead of developing and scanning the photos. I am so happy with my X-T30 II.

[@explorerexplorer2263]

hi Mathew, how are you? love video chatting about xpro3. Bought me 3 months ago w 23m f2 for street photography and absolutely love it !!! have a home 35mm film Ferrania camera but the film is very expensive to develop in Ireland / 50 euro for a roll / . had xt1 and x70 and love it but need fast focus and love hybrid range finder. love to shoot mono so do you have any film simulation which is closest to m6, please?
let me know. paddy Ireland

[@MatthewMorse]

My favorite black and white simulation is the Tri-X simulation from FujiXWeekly. It renders beautifully with really nice tones throughout. It's definitely the best black and white simulation I've tried.

[@just_A_Hack]

I am with you here. There is something super special about the x-pro3 that I can not part with it. If the next iteration is literally the exact same camera, just with the newer body, I will buy it immediately. I don't need 40 megapixels, nor do I want them really. I am keeping my fingers crossed to for the x-pro4, but either way, I will have the x-pro3.

[@abben]

I just want IBIS on the X-Pro3 successor.. is that too much to ask for, Fuji?

[@MatthewMorse]

I wouldn't mind more (or less) megapixels. I'm not a pixel peeper, nor do I ever blow things up to the point that I need tons of megapixels. I also don't really crop (other than a slight crop as a result of straightening a photo) so I'm with you in that I'd like the sensor to stay the same. I like the way this one renders. I didn't like the way the one in the XT5 rendered, though. It felt really clean and didn't have that little bit of grittiness that I get from the XPro3, which I like for my style of photography.
I'd just like to see an XPro4 as a continuation of the line in hopes that maybe the XPro3 would get a little bit of a second wind from the continuation.

[@MatthewMorse]

@@abben I don't understand why they didn't have IBIS in the XPro3 to begin with...

[@karimnasser9226]

The Olympus app is perfect. Nikon's comes in at 2nd. Fuji probably last.

[@markianwoodbury]

Great video! Made me laugh and learn. Thank you.

[@MatthewMorse]

Thanks for tuning in! I know it was a long one to get through.

[@cbimage]

I'd like an X-Pro3. If you feel it superfluous in the future please think of me 🙂

[@frankartale1026]

Great video. I agree , that is why i hold the original X100 in high regard . I really feel like Fuji nailed it with the sensor/lens combo. The current firmware 2.11 makes it a different performer. The jpegs are just real to me. Have you ever tried one ?

[@MatthewMorse]

I've tried most of the X100 cameras (the original, X100T, F and V), and I liked the original quite a bit, but that was when it first came out, and I felt that it was just a little... too quirky? I'd probably feel differently about it with newer updates, but my favorite of them all was the X100V. It felt very polished, refined and usable. The only reason I parted with mine was because I wanted to have the ability to swap lenses. I tried using the converters for the X100V, but found them to be a little clunky in use and figured if I was going to carry a few extra lenses anyway, I might as well get an XPro of some iteration.
If the X100V was more readily available at a more reasonable price, I'd consider having one alongside my XPro3, but at the current prices, you can almost just get an XPro3 and 23mm f/2 (and could definitely get an XPro2 and 23mm).

[@powbobs]

The Leica app is actually great.

[@MatthewMorse]

I wouldn't know. Can't afford it. LOL!

[@kubowich]

Yep, I was going to say it. It’s the only one that works like it should.

[@StevenHufschmidt]

Still use my xpro1, never sell it. But might finally upgrade to the 4 if it comes out. Leica is just stupid $$$$$ imo

[@bushbeatnik4480]

LOL the back filmy thing sucks. I hate it and wish Fuji had left it off! Also note that the Leica app is amazing and how all apps should be. I bought my M6 and v4 35 cron in 89 and it still going but moved to the xpro when the xpro2 came out because of film prices and mixing chemistry with kids around. Have not looked back and bought two xpro 3s so when or if one craps out, I have another in the box. I also have a Q2 but would prefer it to have a 35 over 28. Don't bother with a digital M. I broke down and got the M10R, hated it, sold it two months later. Good news was I got out of it for what I paid for it because it was the black paint model and very limited. I bet I would have been fine with the M10D but it was discontinued. If they do a M11D I would buy it because the Leica app is that good and I don't need a back screen on my cameras and love the xpro3 for that flip up out of my way. Best.

[@anthonymiller619]

Maybe you can help me. I love the video and tou did open my eyes more about the pro 3. Ive been using the x-t20 for the last couple of years and i switched from Canon. But i keep going back and forth between the X-T5 and the X-Pro3. I only shoot street and i will be shooting portraits soon. Anyway I said X-T5 is what i am going with BUT something keeps drawing me back to the X-Pro3 and i have not figured out why.

[@eddiegee2940]

I might get the xt30 ii, I think it will perform and have features same as the xt5 but no weather resistant. And I get it, the rangefinder look , like the x-pro line up has its strong appeal. I would invest xpro2 or xpro1 before upgrading to a xpro3 to those like me that is with rangefinder experience.

[@torb-no]

It’s kinda interesting as almost all Fuji sensors seems to have their fans. I had the X-M1 (same sensor as X-Pro1), X-Pro2 and now X-Pro3 and I think hands down the 2 has the most beautiful sensor. 3 is decent, but I’m struggling to get the images as beautiful as the 2 in low light. That camera just had ”grain” (digital inherent to the sensor, not som post-processing stuff). Though I suspect that maybe I haven’t quite mastered using the X-Pro3 yet. I love it in every other way though.
Thanks for making the video and sharing your thoughts! I love hearing about people’s relationship with photography, their gear and their stories. Don't be sorry about it being long, it was all very interesting, I'm glad you didn't cut it short!

[@ryantolentino5491]

were there any other differences you saw between the pro2 vs pro3? i'm looking to get one!

[@torb-no]

@@ryantolentino5491 Hmm. People say 3 has more detail though I don’t care enough to pixel peep. I also notice 3 have better autofocus in lower light.
Ultimately I think both give great results, so I’d choose based on which design you like and what use pattern you feel fit you.
I love the back screen design of X-Pro3. I like that it’s hidden most of the time, yet I can quickly flip it out for a waist level shot. With X-Pro2 I had to cycle through view modes to get the screen to turn off or on, which was slow and error probe. I also love the bigger optical viewfinder on the 3 (esp as I wear glases). And it’s maybe a bit silly, but I love the silver titanium finnish of the 3. The 3 has face detect autofocus that actually works! I also love the tiny subdisplay at the back that’s always on. I can always quickly glance at it before going out to check that I have enough battery or space left for images.
That said, the 2 has it’s pros too. It’s easier to get beautiful images with the raw files (though I’ve gotten better with the 3, so I like both now). The 2 also have two magnifications for the OVF, so you in some sense better for both wide and tele, but at the cost of being much worse if you wear glasses. The screen at the back is certainly an advantage if you like to shoot using the back LCD a lot or you look at your images a lot.
Honestly you kinda can’t go wrong. They’re both fantastic cameras!

[@torb-no]

@@ryantolentino5491 One more pro for the 2: since it doesn’t have a flip out screen, but the screen is built into the body it feels more solid.
And related con to the 3: There’s been a good amount of people who have had the cable connecting the back screen fail on them, making the back screens non-functional. I’ve never had issues with my pair of 3s though.

[@colinthecameraguy]

I believe you can plug a Type C lead into the camera and plug the other end straight into your iPad/iPhone (just watched a video of that very thing). I just bought a used X-Pro3 ( a Dura Silver in excellent condition for under £1,400 whereas MPB have them for around £1,650, hence taking the plunge) and - being a MFT guy - am now awaiting the arrival of the 23mm f2 lens

[@MatthewMorse]

Oh that's good to know!!! I didn't realize you could tether it in that way. I'll try it and report back. Enjoy the XPro3 and 23mm. It's an incredible combo.

[@hansconley]

Its the XT-1 for me I traded it for the XH-1 hated it and went back to the XT-1 I also have the X100f that I love. Oh and I am also a fit shooter multiple types and brands.

[@antonykyriacou8300]

I think that you’re either going to like the form factor or not. Personally I really like it and mines paired with the 27mm. I’ve tried the XT3/4/5 and the XH2 they are all capable of good quality images but in the end I just found them annoying to use.

[@MatthewMorse]

I just picked up the 27mm not too long ago. At first, I had a hard time justifying it in my head since it's so similar in focal length to the 23mm f/2, and it's slower at f/2.8, but after having it on the camera, I absolutely love it! Really changes the form factor of the XPro3, and makes it such a joy to carry around on a wrist strap.

[@guenin]

Thanks for this video. Shooting a Leica M vs a Fuji X-Pro is somewhat similar (similar aperture/shutter controls/form factor/etc.) but there are differences. Obviously they don't use the same lens mount although you can use an adapter to put M lenses on a Fuji body, blah, blah blah. I've been experimenting with a hybrid film/digital system where I can use the same auto/manual focus lenses on film or digital bodies.

[@MatthewMorse]

I don't love the manual focus experience on the XPro3 so I don't really use adapted lenses all that much. I do have an adapter and I've tried it a few times, but it's not my favorite thing to do. What hybrid system are you experimenting with, if you don't mind me asking.

[@guenin]

@@MatthewMorse Mainly it's the Canon EOS system with EF lenses. All the EOS cameras (film/digital) work with all the EF lenses (not EF-S or EF-M). I don't think Canon makes any manual focus EF lenses, however some third party manufacturers do. Also the Nikon F system is worth looking into. For the most part the lenses and bodies are interchangeable, however there are many asterisks. For example the newer autofocus lenses without aperture rings won't work on older non-autofocus cameras. Etc. I'm still learning.

[@samiams]

Your sense of humor 😂

[@robertoposa1120]

Agree

[@craig_cunha]

Great commentary and liked hearing your thoughts.
Are the photos starting at 10:28 all with the m6 or a mix? Some really nice ones in there and if they are from the Xpro, then you’re definitely gelling with it.

[@MatthewMorse]

The first batch of photos is from the M6, the second is all from the XPro3. Thanks for the kind words!!

[@craig_cunha]

@@MatthewMorse nice stuff!

[@mathieucithi]

Gfx 50R ? Maybe the next step ?

[@MatthewMorse]

I owned the 50R for about a month. For me, its shortcomings far outweighed the few perks it had. The sensor isn’t really large enough to give the medium format look without very large, fast glass. And Fuji doesn’t offer much in the way of that. I also found it to be really slow and clunky to use, and the larger size made me not want to carry it as many places.

[@mathieucithi]

@@MatthewMorse in fact, I was thinking of one for my self … will keep my xpro2 and xe4… and 35mm mode on Gfx or vintage medium format glass ?

[@sethiphotography]

You do know that the x-pro 3 has the same sensor as the x-t4? I love my x-pro 3 for the experience though.

[@MatthewMorse]

I didn’t realize they were the same. That’s good to know! I just meant from a UI experience, the XT4 just felt very much like any other digital camera. The XT5, on the other hand, has whatever the new sensor is and I really don’t like the images from it.

[@ray_han_ls]

Love the clickbaity thumbnail and title❤

[@garethdawes4022]

How dare you say the XT5 is over clinical! Only joking, great review. Greetings ftom Switzerland

[@joseuribe430]

Nikon makes a good app

[@r423sdex]

Its a camera, i only love things i cannot replace !

[@davidfromdownunder]

I hear EXACTLY what you are saying. Fujifilm has lost its focus on what they use to do so well for the old school photographer that use to shoot on film in the day its why I jumped ship from being a Canon shooter for nearly 20 years. I honestly believe FujiFILM has lost it's soul and are now building smaller and cheaper made cameras catering to videographers and now content creators. I get they have to chase that market BUT I would hope they 'stay True' and make the Xpro4 close to the same build quality as the Xpro3 yet with yes a better Auto focus system, new processor BUT not with video specs that this model is not catering for, in fact I hope there is NO video functionality built into it period. It doesnt have to be a hybrid body.
I'll wait patiently for what Fuji come up with next but I fear that the digital STILLS camera sailed a LONG time ago in a galaxy far, FARRRRR away. Such a shame as I am once again falling 'out of love' with modern photography practises.
I think I may have to get a xpro3 whislt they still exist

[@Cyriljayant]

Hate XPro3??/

[@joseuribe430]

don't like the clinical/sterile look of digital either