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Surprisingly, I actually really like the Fujifilm XPRO3.

Originally I thought the ‘no lcd screen’ (or the automatically flipped backwards LCD screen) was a gimmick, but it is actually really cool! Kudos for Fujifilm for having the balls to actually attempt an incredibly radical idea!

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Insanely fast

The first thing I really like about the XPRO3 (and the 23mm f/2 lens — 35mm full frame equivalent) is that the autofocus is insanely fast and accurate. No more need for manual focus.

Also, electronic shutter– totally silent. Shooting with the XPRO 3 for street photography (in dark, dimly lit subway in Seoul) and also on the streets felt a trillion times faster than shooting with any Leica M rangefinder.

In fact, for street photography, the XPRO3 is probably 1000x better than even the Leica M11 for street photography!

Phenomenal color

The JPEG in camera settings are quite great. Any of the color fujifilm color film simulation presets (negative film simulation, high contrast, classic-chrome, etc):

Shoot before thinking.

The biggest pitfall for us photographers:

We think too much (paralysis by analysis) before hitting the shutter.

XPRO3 is a great solution– because it is so fast, you shoot more, think less.

The design is ugly?

Frankly speaking my biggest critique of the XPRO3 is that in terms of proportions, I think the XPRO3 is pretty ugly.

But ultimately speaking, this doesn’t really matter. This was my realization:

The design of the camera body is not embedded within the photos.

So in some sense, it is better to have an ugly camera which produces great photos, than a beautiful camera which produces ugly photos.

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Good for life photography

Ultimately what matters most? Life. XPRO3 good to photograph your life!