Carlsberg and Vestre Cemetary walk - Fujifilm X-Pro3

I have so many pictures on my hard drive that I have never shared with anyone. I get immense joy of just looking over old images. Somehow I always seem to find ones that on first glance did not really catch my eyes but on second glance exposes itself to me.

Almost all of the images in this post are ones I liked from the outset. They are shot with the camera I have bought the most times out of all, the Fujifilm X-Pro3.

Two times so far.

And even contemplating buying it a third time. Although my recent post on Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic Letter 2 makes me reconsider whether that really is a good idea.

So where the “Seneca post” is an argument against buying an X-Pro3 again, this one is probably more an argument in favor.

You have to keep balance in your World right?

These images are in no way new. They are over a year old by now. But luckily images do not grow old. They can portray things that are no longer present in the World, have a look that is no longer in style, but they always just are.

I cannot help but compare some of these images to a Nikon Zf I had (and sold). Some of these I even have almost straight comparisons of the same subjects that I could put side by side at some point.

But what always struck me with the Nikon images is how sharp they were. Sharp, but also “clinical” for lack of a better word.

The image above here is also incredibly sharp - at least sharp enough for me, but it is in no way what I would describe as “clinical”.

The more I look at images and compare what I like about the Fuji ones compared with the Nikon I realize that perhaps one of the things I do not like about Nikon is the number one thing you get from a larger sensor: better background separation.

Clinically sharp images combined with more background separation makes the images look to “modern” to my taste.

Yes, there are times when it works. I actually quite like the images I got from the Porsche Luftgekuhlt event on the Nikon Zf.

But it is a totally different look than what I am used to. And as I have mentioned before somewhere else - I can not remember a single time going over old Nikon Zf images and finding ones that originally did not speak to me but now does on second glance. This happens over and over again with Fujifilm.

And that is not even taking into consideration the pure joy of holding some of these Fujifilm cameras and lenses. This was probably one of the biggest realizations after buying the Nikon. I really, really like the feel of Fujifilm cameras and their lenses with aperture rings. It is just a joy to pick up.

No camera even comes close to the Fujifilm X-Pro3 in this regard. I am so fond of my Fujifilm X-T2 and it is the best camera I have ever had. But in the hand the X-Pro3 feels like a step up even over the X-T2. The main difference here is an even better grip and the control wheels being metal on the X-Pro3 and plastic on the X-T2.

So what is my conclusion?

I really like Fujifilm cameras.

I did not really use these images in any meaningful way as supporting act for the text. But maybe that is okay. I like the images and I enjoyed writing this.

What more can I expect?