The Fujifilm X-T20 digital camera, looking snazzy in its black half-case.
I have a Fuji X-T3 camera, and like it a lot. It goes with me when I go out purposefully looking for photographs. But when I'm out and about, just carrying a camera in case I might see something I want to photograph, the camera that goes with me is the tiny, lightweight, yet fully capable, X-T20.
Actually, the weight difference isn't all that great -- only a little over half a pound. But it feels like more than that. Bulk might have something to do with that. The X-T20 with the 16-50mm kit lens weighs only one pound, seven ounces, and makes a tiny package. In fact, it's so small that I had to add the half-case to improve the handling!
The X-T3 with the Fujicron 16-80mm f4 lens weighs two pounds, four ounces and is noticeably larger than the X-T20. But still a small package, as digital cameras go.
Although in earlier years I was 6 feet, two inches tall, weighed about 240 pounds, and was quite strong, I've always had a thing about carrying more weight than necessary. In 1979 I dumped my heavy Nikkormats and Nikon F2 and switched to the small and lightweight Olympus OM system, which I used very happily for the next 13 years until aging eyes forced me to move to a system that offered autofocus. The X-T20 is very close to my Olympus OM2n in size and weight.
Butterfly and azalea in our back yard at the farm.
The X-T20 doesn't give anything away in terms of picture quality, either. Its 24-megapixel sensor is at what many experts call the "sweet spot" of sensor size -- neither too many pixels, nor too few. The photo above hangs as a 24x36-inch print above our fireplace and looks great. The X-T3 has a few more pixels, but not enough to make a noticeable difference.
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The Grand Canyon. Looking upriver from the north rim. Fuji X-T20.
I bought the X-T20 used from an online forum in 2018, and it was my principle camera on our trip west that year. I used it for the above picture of the Grand Canyon, which I had printed as a 32-inch-wide panel and gave to my sister-in-law.
I've thought about selling the X-T3 and getting another X-T20, or perhaps the slighter newer X-T30, but I'll keep the 3 for now because it balances better with my heavier lenses such as the XF 16-80 and the XF 55-200.
(All my opinions about gear, by the way, are subject to change and/or revision!)
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Dave, I still have a Nikon F3 that's my favorite film SLR, I have a Nikon D7000 camera for my main digital. I am curious about mirror less digital. Is the Fuji 4/3 or DX?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info on the Fuji cameras.
Thanks for the kind remarks about our dogs. I have one or two more posts to write about them.
DeleteI seem to remember that the Nikon D7000 is DX, or APS-C, as Canon calls that format. The Fujis are all APS-C. I had a pair of m4/3s Oly E-M5s for several years. They served me well, but were only 16 megapixel. I wanted a few more than that, although I made fine, 48-inch-wide prints with them.