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 p.2 #13 · Should i sell my a7iii and switch over to Fujifilm xT3??? | |
RoamingScott wrote:
If you're just looking at it from a money perspective, of course Fuji wins all day every day.
However...IMO the A73 ergos are better than the X-T3, and lenses...in general...are around the same size and weight, as long as you're comparing the Fuji lenses to the Sony G lenses. The A73 battery trounces the XT3 battery as well.
Manual focusing on the Fuji is easier if that's any interest to you.
The one reason I'm sticking with Sony over Fuji is the image quality. The Sony image quality is just leagues beyond Fuji to my eye, the Fuji files are just quite often soft and muddy. Also keep in mind you'll be losing IBIS, so when comparing lenses like the Fuji 56/1.2 to the Sony 85/1.8, the Sony still has the advantage because of the IBIS.
I don't regret my time shooting Fuji, and if all I was shooting was outdoor, daylight street photography, I'd get another Fuji body in a heartbeat. Where they fall apart is eye detection and low light, and I do quite a bit of low light shooting. If you stay Sony, I would suggest only shooting RAW, as their JPEG processing leaves a lot to be desired and you'll have more leverage to process towards a "fuji look" with RAW.
My personal recommendation is to stick with the A73 and buy lenses used to cut down on costs. Plenty of great sellers here on FM that sell mint condition goods at great discounts vs retail....Show more →
Money perspective, it's kind of a wash. Depends on promotinal sales, bundles, and used prices, not to mention the lenses you want. You can get a X-T3 and quite a number of lenses at a pretty good discount if you are willing to wait for the right time, but that goes for the Sony too.
Ergo is highly preferential. I highly prefer the X-T3 for photo use, and kind of hate it for video because there is no good way to have a video mode custom setting that you can also adjust on the fly quickly. When I'm snapping shots of the family and want to quickly go to my preferred video settings, it's cumbersome. I have the opposite relation with the A7RII I used to have.
Lightness, is actually preferential too. Some people love their big heavy DSLRs. Personally the A7III is at the upper limit of what I'll carry for a body (they are quite a bit heftier than the original A7). The issue is the lenses. There's a dearth of quality small compact lenses for FE.
IQ that is leagues beyond, I'd have to laugh. You can feel free to browse my smugmug gallery and point out where FF would be leagues better.
IBIS is a good advantage, Fuji is lacking here. Though not as consequential depending on lens, aperture, and shutter speed.
Low light is an advantage if you use fast lenses on FF. Crop factor works against smaller sensors when compared to fast FF lenses as frequently there are no equivalents for the lenses. However this also works in reverse. I am probably not the norm, but I usually shoot f4 on APS-C, even in lower light because I tend to shoot a bit closer and need DoF. However to accomplish the same settings on FF, I need 1.5x smaller aperture and consequently, 1.5x higher ISO. This kills much of the lead the FF has over APS-C so that final output is somewhat disappointingly similar. (Basically the time went FF, I spent a ton of money and realized very marginal gains.)
Current eye-af on an X-T3 is about as good as the previous gen Sony eye-af. Useful and accurate, but a bit laggy. It will be improved in April with a new firmware. Possibly with even more upgrades later.
I'm still not certain if Sony has a compressed raw format that isn't lossy. That was a big shock to me in post processing when I started getting really terrible artifacting in my nighttime images. You can of course go uncompressed RAW, but that does eat quickly into limited card space if you're a burst shooter like I am. Bigger issue I have is white balance performance on Sony and shadow contamination/color shift at higher ISO. Fixing white balance is annoying but doable, though sometimes it never seems to look quite right. The color shift and shadow color bleeding is a big facepalm though. Very difficult to correct, especially in video. It can also make skin tones look strange and unattractive. I've found my X-T3, and previous X bodies to be very resistant to color shifts as ISO goes up, which is amazing to me. While white balance is not perfect, especially in auto, I find less issues with it than any Sony body I've used.
Well, there's no perfect camera for every individual, so you have to weigh the tradeoffs.
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