p.1 #1 · What is your favorite Fuji camera... past or present?
In 2017 I switched from Nikon to a Fuji X-T1. Since then I have been fortunate to have had and enjoy many different models. I currently have and enjoy shooting both a Fuji X-T5/16-80 and a Fuji X-T50/ 16-50. My X-T50 has the gun metal gray finish and I added an aftermarket base/grip and the square lens shade
Of all of the Fuji cameras I have owned and enjoyed, my favorite Fuji for all around use is my X-T50/16-50. I carry this camera with me daily and could not be happier with the size, weight, feel, image quality and ease of use.
Looking forward to learning what is your favorite.
p.1 #3 · What is your favorite Fuji camera... past or present?
It was Fine Pix IS Pro and Fine Pix S3 UV/IR. Did a lot of UV and IR photography with them. Still have them but moved onto a higher MP converted camera.
p.1 #8 · What is your favorite Fuji camera... past or present?
X100F and maybe any of the X100, but it's the one truly small Fuji because of its deeply recessed lans, and for me nothing is really lacking.
X-T2 the first truly pro Fuji. Still amazing today.
To date I've had XE2, XE4, XT2, XT3 (x3), XH1, Xpro3 (x3), X100F (x2). I've never had a 40mp Fuji.
p.1 #9 · What is your favorite Fuji camera... past or present?
I’m a big fan of my XT5.
Loved my XPro2 for years, but as things changed its feature set seemed less attractive to me in an ongoing way. I think it will be regarded as a classic in the future.
p.1 #10 · What is your favorite Fuji camera... past or present?
X-T5 is a camera where I think they got just about everything right.
I have a few shots from my X-E1, where the colours are sublime. There is something about them that I have never quite been able to replicate with any other camera.
p.1 #12 · What is your favorite Fuji camera... past or present?
I don't have a favourite camera of any brand. They are all boring or too large or too small buttons or just behaving badly. I use what comes closest to the performance I want, but I don't like it.
Sep 15, 2025 at 04:56 AM
Steve Spencer Online • • • • • • • Upload & Sell: On
p.1 #13 · What is your favorite Fuji camera... past or present?
For me the X-T5 has a very nice balance of features. Still compact, but with a nice EVF, nice controls, good IBIS, nice tiltable LCD, and a good sensor. For a long time I have not been willing to sacrifice the size of the EVF to get a smaller camera, and with the X-T5 I don't feel like that is what I am doing. I have rather huge hands and a camera any smaller just doesn't work for me.
p.1 #16 · What is your favorite Fuji camera... past or present?
Geoff D F wrote:
X-T5 is a camera where I think they got just about everything right.
I have a few shots from my X-E1, where the colours are sublime. There is something about them that I have never quite been able to replicate with any other camera.
I wasn’t going to mention my old XE1, which I no longer have but which lives on in the hands of someone else.
Objectively, it was not that great of a camera, especially by the standards of mirrorless cameras that we have now.
But when I got mine over a decade ago, coming from a background that included shooting film MF and 35mm and then a pretty large DSLR system, it was a revelation to put the 35mm f/1.4 on that very small camera and go out and photograph.
Steve Spencer wrote:
For me the X-T5 has a very nice balance of features. Still compact, but with a nice EVF, nice controls, good IBIS, nice tiltable LCD, and a good sensor. For a long time I have not been willing to sacrifice the size of the EVF to get a smaller camera, and with the X-T5 I don't feel like that is what I am doing. I have rather huge hands and a camera any smaller just doesn't work for me.
That’s pretty much the conclusion that I’ve come to, as well.
After using things as small as that earlier XE1 along with much larger systems over the years, the XT5 for me has a pretty ideal combination of features and form factor in a small camera. Yes, there are smaller options, but the XT5 is actually quire small relative to the overall camera options and it doesn’t give up much at all to get there.
I can put a 27mm f/2.8 pancake on the thing and use it for a day of street photography. That is actually my "always with me" camera setup, too. (I can toss in a couple of other small primes if i need more adaptability.) I can put the 80mm f/2.8 macro on the thing and photograph the small stuff. I can bring along the 16-55mm f/2.8, the 50-140mm f/2.8, and the 100-400… and I have a powerful backup system when I do landscape photography with my FF system.
p.1 #17 · What is your favorite Fuji camera... past or present?
The GFX100S II is my default EDC, and I like it a lot. I like files it produces, and I really like ergonomics. It fits like a glove, and it has an aperture ring and wheels for shutter speed and ISO. This is rare. It’s also the only Fujifilm camera left standing out of the 6–8 I’ve owned at one time or another.
p.1 #18 · What is your favorite Fuji camera... past or present?
There's always going to be recency bias in a poll like this. The X-E5 is the camera I have now and seems pretty much perfect for my needs.
But if I had to review the full swath of Fuji cameras I've used, within their own context, it'd have to be the X-T2. I think that's the camera were the X system really arrived — a great form factor and much better performance than the first generation bodies. I used it pretty much exclusively for three years and still have fond memories.
Like some others, I also had an X-E1. I think I like it more in hindsight than I did at the time; it was a frustrating camera to use, but I badly wanted to make it work so I kept trucking with it. To be fair, those early mirrorless days were rough pretty much across the board.
p.1 #20 · What is your favorite Fuji camera... past or present?
The original GFX 100. Was it big? Yes. Expensive? Yes. Heavy? Fairly. An ergnomic mess? Sometimes. But the first time I looked at the photos, I was in love. And I liked the ergonomics despite the sometimes questionable decisions made, and it never felt _too_ heavy. In the end, I sold it because I didn't have a use case for that amount of money spent.
