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Gear of the Year: Dale’s choice – Fujifilm X-Pro3

Gear of the Year: Dale's choice - Fujifilm X-Pro3
my gear of the year is a camera I wouldn’t have predicted a few months ago: the Fujifilm X-Pro3

Photo: Dan Bracaglia I think we can all agree that 2020 has been an unpredictable year, so it seems appropriate that my gear of the year is a camera I wouldn’t have predicted a few months ago: the Fujifilm X-Pro3 . But first, a bit of context. Some of my earliest photography was done with a hand-me-down rangefinder camera, a Kodak Retina IIc. I loved the experience of shooting it and still remember exactly how it felt in my hands. I even remember how it smelled, no doubt the result of the grease used to lubricate gears, something you don’t get from digital cameras today. However, as much as I love rangefinders, I’ve never had a natural knack for focusing them. I can do it, but it’s not my superpower. To this day, I have tremendous respect for photographers who can quickly and accurately focus a rangefinder. Mt. Jefferson […]

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