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I am inmy early 70s andmy interest in photography goes backmore than 60 years. My very first camera, given tome at nine years of age, was a Kodak Brownie 127. In 1967, I bought my first ‘serious’ 35mmSLR, a Zenit-Ewith a standard Helios 58mm lens. Many years and film cameras later, in 2006 I made the I’ve read many reviews about Fujifilm gear, mainly all good (especially the lenses), and had always wanted to try an X Series camera out for size. Thanks to Photography News and Fujifilm, I received an X-T3 body, an XF10- 24mm f/4 R OIS and an XF16- 55mm f/2.8 R LMWR to try out. Make the Switch With a lif time of shooting experience, landscape and documentary shooter, Bob King, knows a great camera when he sees one. So what did he make of the FujifilmX-T3? BOB KING Keen landscape, architecture and documentary, based in East Lothian ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE move to digital, with a Panasonic Lumix FZ20, and it’s a brand I’ve stuck with for themost part. Currently, I use two Lumix G80 bodies, one paired with a Lumix 14-140mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom, the other with an Olympus 9-18mm f/4-5.6, but I have used lots of Lumixes, the odd Olympus, and even a few APS-C and full-frame Canons. My first preference has always been the Micro Four Thirds (MFT) format, though, so owing to my long experience with mirrorless, taking a Fujifilm X Series camera for a trial was not the huge psychological or technological challenge it might be to a DSLR user!
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