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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nIt\u2019s true, a camera is just a tool, it is a black (or silver..) box between me and what I want to communicate: but that box should be something so intuitive I shouldn\u2019t even have to worry about it. I never think what finger I\u2019ll use when I grab something, so why should I think what button to push when I grab a picture? Cameras are constantly with us, in our hand, hanging on our neck: there is a point in every photographer\u2019s path where the camera is not a tool anymore, it becomes part of us. So I\u2019d rather have in my hands something I really love, something that is so part of me I do not even need to think about it. That\u2019s what the X system is about, for me.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nFor my needs, the X system just works: it is fast, immediate, intuitive, simple and powerful. And, last but not least, it\u2019s beautiful.
\nThere is something special about using old style dials, and being able to change ISO, aperture and shutter speed without even taking the eye away from the viewfinder. There is something special when you can actually read the aperture value or the shutter speed on a dial, rather than on a display: it makes it somehow more real and immediate.
\nSo, if simplicity is the very first reason that made me love Fuji, I soon realised there are other points. Weight, for example: I find myself (literally) climbing mountains or hiking miles and miles in harsh conditions to get a picture, and believe me every gram you can save counts.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nSize is another one. Smaller cameras, smaller bags, more likely to have the camera with me at any given times that translate in more picture taken and more interesting moment \u201cfrozen\u201d. And a less intrusive approach when shooting people, which never hurts, often translate in better and more intimate images.
\nAnd reliability: even the \u201cnon-officially-weather-proof\u201d bodies and lenses can withstand very harsh conditions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nIn only 5 years the X system has come a long way, covering every millimetre from 10 to 600 with great lenses, with a bunch of impressive cameras (X-T1 and X-Pro2 above everything), each one so much better than the previous one. I am proud to say I was one of the very first to believe in this adventure, and even prouder that I got to know and to work with a group of people who believe not only in dreams, but also make them happen. I own every pro camera in the system, and I enjoy each one of them.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n