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 Capturing our special family moments with the Fuji X-A3 Camera – Review

It’s the month of love and what better time to capture family moments than with a Fuji X-A3 camera. It’s the perfect camera for families and more!

Fuji X-A3
What is a mirrorless camera?

I had to look into that myself. So let me share that with you and my top reasons why I LOVE the Fuji X-A3 camera. I’ve left all the photos I took with this camera unedited with the exception of doing some cropping so that you can see the quality before editing. You’ll be wowed.

Fuji X-A3It is a digital camera that accepts different lenses but does not have the mirror and optical viewfinder that is in SLR cameras. This helps to keep the size and weight of the camera down. The body of the camera is also thinner than a digital SLR (DSLR). 

Here’s what came in my camera kit (strap not shown in photo). The lens is a Fujifilm’s Interchangeable Lens XC 15-50mm F3.5-5.6 OIS II. If you want to get the full scoop on the technical details/features of this fabulous camera go to their site HERE.fujifilm

Fuji X-A3 the perfect family camera

The Fuji X-A3 camera is ideal for me since I’m a beginner. It offers both point-and-shoot options as well as manual functions for those who are more proficient photographers. I think of myself as someone whose not quite a newbie but is not yet proficient at everything on the SLR. When I travel for work whether it’s overseas or local it’s not always practical for me to take an SLR camera with me but I want to be able to take stunning photos. The Fuji X-A3 will be my go-to camera for travel, family photos & more.

fujifilm x-a3

There are so many amazing features and I can’t wait to try them all. A beginner can get started and still take great photos but make time to learn all the features. It’s already bringing a whole new level to my photography and I’m stunned with some of the photos I’ve captured.

Now let’s talk about some of my favourite features. There are so many so I’m just going to list some of them.

Retro Design & Bundle

The Fuji X-A3 comes bundled with the XC 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OIS II lens and you have a choice of three colors: silver, brown or pink. I was so tempted to get pink but I suspected hubby would protest. I got brown which is what I think of as cocoa colour.  The retro feel gives a “fresh” and “fashionable” impression. The top cover, front plate and top dials are made of aluminum.

Selfies

This is probably one of my daughter’s favourite features but when the three of us are doing a family outing we can take a family photo together with ease. The Fuji X-A3 has a 180° tilting LCD screen for better selfies. The rear LCD employs the slide-and-tilt mechanism so that it is not blocked by the camera body when tilted by 180 degrees to maintain 100% visibility. 

Selfie prep

fujifilm selfie prepI want to mention that with the 24MP APS-C sensor on this camera you get better image quality in low light situations which is fabulous for evening outings. It’s also easier to isolate the subject from the background, giving you more control of depth of field. I love that.

Here’s a selfie from my daughter. The grip design of the camera makes it easy to take a self-portrait. I have small hands so knowing I can securely hold my camera while shooting a selfie is important.fujifilm selfieHere’s what it looks like to see the LCD screen when it’s in selfie mode. I adore the LCD touchscreen. You can enable “Touch AF”, “Touch Shoot” and “Touch Zoom” where you use the pinch-out finger to use a prime lens as if it’s a zoom lens. I love that. I find it easier to get it to focus on the subject of the photo. This is one feature I don’t have on any of my other cameras.selfie roseRemember I said earlier there are so many features I can’t list them all. Well here’s a peek at some.

fuji modes

Image Quality and Film Simulation

My favourite feature is really two. First the image quality is stunning. It’s made possible by their newly-developed 24.2 megapixel image sensor. You can read more technical details on that HERE. Then when you start to explore the advanced filters you can go crazy with artistic photography but it’s so easy to do, just select the option

Here’s but one example of the image quality. Remember this photo has not been edited. She’s my little Valentine.rose girlI’m always taking photos of my family and that includes our dogs and cat. I just love to go back and look at the moments that made me smile, laugh, made my heart swell and well were just special.rose bouquet 2How about this one where I zoomed in on my daughter’s eyes. That girl and her Elizabeth Taylor lashes.long eyelashesOur Little Zeus (LZ) ends up in a lot of photos because well he’s just adorable and he’s easier to snap a photo of sitting still.Little ZeusI can make colours even more vibrant just by selecting that mode like in the photo below.red roseHow about a “pop” of colour against a black and white background? red rose black and whiteExamples of some of the other filters. This one shows the same scene with two different filters. fuji collageToy Camera Filtertoy cameraOllie the cat was a little harder to capture on camera these last few days. He was not very cooperative so I selected their sports mode and multiple photos and held down the button to get a series of photos quickly.Ollie CollageA family moment wouldn’t be the same without our girl Luna. She’s our senior dog who is blind but oh what a sweetie.fuji LunaThese are just a few of the photos I’ve taken over the last few days. Imagine all the fun I’m going to have capturing all our family moments. The Fuji X-A3 camera is perfect for families and for my work too. This amateur photographer is capturing fabulous photos with ease.

Okay one more photo if you insist 🙂Fujifilm filter trees

More features of the Fuji X-A3

Wireless communication 

Share every moment via email and SNS with easy wireless transfer to your smartphone. Transfer & save photos on your PC via Wi-Fi.

Full HD video recording

Press the dedicated Video Recording button on the rear to easily start recording full HD (1080/60p, 50p, 24p) video.

Focus with a Touch with the new smart application – FUJIFILM Camera Remote.

You can focus and trigger the camera release from your smartphone or tablet with the app.fuji remote

There’s so much more so make sure to check out their site.

Disclosure: I am participating in the FujiFilm campaign managed by SJ Consulting. I received compensation in exchange for my participation in this campaign. The opinions on this blog are my own.

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Comments

  6. Dayle B. says

    That would be our cute baby Grandson, who just love to have his pic. taken.
    Wow, sure would like to snag this swag of a amazing camera. for out family to use.

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  8. Cory Fillion says

    It would be awesome to win this camera.
    The first thing I would take a picture of would be my cats to get to know the camera.
    Thanks for having this contest.

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  18. Michelle S says

    I would take a picture of flowers or trees first. I love taking nature shots. Please don’t tell my family that they come second for the picture!

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  35. Julie Matek says

    This camera sounds amazing! I love that the body of the camera is also thinner than a digital SLR (DSLR). The different filters are great also:)

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  38. Dana Miller says

    Most definitely my first photo would be of my daughter. I want to take more photos as she is growing and changing so fast. Too fast!

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  44. Katie Mitchell says

    I would take a picture of my daughter. She is my favourite “model”. 🙂 I love how professional your pictures look! I love taking pictures, but I’m not very good at it, and I rely entirely too heavily on my phone as my “camera”.

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    • Powered by Mom says

      I get that my daughter is my favourite model too. awww and thank you, this camera really does a lot of the work to get awesome photos. Now that I’ve tried it if I didn’t have one already I’d buy it lol

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  56. Angela P says

    I would take pictures of my kids and our coming soon addition to the family, I would also love to get some maternity pictures with my kids so this would be awesome

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  62. Lynn T. says

    I would try to get a nice picture of my niece, i haven’t been able to capture a good picture of her standing still or in the moment. She keeps moving and my iphone doesn’t do what i want it to do

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  76. Shannon Dana says

    I’d take a selfie of my super-excited face showing how happy I am to FINALLY have a quality camera in my life!

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  81. Corrina Paisley says

    I would totally take pictures of myself with my boys (chihuahua & minpin) Charlie & Leon to share with my husband who is currently working in SK for the next 6 months. He’d love that, as would we. 🙂

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  86. katie k says

    I would first take family photos – I have a 6 month old niece so we have to capture those photos now before it’s too late!

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  88. Cairine says

    I would first take a picture of my flower gardens. This of course is after all the snow has gone and the flowers are blooming. It may be awhile before this happens.

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  93. Chris Anderson says

    I would take a picture of my beautiful wife! We just had our first baby in August and she looks absolutely radiant!

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  98. Morgan Stewart says

    I would take pictures with my friends and of nature to start off. I’m also heading on vacation soon so I would definitely bring this camera with me!

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  113. tammy cordery says

    I would take a family picture and post it on my facebook page. I need a camera so much. I would use it for my homeschool pictures. This is so great.

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  115. Vickie says

    IF we win..first thing would be a picture of my fur baby for her painted portrait I’m having of her.
    Second, sunsets from our up coming beach vacation

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  117. Annette C. says

    Flowers & plants … looking forward to taking pictures at the upcoming Orchid Show, African Violet show, & Canada Blooms this year

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  125. Wendy Rafferty says

    I would take some amazing pictures of my kids together for Valentine’s Cards. I don’t have any recent portrait quality photos! Amazing Camera! Great review!

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  130. Ellen Thompson says

    I think I would take a picture of my kids first. They are growing up so fast and I would love to have more good quality pictures of them.

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  133. wen budro says

    I learned that this camera does not have a mirror. It does come with filters so that you can be artistic with your shots. Fuji makes quality products so I would definitely want to purchase one for myself.

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  140. Kaitlyn F says

    I’ve been wanting to invest in a good quality camera for a while, but it’s so hard to decide when there’s so many models to choose from! I really love the look of this camera and the photos are nice too. I think the first thing I would take a picture of would probably be my adorable cat.

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  146. Jim says

    I would take a picture of my son, playing in his brand new sandbox we built for him! He loves it so much and has all of his construction toys in it.

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  155. Nidhi Chauhan says

    I would love to give this phone to my brother living in Canada who recently started his collage. He can use this great quality camera to click pictures all around. Thank you for the chance!

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  157. Dotty J Boucher says

    I would take pictures of my grandchildren, my hubby, my three cats, birds, flowers and who knows what else.. fun stuff!
    @tisonlyme143

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  160. katrina gehman says

    I’m pretty sure my kids would be the first picture i would take with this. After that, i’m sure they would take selfies of themselves.

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  161. Sylvia Reddom says

    I would (of course) take a selfie with my beloved hubby who taught me how to use a camera when we were newlyweds (46 years ago!) Now we tonnes of photos for our online “memory books” of travels!

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  162. Kris S. says

    Wow! I was just looking at mirror less camera! I love photography and take pictures of everything. I’d most likely take a pics of my kiddo! ?

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