Fujifilm X-A7

. Hey what's up guys, professional outdoor photographer, David Johnston here for outdoor photography guide. And today I'm out here in Tennessee in this winter wonderland an extremely rare event that I had to get out and shoot for myself. But today I'm testing out this Fujifilm X-A7 camera, and I know for outdoor photography and in our world of camera technology, a lot of times these so-called entry level cameras are kind of shunned by the outdoor photography community, just because they're kind of seen as this point and shoot version of a camera, but I've been walking around and using this camera all day today. And it really reminded me of why I actually fell in love with outdoor photography, just walking around and the simplicity of using this camera. Just putting it in my jacket pocket, whipping it out whenever I see something that's interesting or catches my eye in nature allows me to quickly capture my vision and keep walking. I really do think this is a camera that every single photographer can use. No matter what skill level you are, just because for entry-level photographers or people who are just getting started, you have this camera that makes it easy to start using this camera and learning manual mode easily going from full auto mode to aperture priority, shutter priority, and then learning manual mode and having access to all the dials. Speaking of dials, that's one of the reasons that I love Fujifilm cameras and this camera in particular too, just because you have several dials on top of this camera that allow you to easily change your shutter speed, your aperture, you can access what you're doing with the ISO internally in the cameras menu and picture quality is something that we always talk about with outdoor photography, because we wanna frame up the best photos possible and have just amazing quality throughout the image. This camera is no different. The sensor in this camera is amazing. It creates very high quality images that you can put online. You can print out these shots. And also I love the capability that it has of interchangeable lenses. You know, I'm using a 15 to 45 F 3.5 lens for this camera, but the ability to change out these lenses on your camera makes it so easy to use. If you wanna switch them back and forth between a telephoto lens, a wide angle lens, you can definitely do that super easy to use. And also the compatibility and the size of this camera makes it super easy to take anywhere you're going, whether that's on an airplane overseas, or whether that's just in your backyard or on a local trail like I'm at today. Now some of my favorite features for this camera are number one first and foremost is the fast on this camera. And also the LCD touch screen that comes on this camera just makes it super easy to see something that you like in nature outdoors. Find it point on the back of your camera of where you want to focus. And the focus on this camera is super fast, like well, under one second of clicking and the next thing you know, you're ready to shoot because your camera is already focused on it because it has several focus points across the entire sensor of this camera. Makes it super easy for you guys to just tap focus, shoot, and move on and capture amazing images along the way, whether you're hiking or whether you're doing something a little more advanced and technical. Not only that the focus for video is also off the charts good I mean this tracks your eyes. Whenever you are using video, whether you are like a vlogger, you like capturing your memories along the trail and video recording yourself along the way. And also any time you're shooting video of the outdoors, this has amazing video quality built in. You can shoot at things like 60 frames per second really slow that down at a 4k capability, really creating stunning videos in the outdoor scene. Now we touched on the LCD screen and how you can touch autofocus on this camera or manual focus. But one of the best features I love about this camera is how versatile it is with the LCD screen to get you into really weird shooting situations all day around today I've been shooting at different angles, you know snow that's on the side of the trees right here, getting up under things. This camera and the LCD screen allows you to see whatever you're shooting and you don't have to like bend over and look up at the sky, hurt your back things like that. The LCD screen swivels. It turns and if you are shooting yourself, you can definitely turn this back on you and see whatever you're recording on the screen. And then once you're ready to shoot again, just flip it back the way you had it. Now if you are saying well I'm kind of like a more advanced professional outdoor photographer type. Let me tell you right now, this camera definitely comes in handy. I haven't taken out either other of my camera bodies, my professional outdoor photography camera bodies. I have two more camera bodies in my bag, but I've been using this all day. Even if you are considered an advanced shooter a pro shooter, just hiking the trails and scouting for photos. This camera is a great option for you too, because it gives you the advantage of quickly hiking around scouting locations, taking this camera out, even with this lens of 15 to 45, you can easily see what it's going to look like and a wide angle shot, or kind of like that mid range view of whatever you're photographing and gives you a really good idea during your scouting of what you can go shoot. Hey you'll probably find that you may use this camera more than you think whenever you are actually taking photos out in the outdoors, whether you are a professional shooter, an advanced shooter or a beginner shooter, I highly recommend the Fujifilm X-A7 for your photography, because this is a great scouting camera, but it's also packing a huge punch in outdoor photography across the board and image quality.