Must-Have Accessories Fujifilm X-A3

The X-A3 is an old camera that got some significant upgrades over the X-A2. It became a very competitive camera with a lot of amazing features. It had a new sensor, the option for an electronic and mechanical shutter, a tilt/selfie screen for the Vlogger or selfie enthusiasts, and a new body, making it a more versatile and user-friendly camera.

With a new design, it also had new accessories. This guide will help you find the best accessories for your Fujifilm X-A3 even though most custom accessories are no longer in production.

Camera Essentials

Best Fujifilm X-A3 Batteries

Fujifilm is shipping its new NP-W126S battery with all its new cameras now. It’s supposed to be more efficient but I’ve found the regular batteries and the third-party batteries to still function just fine. Just don’t use 3rd party chargers, the charge rate usually isn’t set correctly for camera batteries and they can mess up your batteries, or at least the way they perform in the camera.

Fujifilm NP-W126S – Amazon / Adorama

Battery Chargers & Accessories

The Fujifilm X-A3 is capable of charging its batteries via the USB connection, so if you leave your charger at a hotel room as I have, you can get by without one. However, it’s not a bad idea to have a backup for when you need to charge multiple batteries fast. Although with a charger and the USB cable you can still charge two batteries at the same time.

Fujifilm BC-W126 Battery Charger – Amazon

Right Angle Wall Plug Adapter – Amazon – I use this instead of the cable. It makes everything more compact. Highly Recommend.

Best Memory Cards

The Fujifilm X-A3 can shoot at 6fps, which isn’t crazy fast, but it’s fast enough. So it’s important to get the fastest memory card for your X-A3 so you’re never bogged down by the buffer wait. I haven’t tested this camera yet but I would start with the following cards based on speed tests from other cameras by Fujifilm.

Sandisk Extreme Pro U3 64GB – Amazon

Samsung Pro 64GB U3 – Amazon 

Kingston U3 64GB – Amazon

Body Accessories

Body Cap

You’ll likely keep your lens partially glued to your camera so you won’t need a body cap. But if for some reason you lose yours, replacements can be had.

Fujifilm BCP-001 Body Cap – Amazon

Terminal Cover

Sometimes it’s nice to keep your hot shoe flash terminal covered and often Fujifilm doesn’t include covers with the camera. I’ve been using the one that comes in this pack and it’s been working on all my Fujifilm cameras.

Fujifilm X-T1-CVR – Amazon

Remote Shutter

Popular among landscape and studio photographers, a remote cable release is always nice to have around in a pinch. For casual shooting, you can always use your phone to trigger your camera, or now the X-A3 has some nice built-in countdown timer tech that allows the camera to trigger when it sees a smile or when people walk into the frame. Pretty cool.

RR-90 Remote Camera Release – Amazon

UV Protection Filters

Since this camera comes with a pretty nice kit lens I’ll list some of the filters I’ve been using for the XC 16-50mm lens.

First of all the lens takes Ø58 filters.

Premium Filters

These are some of the highest quality. The Nano Coatings allow the filter to stay clean.

B+W 58mm UV Multi-Coated (010M) – Amazon

B+W 58mm UV XS-Pro Multi-Resistant Nano Coating (010M) – Amazon

Good Filters

I use Tiffen a lot on various lenses, especially my old Canon lenses. They get the job done and protect your lens from getting dirty or banged up.

A small step up in performance would be the Hoya filter, they are multi-coated so it will help a little bit more with flaring and ghosting.

Tiffen  58mm UV Filter – Amazon

Hoya 58mm UV Multi-Coated UV Filter – Amazon

Fujifilm X-A3 Camera Straps

There are three types of straps with three types of configurations. Leather straps, nylon straps, and wrist straps. You can connect them at the bottom of the camera, at the top of the camera, or just on one eyelet as a wrist strap.

Although the Fujifilm strap that comes with the camera will work fine for 99% of the people out there, I’ll list all the brands of straps I’ve used and let you decide which are the best straps for your needs.

Best Handmade Leather Straps

Probably my favorite leather strap is either the LeicaTime Deluxe strap or the HardGraft ReProcess strap. But Tap & Dye does make a nice strap as well.

HardGraft Leather Straps – HardGraft.com I love their Re-Process strap.

LeicaTime Deluxe Strap – Luigicases.com (click Luigi’s straps on the left, then scroll down for a mile until you find some cool configurations. Buying from this website is a little bit like cracking the Mayan code, but it can be done)

Tap&Dye – Tap&Dye (They have a lot of straps. I’ve only used their L E G A C Y leather camera fixed length neck/shoulder strap – Porter.) It’s nice.

Wrist Straps

I use a few wrist straps for some of my smaller cameras. I don’t really think they would be great on the XA3 unless you were using a pancake or smaller lens. Then it could be fun. There are only two wrist straps I’ve really liked so far.

Gordy’s – Gordyscamerastraps.com

HardGraft Slide Camera Wrist Strap – HardGraft.com

Fujifilm X-A3 Lenses

If you need lenses there is a complete guide to Fujifilm lenses here. I’ve listed all the lenses by Fujifilm except XC lenses and most of the third-party lenses that work with them as well, including adapters to vintage lenses.

This currently only lists XF lenses which are of higher quality. I’ll be updating it soon with XC lenses. XC and XF lenses will both work for the Fujifilm X-Mount.

Cleaning Supplies

You can never have too many cleaning cloths. These get dirty and stop working well on lenses, so it’s nice to always have a fresh backup.

(6 Pack) MagicFiber® Premium Microfiber Cleaning Cloths At – Amazon

These are great for cleaning sensors or those small cracks in the camera.

Rocket Air Small At – Amazon

Rocket Air Medium At – Amazon

Sometimes you’ll need a little bit more to get a stubborn piece of dust off your sensor. That’s when the sensor brush works great.

Sensor Brush APS-C At – Amazon

Best Accessories For The Fujifilm X-A3 Conclusions

The X-A3 is an old camera that does not have many third-party accessories. However, I think Fujifilm has made a great camera for the mainstream shooter and people are noticing. The X-A3 has so many features and is so reasonably priced that I think it will be a popular camera that will attract more third-party accessory makers.

This list will help you get started with everything you need to protect your camera and enhance its functionality.