Review based on a production X100 with Firmware 1.10
NOTE - On 21st March 2012 Fujifilm updated the X100's firmware to Version 1.20
with a number of new features - most notably the ability to customise
the 'RAW' button. We recommend familiarising yourself with these
improvements and bearing them in mind when reading this review, which is
based on the previous FW version.
Fujifilm may be a company that is currently best-known for its well known development of compact camcorders, but actually it has a long customized of creating somewhat left-field, exclusive camcorders targeted at serious fans and professionals. The company regularly suggested out market promoters in the times of film, from its Fujica 6x9 framework extensive range locators, through the GA645Zi technique framework ‘zoom compact’, to the TX-1 Disadvantages awesome extensive range locator (better known in Western working trading markets as the Hasselblad XPan), all of which still control top fantastic costs on the used market these days. In the electronic era it has targeted mainly on its awesome SuperCCD sign engineering, using it to offer class-leading awesome extensive range on camcorders such as the S5 Pro and the EXR series of zoom ability capability ability ability compacts. Along the way it has created some genuine conspiracy idea concept idea classics, such as the F30 and F31Fd compacts which obtained a reputation as awesome low-light performers.
The X100, though, is something definitely different. It’s a beautifully-designed rangefinder-styled electronic picture photographic electronic camera that drives an SLR-size APS-C sign into its compact program, and actions a set, fast F2 maximum possible possible aperture semi-wideangle connections with a conventional 35mm-equivalent place of viewpoint. It uses conventional analogue control contains shutter amount, aperture and exposure agreement, together with an electronically combined (‘focus-by-wire’) information focus team. But the biggest story is its fantastic several viewfinder, which provides together a conventional direct-vision recognizable viewfinder with a high-resolution electronic viewfinder, offering the best of both international plus a few exclusive techniques of its own.
The large-sensor, fixed-lens compact is not a new idea, of course, and both Sigma’s DP series and the Leica X1 have already visited this place. However these have not been entirely effective items, experiencing gradually operate, low-resolution LCDs and, in the situation of the Sigmas, a somewhat exclusive interface. Because of this they have conducted to recognize a awesome raison d’etre, especially in the experience of opponents from the new recreate of similar connections mirrorless compacts typified by the Olympus Pen series and Panasonic NEXs. So the big question is whether Fujifilm has managed to improve the idea, and produce a electronic picture photographic electronic camera that is as awesome to catch with as its specifications (and looks) suggest.
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| There’s no mistaking what Fujifilm’s design team were thinking when they created the X100. Its two-tone body and analogue controls hark back to old rangefinder compacts, and it doesn’t look at all out of place in the company of these 1970s classics. Both Olympus and Leica have recently released retro-styled small cameras in the shape of the E-P1/2 and X1, but the X100 takes the concept to a whole different level. Its flash is even placed in the same position as was once occupied by rangefinder windows. |
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Key features
- 12 megapixel APS-C sized CMOS sensor
- Fixed 23mm F2 lens (field of view equivalent to a 35mm lens on full frame)
- 2.8" LCD screen, 4:3 aspect ratio, 460,000 dots
- Hybrid optical / electronic viewfinder
- OVF with 0.5x magnification, projected framelines indicate approx 90% of field of view
- EVF with ca 0.5x magnification, 1,440,000 dots
- Traditional-style control dials for shutter speed, aperture and exposure compensation
- ISO 100 (L), 200-6400, 12800 (H)
- Flash hot shoe and built-in flash
- Built-in neutral density filter (3 stops)
- 1280x720 HD movie recording with stereo sound
Compared to...
The composite image below gives an idea of the X100's size relative to some of its competitors, both fixed- and interchangeable-lensed. It's a bit taller than the Leica X1 with which it most closely competes, but this mainly reflects the X100's built-in hybrid viewfinder (X1 users have to make do with the rear LCD or an add-on optical viewfinder). It's also noticeably larger than interchangeable lens cameras like the Panasonic GF1, and particularly the APS-C Sony NEX-5 (from which it's poles apart in terms of control philosophy); but again, neither of these have an eye-level viewfinder either. Of course the X100 is distinctly smaller and more portable than any DSLR fitted with a similarly-fast lens.
Specifications compared
The table below lists some of the key specifications of the X100 and its competitors. What's notable is the combination of an unusually fast lens and a large APS-C sensor, which together bode well for its low-light capability.| Camera | Lens* | LCD | Dimensions & Weight (with lens, battery + card) |
Sensor (effective pixels) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fujifilm FinePix X100 | 35mm equiv, F2 |
2.7" 460k pixels |
126 x 74 x 54 mm, 445g 5.0 x 3.0 x 2.2 in, 15.8 oz |
12.3 Mp CMOS (ca. 23.6 x 15.8 mm) |
| Leica X1 | 35mm equiv, F2.8 |
2.7" 230k pixels |
124 x 60 x 50 mm, 330g 4.9 x 2.4 x 2.0 in, 10.9 oz |
12.2 Mp CMOS (23.6 x 15.8 mm) |
| Panasonic DMC-GF1 |
40mm equiv, F1.7* |
3.0" 460k pixels |
119 x 71 x 61 mm, 448g 4.6 x 2.8 x 2.4 in, 15.8 oz |
12.1 MP LiveMOS (17.3 x 13 mm) |
| Sony NEX-5 | 24mm equiv, F2.8* |
3.0", tilting 920k pixels |
111 x 59 x 54 mm, 361g 4.4 x 2.3 x 2.1 in, 12.7 oz |
14.2 Mp HD CMOS (23.4 x 15.6mm) |
| Sigma DP2 | 40mm equiv, F2.8 |
2.5" 230k pixels |
115 x 64 x 56mm, 280g 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.2 in, 9.9 oz |
4.6 MP x 3 X3F (20.7 x 13.8 mm) |
Original Article:www.dpreview.com
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