Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Fujifilm X-Series review 2012 – Technology Times


Fujifilm X-Series

Fujifilm’s X series has been creating some pretty impressive waves across the camera verse. It all started back in 2011 with the X-100, the first compact featuring an APS-C sized sensor in a body that would send waves of nostalgia amongst the old time photographers.

ü  Fujifilm-designed 16MP APS-C X-Trans CMOS sensor
ü  Novel color filter array to suppress color moiré, no optical low-pass filter
ü  EXR Processor Pro image processor
ü  Dual-magnification hybrid optical / electronic viewfinder
ü  Analogue dials for shutter speed and exposure compensation on top of camera
ü  All-new, fully electronic X lens mount; 17.7mm flange-to-sensor distance
ü  Three 'XF' lenses at launch: XF 18mm F2 R, XF 35mm F1.4 R, and XF 60mm F2.4 R Macro
ü  Prime lenses have traditional-style aperture rings (1/3 stop increments) and large manual focus rings
ü  Revised rear-panel control layout
ü  On-screen 'Q' control panel and redesigned tabbed menu system
ü  Focal-plane shutter, 1/4000 sec max speed
ü  3.0" RGBW 1.23M dot LCD

Still, there's no question the Fujifilm X-Pro1 is an excellent camera in its own right. It's a different way of shooting, for sure. While we were disappointed with the X100 for its many bugs and idiosyncrasies, Fujifilm successfully moved away from most of that with the X-Pro1, producing a surprisingly excellent digital camera system that we recommend very highly to anyone who enjoys photography enough to try something new.

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