Testseek.com have collected 132 expert reviews of the Fujifilm FinePix X100 and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Fujifilm FinePix X100.
March 2011
(82%)
132 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(90%)
64 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Excellent photo quality
With very low noise levels
Cool rangefinderstyle body
Complete with manual aperture/focus rings and dials for shutter speed and exposure compensation
Very fast
Sharp F2.0
23mm (35mmequivalent) lens
Oneofakind
Large hybrid viewfinder can be optical (with a framing guide and tons of shooting data overlaid) or electronic (with 1.44M pixels)
2.8" LCD display with 460k
Amazingly wellbuilt
Fullmanual controls
Fast
Gets out of the way
Looks great… Everything else
Attractive design
Unique Hybrid Viewfinder floats a color LCD image over an optical view
Simple analog controls for major exposure options
Superb image quality
Extremely quiet shutter
JPEG engine does a very good job capturing most of the detail o...
Looks great
+ Feels great
+ Smaller than a full-size digital SLR
Beautiful and sturdy build
Excellent hybrid viewfinder
High image quality from sensor and lens
Bright
Quick lens
Exceptionally solid build and grip
Smart physical and onscreen controls
Optical viewfinder with overlay and electronic option
Good preview LCD
Wide range of bracketing modes
Remote shutter option
Superb image quality in compact size
Extremely low noise
Very good sharpness from wideopen
Flexible rendition of colors and tones
Bright lens with F/2 maximum aperture
Real aperture ring
LeafShutter allows HighSpeedSync
BuiltIn 3Stop ND Filter
Ple
Hybrid viewfinder is everything it’s cracked up to be
Sturdy chassis
Vintage look
Yields impressive images
Thanks to great photo quality
A clever hybrid viewfinder
And a cool
Retro design
There's a lot to like about the Fujifilm FinePix X100
Prosumer hardware in hipster packaging. Builtin flash
But the blazingfast 35mmequivalent f/2 lens and maximum ISO of 12
800 mean you won't need it much
Highend feel
Superb image quality and hybrid viewfinder
The editors didn't like
Expensive
Optical viewfinder takes getting used to due to moving frame and 90% coverage
Viewfinder is hard to see in low light
Or when wearing polarized sunglasses and shooting in the portrait orientation
Design annoyances
Plasticky fourway controller is too small and easy to press the wrong direction
Power switch too easy to bump
Buffer memory fills up quickly
Long write times when RAW i
Dodgy RAW conversion support from thirdparties
Goes crazy when you snap a picture with the lens cap on
No Leica logo on the front (kidding!)
Slow startup time
EV dial is loose
Easily changes in a camera bag or while suspended from a strap
Rear Command Control is difficult to use
AF switch is difficult to set
Memory card slot and battery cannot be replaced while the camera is mounted on...
More expensive than your ordinary digital camera
- No zoom
Can't change lens
- If you want a petite camera
Look elsewhere
- No auto-intelligent-preprogrammed-whizbang features
- If you take a lousy picture
You only have yourself to blame
Very poor multiselector
Confused interface and sluggish performance
No lens zoom for those that need it
Expensive relative to compacts
Optical viewfinder doesn't aim down the lens
No external microphone input
Not really meant for sustained burst shooting.
Sluggish autofocus system
Slow manual focus ring
Severe yellow cast under tungsten lighting
LiveHistogram shows metered exposure
Previews metered exposure
Not actual
Clear but pointless OVF
Two dials needed per exposure parameter
No AEL with MF
I
Steep learning curve
Pricey
Slow AF
Complicated handling
Unfamiliar physical and in-camera UI
Sluggish performance
Especially for such a high-priced camera
And a frustrating navigation control make shooting with the camera a lot less fluid than it should be
One lens only. Waterresistant? This camera isn't even rated for use in humidity over 80 percent. Sorry
Abstract: And the love in question – apart from the oddball island, which is now practically my second home – was this equally oddball new camera, the Fujifilm X100. Last year's love was the Leica X1 , and yes, yes, I still adore it. But this head-on competitor fro...
Abstract: Image Gallery: The Finepix X100 has obviously been a labour of love for Fujifilm. Every single aspect of its build seems finely detailed, recalling the same retro-chic that only Lecia seem to have been able to successfully conjure of late. Mixing a p...
The Fujifilm FinePix X100’s retro design makes for an appealing purchase, and with impressive image results it’s a fantastic high-end compact camera companion Overall Our provides the latest photography news, reviews, previews, features and tecniques...
The FinePix X100 has a retro look, fixed lens and extremely solid build, but carries with it a number of ultra-modern innovations including a dual function viewfinder, wide ISO range and a powerful large sensor that creates astonishingly detailed photo...
Great optical/electronic hybrid viewfinder, Incredible picture quality with hardly any noise up to 12800 ISO, Quiet and fast focusing / Snapshot mode (hyperfocal), Fast, fixedfocallength lens, Stylish retro design
Optical viewfinder could be more accurate, Slow to start up and save pictures to the memory card, Macro focusing required for subjects less than 80 cm away, No stabilisation, More custom controls would be nice
The Fujifilm FinePix X100 has plenty of attractive features, including its retro design, excellent picture quality, hybrid viewfinder and fast autofocus. It misses out on a fifth star for the sake of a few annoying details (slow start-up, battery life ...
The X100 is a great camera to use – fun, involving, and capable of very good images in all sorts of light. It’s well-constructed, and although the retro design won’t be to everyone’s taste, I love it. Finding a compact that forces you to engage with m...
Thanks to great photo quality, a clever hybrid viewfinder, and a cool, retro design, there's a lot to like about the Fujifilm FinePix X100
Sluggish performance, especially for such a high-priced camera, and a frustrating navigation control make shooting with the camera a lot less fluid than it should be
The Fujifilm FinePix X100 is a serious piece of photographic kit. Not only is it beautifully built, but it also offers excellent performance. Few concessions to beginners and a high price make it a specialist-only camera, though....
Superb quality quality, Exceptional image quality, Versatile yet easy to use
Very expensive, Fixed zoom lens, Slightly fiddly controls
The camera powers up from cold in a couple of seconds, meaning a fractional delay as you immediately move your forefinger from power switch to shutter release buton, but this is not too shabby by any means. Moreover, in not having a zoom that allows frami...
Great image quality, unique design, great build quality, ingenious viewfinder
Not the fastest AF, some macro focus issues, expensive, not for the mass market
The Fujifilm FinePix X100 is a niche blend of a fixed 23mm (35mm) F/2.0 lens and large APS-C sensor. Its build quality is sublime and the pictures it can take are astounding. It’s a serious slice of retro chic in a modern age, but most certainly isn’t ...
