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
Rock solid build qualit Retro styling, bright lens and DSLR-sized sensor combo Stunning low light performance, Lovely shallow depth of field effects with sharp subjects and blurred surroundings
The expense, Backplate buttons could be larger and the scroll wheel is unnecessarily fiddly, No zoom, Common image quality issues including purple fringing and lens flare
It's clear that Fujifilm has put a tremendous amount of thought into the Fuji X100 and in many ways it's exactly what many people want: a small-form, large-sensor camera, with a fast optic and all encased in a beautiful and solidly-built body. Whereas ...
Like most photographers who saw the early prototypes of the X100, I couldn’t wait to use it and even considered buying one. Having now spent some time with the camera, it certainly has its charm and has more than proved itself on its image quality. How...
Look wise this is the most attractive compact camera which you love to carry around. Image quality But you may find the operation of this camera bit frustrating. It has flaws that we never expected to see on a camera in 2011, including the inability t...
Abstract: The camera market has certainly shown signs of growth over the last two years or so with the launch of many new power performers. The latest in the world of cameras is the all new Fujifilm FinePix X100, which is definitely a camera but can rather be consi...
Cool retro design; great picture quality even at high ISOs; unique hybrid viewfinder; leaf shutter mechanism for quiet operation.
Confusing menu structure; rear controls a tad messy; performance a bit sluggish.
The X100's design, hybrid viewfinder and image quality are its strengths, but it won't satisfy users who want a camera that delivers snappy performance. ...
Abstract: The Fujifilm FinePix X100 looks like an old Leica rangefinder, has a lens that won't zoom no matter how much you fiddle with it, houses an SLR-quality sensor and boasts a unique hybrid viewfinder.The design is beautifully retro – very 1950s, with a wealth...
Great looking retro design; excellent ISO performance; innovative hybrid viewfinder system; intuitive control layout.
Expensive; iffy autofocus performance; cannot change settings while recording video; mediocre battery life.
There's little doubt that the Fujifilm FinePix X100 is one of this year's most unique cameras. It is as if Fujifilm designed the X100 specifically for camera enthusiasts who yearn to use their old rangefinder cameras again. Yes, what really defines th...
Exceptional design, Large, clear optical viewfinder, Quick f/2 lens provides speed and background blur, Very low noise in high ISO images
High price, Slow AF system, Slow manual focus ring
We've been trying to find a way to sum up our feelings about the Fujifilm FinePix X100, and the closest we can come to is this: The X100 is like an eccentric genius; mostly brilliant, but interrupted by head-scratching quirks.The design is stunning, let d...
