Fujifilm X100F 24.3 MP APS-C Digital Camera - Black and Leather Case - Brown

Overall rating: 4.5 (out of 5) Hybrid OVF: 3 EVF: 4.5 Image quality: 5 Look and feel: 5 Included strap: 1 Owners Manual: 3.5 Lens: 4.5 Overall: I would say with confidence this camera is the best Fujifilm camera Ive owned, easily. Image quality, looks and handling are far and above my XE2 and X70. It feels like a camera worth thousands more and the image output is nothing short of impressive. Whether you already own several Fuji cameras or this would be your first time trying the X100 series, you simply cannot go wrong with this camera. Presently, IMO, theres no better street/travel camera in the market. Hybrid OVF: I was personally looking into this feature which basically theres an electronic overlay on top of the optical viewfinder so that you can get relevant exposure information; however, Ive found framing is not quite aligned with the lens/sensor, often creating super awkward framing since the viewfinder is off to the top and to the side, so you need to mentally calculate the offset. I think it was a good idea on Fujis part, but they need to improve it -- perhaps aligning the viewfinder right on top of the lens would help. Electronic viewfinder: luckily Fujifilm included the ability to turn the Hybrid OVF into a full fledged EVF with a turn of a switch. The color and exposure accuracy of the EVF is pretty great, but not perfect; however, behaves predictably enough so that you can compensate in your head. Definitely one of the best Ive used. Image quality: in short, if in this aspect the camera is 10 out of 5. The colors, the sharpness, the mood, the bokeh, saturation, etc. Absolutely perfect. IMO, this is just as good as it gets. Absolutely exceptional in every test shot Ive taken (note, however, as of this writing I have not tested ISO > 1600, so cant speak of noise issues, if any). Look and feel: the camera looks just gorgeous. The "classic" camera look just gives it a personality very often absent in digital photography. It handles very well and a breeze to operate (even the small knobs and buttons are easy to get to and work with). Included strap: I honestly dont know why Fujifilm keeps including this strap with all X-series. It wears pretty uncomfortable, cheap materials, sharp sides. etc. At this point I would prefer they didnt include one rather than wasting materials in a strap that will be left in the camera box. Owners Manual: I cant comprehend why _all_ camera manuals, regardless of brand are just so terrible, and the one included with this camera is no exception. Camera makers need to start investing in much better, user friendly manuals as opposed to a 4x6 booklet with a bunch of information. Lens: there were some Fuji aficionados who were concerned the venerable 23mm/2L lens attached to older X100 series was not going to be able to make use of the new sensor and image processor, I can say confidently those fears were just not granted. One of the main reasons image quality is perfect is because of the lens. Its exceptionally sharp and punchy even wide open. Stopped down to f/4 is simply incredible. The bokeh is just so even and creamy it beats my whole collection of Canon primes I used to own. Truly impressive seeing this level of performance in a "pancake" lens. Conclusions: if youre a street or travel photographer you simply will not find a better compact camera in the market right now -- at least not w/o spending thousands and thousand more. Price-value on this camera is simply phenomenal.

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Its a solid camera. Form factor is fun and intuitive. It has some quirks, and some are easier to look past than others. I took it on a recent overnight trip and a few things I like and didnt like. LIKE: -Form factor. Small, light, and easy to just hold. I have average sized man-hands, but it didnt feel bulky ever. -At a concert, in black, using the EVF, I could shoot and no one around me had a clue I even had a camera, that was awesome. -The lens USUALLY gets nice, sharp focus, and the bokeh is pretty good. Especially for APS-C w/ a 35 equiv length. -f2 is nice to have, again in this form factor. And the shutter speed sync and built in ND is awesome DIDNT LIKE: -The ISO dial. Oh my gawd, I couldnt handle it. Its OKAY, but really a simple dial that is separate is needed IMO. If you pull it up in a hurry, sometimes it snags the shutter speed and drag it too. Its a little hard to read the numbers through the ISO window, and you have to use two hands to make the adjustment. -The interface is just meh. Its not bad, its just not as intuitive as I would have liked. Im coming from a Canon system. -Weird, washed out low contrast images. This happened actually quite a few times. Like my camera didnt feel like rendering blacks and whites, so it just threw its hands up and said "forget it". Even in post it was tough bringing enough blacks back in. Ive had a xt20 and loved it. Theres not much of anything Id change about that little system. Its just a tad bit TOO small for my hands so it was uncomfortable. Never messed with the xt2 or xpro2. All in all, its a great camera, takes nice images and ACROS is incredible. But, I just couldnt justify the cost, form factor not suiting my style, and its slight quirks to want to deal with it. I need my camera to just work. If I catch myself thinking about using the camera then it wasnt laid out right for me. Your miles may vary.

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As previous owner of the X100 series, this camera itself is a huge improvement. Its noticeably faster than the previous versions -- both the start-up time and the autofocus. Im also glad the X100 series is still "Made in JAPAN." Fortunately, Fujifilm preserved a lot of the things that I like about the previous versions of the 100 series -- such as the wonderful 23mmF2 Prime Lens, the high-quality dials & controls, and the optical viewfinder. Its still my go-to camera for travel, because of its compact design and excellent image quality. The X100F is a most worthy successor, and I highly recommend it! Unfortunately, I had an issue with the unit I received from Amazon. Even though the camera was "Sold by Amazon.com," as opposed to a 3rd party, the item I received was a returned unit. I confirmed this by checking the number of actuations in the menu and found that there had already been 2,400 shots taken! Of course, Amazon promptly took care of the problem by issuing a full refund.

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Before we get into the review; Ill first provide you with a tip youll probably overlook in the manual if you dont study every page. For maximum longevity, Fuji recommends keeping the batteries charged to a 50% level when in storage, NOT fully charged. Now, to set my reviews perspective properly, Ill say that my primary camera is a Sony A9, and Canon 5D3 before becoming frustrated with the Canon ecosystem. Id often carry the A9 with 35mm non-GM lens, but its certainly not the lightest camera around and Id been longing for something a bit easier to take in more casual or outdoor settings, especially ski trips. I debated this camera, the Sony RX1R II, and Leica Q. Obviously those latter two are dramatically more expensive, but cost was not really a consideration. I ultimately decided on the Fuji. The Sony is small, but youre basically paying for a great sensor in a piece of garbage that is six years out of date, has no battery life, and has never had a firmware update. The Leica checked all the boxes but had been out long enough I was worried a new version was on the horizon; two months after buying the Fuji the Q2 comes out, so guess I was right. I also didnt want to buy the Leica before seeing what the upcoming Zeiss Zx1 brings to market. Where this camera shines is having all the typical features, knobs, buttons, of a real camera, records in raw, can do bracketed shots (but wont merge them in camera), and has great picture quality for the price. The battery life is surprisingly good, even in the cold. My Sony A9 actually ground to a halt in sub-20F temps (shutter release began reacting with 1/2 second delay) while the Fuji kept going fine. The area where Id call this camera average is the auto focus speed, particularly subject/eye tracking. If youre used to a Sony A7/A9 mirrorless, this is nowhere near that kind of speed, so just prepare yourself accordingly. Where this camera really pisses me off is the lack of GPS receiver for location, and the massively disappointing phone app in general. The missing GPS receiver would not bother me so much if their method of solving that problem was not absolute garbage, but thats what it is. The way you get location to this camera is supposedly to install their phone app and enable location linking from your phone. On my iPhone, with background app refresh enabled, Im lucky for the Fuji to successfully link and get a location perhaps a whopping 5% of the time, and thats being generous. I end up just hoping I get enough locations that I can use Lightroom to assign the rest after the fact; its a time consuming exercise in frustration every time I start post processing on my pictures. Now the app in general is pretty horrible, even for simple tasks like transferring pictures. If you shoot raw, you cant transfer them LOL; so theres that. If you really want a raw picture out of the camera, you have to use the menu system to convert it to jpeg, then the app will allow you the privilege of transferring it, and that conversion is not a quick and easy process with all the clicking it requires. So anyway, fun camera, good pictures for the price, the software is horrible, you should just assume location data will never be recorded.

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