Fujifilm X100F 24.3 MP APS-C Digital Camera - Brown

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As an X-Pro.2 owner I contemplated purchasing the X100F for months before it even came out, because I owned the X100S I was very familiar with what the X100F would bring. The X100S had something that no other camera I owned prior to it had, it had soul. Its a subjective conclusion to my experience with the X100S, however, ever since I let it go and went with the X-Pro.2 I missed it more, more. I made the plunge and bought the X100F, knowing it was a very similar set-up to the X-Pro.2, expect when I got it and opened the box I was so surprised as to how small the X100F was compared to the X-Pro.2. Having had the X-Pro.2 as my only camera for over a year, I forgot that one of the main features of what made the X100S such a beauty was the compact size and the how effortless it felt to take it everywhere. My only two downsides to the X100F is the lack of weather-sealing/resistance and built-in GPS (I know this can be done through the app but its not intuitive). The weather-sealing is probably the main feature that made me hesitate over and over about making the purchase, knowing my X-Pro.2 with the 23 f.2 had that advantage. However, I remember numerous times where I left my X-Pro.2 behind because it was a hassle to carry around (yes even with all the "fujicrons" f.2 lenses I own - 18, 23, & 35), and I always had to make a choice between handling the X-Pro.2 with a thumb-grip which I believe is essential or a flash (first world problems!) Depending on your style of photography I believe this camera is suitable for most photographers styles, documentary, travel, portraiture street and believe me landscape photography if your willing to think of it differently.

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Edit: Spent one month in Japan. Im an artist so I take a lot of reference photos, aperture priority at f4 for the most part to get the most detail. This camera has performed above and beyond my expectations. Images are crazy sharp and jpegs come out beautifully rendered. Camera is very easy to use once you get comfortable with the UI and controls. I found it intuitive to just pick up the camera, turn it on, and take a shot. With a prime lens, zoom is one less thing you worry about. In the span of a month Ive taken around 1800 photos with this camera, so around 60 images per day. Ive gone two days with a single battery charge. Very pleased with the performance of the camera during my trip. I sold my XT1 to try out some compacts, so far Ive tried out the Ricoh GR, and now the X100F. Pros - The design is reminiscent of the vintage Leica Model 3. I just love the design of the camera in general. The sleek design gives me the confidence to carry the camera around and not look like a tourist with a DSLR. - Compact but has some heft. As much as I like my camera to be super compact and ultra light, I can appreciate the build quality and heft of the camera that adds a lot of its character. Its around the weight of a hardcover book. - Coming from an XT1, I love how fresh everything feels. The upgraded UI and menu, the navigational buttons, the power toggle all feel better than the XT1. The way the buttons feel have been updated. - I love 35mm focal length. I tried the Ricoh GRs 28mm focal length but found its pictures a bit too distorted. Ive also used XT1+35mmF2 and found the 50mm focal length to be too limiting for landscapes. The X100Fs 35mm focal length is a perfect fit for me. - JPEGs look great. I just love how easy it is to get good looking shots. The images come out looking natural, with great shadows and color. - Im not much of a black and white shooter but I like Acros so far especially with Red filter. Acros gives you a bright, clean BW image, with nice contrast. It has a very modern feel to it. - It was a bit hard to get used to the pull up ISO dial at first but with more practice I can now adjust ISO and shutter speed on the fly. I like having both settings on the same wheel because I dont have to move my hand to adjust one or the other. - Joystick works great, I didnt use it at first but I find that Im using the joystick more and more. - Battery life is pretty nice. I used the camera sporadically for a 6 hour romp through NYC and it had around 40% left, enough time to battery life to transfer my images to my iPhone via WiFi. - Fuji JPEGs work very well with VSCO filters. Its like a perfect pairing. Great if you have an instagram account. Cons - One thing which I think they would have put on the camera is a thumb rest. The camera is a bit awkward to hold without a thumbrest, although its not much of an issue for me. However Im sure this issue can be easily fixed with third party thumbrests come out, so not a big deal for me. - I find myself moving the joystick unintentionally. The joystick is pretty sensitive and sometimes my hand would graze it, moving the focus point. - Eye sensor is a bit annoying in that your left hand can unintentionally trigger it. That said, these cons are mostly just minor issues for me, and the positives far outweigh the negative. Overall, I really enjoy using the X100F so far. This is a camera that I can see taking everywhere traveling and taking pictures. It just feels good to own this camera.

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The Fuji X100F is a marvelous camera. I have owned the X100S and X100T. This camera is the best of the X100 series in my opinion. Focus is fast and consistent. Image quality is off the charts with the 24 MP resolution, a noticeable improvement over the X100T. The ability to digitally zoom is occasionally very handy and is like having another camera around your neck when you need it; another nice upgrade from the X100T. Facial recognition is very reliable, and the joystick is an ingenious upgrade in this camera for adjusting the focus point quickly while composing the image. This may be the best camera ever invented for taking photos of people. Fuji has the best skin tones of any color system and the fill flash has just the right poof of light to wipe away shadows while keeping your subjects looking great. The aperture ring has 1/3 stop adjustment. ISO can be adjusted using the front command dial, making the ISO dial on top of the camera unneeded, which is good because its not very useful to begin with. Since buying this camera, I have all but stopped using my interchangeable lens camera; this camera does it all, even on vacation. The light weight and good looks are unbeatable. I would say the X100F is a major upgrade over the X100S; I would buy the X100F over the X100S every time. The X100F is a nice upgrade over the X100T, but not a runaway upgrade. In the long run, I think the X100F is a more feature rich, flexible, higher resolution camera than the X100T.

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Excellent day to day camera that will far surpass your expectations! I have had this camera since November 2016 (beta version) and its been my main camera ever since. If youd like to read a full review you can google my name to get my website and a full length review can be found there with more images and information.

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If you love film photography, youll love the Fujifilm X100F. If you love point-and-shoot convenience, youll love the Fujifilm X100F. If you love high image quality, good colors, lovely bokeh, and a slightly wide focal length, youll love the Fujifilm X100F. Im a young guy, but I got my start as a photographer on film cameras. the X100F, as with all of Fujis X-series, comes equipped with three things that I personally value quite highly: 1. An optical viewfinder. As a bonus, theres a pop-up mini-EVF you can engage, which lets you manually focus the lens with a degree of confidence while using the OVF. Framelines, exposure information, remaining shots, a focusing scale, and even a histogram can also be projected into the OVF, giving you all the information you need to snap properly-exposed photos and take full advantage of the 24MP X-Trans sensor. You can, of course, switch to a fully featured EVF or use the rear LCD screen if thats how you prefer to shoot. 2. Discrete exposure mode controls in the style of old film cameras. The lens comes equipped with an aperture ring with third-stop clicks, and the top plate features a combination shutter speed/ISO dial. All three controls have an Automatic setting, letting you engage shutter priority, aperture priority, full manual, or full automatic exposure modes without having to fiddle with a PASM wheel. Thank god. Furthermore, you can create multiple custom auto-ISO profiles, specifying a minimum and maximum acceptable ISO as well as a minimum acceptable shutter speed. 3. Solid metal construction that actually feels like metal. So many digital cameras are plastic-bodied, feeling cheap and toylike in the hand. Even flagship DSLRs with their metal skeletons dont feel "right" to me; Im much more comfortable with the solid construction of my Nikomat FTN or Konica IIIa. Thus, the X100Fs sturdy metal frame just feels good. Its a solidly-built camera that actually seems like a piece of high-quality precision engineering rather than a mass-production piece of junk. Having the ability to take manual control over the entire exposure triangle without having to dig through menus or endlessly spin nondescript black multifunction dials is what attracted me to Fujifilm in the first place, but what will keep me is the fact that youre not sacrificing convenience or image quality to obtain these controls. The X100F is light and compact, easily pocketable inside a jacket pocket, but it never feels cramped. As an extra bonus, the X100F uses an amazingly quiet leaf shutter capable of speeds up to 1/4000, and unlike traditional focal plane shutters, is capable of synchronizing with flash units across its entire shutter speed range. This mechanical shutter is supplemented by an optional electronic shutter capable of speeds up to 1/32000, but it suffers from some rolling shutter issues, as many electronic shutters do, and cannot flash sync. Focusing is done by wire, the only major criticism I have against this camera. Its WiFi feature is excellent if you like to post on social media, and the camera remote app (in my experience) works extremely well for street photography, letting you fire the camera without touching it. The icing on the cake is how good the cameras JPGs look without any adjustment; just apply a film simulation and go. If you shoot RAW, you can even apply these film simulations after the fact, creating JPGs within the camera itself using a simple-to-use but powerful built-in RAW processor. And, of course, the camera just looks so damn good.

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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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Astonishing camera. Passionate hobbyist - started my camera life with a Nikon D60 and a couple of kit lenses, moved on to Nikon D800 and a couple of fantastic but heavy lenses. Two little children came along, and I felt that with my Nikon kit I was carrying a third child. Was not able to use my camera that much and really missing it. Bought this camera barely 3 months ago and its like a new lease of life for my hobby. Extremely light , simply astonishing picture quality, the camera is very versatile and works well in poor light also. The controls are intuitive, the body and texture of the camera is simply gorgeous.

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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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Having shot for the past 25 years I can honestly say that the FujiFilm X100 Series is my favorite camera of all time. When I look back at my portfolio Im most proud of the photos from my X100S and X100F because they "just captured the moment." For me the fixed focal length forces me to prioritize the composition and think outside the box. Ive shot with several systems, starting with Canon film in the 90s, then on to Canon DSLRs. I switched to the Micro 4/3 system about 10 years ago, which was a good transition into mirrorless but it wasnt up to par with the DSLRs at the time. About 5 years ago I purchased my first FujiFilm camera, the X100S. I immediately fell in love with it and ditched my Micro 4/3 system for the XT-1. Later replaced by the X-Pro2 and I also own an X-E3 as a back-up/travel camera. At some point I made the biggest mistake of my photographic career, I sold my X100S. Luckily, I realized my terrible mistake and purchased the X100F. It has the same soul of the original X100 cameras but with more attention to detail. The same "magic" in the lens & sensor combo is still there but with slightly faster auto focus and some extra bells and whistles to "tweak" the camera to your shooting style. The X100F has a tactile advantage over most of the cameras Ive owned. I hardly ever need to dive into a menu. Buttons, knobs and switches all perfectly placed in an arrangement that becomes second nature. I never shot a lot with flash but the leaf shutter allows for some ridiculous flash sync speeds, allowing you to throw some additional light on a backlit subject with the onboard (or my hot shoe Nissin flash). I shoot more backlit subjects now because of this. I also LOVE LOVE LOVE the ND filter. With a simple click of an Fn button I can select the ND filter and shoot wide open (f/2) in broad daylight. Lastly, the size and design of this camera make it so easy to carry that its with me everywhere I go. The FujiFilm X100F is a brilliant little camera with charm and soul. Its not a camera for all but its perfect for me. Kudos Fujifilm! Ill take this camera to the grave.

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Ive been searching for a digital pocket camera for years. I used to have a little Casio Exilim which took sweet photos, but later models did not hold up. Panasonic Lumix had one good model before becoming hit or miss. Olympus TG series is ok but has already gone downhill. Canon SureShot was a joke despite rave reviews. I continued to be frustrated. I snagged this model without looking at the pricetag and asked myself, What did I just do? Often when I look at the first images from a pocket digital camera I gasp. With the Fuji X100F I gasped for an entirely different reason - the images are spectacular. Hopefully you can see the first image off my camera just messing around in low light of my desk light with the settings on auto-everything. Amazing DOF and color which I describe as romantic. The B&W mode allows me to pump up the shadow and/or highlights for a tailored response. The controls, again, I kept saying "wow." The shutter speed and sensitivity are old school film camera style. Focus modes are a switch on the side like a full DSLR. The lens has an aperture ring with plenty of range. Manual focus mimics a film cameras fine control with focus peaking or digital split image focusing. It is so easy to use this camera. I had to hunt for maybe 6 settings, asking, where did they put THIS one? But, the others were easy to find. Right on the top I can nudge the EV knob with my thumb to tweak in highlights without guessing. Is it perfect? What camera is perfect? Like, if I rest it on its back it rests right on the LCD display so I ordered a screen protector. The neck strap is perfect but no wrist strap was included. Autofocus options are way overkill and I turn off all that face and eye detection. Transferring photos to a Mac? Be prepared to be disappointed as it doesnt show up as a disk drive (even my GPS shows up as a disk drive)... but, you can import using "Photos" app - which is slooooow and painful. It has a real rangefinder viewer with electronic parallax framing aid. Brilliant. Pull your eye away and the LCD snaps back on for accurate composition. Watson appears to have the best third-party batteries if you dont enjoy the Fuji pricetag on batteries. Oh - and its a fixed "street camera" wide angle lens. This was a big decision. For the money, you could upgrade and just get a mirrorless camera with exchangeable lenses. The "zoom" does zoom in to simulated 50mm and 70mm at the sacrifice of a bit of quality. I would consider those settings to be "toy" settings just for play. If you want a larger image walk closer to your subject. The small lens keeps the profile small for portability. The style of the body is sweet to look at - very retro and doesnt look like a big black brick. There are plenty of overpriced leather cases and half-cases for the model so go nuts.

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