Fujifilm XF10 Premium Compact Camera - Black

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The X70 has a native range of ISO 200 to 6400 (RAW + JPG) with extended values of 100, 12800 and 25600 that are only available as JPGs. The XF10 extends the native range to 12800 and the extended range to 51200, giving you a little more flexibility in low light situations.

The XF10 has a 18.5mm f/2.8 lens that gives you the same angle of view as a 28mm lens on 35mm format. It’s one of the street photographer’s favourite fields of view but is wide enough to be used for other genres too such as landscape or architecture. It has the same optical design as the lens found on the X70 which means that it should provide excellent sharpness at the centre and good sharpness in the corners when stopped down. I’ll be curious to see if resistance to flare has been improved. The minimum focus distance is 10cm. The 23mm f2 lens of the X100FThe "SQUARE MODE" enhances compatibility with social media networks where 1:1 format has become the standard image format for posting photos. shutter speed is 30 seconds and there's also a Bulb mode for exposures up to 60 minutes in length, which is excellent news if you're seriously Despite its compact form factor, the XF10 has rather good ergonomics for a tiny camera. The front grip is small, but well-shaped to provide a nice place for your fingers to hold on to, and the shape and grip of the rear thumb rest is perfect, allowing for a very secure hold on the camera. It’s still fairly cramped when compared to a larger camera, but Fujifilm did a very nice job making a tiny camera feel comfortable to use. Oddly, a camera with a fixed focal length lens isn’t always the limitation you might imagine. You’re not distracted by zoom settings, you start using your feet more, and you’re forced into being more inventive with your camera angles and compositions. Simplicity and constraints can actually encourage more creative picture taking. Advanced SR AUTO / P / S / A / M / Night / Sports / Landscape / Portrait Enhancer / SP(Scene Position) / Adv. / Panorama

The XF10 offers 4K video recording, but only at a platry 15fps, which leads to some seriously jerky footage. Thankfully it can also record full 1080p movies at 60fps, 50fps, and 24fps with stereo sound. There's also high speed recording between 1.6-4x, but only at 720p HD quality. If you're wondering where on earth the video shooting mode is, it's buried at the bottom of the Drive menu, accessed via the dedicated button on the rear of the camera. It should really be on the shooting mode dial... For reference, the 5m at F5.6 setting provides you with good focus from 2m to infinity and the 2m at F8 setting gives you good focus from about 1m to 24m of distance. In other words, just because the 2m setting has an F8 aperture, you'll find that objects far off in the distance will be softer than they will at the 5m setting because they'll be outside the plane of focus. I don’t want to go all that deep into the stat sheet of this camera. You can readily find that information online. I’ll talk about what I feel is important and perhaps what I believe others want to know. I will do my best to keep this review from reading like all the rest, which, by the way, brings up a point that I want to clarify right from the start. I paid for this camera myself. Fujifilm did not give or loan me an XF10. You can rest assured that this review is strictly my own opinion and not influenced by a corporate gift. If someone did offer me a camera I would not turn it down because, well, I like free stuff as much as the next guy, but that has never happened and probably never will.

Image quality is an XF10 strength, with the lens giving a good amount of detail for the 24MP sensor to deal with. Color response, though subjective, remains pleasing in my opinion, and the film simulations are still just as fun and effective as ever. In short, the image quality from the sensor and processor is largely beyond reproach. Nothing makes a camera less engaging than the feeling of waiting for it to catch up to you.

W) mm x 64.4 (H) mm x 41.0 (D) mm / 4.4 in.(W) x 2.5 in. (H) x 1.6 in. (D) (Minimum depth: 25.9 mm/ 1.0 in.) Featuring an APS-C sized sensor and enhanced Bluetooth® connectivity, the XF10 allows photographers to transfer images direct-to-smartphone seamlessly after shooting. The problem is that I don’t find the XF10 a particularly exciting product when compared to what is already on offer. It doesn’t bring anything truly new to the table except for the Snapshot mode and it doesn’t really fill any holes in the range. Even the affordability argument isn’t particularly strong as you can find the X70 for much less these days due to its age and the fact it has been discontinued. Fujifilm has produced a good number of fixed lens compact cameras over the years. The most popular is the X100 series which was the only one to house an APS-C sensor until the X70 was released in 2016. Then, two years on, a third APS-C compact camera hit the market, the XF10. It has a simpler appearance than the X70 and retains the small form factor of its “unofficial” predecessor.

A divisive topic amongst photographers, particularly those who use premium compacts, is the practicality of having a tilting screen. On one hand, they help you compose at awkward angles; on the other, they are more fragile than fixed screens and can marginally increase the size of the camera.