I've been furiously shooting with the X100 for a month now, and have (like most) developed a love-hate relationship with it. Image quality is fantastic overall. I believe a lot of the maddeningly weird menu-type issues (they are indeed many, as DPreview pointed out) will be addressed with a firmware update. But there are a few deal breakers for me personally:
- The camera overall is just way too sluggish. If I were walking around Rome snapping photos of scenery, no biggie, but if you see a fleeting moment developing, you've got to factor in a few seconds for the camera to wake up, then another second or so to lock focus. Not awesome.
- It's too easy to accidentally flip the focus mode switch on the left side of the camera. If I owned the one I've been using, I'd tape it in place.
- You have to switch to macro focus way too soon. I'd like to be able to stand 1.5-2 feet away from a subject and shoot without having to menu-dive.
- It's very easy to stump the autofocus. And near impossible to use the manual focus. This camera should have taken manual focusing seriously.
- $150 for an adapter that lets you screw on a 49mm filter.
- Movie mode is almost worthless. Feels tacked on. This could have been an awesome movie camera, too.
Everyone's mileage may vary. There is a ton to like about the X100.