Fuji My take on the X100S - a short review

[kaiserkudo]

Hey guys - here is a quick preliminary review after having the X100S for the past two weeks.

Fuji X100S - Two weeks in...

Edit- April 7th - new pics and blog post added below.

 

[afkenner]

Nice quick review, points out some real highlights of the camera and includes great photos.

 

[Steve Noel]

My kind of "First" review. Quick, and to the point. More later, is also good. Gives first and later impressions, which sometimes change over time and usage.

 

[kaiserkudo]

Thanks. I'll be testing it out on some outdoor/ location shoots using OCF and high speed synch with an Einstein strobe pack- results should be interesting

 

[melonbread]

thanks for the reviews and the photos. It was a good read.

 

[Armanius]

Thanks for the quick but good review! Even in good light, the X100 wasn't always reliable or quick. So at the very least, X100s is an improvement under good light. Good to know.

 

[kaiserkudo]

So far I'm quite happy with the little X100s. I used it as my only travel camera on a recent trip to Melbourne and it performed pretty well. AF struggled in poor light but I found manual focus somewhat usable. I haven't gotten around to updating my versions of CS4/LR from CS$ and LR3 - so I'm unable to give my verdict on the latest ACR RAW conversion. I have however been shooting RAW and using the in-camera editor to create JPEGS to my liking.

Melbournians will recognize these scenes

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F/2 1/45s ISO 6400 Film simulation Provia

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F/2 1/220s ISO 200 Film simulation Astia

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F/2 1/150s ISO 800 Astia

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F/2 1/30s ISO 500 Astia

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F/5.6 1.3s ISO 200 Astia

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Double exposure blend for night scape and room interior

If you're interested in seeing more of the photos from the trip and a few words to go along with it - you can find the blog post here

The full SmugMug gallery can be found here

 

[Chrisnmn]

great images, love that double exposure one! You did it in camera i imagine?. congrats on the review as well. I agree with all of it. Ive got same impressions as yours.

 

[kaiserkudo]

Hey Chris, the double exposure was done in post- I took two manual exposures in camera then used layer masks in CS4 to blend them. I'm not sure yet how the in camera double exposure would have handled that scene- something to experiment with

Cheers

 

[Gary]

I enjoyed your write-up. Makes me want to run out and get a X100s.

Gary