This sensor size is mainly used by Fujifilm which has come with an interesting X-series digital cameras line that offers premium built quality, high-end image quality thanks to top notch sensor technology and fine optics. They started with the APS-C compact camera, the X100, then came the X10, a 4x zoom camera that introduced the 12MP 2/3″ CMOs sensor (EXR with HDR or high ISO function) and then the first X bridge camera, the Fujifilm X-S1, the best image quality you can dream of on a bridge camera, a nice built, a manual zoom 26x lens, film simulation programs, and of course this 2/3″ sensor. The X-S1 is the only bridge camera I would buy for my own personal use. It only lacks a GPS sensor, a function I would recommend on such a travel camera : yes, a 24-624mm lens on a camera smaller than an entry level DSLR makes a travel camera. Both the X10 and the X-S1 have swipe panorama functions that work pretty well, 1080p movie recording and a premium price tag…
“A rugged all terrain compact camera in a precious compact body” here’s how Sony introduced the new Cyber-shot DSC-TX30 announced today, the new waterproof compact digital camera (10m deep). The camera is also shock resistant, can work in cold cold temperatures as is dust dust resistant. It features a CMOS sensor “Exmor R” (BSI) of [...]
I appreciated the Fujifilm X10 in my review of thi nice traditional camera for its user interface, its 2/3″sensor and its high quality fast lens. Today, Fujifilm is back with the replacement camera of the X10 unveiling the X20 which brings many improvements to the concept of high-end digital compact optical zoom camera, an area [...]
Hi everyone. As a starter of this Photokina 2012 D-Day, after the X-E1, Fujifilm fires the X-F1. Summing the premium compact camera Fujifilm X-F1 up is fairly easy : it is directly inspired by the X10, but in a more compact format, very compact, believe me, I saw it 2 weeks ago, and not designed [...]
As you may know, I spent 3 days with Fujifilm France staff in Malta to review the X-Pro1 and the X-S1. They confirmed that all X10 owner who would experience this white dot problem (sensor blooming) can now send its camera to Fujifilm’s support department. They will repair it free of charge. Note that this [...]
Here are some 100% crops of photos taken with the Fujifilm X-S1 at all ISO settings, from ISO 100 to ISO 12,800. As a mise en bouche to my review of the X-S1 to be published next week, let’s see how the 2/3″ CMOS EXR sensor behaves. If you are familiar with the Fujifilm X10, [...]
It took 2 months to DxO Labs to figure out how the sensor of the Fuji X10 was behaving, they told me. But they finally did break the code and went through the 2/3″ CMOS sensor secrets of this serious amateur camera, the Finepix X10. They have benchmarked the sensor and this gives us a [...]
I must tell you something. I am far from being a fan of bridge cameras although they offer tons of advantages like packing a huge X number zoom into a pretty compact body, but, I have been disappointed too many times by their image quality and poor reactivity. Using a small sensor can’t give anything [...]
We announced the X10 in september, a nice camera designed with the X100′s spirit…. but it had no price… It now has one. It will be sold $599. That is not a cheap camera as expected. It is actually slightly cheaper than Canon’s G12 and Panasonic’s LX5. It counts on its 2/3″ MOS sensor, its [...]
The acclaimed Fuji X100 now has a little brother. The X10. Its target : the Canon G12, the Olympus XZ-1, the Panasonic LX5…
You can finally dive with a Nikon camera… Here it comes ! Nikon’s first rugged digital camera ever, the Coolpix AW100 will hit the shelves in September. What’s inside ? Pretty good stuff : -10m underwater resistance, 5x zoom lens and the latest 16 megapixels backside Illuminated CMOS sensor, Full HD video,… First, the Coolpix [...]
