Fujifilm X100T 16 MP Digital Camera (Silver)

Fujifilm X100T 16 MP Digital Camera (Silver)

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• APS-C 16.3MP X-Trans CMOS II Sensor w/ EXR Processor II
• Newly developed Electronic Viewfinder allows for highly accurate manual focus (ERF)
• NEW Electronic Shutter 1/32000 sec.
• New Classic Chrome Mode expands Film Simulation Modes to 11 modes
• Full HD Movies - 60fps, 50fps, 30fps, 25fps, 24pfs with exposure adjustment,If Optical viewfinder is blurry possible adjustable diopter needed to be adjusted.

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Brand : Fujifilm
Category : Electronics,Camera & Photo,Digital Cameras,Point & Shoot Digital Cameras
Rating : 4.4
Review Count : 244

Fujifilm X100T 16 MP Digital Camera (Silver)

• The less between you and an image, the better. To that extent, many people have written that the camera is one that seems to disappear in the field. Maybe that\'s true, but if it\'s unobtrusive and fun, what\'s the harm? I shoot mostly with Nikon gear (a D800, a 24-70, and a 70-200 + some primes), and that\'s a blast. But while newer gear is very capable, and able to automate a great deal of hassle out of photography, you lose something by that as well.The X100T gives you extraordinarily potent manual controls, with three primary exposure variables mapped to real, tactile dials (shutter speed, aperture, and compensation). ISO is potentially just a button tap away, but an excellent Auto-ISO implementation takes care of that. Do you want to set it and forget it? The X100T can do that. Want to take every aspect of your shots into consideration from frame to frame? You can do that too. Either way, you can see the world through Fuji\'s versatile viewfinders, which are as customizable as everything else on this camera.It is expensive, but if you can afford it, it\'s heaps of fun. That said, the older X100 is enjoyable too-- if a bit quirkier. Details after the jump.PROS+ Build quality is excellent. The camera has enough heft to feel substantial in your hands, but not enough to be cumbersome. It\'s large enough for my hands (and I have long fingers), but small enough to easily fit in a coat pocket. In Fuji\'s (or an aftermarket) leather case, it\'s an almost invisible addition to your daily carry. The dials are metal and have an audible, solid \"snap\" to them when adjusted, and the buttons have good feedback. There\'s nothing about this camera that feels cheap.+ Beautiful aesthetic. I hate retro styling on just about everything else, but the X100T makes it work. It\'s a camera that definitely draws some attention if people get a chance to see it long enough, and one that can prompt some questions. That said, almost everyone who I\'ve run into thinks it\'s a film camera, and it\'s almost unnoticeable on the street.+ Abundance of controls makes adjustments easy and fast. You\'ve got the aforementioned dials for exposure compensation, aperture, and shutter speed. On top of that, you have a full seven customizable function buttons, which can be used to engage a built-in 3-stop ND filter, change ISO, engage macro focusing, and on and on and on. Or, if you can live with three function buttons, you can use the four-way controller to directly move the autofocus point around the frame. The odd jog switch on the X100 is now a proper clickable dial, and can be used to fine-tune shutter speed. The viewfinder lever is easy to flick, the focus switch makes sense, and manual focusing, despite being fly-by-wire is a blast.+ Fuji gives you unparalleled options for composition. I can\'t stand shooting without a viewfinder, and the X100T\'s rangefinder-styled optical finder is a joy to use. The framelines are bright and let you see the world outside your next shot, which is great for moving subjects. The EVF refreshes almost instantly, with virtually no lag, and having a live view of your exposure is wonderful. I personally am madly in love with Fuji\'s electronic rangefinder mode, though, which I\'m breaking out into a separate point below. The LCD on the back is sharp and pretty visible for a rear LCD, if composing that way is your style. I mind it much less than I do on most other compacts!+ The electronic rangefinder is a blast. Some people will love it, some people will hate it. For me, it\'s a joy to use and I think Fuji\'s really done something special here. Basically, when you\'re using the optical finder, Fuji allows you to pop up a tiny electronic display in the lower-right-hand-corner. That display can show either a focusing aid, or a 100% view of your composition. Given the optical finder\'s framelines are approximate, if you want to have critical composition and be able to monitor exposure without sacrificing the directness of an optical view, it\'s a lifesaver. But as a focusing aid, you can choose to view a magnified view of your autofocus point, a focus peaking display (regions of the image that are in-focus are outlined), or (my personal favorite), Fuji\'s digital split image. In the last mode, you see a monochromatic display that is divided into four bars, and lining them up means your image is in focus (similar to rangefinders from the past). I find it\'s accurate, fast, and truly enjoyable to use. Manual focus is not only usable, but fun.+ Great image quality. The shooting experience is loads of fun, but image quality is important too. The 23mm (35mm full-frame equivalent) lens is very capable optically, and does a respectable job at all focal lengths. Even at close focus, stopping down just a bit (f/4 or f/5.6) will yield crisp images, whereas staying at f/2 allows you to produce some dreamy, soft images with an aesthetic of their own. Needless to say, the optics aren\'t going to hold you back here.+ A very capable APS-C X-trans II sensor performs very well throughout its native 200-6400 ISO range. Noise is certainly present as you rachet up the sensitivity, but it\'s generally both neutral and unobtrusive in character. If you like monochrome shooting, it\'s wonderful. You will start to see a purple cast at higher ISOs, but it\'s nothing difficult to fix in post.+ Fast autofocus and operation means you\'ll almost never be left waiting for the camera. There\'s minimal shutter lag, autofocus generally locks in a fraction of a second, and the many methods of composition make it easy to frame and shoot-- without SLR-style blackout!+ You can charge through USB. That\'s a lifesaver, especially since it makes the import process much easier (just leave the camera to charge). One less charger is that much more space in your bag.+ Battery life is pretty solid; nowhere near an SLR, and obviously not remotely close to a film-based camera-- but decent enough for a day of shooting.+ Fill-flash works quite well. Not much more to be said.CONS- That said, you get used to SLR-esque battery life, so having a CIPA-rated battery life of around 350 shots (true enough so far in my experience) can be a bit of a drag.- Fuji\'s still not fixed the frankly idiotic battery compartment. I\'ve never owned anything else that allows one to shove in a battery four different ways-- only one of which will actually do anything at all.- Third-stop aperture clicks are a lot of fun and welcome, but do keep in mind that if you\'re used to adjusting stop by stop, it makes it harder to set aperture \"by feel.\"- The top-plate Fn button is still a bit hard to find and press, particularly when you look at its size.- Movie quality is atrocious. Enough said. Don\'t even bother-- your phone will almost certainly do a better job.- It\'s not pocketable. I don\'t know how they could have managed to do such a thing; you sacrifice some portability for controls and a large sensor with good optics in front of it. There are smaller compacts out there, ones that can fit in a pant pocket or even less; that said, so long as you know what you\'re getting into, this is a con that simply comes with the territory.- No standard filter ring requires an adapter. Since this is a fixed-lens camera, taking care of the lens is important-- if you prefer to use a UV filter, you may find it a bit bothersome.- Personally, I do wish there were some other way of adjusting shutter speed in third-stops (on the dial would be great, but would likely run into the same problem as the new aperture ring). I find my thumb often hits the rear dial and pushes my shutter speed around, which is annoying if nothing else. It doesn\'t have a huge impact on the way I use this camera, but sometimes I honestly would rather lose the third stops.All said, I love it so far. It\'s a blast to use and operate. If you can get one, I think you\'ll love it too. If you have any questions, just ask in the comments!
• I spent quite a bit of time shooting with the original X100, and learned it\'s peculiarities rather well. I had put off upgrading over the past few years, but decided to finally make the switch to the X100T for its supposed operational refinements, as well as the jump to the X-Trans sensor, which I enjoyed in other recent Fuji bodies. I had no particular fault with the \"normal\" CMOS sensor found in the original X100, but the additional stop or so of high ISO image quality and the new film simulation modes available made the X100T tempting enough.I have to admit I am not thrilled with the physical changes to the aperture dial. Earlier versions of the camera had slightly larger grips for moving the aperture ring. The X100T makes these grips slightly smaller, and as a consequence slightly less easy to operate. It\'s not a big difference, but I feel they should have left well enough alone. In addition, the aperture now moves in clicks of 1/3 stop, compared to the previous 1/2 stop. There\'s nothing inherently wrong with this, but before it was easier to feel the detents when there was a bit more room between them. Now I\'m a bit less sure of myself when changing the aperture by feel. Both of these changes were, in my opinion, a step back, although not a crippling one.The other physical change that\'s a blunder is that Fuji moved the play/image review button down from the top of the stack on the rear of the camera. Again, what used to be simple to operate by feel now requires paying a bit more attention. You used to simply be able to feel that you were at the top of the stack and press the playback button. Now you have to figure out that your thumb is on the 2nd button from the top. It\'s less intuitive. This change appears to serve no purpose, so one has to wonder why they made this change to one of the most used buttons on the camera.On to the positive. The additional stop of exposure compensation on the top dial is welcome. This dial is also a bit stiffer than before, and I rarely find that I\'ve knocked EC from where I expect it to be. This was an issue with the original X100. Also improved is the implementation of rear buttons in place of the clumsy spinning command dial. I\'m ambivalent about the rear toggle switch being replaced with a rotating dial. The original toggle switch was fiddly and seemingly useless on a camera such as this. The new dial is less fiddly, but also seemingly useless. It\'s more likely to be hit by accident than to provide the photographer with a useful input.Autofocus speed has improved over the original, but it\'s not classy leading by any stretch. Micro 4/3 is better for sure. That said it\'s fast enough and accurate enough most of the time. Under difficult lighting situations AF is more accurate using the Electronic viewfinder than the Optical one. I am not sure why this is, but it\'s the case. I really can\'t complain about AF performance. Does anyone need excellent tracking on this type of camera? If so, look elsewhere. Manual focus has improved greatly from the original, with a more refined focus throw and more precise control. The use of the new mini-LCD popup in the optical finder is good when manual focusing, although honestly I don\'t use it much. Frameline adjustments in the optical that help correct for parallax are useful, make sure you turn them on. Any time I\'m trying to focus closer than maybe four feet or so I switch to the electronic finder as a) it\'s much more accurate, and b) it\'ll automatically engage close focusing capabilities that are not usable with the optical finder.Other than that, what can I say? It\'s still a great camera for when you don\'t want to carry a bunch of gear. Sometimes life is easier when you don\'t have to make decisions about carrying this lens or that lens. The leaf shutter is still the quietest on the market; other cameras are silent when shooting with electronic shutters, but that can produce imaging artifacts under lights of a certain wavelength. It\'s small enough to put in your jacket pocket. The hybrid viewfinder is unique, lending itself to the accuracy and precision of an EVF when desired, or the looser, more natural optical finder when conditions allow it. Lastly, it\'s one of the few cameras on the market that gives you instant, physical access to aperture and shutter speed controls without having to look at a screen of some sort. I love this.Fuji should simply refine the physical operation of the camera moving forward. Improve tactile feedback of the aperture ring. Return the playback button to the proper location. Increase battery life so you spend less time fiddling with waking the camera up because you\'re afraid to leave it on all the time. Remove the silly dial on the back that always changes your settings by accident. (Or at least allow it to be disabled.) Further refine the tactile function of the buttons on the rear of the camera so they require a good sturdy press to operate. (Again reducing accidental operation... this is a recurring problem for small cameras with lots of buttons and very little spare room for fingers to rest.)

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