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| Volcanic landscape, Iceland. Panasonic LX100 |
Until very recently Fuji was a prolific maker of small compact cameras and fixed zoom lens cameras (FZLC) of the superzoom/travel zoom type.
But lately they have been concentrating on the X line of mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras (MILC).
I will not be buying any of these for three main reasons:
1. The X-Cams use an APS-C size sensor. I have no interest in cameras with this size sensor. The problem is the lenses. Small primes and kit zooms with small apertures are decently compact.
But I would want a kit based on the f2.8 zooms and these are not much smaller than the equivalent models for full frame cameras.
F2.8 zooms for the M43 system are half the weight of the Fuji ones and deliver comparable picture quality.
2. X-Cams use the X-Trans sensor. This is a 16 Mpx chip with a (non –Bayer) filter array which is unique to Fuji. It may have some advantages at high ISO sensitivity settings but I use Photoshop which is apparently not the best RAW converter for X-Trans files. I simply cannot be bothered with the rigmarole of converting the files in another programme, (Iridient or whatever) then having to transfer them back to Photoshop for further processing.
3. Most X-Cams use some version of a hybrid retro style control layout, with aperture ring on the lens (but not all the lenses), shutter speed dial and exposure compensation dial on the top plate and a minimal handle.
My time and motion studies have shown that a well implemented modern style control system ( there are plenty of cameras with poorly implemented versions) based on a Mode Dial and one or preferably two Control Dials enables the user to carry out the tasks of operating the camera with fewer, less complex actions and fewer support actions.
In other words more streamlined more efficient operation.
Some people insist that they ‘like’ the X-Cams anyway for their own reasons whatever they may be and that is perfectly fine.
But not me.
Fuji also makes advanced compacts such as the X-100 and X-30.
I have no interest in any camera without a zoom lens or the capability to fit one so the X-100 is not for me.
The X-30 is a warmed over version of the X-20. Both use a much smaller X-Trans sensor than the X-100.
Although it has some nice features the X-30 is comprehensively outperformed by the Sony RX100 in any of its manifestations and the Panasonic LX100 which I used for the photo above.
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