Fujifilm X100
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| "classical" look image by Tony_Roman_Photography (Image rights) |
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| image by Carlos Santisteban (Image rights) |
A surprise 2010 announcement from Fujifilm became the most recognized innovation shown at the Photokina 2010 and one of the most hotly-anticipated cameras of 2011. The FinePix X100's styling evokes traditional film rangefinder cameras, but at its heart it carries a 12-megapixel APS-C digital sensor. Omitting the zoom lens which most manufacturers thought obligatory, the Fuji has a fixed fast semi-wide lens of fast f/2.0 aperture and high quality. Most unusual is the viewfinder system, which has both straight-through optical viewing and an switchable EVF which can display either the live electronic image or supplementary shooting information. A classic shutter speed dial on top, a similar exposure correction dial, and an aperture setting ring around the lens barrel make handling similar to that of a classical camera. Even the shutter release button is designed like that of a classical camera, with a remote cable connection thread in the middle.
