Fujifilm X100s First Impressions

[NicoM]

Here are my first impressions of the X100s, coming from an X-E1.

http://www.camcrunch.com/blog/fujifilm-x100s-first-impressions

 

[stnolan]

Good article. I'm on my second x100s after selling my first. It seems to tick a lot of boxes and really no complaints. The thing is I'm not really bonding with it. The files seem flatter than my x2 but it is a great camera.

 

[GWT]

NicoM, many thanks for posting your thoughts of the x100s - you've written a very honest and balanced review.

The pics look great!

 

[NicoM]

Good article. I'm on my second x100s after selling my first. It seems to tick a lot of boxes and really no complaints. The thing is I'm not really bonding with it. The files seem flatter than my x2 but it is a great camera.

I always shoot in raw so I'm able to make my images pop a little more with my post production, but I do agree that the X-Trans sensor is a little more analytic than others.

 

[Panther]

Thanks Nico for your precise review!

Changing from X-e1 to X100s myself as a 35-equiv user I found my own thoughts again in your observations. This means that I can countersign each single point of your great review.

 

[NicoM]

NicoM, many thanks for posting your thoughts of the x100s - you've written a very honest and balanced review.

The pics look great!

Thanks for checking it out!

 

[Jamie Pillers]

Good article. I'm on my second x100s after selling my first. It seems to tick a lot of boxes and really no complaints. The thing is I'm not really bonding with it. The files seem flatter than my x2 but it is a great camera.

I give my X100s files just a small bump up in contrast in Aperture and out comes the 'pop'. 🙂

 

[NicoM]

I give my X100s files just a small bump up in contrast in Aperture and out comes the 'pop'. 🙂

That usually does the trick!

 

[jubbaa]

Great review, thank you.
I also really liked the colours you have got from the camera , especially the last portrait of Somang .

Care to share how you achieved it, its stunning!

Thanks in advance . James

 

[Paul T.]

Great review, thank you.
I also really liked the colours you have got from the camera , especially the last portrait of Somang .

Care to share how you achieved it, its stunning!

Thanks in advance . James

Yeah, I'm interested too, I am happy with my X100 but would be even happier if I could get a similar tonal balance to yours!

 

[FA Limited]

Battery comparison between X100s and 5D II is not really useful. Look at the size of the battery. Of course you get more shots with the 5D.

it is worth mentioning that canon's battery management is waaay superior to fuji's battery icon as it provides a percentage as well as a log of other batteries used in the camera.

i find fuji always misses many small details which i find aggravating at times.

 

[bwcolor]

After reading your review, it strikes me that you are a guy that likes the challenge of having to think when behind the camera. I say this with respect to the battery and it's limitations. A small camera with so much going on electronically is going to be challenged with a limited battery capacity. Perhaps, Fuji could have done better, but I think that one of the challenges when shooting is to limit the number of shutter activations and forcing yourself to increase the number of keepers. I have multiple batteries for my X100 and X100s, but I don't remember ever needing a second one, but then again I don't shoot events, or use the camera professionally.

 

[willie_901]

FUJIFILM is behind on batteries. Their power system does not have the circuitry to completely monitor battery condition.

The smaller bodies use smaller batteries. Itwould help if FUJIFILM used the very latest battery technology.

Every system has it's weak points. FUJIFILM seems to be improving, slowly but surely. I hope they will update battery situation before too long.

 

[Highway 61]

After reading your review, it strikes me that you are a guy that likes the challenge of having to think when behind the camera. I say this with respect to the battery and it's limitations. A small camera with so much going on electronically is going to be challenged with a limited battery capacity. Perhaps, Fuji could have done better, but I think that one of the challenges when shooting is to limit the number of shutter activations and forcing yourself to increase the number of keepers. I have multiple batteries for my X100 and X100s, but I don't remember ever needing a second one, but then again I don't shoot events, or use the camera professionally.

This is all true. I am still using my "old" Canon G9 as my main digital camera and even if I am owning two batteries, I seldom need to switch between them, because I have learnt how to save their limited power (small batteries, and no advanced monitoring : you know that the battery is about to be empty when its symbol blinks on the screen and that's pretty everything you can get as an information about the battery life from the camera). That is, I don't shoot more than if the camera was a film one, I don't look at the photos on the screen for hours, I have set the screen luminosity to a low value and, all buzzers are shut down and I never shoot video.

 

[NicoM]

Battery comparison between X100s and 5D II is not really useful. Look at the size of the battery. Of course you get more shots with the 5D.

Regardless, it's still way behind in the battery department. The Olympus cameras do a lot better as well. There also seems to be a problem with Fuji cameras where they don't indicate battery levels accurately. 1 minutes, you have 3 bars, a few minutes later you're blinking red. I've experienced this with both my X-E1 and X100s.

 

[GaryLH]

Yeah goes from about 1/3 to 1/4 to red in less than maybe a dozen shots. Once I get into that region I tend to keep an eye.

Gary

 

[NicoM]

After reading your review, it strikes me that you are a guy that likes the challenge of having to think when behind the camera. I say this with respect to the battery and it's limitations. A small camera with so much going on electronically is going to be challenged with a limited battery capacity. Perhaps, Fuji could have done better, but I think that one of the challenges when shooting is to limit the number of shutter activations and forcing yourself to increase the number of keepers. I have multiple batteries for my X100 and X100s, but I don't remember ever needing a second one, but then again I don't shoot events, or use the camera professionally.

I think you've stretched too far to relate how I feel about the batteries with how I shoot.

The number of shots from one single battery is only half the issue. The battery indicator is not accurate at all. Later on in my review, I also mention that I use a BlackRapid strap that partially blocks the battery door, making it hard to change batteries on the go. It's just a little unsettling when you're never confident about how much juice your camera has left.

 

[GaryLH]

I always keep extra batteries w/ me. So far I have no problem, just change w/in one or two shots of seeing the red indicator. I have been shooting these cameras since xp1 first shipped.

Gary

 

[NicoM]

Great review, thank you.
I also really liked the colours you have got from the camera , especially the last portrait of Somang .

Care to share how you achieved it, its stunning!

Thanks in advance . James

I always try to experiment with my post processing. I have a bit of a blue tint to the highlights and a little red to the shadows.

 

[cidereye]

Yeah goes from about 1/3 to 1/4 to red in less than maybe a dozen shots. Once I get into that region I tend to keep an eye.

Gary

I went from full reading to dead in only 6 shots today on my X100s, totally shocked me. I first thought the camera had died on me. 🙁