FULL SIZE Fuji X20 samples

I'm not sure what people are seeing, or if they are not realizing that these are OOC JPEGs but these samples look great.  We should wait to see the RAWs, but for JPEGs they look wonderful.

The colors and DR range are outstanding easily better than the X10.   These two look like they could have come from my X-Pro1, so you'll excuse me if I laughing a little at people with the "my smartphone can take these" comments.



The Tulips below, look at the colors, sharpness, and bokeh.  Compacts don't excel at making

images that look like they came from a DSLR or ILC, but the tulip image looks like it came from the

X100 or D7000.

So you'll have to excuse me if I chuckle a little at those claiming to be disappointed by these X20

samples.  Either you didn't download them, and look at them full-screen on your computers or you

are simply expecting too much from a small sensor compact.  The X10 is great, no doubt. I've shot

thousands of X10 images.  These look better than they X10 IQ.  Deep blacks, and high saturation

without looking cartoonish.  That's what I'm seeing.

Anyway, if you haven't downloaded them and open them full-screen, I would suggest doing so.  But honestly I'm shocked that almost every comment is negative about such beautiful images.  Absolutely shocked.  Oh well...A guess some people are seeing what they want to see.

And the ISO 800 nighttime image (the last one) looks extremely clean, yet sharp and saturated.



Anyway, I'm much more excited after having seen these about receiving my X20 next week.

By the way, the ISO 100 alone is going to mean better DR and and likely cleaner files at base ISO than the X10. So landscape photographers get ready.

Anyway, finally some samples and for JPEGs I'm delighted.  I would have like to see one blue sky daylight landscape image (the hazy river shot is not an ideal scene for a sample).  Since there are only seven images, I'm guessing that like the X10's Sample Gallery, this one will be expanded soon.

Overall I'm thrilled with these, especially with the close-ups (tulips, oranges, and girl with notebook).  These look superb.

Yes, my mini-XE1 is hopefully on the way soon (as long as B&H comes through for me).

Thanks so much to Robert Garcia NYC for the heads up on the samples.

All the best, Markus