Fujifilm X-S1

I really love this camera. Remember that we have to judge it based on the catagory that it fills. First I will adress the build quality. It is simply outstanding without a doubt. Built great, feels great. A true pleasure to use due to the solidity, materials and architecture. A camera that you really want to pick up. Very easy to seamlessly interface with your intent and become one with. Controls are thought out well. You can merge with this camera and do any shot from super macro ...

Having tested out the X_s1, I have to say it is the best in its superzoom category. Its manual zoom lens is much more convenient. It has a much more solid feel compared to nikons and canons which feels plastic. Its image quality is relatively good thanks to its larger sensor than most others in its range and 4 aspherical elements. Problems: Expensive!

Just got this out of the box, and would like to know if anyone else has commented on the lens play near the outer range of zoom? It really seems to be allot for a camera that is otherwise very tight. The one I got was a refurb from Amazon, so Im wondering if this camera is an anomally, or they are all built this way. Very interested to hear any feedback from anyone that has noticed this, and if it is a design issue, or I just got a lemon. Other than that, the camera is awesome. DaveB in New ...

It is the most versatile camera I've ever owned. Simply brilliant in every way, point and shoot has never been so fool proof. EXR settings are great and picture quality is just stunning, amount of pixels is adequate for just about any use. Speed is just awesome, video is stunning. What a joy to own this camera. FujiFilm has done a great job in building an affordable, high quality point and shooter that stands out in the crowd. Kudos!

I have a gallery in my profile with some samples from the X-S1 and will be adding more to it over time. I bought this camera just over a week ago just prior to a trip to Toronto. I was looking forward to trying the camera out at Niagara Falls as well as the many daffodil fields. I was most pleased with the results of the flowers. The shots at Niagara turned out good but zooming in too 100% magnification revealed the typical "pixel mottling" I find common in non-SLR cameras.....in other words ...

I've only had this camera for 5 days, and am overall very happy with the purchase. There are pitfalls on any camera, and coming from the Sony A77 I was pleasantly surprised that the build quality is extremely close to the Sony. My main reason for buying was simply that for an enthusiast it seems to be extremely hard to get high quality glass without massive compromises or even more massive cost - so getting the X-S1 with it's 24-624mm equivalent range and superb macro capabilities does seem ...

Opinion: This is my first “bridge” camera that I have owned. I wanted a camera with a large zoom range, without shifting lenses all the time. This should be a camera for fun, adventure, ease of use for everyone in the family to use (Normally I use Nikon DSLR). I am extremely surprised how much I got for my money! It is fast, it takes excellent pictures and movies and I am never out of zoom range. And best of all… our kids are now into photo as a hobby! Well my 27 kg. Nikon gear I love… But ...

X-S1 is a great camera to have if you want a camera close to low end DSLR, and don't want to change lens to capture moments. The form factor is similar to older S100 / S200, but much better in build quality. The image quality is much better than my old good S8100 in terms of noise and sensitive. It is very fast to start up or focus. Easy to use, customizable hot key and gives you full manual control. The built in flash is very weak. I put on the EF-42 external flash and it is a must have ...

Last week I finally got my XS-1 and the first results are INCREDIBLE! First I went with our photo club members on Saturday to Baltimore Botanical Garden and spent a morning there. You can see some of the images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/valtepordei/ Just plain JPG images, unprocessed, the way they came out of the camera. Then yesterday I took a set of images with my new Fuji and my Nikon D7000 with 24-120mm Nikkor zoom. Same images, same locations, one after the other. To my surprise, ...

I have am very interested in purchasing this camera as it is the only one on the market haveing a) a good EVF b) a manual zoom c) a slightly larger sensor However reading in dpreview's fujifilm forum there seems to be an issue with excessive play of the lens. Talks are about wobbling lens, and a sag of up to 5mm! I would be extremely grateful if the owners of this otherwise great camera supply a comment. Cheers Moxi