Fujifilm X10 Preview Samples Gallery

I want one. Of course I also want a Leica and Hasselblad, but with three kids around college age, like that's gonna happen. There are so many great cameras in the newest generation that the consumer is the winner.

Back on subject, the X10 images are so good they are reminiscent of my old 35mm Summicron on an M-series Leica body shooting Kodachrome 25, which was the sharpest lens in the world in the seventies and eighties, with the finest film ever made. Remarkably great images.

You guys and your "soft" images....I mean really. When you add up the totality of features in this camera such as bright viewfinder, REAL lugs so you can put a neck or wrist strap on it, small compact size, fast zoom lens, fast AF, intuitive controls, excellent IQ for the sensor size and reasonable price there is ABSOLUTELY no other camera on the market that even comes close.

Great selection, thank you Barney. And very impressive results from Fuji.
By showing so many 6MP shots DPReview is trying to tell you that you can transform this device into a D31fd, the mythical shooter that could rival low end DSLR in high ISO perf.
That is very good news. Don't forget that an HD TV or monitor has only 2MP available (1920x1080)

The X10 has to be compared with V1 and even m4/3 cameras. (forget LX, S and G).
And I wouldn't be surprised if Fuji had succeeded in producing a winner.
The smaller the sensor, the smaller the lens, the more compact the machine.
All the m4/3 look monstrous and dis-gracious with their slim body and huge zoom lens.
And what's the point of putting a mediocre bulky 28-40mm 3.5-5.6 for the sake of having a "large sensor" ?
Just look at the result, forget the spec sheet for a minute.

little over two weeks with X10. this, given its capabilities and feel, may well be the most important and capable little camera i have owned so far [out of g10, g11, s90, lx4, lx5, xz1] lens is very very good, viewfinder surprisingly usable, images are superb. [luminous landscape has a hands-on review. i agree with everything except what he considers annoyances. very little about this that annoys me.]

I'm impressed! First, it has a good lens that stays reasonably sharp into the very corners. Full res shots are not as soft as I was expecting from this type of sensor. Noise is not too bad at higher ISOs even in high res mode.

I like the X10's handling of noise. A little is allowed to show rather than attempting to smear it with strong NR. Low contrast detail in darker area shows.

I had the S95 and while it is a fine camera, I was never "at home" with its jpeg rendering. To me, the X10 is the camera to move on to.

Had my X10 for 2 weeks, snapped over a 100 images in various situations.
The lens and tech built into this camera is amazing. The Pana's are great.
I own
S95 - great camera
2 m4/3 systems
DSLR's
The X10 has it's own place. It passes the S95 in every way, except not a portable. Is some situations it does a better job than M4/3 - the technology and brains in this camera is amazing.
The technology built into this camera separates from all in it's category ( sold my G12). Put the brains and lens tech in a larger sensor, changeable lens camera and sign me up.... In the mean time this is a fun, cool, picture taking machine worth every penny.

For me: PERFECT! I'll buy this camera because it's the perfect combination of image quality, looks, price, and Made in Japan built quality. I feel like I am back in the 80s when all my old equipment was as exciting as this one. Fujifilm is FANTASTIC!

Ive Had an X10 for two weeks now, and can confer that the DR is almost HDR like. And to some extent better as you don't get some of the false colour shifts that HDR is prone to.

One point to note, and which has been much discussion point on the Fuji forum, is the EXR mode. There are actualy two:-

1. A DR of 400% carried out by the EXR processor, in a similar way to all modern cameras by altering the exposure curve,

2 A DR of 400% carried out by the EXR Sensor itself, and unique to Fiji.

In combination one can push this (in EXR Mode) to a DR of 1600% !

So up to DR400% one can remain at 12MP in all modes, but above that it is ONLY available at 6MP...

Because you can also (in 6MP EXR mode) set the DR at 400%, some think that in PASM this is pixel binning as well. And it may well be at 6MP (No one is sure on this). But it physicaly carn't be at 12MP.

So when DPR show a 'EXR' DR400% image at 12MP - be assured it isn't anything to do with the Unique Sensor.

Pete T

Please give us more hi-ISO pictures RAW's too to let us see how much better it is compared to other compact cameras. I like FujiFilm, I know F200EXR a lot (wife has it) but... for$600 I could have another 2 (TWO!) Samsung NX100 - interchangeable lens cameras wit APS-C DSLR size - not little as here - sensor.

The design's lovely, but for $600 I am expecting a great quality too. Does this one have it?

I love everything about this camera so i've kept an open mind, but in the end it's still compact-camera performance. And since it doesn't fit in a pocket as easily as a compact should it's just not going to work for me. But they made it really difficult to say no to this.

When is going to be revealed the review?! We cannot have a complete view with these very nice photos!

Some shots are a bit soft, but I am surprised no one has picked up on the excellent dynamic range for a single lens camera. Better than Nikon 1, Oly XZ1 and g11 ( not seen too much g12 yet) .

Bit of a muted but realistic colour pallette. Probably worth the cost over the xz1/g12 on the basis of VF and DR.

Thanks for the samples. I do find it surprising the way that people want to rush to judgement about every new camera and instantly either "love it" or "hate it". Its all so binary and tribal. The tone of many comments is very aggressive and border line outright rude. I hope that people wouldn't speak to each other face to face in this way. It makes using the site so much less pleasant for everyone. Anyway thanks for the samples and I look forward to the full review. If you have a chance to make any comparisons to the LX5 in the review I for one would be grateful.

I just wanted to thank for nice selection of photos that underlines the capabilities of a camera. In some of the reviews we only had simple outdoor pictures on a sunny day that you have no idea how is the camera for portraits, or how accurate is the colors etc.

Very impressive!!!)))

I'm still not convinced that it's worth so much money, but these images are highly impressive.

I hated the images from my X10. So much so that I returned it. The resolution stinks. The colors are fantastic but the resolution is still very much in the P&S camp. Coming from a m4/3 I have to say that the m4/3 has nothing to worry about from the X10.

The other thing that's bad about the X10 is that the focusing is inconsistent. It will many times refuse to focus properly on what you want causing you to try to lock on your subjects multiple times. You can't have a focus system that's like this if you care about missing shots. The Gf series is multiple times better at focusing than the X10.

Back to Best Buy it goes. Hopefully, version 2.0 will be better. They definitely rushed this to market without working out the bugs.

"Fujifilm's first foray into the enthusiast compact camera market" ... I'm not sure, but F200exr, F31fd, F30 and several older models do fall into the category IMHO. At lease sensor-wise.

I have had my Fujifilm X10 for over a week now... I am so happy with quality of the images, how the camera handles and looks. Simply love it! This is my first Fujifilm camera and I am really impressed by what they were able to come up with in this little but powerful package.

Fuji has forever rocked the foundation of compact cameras with the X10. You get m4/3 image quality from the 2/3" sensor plus low noise high ISO performance. There is just no competition for this camera right now. Glad I was lucky enough to buy one on release day.

The HDR mode works very well - just look at that (early) sunset shot. Purists may say too much flare but I think it is simply outstanding. The high ISO shots are also very usable - better than expected. Maybe the EXR sensor has come of age. This is a serious contender to the top end compact class - G12 or ven the Nikon 1 i.e. if you are not concerned about the zoom range.

It is certainly hard to believe that the X10, an advanced compact, could be in a class above, but it looks like it is. Mine arrives tomorrow.

I am very impressed what i have seen so far! and the price is nice as well compared to the Nikon V1/J1 and the bland looks!and the steep price tag!! rather plastic looking compared to this neatly packaged x10 with its retro styling ect!

Impressive. :)

Unbelievable, what has everyone else been doing, for such a small sensor the results are astounding - much better than anyone could have imagined. What a beautiful little camera - on many levels. With this technology in asp-c format, Fujifilm will romp it in against the other manufacturers, congratulations to Fujifilm. :-)