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Downsizing for an Upgrade!

Started Oct 9, 2012 | User reviews thread
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Gorpalm Regular Member • Posts: 204
Downsizing for an Upgrade!

Am on a continuous quest for something small and serious, that doesn't cost the earth. Right now the X10 has everything I want in spades:
1) Decent price - beats all current advanced compacts in price (except the XZ1, but better IQ)
2) Versatile lens
3) Sharp imaging
4) Very decent low light ability (and multiple low-light options!)
5) Techno-wizardry that adds to your image options
6) Some sort of VF

Ticks all the boxes for me pretty much, the menus are a bit of a handful at first, "quirky" is how it can be kindly put, but everything else works so well. Matches my e-pl1 w kit lens in printed image quality, beats my NX10 when the ISO starts to climb.

Problems:

"Quirky" menus detract from the user experience - How hard can it be to learn menu design from other manufacturers? This knocks a half point off for me.

 Gorpalm's gear list:Gorpalm's gear list
Fujifilm X20 Olympus PEN E-PL1 Fujifilm Instax 210 +1 more
Fujifilm X10
12 megapixels • 2.8 screen • 28 – 112 mm (4×)
Announced: Sep 1, 2011
Gorpalm's score
4.5
Average community score
4.0
bad for good for
Kids / pets
unrated
Action / sports
acceptable
Landscapes / scenery
great
Portraits
excellent
Low light (without flash)
great
Flash photography (social)
good
Studio / still life
unrated
= community average
Fujifilm X10 Olympus PEN E-PL1 Olympus XZ-1 Samsung NX10
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