Downsizing for an Upgrade!
Gorpalm
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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.
Fujifilm X20
Olympus PEN E-PL1
Fujifilm Instax 210
+1 more
12 megapixels • 2.8″ screen • 28 – 112 mm (4×)
Announced: Sep 1, 2011
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