BrianO wrote:
And 6Mp in-camera crops to 1248mm equivalent. Holy super-tele, Batman!
Could be a good option for family vacation snaps in good light; one lens to do it all.
I like it that Fuji marks both the 35mm-equivalent and the actual focal length on the lens barrel.
It's a 12MP camera, and so if it crops with a factor of 2 to get from 624mm to 1248mm 'field of view equivalent focal length', you will get 1/4 of the 12MP: 3 mega pixels.
I would of first written then off, however, after getting the X10, and see just how well Fuji has done with a small sensor, well, depending on the price, I could see this being rather fun at time.
I've tried the super small sensor superzooms and the IQ was just also so wanting, even at base ISO, but the 2/3rd sized chip could be a sweet spot for being big enough to prove acceptable (for a compact) IQ and yet small enough to still allow a silly zoom range of 24-600+mm equiv.
Could be fun for zoos, hikes, vacations etc. Basically anywhere you want want some serious reach but don't care about the quality of the results enough to really care to bring a DSLR and 100-400L or equiv type of lens, because you know 99 times out of 100 the images would be just online/facebook type shots
Also cool is it seems to use the same battery as the X100, so could make for a nice travel combo (depending again on the price)
I just spent 3 weeks with this camera in China - at the request of Fujifilm Canada. They wanted my feedback on it and also, have asked me to speak about it at an upcoming trade show.
In short - the zoom lens is very impressive - even at 624mm. I was a bit surprised by the size of the camera (it is the same size as a DSLR), but for what it does, it does it well. If you would like to find out more, you can read this:
In a way I detest the XS-1 type of camera; dSLR size, small sensor and fixed zoom lens. However, in this configuration I think it works quite well. For most people it would work very well as a traveling camera and I think most people would put it to good use on a safari as it would cover pretty much the whole range of lenses needed.
I think it would be a perfect safari camera for those who do not want to schlep a DSLR kit to Africa (not to forget, much easier on your back). I wouldn't use it for my client work, but for vacation, I think it serve this purpose quite well.
I was never fond of bridge cameras but I have to admit that I liked using the X-S1. I am curious how it will sell at the current price of $US 799.00
I have noticed it goes for $US 600.00 secondhand, which IMHO, is a very good deal.
