The Fujifilm X100S is a hugely likable, very capable camera with some useful tricks up its sleeve. Almost all of the bugs from the X100 have been ironed out, and image quality from its 16 MP X-Trans sensor is excellent.

Provided you can live with the fixed focal length, for portraiture, candid and everyday photography, the X100S is a great carry-everywhere camera.;

Shooting movies, and any situation where 35mm isn't long enough for stills.;

To have features such as fast, accurate autofocus and in-body image stabilisation in an easily portable 102MP medium format camera would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, and if such things existed we suspect they would have set you back a lot, lot more than £5,500. The GFX100S is arguably the most accessible 100MP+ digital medium format camera yet, while offering the stellar dynamic range, detail and narrow depth-of-field associated with the sensor size. That said, it’s still £5,500 (without a lens) and bulkier than a full-frame mirrorless model, so we're not about to suggest this is a camera for the average consumer, or even a demanding enthusiast with a bit of money to burn. That kind of person may well get better mileage from ploughing those funds into a cheaper premium camera from Sony, Canon or Fujifilm’s own X-series and a range of lenses – as the bump in quality you get from the GFX100S is something only the most perfection-seeking of pro shooters will require.

Superb medium format images; Half the price of the GFX100; Compact, lightweight design; User-friendly features;

Still expensive for a camera!;

The original GFX 100 was a groundbreaking camera, but the Fujifilm GFX100S takes it all to another level. For the first time there’s a 100MP medium format camera packed into a DSLR-sized body, including image stabilization, and costing as much as some of the latest full-frame mirrorless snappers. A lot of X-series tech has made its way here, making the GFX100S one of the more mainstream and accessible medium format cameras there is.

102MP on tap; Improved IBIS; Relatively small and compact;

Still quite heavy; Continuous AF not perfect; Expensive for some

Superb medium format images; Half the price of the GFX100; Compact, lightweight design; User-friendly features;

Still expensive for a camera!;

While mirrorless full-frame systems perfectly serve most professional and hobbyist photographers, medium format cameras, such as the Fujifilm GFX100S ($5,999), use larger sensors that give you a different perspective on the world. The GFX100S is a slimmed-down version of the company's $10,000 flagship GFX100, with the same 100MP sensor, integrated image stabilization, and speedy phase detect autofocus for $4,000 less. It's our Editors' Choice winner for photographers looking to move beyond the confines of the full-frame format—just prepare to carry a bigger kit.A Back-to-Basics Design Fujifilm launched its medium format system in 2016 with the GFX 50S, an SLR-style model with an articulating, removable viewfinder. Later, it released the rangefinder-style GFX 50R and the larger, gripped GFX100. The GFX100S takes inspiration from all of these—it handles like the original 50S, has a fixed EVF like the 50R, and uses a five-axis IBIS system to steady its 102MP sensor, much like the GFX...

The Fujifilm GFX100S uses a stabilized medium format sensor to capture images with stunning resolution and makes only a few concessions compared with the much more expensive GFX100.

Stabilized 100MP sensor; Many film looks available; Dust, splash, and freeze resistant; Dual-hinge rear display; 400MP multi-shot mode; In-camera Raw processing; 10-bit 4K recording and F-Log profile

Burst capture fills buffer quickly; Undersized handgrip; Lenses trend larger than full-frame; Large file sizes

The Fujifilm X100S ($1,299.95 list) is the follow-up to Fuji's groundbreaking X100 digital camera. Like its predecessor it features a retro design that makes it look more like a 1960s-era Leica than a modern digital camera, a hybrid viewfinder system that can toggle between a big, bright optical view and an EVF, and a fast f/2 lens with a 35mm (full-frame equivalent) field of view. The sensor has been upgraded to a 16-megapixel X-Trans CMOS design that is capable of producing some incredible results at extremely high ISO settings, and a notoriously sluggish autofocus system is now a reasonably quick one. The X100S's field of view is a little narrower than our current Editors' Choice prime-lens compact camera, the 28mm-equivalent Ricoh GR. The Ricoh has some things working in its favor that the X100S can't match—it's small enough to slide into the pocket of your jeans, and its asking price is $500 less. The X100S is a low-light king, and even though its lens isn't as sharp edge-to...

Don't be fooled by the Fujifilm X100S's retro exterior; it's a modern, full-featured digital camera that impressed us enough to earn our Editors' Choice award.

Hybrid optical/electronic viewfinder; Superb high ISO image quality; 35mm wide-angle field of view; Fast f/2 lens; Excellent control layout; Fast focus; Continuous shooting at 5fps; X-Trans image sensor; Wide-angle adapter available

Bigger than some other large-sensor compacts; Lens suffers from edge softness; Macro shots at wide apertures have a soft-focus look; Video could be better; No image stabilization; Rear LCD could be sharper

A stunning design and jaw-dropping image quality – worth the high price