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