Fuji's X range of cameras has proven incredibly popular over the past couple of years. Now the company seems keen on expanding that popularity into the mass market of consumers, with a new range of cameras designed to appeal to a wider audience.

Fuji's X-series is many things, but there's one thing it definitely isn't: well-defined. At the start of this year, it encompassed a large-sensor, fixed-lens, rangefinder-style curiosity ( the X100 ); a large advanced compact with a bigger-than-usual sensor ( the X10 ); a high-end superzoom ( the...

Eye-catching design and innovative control scheme; Relatively powerful internals sourced from the X10; Very wide maximum aperture at wide angle

Lightweight to the point of feeling almost cheap

Fuji's X range of cameras has proven incredibly popular over the past couple of years. Now the company seems keen on expanding that popularity into the mass market of consumers, with a new range of cameras designed to appeal to a wider audience.

Design; Large sensor; Raw format shooting

Not a touchscreen; Awkward lens mechanism

Recently bought it. Excellent quality of pictures, very stylish and small. Exclusively convenient programmable menu system - you may reach all needed functions just in two clicks. New record of Fuji. Perfectionism in all details.

Recently bought it; Excellent quality of pictures, very stylish and small; Exclusively convenient programmable menu system - you may reach all needed functions just in two clicks; New record of Fuji; Perfectionism in all details.

Introduced at Photokina 2012 as the entry-level model in Fujifilm's X-series of cameras, the FinePix XF1 shares a lot of features with the FinePix X10 but is sleeker, slimmer and lighter.

You're looking for a pocketable; retro-styled camera with manual shooting modes and raw file capture plus Full HD video recording with stereo soundtracks; You want above-average performance in low-light conditions at up to ISO 800; You want to record high-speed video clips for motion analysis; You'd

You require an optical viewfinder, You prefer a normal on/off power switch and zoom lever, You make frequent use of ISO  settings higher than 800; Don't buy this camera if, You require an optical viewfinder, You prefer a normal on/off power switch and zoom lever, You make frequent use of ISO ...

The XF1 combines stylish retro design and advanced shooting features to good effect.

Fantastic design; Fast f/1.8 maximum aperture at 25mm; Full manual controls & Raw capture

Quite a bit of play in zoom at 100mm; Worries over long-term durability of zoom; Slow performance at high ISO settings

The Fujifilm XF1 is a great proposition that introduces a smaller scale to the X-series range; its trimmed-back feature set sits alongside the bulkier X10 very well indeed.

Competitively priced; f/1.8 aperture at 25mm equivalent; manual lens control (including compact collapsible design); raw shooting; E-Fn button works well; good low-mid ISO image quality; competitively priced against the competition

Ongoing "white orb" issue; maximum aperture dips to f/4.9 at the 100mm equivalent; faux leather finish looks markedly more budget than its intentions; no viewfinder possible

The Fujifilm XF1 was announced in September 2012 and is a pocket-size premium digital camera. It is available in brown, black and red for £365.00.

Well-built body; Lots of buttons to make it quick and easy to change camera settings; Image quality is good; Lens has a maximum aperture of f/1.8; Good value for money; Advanced filter mode allows for unique picture taking; Takes excellent panorama pictures

Screen resolution a little low; 10 fps high-speed shooting is only available at a reduced image size; No hotshoe socket; Switch on method and manual zoom won't be too everyone's liking

The Fuji XF1 is a premium digital camera in a compact body which houses the world's smallest mechnical zoom paired with Fuji's unique 12 megapixels EXR-CMOS sensor. Packed with features including full manual controls, manual focus and custom white-balance, the XF1 makes these more accessible than...

Ultra-Bright F/1.8 Ultra-Wide Optical Zoom; Very low image noise; Stellar dynamic-range; Unique mechanical zoom lens slides into camera body; Excellent resistance to chromatic aberrations; Good center-sharpness; Very reliable metering; Very quick and accurate autofocus; Instant shutter-lag; Good

Excessively strong noise-reduction; High edge-softness; High optical distortion; LCD not; Incorrect framing shown for RAW files; Average shot-to-shot speed; 2s Filming delay; Poor tripod mount placement; Short battery-life

Fujifilm's latest X-series release debuts in the burgeoning enthusiast compact market. It looks to set itself apart not only with an impressive 2/3in EXR sensor and maximum aperture of f/1.8, but also through distinct retro styling and manual zoom lens.

Fantastic design; f/1.8 lens at wide angle of the focal range; manual functionality and Raw capture

Manual zoom implementation has a lot of travel so may not fair well after lots of heavy usage; premium price tag; slow performance at high ISO settings