FujiFilm x100 - should I or shouldnt I?

[waxdass]

Next month im heading to UK and im looking for a decent camera.
I was thinking of the Canon Powershot S95 ($350 del) - for a easy to use P&S. My mate has one, and I love the image quality, fits in the pocket and just all round great camera.

http://www.digitalrev.com/en/canon-powershot-s95-digital-camera.html

BUT.... This FujiFilm Finepix X100... now thats something.

http://www.digitalrev.com/en/product_details.php

Agreed both camera's are in a different class - and its not really a p&s.. however i've been reading heaps of reviews and it seems like its a Leica, albiet $2000 cheaper. Its just fkn cool!

Anybody have experience with one?

I will be traveling around alot after I finish work there. Last year I had a Canon DSLR with me - hated carrying it around with me, was a inconvenience due to its bulky size and lenses etc etc. But it look like this X100 is smaller and more travel friendly.

What ya rekn?

[Crispymk2]

X100 is very sharp and if you are familiar with aperture rings and shutter speed dials it is great to use. Fixed lens is a good length, 35mm in 35mm terms. And people who complain about lack of zoom or changible lenses just don't get the concept Fuji are aiming for

Images are so sharp thanks to not using a moire filter on the sensor and a decent APS-C sized chip.

Manual focus is crap to use, menu buttons are tiny/Japanese finger spec and has a few quirks but overall it's an excellent travel camera if you don't want to lug around your slr kit but actually want usable images when you get back.

Edit: it is also very, very light weight which is annoying, be nice if it had a bit of heft to it imo. And be careful with the charger as it is recycled from Fuji's other battery sizes and the insert is easy to lose.

Also, there were a batch of cameras which had "sticky aperture" blades. It is warrantable and only seemed to be early models

[DRKWRX]

I have one, pretty much what ^^^ said, its a little soft wide open at f.2.0 but apart from that very nice, High iso is awesome, and the lack of Moire filter does give you heaps of details in grass etc, almost as good as my Hasselblad!

[|nick|]

No doubt the X100 is an awesome camera but you may find it a little restrictive on a holiday especially site seeing and when you cant get close enough to something (you might miss a shot you really want).

From my experience, on a recent trip to japan between two people we had a Canon 60D w/17-50mm, X100, Panasonic GF1 w/20mm and a Nikon P300. Definitely found the dslr a huge pain to carry around but I did use it the most (since I did bring it), the x100 was a pleasure to use but abit restrictive at times, the GF1 wasnt used much because of the x100 and the P300 was a good camera to keep in my pocket and it has decent picture quality (can be had for around $250 delivered now).

If I was to go on holiday again with these cameras, I'd take the x100 and Nikon P300. I love the pictures from the x100 and the P300 would be a great backup. An alternative is that you could look into mirrorless system cameras. The have pretty good image quality and a decent range of lenses depending on which system you look at. I just got an Olympus E-P3 with 14-42(kit lens), 12mm and Pana/Leica 25mm on the way. The X100 is still probably "cooler" but I do find that I take out my E-P3 more these days and would probably be taking it on my next trip along with a small P&S.

[waxdass]

Bought the S95 lol.