Exciting new camera from Fujifilm

Photokina was a photographer’s paradise (or more probable a gear heads paradise). We got the change to try out many new and thrilling products there this year. Every major company was representing with their latest on display for everyone to get their hands on. The most attractive product to us was probably the Fujifilm X100

It house a 12mp APS-C sensor inside a micro 4/3rds sized body, and is style like a rangefinder, as you can see here. It has a fixed 23mm f/2 lens (35mm equivalent) and opening is controlled physically on the lens or on the camera. The hybrid’ viewfinder allows photographers to switch between an electronic and optical view, which actually it worked quite well. The camera is styled like a rangefinder, and feels tough. I’d love to own one of these, but a 50mm equivalent would be more to my liking. Either way, bringing APS-C image quality to a small compact body is ground breaking although only a prototype; it’s slated for release early next year.