Fuji X100S review

Fuji makes 70 improvements to its top-end compact

Fuji X100S review
The Fuji X100S is a significant update on the X100

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Fuji X100S review

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There's plenty of detail in the feathers of this duck, although there are some artefacts in the highlights of the JPEG file - but they are only visible if you pixel peep.

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The raw file version has some colour noise in the highlight areas on the duck's feathers.

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Colour, contrast and exposure are spot on here.

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The macro focus option was required to get this flowerhead sharp.

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Taken in low light at 1/60 sec at f/2.0 and ISO 400. Noise is well controlled.

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The mixed lighting of a covered market proved a challenge for the automatic white balance system and has resulted in a slight yellow cast to this image.

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All the noise reduction was turned off when processing this ISO 6400 raw file using the supplied SilkyPix software, but there's little colour noise visible.

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Taken using the Dramatic Tone advanced filter to boost saturation and contrast.

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Using the Green Selective Colour advanced filter has rendered all but the green of the bicycle frame black and white.

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The Fuji X100S produces some nice monochrome images in-camera, with a good tonal range and contrast.

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