Fuji X100F : The camera you have with you.

This is not going to be a digital camera review site, but, I just wanted to get this in. I do not have a single bad thing to say about this little jewel of a camera. I think that it's just prefect. The title of this review comes from the age-old answer to the question of "what is the best camera". You can own an $8,000 professional kit, but If you leave it at home, or in your hotel room because it's too heavy and bulky, what good is it?

The X100F is the latest on the Fuji's X100 series of digital compacts. It's a great weekend camera for the working pro, and a great every day camera for the rest of us. I bought a full leather case to protect it so I can keep it in my work bag so I can always have a camera with me. I always buy used cameras, this is the first camera that I ever bought NEW.

So what is it? It's a modern camera designed after classical fixed-lens rangefinders. It has a beautiful, solid metal chassis that has a confidence-inspiring weight to it. It fits in the hands perfectly. The controls are right where the gods intended them to be. The lens is a 35mm equivalent f/2 Fujinon that is sharper than anything I ever shot with. It has two command wheels, neither of which I use. I only use the old-school physical dials.

The one viewfinder is really two: straight optical and electronic. In electronic mode, a shutter simply slides over the front of the optical sight. The electronic viewfinder (EVF) assists with manual focusing. I prefer the optical viewfinder (OVF), so I keep the camera set to autofocus.

Now, here is a tricky part that had me confused and made me think that the camera was broken. The X100F has an eye detector near the eyepiece. The camera will only switch between EVF and OVF when it detects your eye near the eyepiece.

You can shoot either RAW or JPG. Shooting JPG gives you an extra treat. In JPG, there are a number of film simulation pre-sets (Fuji films, of course, except for one called "classic chrome). I tend to keep the Acros simulation on because it is really cool.