Fujifilm X-T1 16 MP Compact System Camera Review

The Fujifilm X-T1 is a premium interchangeable lens camera.

The Fujifilm X-T1 features evolved SLR-style handling, mechanical dials and weather-resistanceMulti Mode Viewfinder (when paired with a weather resistant X mount lens), together with all the benefits of an X-Series camera, such as compact size, excellent mobility and high-speed performance.

What's more, its newly developed electronic viewfinder is almost indistinguishable from an optical viewfinder thanks to its ultra fast display speed.

Before we get into much more detail, and if you're not familiar with the XT-1, here are the technical highlights:

16MP X-Trans CMOS II sensor
APS-C sensor (1.5 crop factor)
Weather-resistant body
ISO 200-6400, plus 100 - 25600
A huge 2.36M dot OLED electronic viewfinder with 0.77x (equiv.) magnification
'Dual view' in EVF, which shows the standard view plus an enlarged focus peaking/digital split image
Top-plate controls for ISO, shutter speed, exposure compensation, drive mode and metering
Six programmable function buttons
3.0" 1.04M dot 3:2 tilting LCD
8 fps continuous shooting with continuous AF (for a burst of around 20 frames)
Built-in Wi-Fi including remote control from a smartphone or tablet
HD movie recording (1080/60p, 36Mbps bitrate) and built-in stereo microphone
Clip-on external flash (Guide Number 11)
Optional battery grip or hand grip

Just fantastic. If you're looking at this camera then you've probably already done tons of research, so I'll just leave bullet points.

The XT-1 is about as perfect as a camera (for my purposes) as i have ever found, it certainly sets a new bench mark.

Pros -

It's TINY. I was expecting it to be bigger, but it's barely bigger than the X-E1/X-E2.
Fits in the hand beautifully. Fuji have put a rubber "nub" on the rear top right corner, and it's perfect for one-handed shooting.
The knobs on top are great, everything is intuitive. I actually bought the Nikon Df in December and returned it after a couple of weeks, it never became intuitive. The only thing I would change is not having to press the button in when changing ISO every time.
Rear screen is big and bright. Seen many comments saying it should be a touchscreen (it shouldn't) and it should flip sideways (it shouldn't) - touchscreens should stay far, far away from cameras!
Build quality is ace. Feels rock solid, but weighs practically nothing.
SD card slot is on the side, helps with not having to take off tripod to change card.
THE EVF! this is incredible. I think the XT-1's EVF is probably the first one that really starts to threaten the OVF.

Cons -

the buttons are just a tiny bit TOO indented on the rear of the camera. I'm sure there's a reason for this - weather-proofing maybe, or maybe during testing having looser buttons resulted in too high an occurrence of accidental button pushes, I don't know - but they're a little too indented for me.
battery life, but if they'd have used a bigger battery they'd have had a bigger camera.
no 2nd memory card slot, but same as above - would have resulted in a bigger camera.

That's it. I absolutely love it. Let others deal with issues such as image quality, frame rate, and the rest. For me the quality is, simply put, quite sufficient. Fuji is doing incredible things - if they can add to their speedlight options they're going to have the perfect setup.

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