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The Fujifilm X100S Review - part 3 of 1 2 3

by Kevin Mullins Published 01/06/2013

Would I take an X100S with me to a wedding? Yes. Definitely. I'm not sure it would be a primary camera but I think it's a wonderful addition to the kit bag.

As with the X100 it's silent. Absolutely deadly silent, which is great for candid photography. As a point of fact, one of the weddings I took the camera to pretty appalling weather. The guests made the most of it of course, but were all in a confined marquee for a major part of the day.

Using the X100S allowed me to really get amongst the guests and shoot candidly, and with as little notice as possible being taken of me.

For wedding photographers and street shooters, the X100S will be a powerful tool. In situations where shooting is restricted, or where there is a large number of guests in close quarters I can't think of a better option right now.

As mentioned previously all the images I shoot these days are shot in JPEG. Decent Raw support for the RAF files of the X-Pro1 and X-E1 has finally arrived in Lightroom 4.4 but I would still like to see some camera profiles added. I'll wait for (what will probably be) Lightroom 5 before investigating the RAF support of the X100S there.

There are some additions to the film emulations and some pretty cool 'features' to the in camera editing such as Toy Camera and Tilt-Shift emulation, if you are so inclined.

There some minor irritations still; I'm still not 100% comfortable with the button configuration on the back. I'd like to see a dedicated AF button over on the right hand side. Another customisable function button, perhaps on the front of the camera would be awesome too. At present, I use the Fn button to switch the ND filter on and off. That's about it though!

The Fujifilm X100S is a wonderful camera, and I genuinely mean that.

Kevin Mullins
www.kevinmullinsphotography.co.uk
www.my-eyes.co.uk

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