Review on Fujifilm X100F APS C Digital Camera by Mark Hart

I have been looking for a pocket digital camera for many years. I used to have a small Casio Exilim that took good photos, but later models didn't keep up. Panasonic Lumix had a good model before it was hit or miss. The Olympus TG series is good, but it's going downhill. Despite rave reviews, Canon SureShot was a joke. I kept getting angry. I bought this model without looking at the price tag and wondering what have I done? When I look at the first pictures from a pocket digital camera, it often takes my breath away. The Fuji X100F took my breath away for a completely different reason - the images are stunning. I hope you see the first image from my camera running in the dim light of my desk lamp with the settings set to "All Automatic". Amazing depth of field and color that I would describe as romantic. The black and white mode allows me to intensify shadows and/or highlights for a personalized response. Checks, again, I kept saying wow. Shutter speed and sensitivity - in the style of old film cameras. Focus modes are a switch on the side, like a full DSLR. The lens has a wide range aperture ring. Manual focus simulates the precise control of a film camera with focus or digital focus on a split frame. Using this camera is very simple. I had to look for maybe 6 settings and ask where they put THAT? But the rest was easy to find. At the top, I can nudge the EV slider with my thumb to adjust highlights without thinking. Is it optimal? What is the ideal camera? For example, if I put it on its back it hits the LCD directly, so I ordered a screen protector. The collar is ok but the wrist strap is not included. The autofocus options are too redundant and I turned off all those face and eye detection features. Transfer Photos to Mac? Expect disappointment as it doesn't show up as a floppy drive (even my GPS shows up as a floppy drive). However, you can import using the Photos app, which is very slow and painful. It has a real range finder with electronic support for parallax adjustment. Brilliant. Avert your gaze and the LCD turns back on for precise composition. Watson seems to have better third-party batteries if you don't like Fuji's battery price tag. Oh, and it's a fixed, wide-angle "street cam" lens. It was an important decision. For that money, you could upgrade and just buy a mirrorless camera with interchangeable lenses. "Zoom" zooms to a simulated 50mm and 70mm at the cost of a slight reduction in quality. I would call these settings "toy" settings for the game only. If you want to enlarge the picture, get closer to the subject. The small lens makes the profile compact for portability. The style of the case is pleasing to the eye - very retro and doesn't look like a big black brick. There are many overpriced leather bags and semi-bags for this model, so go crazy.