Fujifilm X30 Review

The Fujifilm X30 is the latest compact camera from Fujifilm, and upgrades the X20. The camera has a big electronic viewfinder with 2.36 million spots, a slanting 3 inch monitor, enhanced battery life, better controls with a novel control ring near the lens, and integrated Wi-Fi.

Accessible in all-black or black and silver versions, the Fujifilm X30 is a new typically styled camera that remembers film rangefinders from way back, with a beautiful retro motif that belies its humble price.

The Fujifilm X30 is a remarkably well-made camera, with no bend or movement in its framework because of the die-cast magnesium alloy casing and base covers and machined control buttons. It is heavier than the X20 model, weighing 423g with a memory card fixed and NP-95 battery. Measuring 71.6mm (H) x 118.7mm (W) x 60.3mm (D), it is as well somewhat larger than the X20 model, making it best appropriate to existence in a tiny camera sack or big coat pocket. There are a few plastic controls and buttons on the X30, most particularly the battery/memory card slot door and the back buttons, however apart from that the X30 presents outstanding build quality bearing in mind its price.

The latest X30 has identical 4x, 28-112mm zoom lens like its X20 precursor. This lens boasts a quick opening of f/2.0 at wide-view setting and f/2.8 at complete telephoto, which together with the wide ISO array of 100-3200 makes the X30 well-matched to little-light shooting, permitting you to support the camera in positions where you'd generally be using a tripod or other support, particularly as the camera as well features very efficient fitted optical picture stabilization.

The X30 has a lined metal lens top to assist guard its 4x optic, even though there's no means to attach it to the camera, causing some instant of "locate the lens top". You can make use of filters together with the X30, however only by purchasing the non-compulsory Adapter Ring set and LH-X30 Lens Hood accessory, which allows you to attach 52mm filters. There is a delicate however helpful hand-hold at the front part of the camera and a rubber thumb-relax at the back, with your hold assisted in no tiny part by the grained faux-leather exterior that covers the camera. Two tiny metal eyelets each part of the body are utilized for attaching the provided shoulder band, which is not quite as lavish like the rest of the wrap up. A metallic tripod mount is placed away from the lens outside the battery /memory card slot; hence you do not need to take out the camera from the stand to adjust anything.

At the center of the X30 there is a 12 megapixel sensor, a size that was utilized by some bridge-style compacts formerly however which has of late lack meaning. This sensor is bigger than those in the majority of compact cameras and guarantees to deliver improved image quality.