Just posted: Our Fujifilm X-M1 hands-on preview

Just posted: Our detailed Fujifilm X-M1 hands-on preview. Fujifilm’s latest miniaturised mirrorless model represents something of a design departure from its previous X-system cameras, eschewing the traditional control dials seen on the X-E1 and X-Pro1 for a more contemporary control layout. It also forgoes an eye-level viewfinder, making do with a tilting rear screen instead. Is this a betrayal of everything Fujifilm owners have grown to love about their cameras, or is there more to the little X-M1 than meets the eye? Read our preview to find out.

Click here for our detailed hands-on preview of the Fujifilm X-M1

Fujifilm X-M1

Comments

So View finder, shutter speed and aperture ring are swapped out for flippy screen, Mode switch and control dial. And Fuji muzzle sweeps the flanks of Panasonic and Olympus uFT and the APSC DLSR market by showing its serious about the system nature of its X cameras with an entry Model.

It’s a tiny little (entry level) camera with an aps-c sensor & tilt screen. They’ve brought out 4 X cameras within a year, and the X-pro2 is just around the corner. What more do you expect? Your knocking them for putting out an entry level x model that doesn’t have the features found on the higher end models? Lol.

Frankly, I’m glad they got rid of that anachronistic, space-hogging top shutter speed dial. It’s more useful as a Mode dial. And I’m glad they turned the *dedicated* exposure comp dial into a multi-functional dial instead (it now controls shutter speed when you’re in Manual, or exposure comp when you’re in Aperture Priority). The un-marked dual dial system is better and more flexible, especially for people like myself who primarily shoot in aperture priority mode (we have little need for a dedicated shutter speed dial).

This may replace my Ricoh GR V. I had better start reading the preview.

Ok time to review the Fuji superzooms. I have seen so many turtlezoom reviews from competitors in the past 4 years. Some even just less than a month after release. So many wasted hours reviewing worthless iPhones I mean smartphones and tablets and plastic accessories.

Beautiful, compact APS-C ILC cameras like this make carrying around a big, fat, ugly, conventional DSLR as your everyday shooter less and less appealing.

To poor folk with no money and weak arms, yes.

And seriously 17,00 messages? Wow.

Awesome dimensions to sensor size ratio for an EVIL cam.

With that small 27mm pancake lens, it looks rather nice.
Very appealing little camera.