Fujifilm XF1: Stylish 12-megapixel compact camera with a 4x manual zoom

Fujifilm XF1


The material mix of aluminum and leather-like applications to the new "premium compact" give XF1 Fujifilm a timeless elegance. The sleek housing also fits in just about any purse or pocket. The XF1 is a 2/3 inch EXR CMOS sensor with 12 megapixels and a bright Fujinon Lens equipped (F1.8-4.9) manual with 4 x zoom and an optical image stabilizer.

The design of the Fujifilm XF1 is both very stylish and elegant, on the other hand wants Fujifilm have taken in the development of very aware that the ideal is to use XF1. The sleek aluminum body is light, but very strong and sturdy. The leather-like applications give the user the tactile impression valuable leather and the camera is in very secure in the hand. The controls will have Fuji optimally arranged so that the system can be operated intuitively. The XF1 will be available in three colors black, red and brown.

The XF1 has a fast lens (F1.8-4.9) with a manual 4-fold zoom. With the manual zoom ring, quick and precise choice of detail is possible. The icing: While the XF1 features a manual zoom, the lens is completely retracted in the casing. XF1 to configure for every situation perfectly, it offers three different types of readiness: "Transport Mode", "Standby" and "Recording Mode". The "transport" mode, the lens is fully retracted into the housing. By a small rotation on the lens of this goes into the "Standby Mode". The lens is now moved out, but remains closed. By another short turning the manual zoom ring is the "recording mode". The lens cover is now open and the camera is ready.

Fujifilm XF1
Fujifilm XF1

The quality coated Fujinon Lens of XF1, with its 4x zoom to a focal length of 25-100 mm (equivalent to KB) and is also bright (F1.8-4.9). The lens construction consists of seven elements in six groups (including 4 aspherical lenses). A premium payment in the XF1 celebrates its premiere in the compact class: The lens elements of XF1 for the first time, the broadband HT EBC compensation (High Transmission Electron Beam Coating) used with high light transmission. This technology is otherwise used only in professional Fujinon lenses for television cameras.

A new optical image stabilizer, wherein a lens group having four elements is movably mounted and can be moved, compensates the camera shake. This is to succeed, without affecting the resolution in the image edges - a common problem with conventional stabilization systems. Thanks to the lens specifications succeed with XF1 macro shooting up to a distance of only 3 cm. Due to the relatively large sensor surface, the aperture blades are made up of six existing aperture and maximum aperture of F1.8 motifs can be added with an impressive background blur.

The XF1 is loud Fuji in 0.55 seconds ready for use, the high-speed auto focus with contrast detection focuses on the subject in just 0.16 seconds, and the sharp-XF1 takes just 0.8 seconds from one shot to the next image.

Six special creative filter effects allow the admission of particularly expressive pictures. The filter effects ("pop color", "pinhole camera", "miniature", "high key", "Partial Color" and "Dynamic Color Depth") are before capture on the display, so that the photographer just achieved the desired results.
The XF1 Fujifilm with dimensions of 107.9 (B) x61, 5 (H) x33, 0 (D) mm and weighing about 204 g (excluding accessories / battery / memory card) is from November 2012 in black , red and brown for 449, - Euro come on the market.

The highlights of the XF1 loud Fujifilm:
Variable-2/3 inch EXR CMOS sensor with 12 megapixels
- EXR Processor
- High-quality tempered Fujinon manual 4 x zoom
- Aperture F1.8 (W) - F4.9 (T)
- Optical image stabilization
- 7.6 cm (3-inch) LCD screen with 460,000 pixels
- Full HD (1080p) video
- Many manual controls
- Motion Panorama 360 °
- Creative Filter Effects
- Compact, attractive wooden cabinet