Effortless fun and beautiful photos at the best price: Fujifilm X-A1

Effortless fun and beautiful photos at the best price: Fujifilm X-A1

Fujifilm X-A1 system camera (16 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, 7.6 cm (3 inch) LCD display, WiFi) incl. XC16-50mm Kit Red (Electronics)

Customer Review

Acts exceptional and knows how to please the Fujifilm X-A1 in silver with a soft, red leather trim.
You should have seen increased image quality in a small, inexpensive camera.
The Fuji X-A1 is practically favorable twin sister of X-M1.
The housings are distinguished by the upper deck of the metal-X-M1 and the sensor. The X-A1 waived as only the previously 5 Fuji XF cameras on X-CMOS sensor and has for the usual conventional CMOS sensor with Bayer-structure and AA filter. This makes image editing more comfortable and the color reproduction of all other X-CMOS sensors like no means all photographers.
The Fuji Images are less rich in contrast and the colors less bright.
Despite the processing of polycarbonate, the camera feels largely good and pleasant. Only the pressure point of the keys is spongy and imprecise.
Unfortunately, it lacks a viewfinder, but at least, the monitor can move vertically.
The Accu kept with me through most 400-500 tripping or image considerations. After 1.5 to 2 hours, the juice is then usually all. For long series of images significantly more trips are possible.
The small flash is a makeshift and possibly useful as brighteners, only picture series he does not allow it to pass between two images about 2 second.
It can be stored as RAW 70 continuous pictures as JPEG and 11 images. The camera creates with short exposure times up to 5 frames per second.
The 16-50 mm OIS lens has an ideal focal length, though relatively faint. The absence of the Fuji-aperture ring can get over yourself, because you already best the lens at f: 8-11 used, a lot of room is not there. The small push can be focused only to 40 cm, a real close-up option has not, unfortunately.
I have now a lot of experience with all mirrorless system cameras since 2008 and SLR I use the past 3 decades.
For me the MFT system has been the best compromise, especially since it is the Panasonic GH3 and the Olympus E-M1 and accordingly are bright fixed focal lengths and zoom.
Autofocus all mirrorless is only useful when fast lenses are used in less light or contrast. With the 3,5-5,6er zoom DSLR technology is often an advantage. Olympus MFT focused with fast lenses but now already faster than the best DSLR cameras (Canon EOS 5D3).
Sony still has strong weaknesses with all lenses except the Zeiss-bills for me. Canon have to work on AF and viewfinder, the Nikon 1 sensor is too small and the price is disproportionate. Samsung had been for me not up to par with the sensors and lenses.
Therefore, I have dealt with the only remaining alternative Fujifilm XF. I had the E-X1 and X-Pro 1, both were not ideal for the way I work and there was hardly exciting lenses. That's different now.
Meanwhile, 20 lenses are available and 4 more will be delivered in the course of the year.
If money does not play the main role, but image quality, then the 14er, the 23iger, 35iger, 56iger and foreigners both Zeiss Touits and the Samyang (Walimex) Fisheye are particularly powerful lenses that would otherwise exist in this form only from Olympus / Panasonic ,

What has impressed me most is the low noise sensor
The X-A1 allows photos from 100 ISO up to 25,600 ISO over the range of 100-1600 ISO, we must not think here, as it has grown and full frame and complies with the most demands on magnification capable, fine photos.
When I compare brutal with full size (EOS 5D3), is immediately apparent that the small Fuji even at ISO 25600 shows less color noise than the large EOS.
But this picture is muddy and shows no more and is ultimately useless details.
I need to increase the focus on plus 1 in the Fuji X-A1 and then the color noise acts again apparent.
The full-frame camera can I use to 12,800 ISO, low noise and good sharpness of detail, the Fuji X-A1 after all also to 6400 ISO with a sharpening setting of +1.
In printed poster, the differences are then of little consequence, but the larger sensor size remains at an advantage.
And compared to the small MFT sensor?
Olympus and Panasonic to build highly innovative and fast cameras, but the sensors have just halved the sensor area compared to Fuji. And the image to image comparison from 1600 ISO then this difference can also be seen clearly, Fuji provides more details with less contrast and is in ISO 6400 considerably less noise and more detailed. Those who want to achieve high image quality is traveling with the Fujifilm XR system better value than Micro Four Thirds cameras and still significantly lighter than the road with full frame.

Each system has its advantages and indeed varies best to use. With the current Fuji XR system with around 20 different lenses I see for me the main advantages in Super Wide and reportage area. There is a very good and inexpensive 2.8 / 8mm Fisheye Samyang / Walimex / Rokinon and soon the Fujinon 4,0 / 10-24 mm OIS.
The sensors are very good in low light and provide beautiful JPEG photos (and not just what RAWs yes today almost every camera).

The weakness of the system lies in my view in the telephoto range and also the standard zooms so far not satisfy me really.
In telephoto range, the Fuji can not really be compact and a 55-200 mm and 50-230 mm zoom fortiori the are was not good enough and very large at maximum aperture.
Here the MFT system has the advantages on his side.
Better low-light zoom as 2,8 / 16-55 mm and 2.8 / 50-140 mm are in construction.

Light & Shadow:

LIGHT:
+ Excellent image quality
+ Best price / performance ratio
+ Good operability
+ Pretty fast autofocus in daylight
+ Very good rotatable display
+ WiFi
+ Filter Effects

SHADOW:
- Partial support AF in low light
- Noise reduction is expected to act more gently
- Size, tactile and material of a few buttons great need of improvement
- Very little flash output
- Not an option on a viewfinder
- No Panorama & no HDR program
- Menu very gray and less user-friendly
- WiFi only without remote possibility

Camera: *** 3-4 star
Focus on Top-Lens: **** 4 Stars
Speed: *** 3 stars
Autofocus: *** 3 stars (compared to MFT E-M1)
Viewfinder: 0 stars
Haptics: *** 3 stars
Power: *** 3 stars
Features: ** 2 stars
Price comparison: **** 4 Stars

Total: 3-4 stars.

Modern cameras split even further into their characteristics and performance than before. From a best camera for all recording purposes we are still farther away than ever.
The Fuji X-A1 is a very effective starter with high image quality, all system cameras from Sony, Nikon, Canon, Samsung lets you forget easily and can deliver as all Micro Four Thirds cameras, the visibly better image quality.
But as soon as a subject is moving, or Macro shots are needed, I would prefer an MFT camera and while traveling I find the MFT systems practical, although the achievable image quality through the Fuji sensor has more potential.
When it comes to the naked image quality, the Fuji cameras are obviously the best compromise for the full-frame DSLRs. For portraits and landscape motifs, architecture and photography in low light, the Fuji cameras come into their own trump cards.
Even though I am not fully satisfied with the attainable quality and faintness of the two cheaper zooms, but I still would not recommend necessarily for kit with telephoto 50-230 mm. Because for so little money (700) you get nowhere else as much image quality with two good zoom lenses.

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