Can an entry-level interchangeable lens camera also experience more shooting fun? This is perhaps the biggest question in the minds of many potential photographers. With the release of the Fujifilm X-T100, perhaps we see a good answer. Fujifilm X-T series ushered in a new entry-level member X-T100, this entry-level new mirrorless camera still has the beautiful shape of the Fujifilm series, and easy selfie and control of the further improvement, making it a new strong competitor in the 5000 yuan segment. This time, we'll take a look at this new camera.
More powerful Fuji family new member X-T100
Fujifilm's X-T series belongs to Fuji's class SLR shapeless. Prior to the X-T100, the X-T series had the flagship X-T2 and the mid-range X-T20. The X-T100 is the first entry-level product of the X-T series, with a built-in electronic viewfinder, a more beautiful shape and a more interesting way to use, making this entry-level mirrorless camera unique.
The X-T100 is the first entry-level model of the Fujifilm X-T series
For a quick overview of the X-T100, check out our video review!
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As a new addition to the Fujifilm X-A series, the X-T100 has a more beautiful shape and more refined appearance than other entry-level models, and the design of the built-in EVF viewfinder and multi-function dial wheel also makes the camera experience the best in its class. The sophisticated appearance and Fujifilm's unique handling and color performance make the X-T100 one of the best choices for entry-level mirrorless cameras.
The three newest members of the X-T family: X-T2, X-T20 and X-T100
In terms of performance, the X-T100 has a 24-megapixel-level APS-C format CMOS sensor, although there is no Fujifilm X-Trans technical support, but under fujifilm tuning, this mosaic sensor also has a fairly good imaging quality. Fujifilm's unique color expression allows the camera to have a better straight shooting effect.
The X-T100 features Fujifilm's new generation XC 15-45mm motorized zoom lens
In addition, the camera is equipped with the new XC 15-45mm motorized zoom lens like the X-A5. The new lens is smaller and easier to carry when put away. While the zoom operation is more in line with the habits of beginner users, the quality performance of the lens is still remarkable. The X-100+XC 15-45mm can therefore be a fairly easy-to-use entry combination.
The selfie function of X-T100 also has a better experience and shooting effect
In terms of personalization, the flip screen brings a better selfie experience, and the beauty function for portrait shooting is also quite practical. It can be said that the Fujifilm X-T100 not only meets the needs of male camera users for the control experience, but also takes care of the female users' pursuit of camera functions. In this regard, the Fujifilm X-T100 is indeed a good new entry option.
The X-T100's image quality is outstanding
So, as a new competitor to the 5,000 yuan price point, what is the actual performance of the Fujifilm X-T100? Let's take a look at our detailed tests to see how this new camera performs and what it features!
First of all, let's first look at the appearance of Fujifilm X-T100, as a member of the Fuji X-T family, X-T100 maintains a SLR-like styling style. As an entry-level fuselage, the X-T100 emphasizes the small and portable fuselage, so the X-T100 is also the smallest in the entire X-T family. The new camera's warship division is more prominent, and the shoulder height is narrowed, so that the whole camera looks more refined. The X-T100 is available in three different colour schemes of black, grey and gold, so users can choose according to their preferences.
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The lines of the X-T100 are very clean, and the retro style is also integrated into the more modern
In terms of maneuverability, in addition to the same two-wave wheel design at the rear of the fuselage as the X-A5, the X-T100 also adds a multi-function dial wheel on the left shoulder of the fuselage, and the multi-function dial wheel can customize its control function according to the user's own use habits, so it can greatly improve the control efficiency of the camera.
The flash switch on the left shoulder and the multi-function wheel, the multi-function wheel brings great improvements to the ease of handling
The X-T100 is equipped with a 24.2-megapixel mosaic-arranged CMOS sensor
On the right shoulder is mainly the camera's shooting mode dial, power, shutter, and main dial. Unlike the X-A5, the X-T100 has a better wheel thickness and a better sense of scale, and the viewfinder can have better operating feel and stability when shooting at eye level.
The camera has a built-in EVF electronic viewfinder
The Fujifilm X-T100 has a built-in EVF viewfinder, and its specifications are similar to those of the Fujifilm X-T20, so users can also experience the fun of eye-level framing on this entry-level camera, which brings a better shooting experience for both beginners and veteran players. The camera's screen is a three-inch touch screen that can be folded in three directions, and one of the features of the screen is that it can be folded horizontally to take selfies. In terms of touch experience, the camera's touch mode is more abundant, which can be used for photo review, enlarge photos, and focus selection. However, when choosing focus, the touch can still feel a slight delay, which is also a place where the experience can be improved.
Fujifilm X-T100 adopts a similar X-T20 internal flash design, the warship is the internal flash of the camera after the bounce, when necessary, it can be filled with light, the internal flash specifications for beginner users, can better meet the needs of use, if you need a more professional flash, you can purchase a top flash to install on the camera hot shoe to use.
X-T100 has a variety of body interfaces, HDMI, microphone and USB data interfaces can meet more work needs. However, the camera's microphone interface is the same as the X-A5's 2.5mm interface, and many recording devices may need to be transferred before they can be used. The camera uses Fujifilm's NP-W126S battery, which can reach a shooting endurance of 430 shots, which is quite good for an entry-level mirrorless, in addition, the Fuji X-T100 can be charged through USB, so travel to take pictures, basically do not have to worry about the problem of insufficient power.
After looking at the camera's control design, let's take a look at the camera's most important picture quality performance. First of all, let's take a look at the noise control performance of X-T100, Fujifilm X-T100 uses a traditional mosaic sensor, so how does the traditional mosaic sensor perform under fujifilm's tuning? Let's take a look.
In the noise control test, we shot the JPEG and RAW of X-T100 from the native sensitivity of ISO 200-12800, and JEPG we also extended to ISO 51200 in terms of high sensitivity, let's see the performance of this entry-free machine.
Fujifilm X-T100 Noise Control Test (JPEG)
Judging from the performance of JPEG, the X-T100 shows good image quality performance at ISO 200, and the 24-megapixel sensor has good quality in sharpness, clarity and picture purity. In terms of high sensitivity, X-T100 in the ISO 1600 -3200 stage still has a very good usability, and the noise control mechanism ensures that the picture has a good purity. After ISO 6400-12800, the sense of smear rises and detail begins to decline, but as far as the picture is concerned, the camera remains at a good usability.
Fujifilm X-T100 Noise Control Test (RAW), it should be noted that the X-T100 is not recorded in RAW format under extended sensitivity
In the RAW format, we will find that the sharpness of the RAW format of the X-T100 will be slightly better. At a higher ISO 3200 speed, you will find that RAW will obviously have more picture detail, so relatively speaking, if you have enough post-processing power, the RAW format will let you get more picture detail. Of course, in contrast, the graininess of the picture will be correspondingly improved under high sensitivity. The trade-off between these depends on your own preferences and later abilities.
Overall, as an entry-level mirrorless, the Fujifilm X-T100 performs quite well in noise control. The camera has a fairly good usability at high sensitivity. Even the more extreme ISO 12800 has a good usability. However, it should be noted that the Fujifilm X-T100 does not have RAW format recording capabilities at the extended ISO 100, 25600 and 51200 sensitivities, so the use of extended sensitivity will inevitably be limited in the later stages.
After looking at the noise control capabilities of the Fujifilm X-T100, let's take a look at the performance of the X-T100 in the post-processing space. Here we mainly look at the practicality of this new camera in terms of tolerance. Better tolerance means that we can restore more details of the shadows and highlights in the picture through post-production, and effectively adjust the light ratio of the picture to enhance the sense of picture. So what is the strength of this entry-free? Check it out!
Fujifilm X-T100 tolerance test
We took RAW format photos from -1EV to -5EV when the camera was underexposed, and pulled back the correct exposure in Adobe Camera Raw to see the X-T100's image reproduction capabilities. Judging from our tests, the tolerance of this entry-level camera is good, the camera from -1 to -4EV can restore the picture details well and maintain the purity of the picture well, and to -5EV underexposure the camera is still well restored to the picture details, and the resulting picture grain is also within the acceptable range. It can be seen that the X-T100 also provides a fairly good usable space for post-processing, so more senior players can also make the picture performance of photos better through post-processing.
Good tolerance gives you more room for effective post-processing and makes your photos better
In general, the Performance of the Fujifilm X-T100 in the body quality continues Fujifilm's consistent high level, whether it is noise control or the tolerance performance of the later stage, the performance of the camera can be described as excellent. Although not the X-Trans, the frontal image quality of this entry-level camera is still stable. In terms of the tolerance that everyone is increasingly valued, the camera's dark part restoration ability is quite good, as a 5,000 yuan camera, its picture quality performance is enough to meet the needs of consumers at a higher price point or even a higher level.
On the Fujifilm X-T100, Fujifilm launched the XC 15-45mmF3.5-5.6 OIS PZ lens, which was newly launched this year. This new lens is a new sleeve lens with motorized zoom that pursues portability. So what about the picture quality of the new sleeve lens? Let's take a look at the quality of the new lens.
XC 15-45mm lens wide-angle end imaging test
At the wide-angle end of the 15mm, you can see that the camera shows a good level of image quality from the full aperture of f/3.5. Sharpness and resolution are quite good at full opening, and the image quality performance is further improved when the aperture is contracted. After the lens reaches f/16, it will feel that the clarity of the picture will decrease, which is also an inevitable problem under the small aperture. But overall, the wide-angle end of the lens performs quite well.
XC 15-45mm lens telephoto end imaging test
At the 45mm telephoto end, you can feel that the sharpness of the telephoto end is not as good as the wide-angle end of the 15mm, and the picture will be a little meaty under f/5.6 full opening, and the picture quality will be significantly improved after shrinking to f/8.0. The usability of f/11 and f/16 is also very good, which can meet the needs of large depth of field shooting.
Overall, as an entry-level puller that pursues portability and ease of use, Fujifilm's XC 15-45mmF3.5-5.6 OIS PZ has remarkable resolution and sharpness. The lens can better take advantage of the X-T100's image quality, and good sharpness can also better use the lens's large aperture to create a shallow depth of field atmosphere. Overall, this is an entry-level puller with quite good quality performance.
As an entry-level mirrorless camera, the Fujifilm X-T100 has also optimized the camera's selfie function to meet the needs of more and more users who want to take higher quality selfies with the camera today. In terms of practicality, Fujifilm designed a flip screen for the X-T100, so you can directly look at the screen to complete the shooting when shooting.
The Fujifilm X-T100 back screen can be folded 180° laterally for selfies
In addition to the changes in hardware design, the X-T100 has also made some efforts in the beautification function of the fuselage. Using Fuji X-T100, you can perform portrait skin treatment at different intensities, a total of 3 different effects of the skin treatment effect, you can choose according to the different needs of users, in order to achieve the effect you want to get.
Being able to watch the screen makes selfies easier
Of course, for selfie users, Fuji X-T100 also supports Wi-Fi wireless transmission, and good selfies can also be transmitted directly to the mobile phone through wireless, which is convenient for users to post photos to their circle of friends or Weibo.
Fujifilm X-T100's 3-gear beauty effect is very practical
For a camera that supports selfies, the X-T100's selfie interface is still relatively friendly. The wide-angle end of the new XC15-45mm lens is also ideal for selfies. So, in addition to being a record of daily life. Take a selfie, and the Fujifilm X-T100 can also complete the task very well.
At the end of the review, we still look at the quality performance of the Fujifilm X-T100 through the live-action sample. We will divide into two groups of straight samples and post-processed samples to show, you may wish to take a look at the quality of this entry-level camera. The samples were shot with X-T100 with XC 15-45mm and XF 35mm f/1.4 lenses. Let's take a look!
Judging from the straight samples, the imaging of the X-T100 is still very much in Fujifilm's consistent color style. Good color performance makes the camera very easy to use straight out. In addition, the camera's good picture quality under low sense and stable noise control performance under high sense can be better reflected in real shooting. The camera is used for daily recording shooting and is able to complete the shooting work very well.
From the author's post-processing process experience, Fujifilm X-T100 does provide a good post-process space for our post-processing, and the camera's usable tolerance range is very wide, so it can be adjusted to a larger picture light ratio. Especially when shooting sunsets, the camera can achieve a better picture effect display through post-production, which is enough to show that the post-usability of the X-T100 is indeed good.
As Fujifilm's new entry-level mirrorless, the X-T100 has once again expanded Fujifilm's entry-level camera lineup. The new camera's distinctive styling and more fun handling make the X-T100 a competitive entry-level mirrorless camera. The camera's good image quality performance and the fujifilm brand's own personalized label make the X-T100 a quite noteworthy one of the entry-level mirrorless cameras.
The X-T100's picture quality is good, and Fujifilm's straight color performance is indeed more flattering
In terms of performance, although the entry-level Fuji mirrorless does not have the assistance of X-Trans technology, the performance of the mosaic sensor in Fuji's hands is still excellent. The X-T100 is excellent in both noise control and tolerance, not just the image quality of the fuselage, and the quality performance of the new XC15-45mm lens is also superior in several sets of camera lenses. For beginner users who are looking for image quality performance, it is clear that this camera is a good choice.
With the new cover for motorized zoom, the camera has the ability to expand its performance and capabilities in video shooting
Of course, as an entry-level mirrorless, the X-T100 also has its own shortcomings. And that's mainly focused on the camera's video capabilities. Although the new camera focuses on enhancing the camera's video shooting, the 4K 15p frame rate is really difficult to meet the high-flow video shooting. In addition, the camera's Mic interface is 2.5mm instead of the standard 3.5mm interface, and many devices need to be transferred to use. Therefore, the X-T100 as a Vlog machine may have a lot of improvements.
Fuji X-T family of several products have their own characteristics, X-T100 is a good inheritance of the X-T series of good sense of control and high value
As entry-level interchangeable lens cameras become more and more homogeneous and performance gets closer and closer, how to attract entry-level consumers seems to have become a simple cost-effective battle. At this time, we would like to see products like the X-T100 with more personality and brand characteristics appear. The X-T100 is very Fujifilm in terms of appearance, handling and shooting features. In today's overly homogeneous entry-level cameras, it is indeed more eye-catching. Moreover, this entry-level small machine does look beautiful enough, which is believed to be a greater attraction element for more beginner users. How important is appearance? It is not obvious on cameras with more outstanding performance characteristics on mid-to-high-end models, but for many entry-level cameras with closer performance performance, the appearance is often really justice.
The quality performance of the new set of lenses
Fujifilm's X-T family has now evolved into a differently positioned model for entry-level, mid-range and professional-level third-order. From the side-like axle style to the SLR design, Fujifilm's own personality has been well continued. In addition to the styling of the SLR, in terms of camera handling, the X-T series is also closer to today's modern digital SLR, easier to use, more intuitive control so that the X-T series has the best accessibility in the entire Fuji family, which is particularly evident in the X-T100. Not only retro literature, Fujifilm's confirmation of the development of new cameras really takes into account the corresponding consumers' usage habits and acceptance of operation. These are very positive.
Whether it's fun, looks or photo quality, the X-T100 is one of the most accessible cameras to consider
Overall, if you pursue picture quality, appearance, fun. Then this X-T100 is indeed a good choice on the 5,000 yuan price line today. The advantages of the built-in viewfinder and manipulation experience make the X-T100 an attractive target for users who pursue the joy of photography. Considering Fuji's rich lens group today, when upgrading in the future, more large-aperture lenses can better meet the user's desire to upgrade. So if you're looking to buy a camera to step into the door to photography, the X-T100 won't disappoint you.
Worthy of recognition:
Good image quality performance, noise control and tolerance performance is good
A more stable and fast phase focus system for a better shooting experience
The camera has a good handling experience, and more dials and touch designs bring greater control efficiency and shooting pleasure
The three-way flip screen design is convenient for normal angle shooting and selfie
The beautification function is good
The appearance of the industrial design is simple, the appearance is quite high
Sleeve lens performance is good
Relative deficiencies:
The 4K 15p frame rate results in insufficient practicality of the 4K function
There is no separate recording interface for video shooting
The 2.5mm microphone interface results in recording devices often needing to be transferred to use