Fujifilm X70 A Compact With Manual Controls

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When it comes time to choose a camera to buy, there is an initial mix of hope with a quick disappointment and anguish. Why? Well, because the offer is almost infinite, because there are so many brands and models that it’s exhausting, because we want someone to tell us which is the best camera at the best price and that doesn’t exist. We would like someone to tell us buy this camera, go for it and be happy for life. However, this doesn’t work like that. Moreover, it is more similar to finding a partner than one imagines. Well, just as there is no perfect couple that fits everyone, there is also no perfect camera for all people who love photography. There is an ideal pair for each person as there is an ideal camera for each photography lover.

Once we have this clear, it is when we can start looking for our travel and photographic life partner, when we know what we are looking for. Well, that’s how you manage to reduce the supply and head warming.

From the blog we want to make the search task easier for you and that is why we present many of the cameras on the market in a simple and direct way. Today we bring you one that, like any other, is not for all audiences but it does have a clear target. This is the Fujifilm X70, a compact that, as I tell you in the title, allows you to manually control certain parameters. Do you want to know if this camera is for you? Keep reading 😉

Directed to…

Those who do not want to complicate their lives with heavy cameras, lens changes and so on. For traveling spirits and lovers of street photography, landscapes and those who do not mind having a single focal point. Or for those looking for a second fixed focal length camera that weighs little and occupies even less space.

And all this without losing image quality and without giving up deciding for you the ISO, the aperture or the shutter speed, among other parameters.

Characteristic

• Sensor: APS-C X-Trans CMOS II and EXR Processor II image processing engine, resulting in great image quality. This is the sensor that some of the cameras that are above this model incorporate.
• Dimensions: 12.5 x 64.4 x 44.4mm
• Weight: 340g approx
• LCD monitor with touch screen (to be able to focus, shoot or play the images and scroll them with a finger movement)
  
• flip screen 180 degrees (allows you to shoot from low angles, high angles or take self-portraits)
• Opening: f/ 2.8 (good brightness and background blur)
• ISO: 200-6400
• Focal length (fixed): 18.5mm (28mm equivalent)
• Exposure compensation
• exposure control
• Shooting modes: Programmable, Aperture Priority, Speed ​​Priority and Manual
• Automatic mode: with 54 programmable scenes
• auto focus system
• Approach: combines phase detection with contrast focus, resulting in fast and accurate focusing even in low light. It has a facial detection system with an eye detection system to guarantee maximum sharpness in portraits.
• Minimum focus distance: 10 cm approximately. This means that even if it is not a macro, you can get very close to the subject.
• auto bracketing
• Time Lapse: possibility to program the start time, number of shots (up to 199) and the interval between them
• built-in flash
• It includes hot shoe for external flash
• Viewfinder: does not include
• File format: JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG
• Drums: up to approximately 330 photos
• Design: compact and lightweight with easy-grip handle and retro look
• Teleconverter: with the possibility of shooting at 35mm and 50mm (equivalent in a 35mm format camera) although in reality it is a cut with the consequent loss of image quality.
• Wi-Fi connectivity
• full HD video: 60fps, 50fps, 30fps, 25fps and 24fps, with the ability to change exposure settings during recording.

Advantage

Includes customizable buttons for your favorite settings. It turns on in 0.5 seconds, so it’s always ready for sudden scenes that happen on the street, for example.

You can enlarge the photo with your fingers and since it does not allow you to erase with the touch option, your photos are safer 😉

Its image quality is spectacular for a compact.

drawbacks

does not include viewfinder, although it offers the possibility of an optional optical viewfinder that is attached to the flash shoe. However, this viewfinder is of little use because it is not connected to the camera, so it cannot focus, measure light or check the parameters of the shot.

It’s hard to get to the shutter time settings wheel.

And, perhaps most importantly, the impossibility of changing the objective. If that’s what you’re looking for, it’s great, but if not, it’s too expensive a camera to buy. a single focus.

Gallery

You will agree with me that one of the most important aspects when buying a camera is the photos it takes, right? Or, better said, the photos that can be taken with it, since it is not the camera that takes them, but the person who shoots 😉 Here is a sample of what they have achieved with it:

Conclusions

It is a very small camera with a fairly large sensor that offers great image quality and allows you to control different parameters manually. Although its price is somewhat high to close to a single focal length, it is a camera to always carry with you and obtain excellent results.

Now it’s up to you to decide if this camera is for you or not. In the meantime, I would appreciate it if you would share this article so that your contacts can get to know it and make their own decision too 😉 Thank you and until next time!