The X100 is an exasperating conundrum of a camera, combining excellent image quality, solid build and a superb viewfinder with sluggish operation and eccentric, buggy firmware. If you're prepared to put up with its numerous oddities and faults then it will repay you with superb results.

If you have the bucks and you want the best photo quality possible, the Fujifilm FinePix X100 delivers. But definitely try before you buy to make sure the focusing systems won't make you crazy.

The Fuji FinePix X100 is a very impressive fixed lens camera...despite the price. It offers supberb photo quality, good performance (in most respects), a rangefinder-style body with a one-of-a-kind viewfinder, and plent of manual controls. The camera does have its issues...but for a first generation...

We’d love to see 50mm and 85mm versions in the future, as the X100 looks to pave the way for a very strong path in the high-spec compact market for Fujifilm. This could be the beginning of something all the more spectacular. The X100 is an undeniable belter of a camera.

Fujifilm have married the best of the past, in the multitude of external controls, leaf-shutter, optical viewfinder and stunning appearance, with some cutting-edge features, most notably the hybrid optical / electronic viewfinder, which really is a revelation to use.