gdgt

There's enough improved in the X100S over the X100 that I think it's worth the extra money over the now-reduced-price model: it delivers better performance, photo quality and usability. While the photo quality and lens can't match that of the Sony RX1, it's still a great camera at $1,000 less.

... for what it is, the X100S represents something that few competitors have neared: for the right audience it's up there among the best of compact cameras ...

The Fuji X100S is a very enjoyable and rewarding camera to use, its hybrid viewfinder is superb, the retro-style controls enable quick control over exposure and the advanced filters are available when you fancy a bit of fun.

When you hold the Fujifilm X100s, all you can think about is just how much power you have in a small package. --- Overall though, the X100s is an extremely solid camera. And it wins our highest praises.

While it may not appear to be a massive leap from the Fujifilm X100, the Fujifilm X100S has improved in most of the areas it needed to while keeping the charm that made us fall in love with the Fujifilm X100 in the first place.

Although the X100s doesn't correct all of its predecessor's flaws, it's still an attractive camera that'll be incredibly effective for photojournalism or street photography shooting.

The Fujifilm X100s is priced somewhere in the middle of APS-C compact cameras, and for many happy X100 buyers, the X100s will deliver many useful updates, including better image quality, a better EVF, quicker controls and response, although the price is likely to put some people off.

The new sensor is highly capable as well and this is the best Fuji digital camera to date, period. It is fast and feels like a mature camera. No more quirkiness to work around and the experience of shooting is a pleasure.

There isn’t much terrible to say about the X100s. The sensor performance is excellent, the autofocus performance in good light is outstanding but could be better in low light, and the overall build quality is really quite good too.

The camera has a very solid feel and quite an elegant retro design, as you might expect based on its predecessor.

Fujifilm seems to have listed intently to what its users were saying, and delivered a product that dramatically improves the most notable failing their X-series has had.

It should offer a cross between the physical design and basic handling of the X100, and the image quality of the X-E1. But that's not all; most notably you also get phase detection AF, a higher resolution electronic viewfinder, improved manual focus, and Fujifilm's latest on-screen interface.

The sharp 2.4 million dot resolution of the EVF—upgraded from the X100's 1.4 million dots—goes a long way to make this a useful feature. It's a neat focusing aid, and one with which rangefinder shooters will feel right at home.

Is it worth the cash? We think so, but then this camera sure won't be for everyone. Its 23mm (35mm equivalent) focal length means no zooming, and the angle of view is fairly wide. But for those who have tried the original and loved it, this is the sort of natural progression we were hoping for.

First and foremost, the Fuji X100S' sensor uses Fujifilm's unique X-Trans technology, first introduced in the X-Pro1 in early 2012. We were very impressed with the X-Pro1's image quality, but the Fuji X100S promises to go it a few steps better.

The fact that the Fuji X100S has an evolution of the X-Pro1's sensor is very exciting, and we are really looking forward to putting it through its paces.

Fujifilm has approached the X100S in the right way. It hasn’t changed anything that couldn’t do with a tweak or two, simply sliding-in the improvements made in the cameras released since the introduction of the X100 in 2011. It’s seems an excellent camera.

The Fujifilm X100S looks set to be a worthy successor to the impressive X100. We're pleased to see that Fujifilm has concentrated on fixing some of the complaints from the first model, in the form of some small, but important technical tweaks.

The classic looks of the Fujifilm X100 and X10, have made them popular compact cameras for street shooting, and with the design continuing on the new models, these should also be popular for street shooting. Improvements made in focus speeds and responsiveness will also help to quickly capture the...