Pixiq

There have been leaks left, right, and centre about Fuji’s follow-up to its wickedly gorgeous X100, so we all knew that something was on the way. But today’s the day. Uh-huh. Today we get to see the actual pictures of the actual camera and learn about the actual specs that Fuji has actually given it. Oh, and we find out its actual name, too; it’s called the X10. Useful, knowing that.

You want to know more? Sure? Okay!

Well, unlike the 23mm fixed focus lens in the X100, the X10 has zoooooom capabilities: 28-112mm (35mm equivalent). At the widest angle, its maximum aperture is f/2.0; zoom in and the maximum aperture is f/2.8. Minimum aperture is constant at f/11.0.

The zoom lens is controlled manually and in a touch that especially appeals to me, it doubles up as an on/off switch. (Yes, yes, I’ve heard it all before that small things please small minds.) If you want to shoot macro, you can get in as close as 1cm, too.

Full manual control and RAW functionality are options, thank heavens. Continuous shooting is as fast as 7 frames per second, even at full resolution (12 megapixels, by the way), and there’s full HD video at 1080p.

In addition to its LCD viewfinder, it has an optical viewfinder, too, which is always rather lovely.

Senstivity ranges from ISO 100 to 12,800, there are nine white balance presets, you can make 360-degree panoramas, and there’s a handy horizontal level.

I’m rather liking the sound of this one. It’s not as pretty as the X100, but I can’t have everything, I suppose. And that includes a price. But it’ll be around come October.