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Hello guys,

After a few day with the X70 in my hands, I made this video to express my feelings (sorry it's in french). I give you a translated text in english, below the video. 

 


 

 I choose this camera as I felt in love with the X100. I have used one but never had the chance to get one. I was sparing to buy it. But Fuji released the X70. Same tech but without view finder. I liked that the X70 get a orientable touch-screen and a auto button than the X100 doesn't have.

I wanted to have a camera always on me. For personal memories and candid photos. I also like than someone else can use it with the auto-buton. So it become the camera of the whole family.

I like the WIFI connectivity of the FUJI system to share directly the pictures. The orientable screen let me to stay in eyes contacts with my subject.

 

I also was attracted by the X70 as it seems great for the style of pictures I'm creating. I work a lot with bands (rock, metal), so I'm often making pictures lying on the floor to find a great angle. With this screen I don't need to take silly positions. I'm also shooting wide angle for bands.

The leaf shutter let me get a high speed flash sync. Then I can create a fantasy ambiant who is really relevant to my own style. 

 

In the bad points I would love to get an analogic button to set my ISO but I understand why it was not possible in terms of size of the camera. Fuji made a great job on how you can parameter and personalize the butons. There is a total of 8 customs buttons. 

Sometimes the buttons are a bit hard to press because the camera is small. I don't have big fingers and I sometimes have difficulties to press the rec button and use the cross arrows. It's a details but I also feel that the rec buttons looks a bit cheap. The red dot is not 100% centered in the button. It's only aesthetics, nothing blocking but that's a pity on that kind of camera. I'm really picky in terms of details.

Anyway, to be honest I can totally live with those bad sides. The good points are way more huge ;-).

I love the size of this camera anyway. I can really bring it with me everywhere.

My way to take photographs has evolved since I switched to FUJI. I'm sure this X70 will change the game, again. 

Try this little camera, it will make you (re)discover photography. It's a great camera for amateurs who want to learn manual photography. The budget made it accessible.

It's a little boy capable of many things.

For me, photography is anymore about megapixels but about experiment. And using the X70 (such as many other Fuji camera) is a great experience.

And voilà :-). Hope you enjoyed this little review. 

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Great review Quentin :)

 

Did you notice a difference in how your X70 pictures are composed due to the use of the LCD screen ?

 

I sometimes use the LCD on my X-T1 and my framing is not as accurate then, I often have to crop or realize that I missed important elements afterwards. I really need a viewfinder to see every detail in a scene and organize things in space precisely - which makes me think the X70 is probably not for me.

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I use the X70 in addition of my XE2. So I can still enjoy a viewfinder. Framing is different following the tools you are using. I feel to be more creative with the LCD.

 

X70 is a camera to always have with you as it's soooo compact. You did'nt notice you have it :-).

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