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Looking very good.  I will have a fiddle at the NEC if I get the chance.

At £700 I'll give it a miss, I've still got my HS20.

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Iam yet to  see a lens of this extreme focal range that gives good definition through its range it is invariably a compromize

Hi Fred.

Just give me one for a ten day review

You know I'll be honest and the specs are genuinely scary. ( in a good way ).

This is a price tipping point for consumers that can't make their mind up.

The sensor's the very real strong point of this camera and if the lens is as good as I hope then I think Fuji has this one right for today's market.

You may miss Christmas with it's launch but I don't think that will matter.

Yep. I`m looking forward to getting this one to add to my collection. Think most of the extra cost will be down to the new metal barrel/lens assembly and the EVF and as always an inflated early adopter`s premium. I think the price will settle down a few months after launch.

OKAY....... so that's me totally stumped!

I've been ummming and ahhhrrring over buying a DSLR recently (countless hours of lost sleep - sad I know) as I'd heard no more of the X-S1.  In fact I have a day off tomorrow and was going to try and persuade the Mrs to look the other way while I nip into the local camera shop and have a play. But now, having narrowed it down after many months of research and on the eve of splashing out on either a Pentax K5 or a Nikon D7000, finally we get more word from Fuji about this camera. 

The problem is at around £700 the X-S1 is actually MORE expensive than the Pentax (body only and they are doing a £90 cash-back deal at the moment). I have actually had a "fiddle" (good word Steve) with the Pentax at the NEC this year and was very impressed even though I'd really gone to check out the HS20 (less impressed). The thing that has always bothered me is trying to match up a decent set of lenses that give me equivalent range that my HS10 manages and boy is that NOT a cheap option! I LOVE having the ability to go from wide to telephoto with the flick the wrist but have never been too happy with the image quality and the speed of the camera. This is why I've been thinking of jumping ship to a DSLR, superb IQ and lightening processing.

Looks like I'm going to have to put the final decision on hold for now to see what the IQ and speed is like on the X-S1 as it seems to have all the features I want on a camera, huge zoom range, tilting screen (would have liked swivel also - I'm greedy). Time will tell, might see you at the NEC Steve? 

Happy shooting peeps, Andy 

I was almost ready to buy a DSLR, now I am not so sure.

Looks like Fuji have at last brought out a camera to replace the S100/S200 series. With a sensor twice the size of the HS10/20 and a realistic 12m pixels, the results should be very good. In fact, looking at the specs. I can't find anything I don't like.

The only question is the price. £700 buys a decent, if less versatile SLR, so the SX1 really has to be good to be taken seriously. Fuji cameras usually become available for considerably less than the launch price after a few months, so I shall keep a close eye out for sub £500 offers.   

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I was seriously considering the HS20, now, well now it looks like my mind has been changed; seems a good alternative to an SLR kit, and far less unwieldy, and even for around £700 to me it's still a fair price, and as has already been stated, that will soon come down some.

Can't wait to have a handle either, but I'm sorely tempted.

Viv

What can one say-- shall I sell my S5Pro and the Nikon D7000 plus 105mm Sigma Macro, Nikon 18-105mm VR lens, Nikon 75-300 mm and the Nikon 300 mm and instead of the Nikon 80-400 that my Wife is buying me for my birthdayand get one of these XS-1 instead ? would I still be taken as a serious photographer.  OK the spec is an improvement on my S5500 but at a price. Lets have a S6Pro instead please- although there is nothing wrong with my S5Pro people are still amazed at its colour reproduction in F2 mode.

see: www.myfinepix.co.uk/gallery/53681 

For the price announced on the UK market for the X-S1 you can buy a decent DSLR with a kit lens and a medium telephoto for around the same price or less. For example, you can get a Pentax K-R with a 18-55 kit lens and a 50 -200mm zoom (equivalent to 300mm on a 35mm camera) for less than £500. You will get a much bigger sensor and the low light performance should be superior. Unless you want to do a lot of wild life photography where you need the extra reach of a long zoom, my preference would be to spend the money on a DSLR.

You won't get all the bells and whistles that come with the X-S1, such as a tiltable LCD, but the chances are you will get better picture quality and a faster camera with a DSLR.

The X-S1 will surely become a classic travel cam if the performance lives up to the specs!

I'm a fanatical wildlife/birdwatching traveling ameteur photographer, and this looks like the (almost) ultimate all in one package (although I still see there is no GPS!)

The build quality and metal lens barrel/mechanism looks like it could stand up to more daily knocks than the plastic (but still pretty tough) HS10/20, and that EVF is a very welcome addition!

As is the larger sensor, bigger sensor means bigger lens/body of course, but I think most will allow that compromise for better IQ.

I guess the X and HS ranges are aimed at different markets, price wise, and with the recent news about an upcoming HS30 on the horizon, Fuji are really starting to dominate the upper bridge cam war!

Unfortunately, the X-S1 will be released in February, one month late for a trip to South Africa as a Wildlife Conservation Volunteer, oh well, at least there should be some interesting reviews out by the time I return!

Will be posting pics from my HS10/F550 on my blog (link below) if anyone's interested, so long as I can get some wifi in the bush that is!

toptravelgear.blogspot.com/2011/11/volunteering.html

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To me it's about portability. No lenses to tote about, no changing lenses. We all know that a bridge is not going to give DSLR quality, the sensor size dictates that. What I want, is a camera that can take great photos across a wide range if situations, without mechanical changes, i.e. a "bridge". I also want the best I can get. I have an s1800, my learners permit if you will, and I AM learning, alot. I was thinking of stepping up to an HS20, then found the S200EXR, which in my opinion from comparing photos, is a better piece of kit. Now the XS1. I don't compare bridge to DSLR, I compare bridge to bridge, just like you don't compare a cargo ship to a criuse ship, both ships, both do different things.

Nice looking ,but I love my HS10 so Im sticking with that!!

Good review on what digital camera here http://www.whatdigitalcamera.com/equipment/reviews/compactcameras/129251/1/fujifilm-x-s1-review.html

and price gradually dropping - now £579 on some websites.  Once its below £500 it might be interesting.  Anyone had a play with one yet?

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