Right
Slim and lightweight
The X-A7 has similar
dimensions to the Sony A6400
but with a shallower hand
grip and no rear-protruding
viewfinder cupRight
Front/slant
With an effective shortest focal
length of 22.5mm, the Fujifilm
kit lens gives the widest viewing
angle of any on test, which is
useful for handheld vlogging
PRICE: £699 / $699
Fujifilm X-A7 + 15-45mm
A small camera with a big heart, the X-A7 is now
available as a complete vlogging kit
The SLR-shaped Fujifilm X-T100 is a capable vlogging camera, apart
from the fact that its 4K UHD capture is hamstrung by a jerky
maximum frame rate of just 15fps. But there’s no such problem
with the X-A7, which also has a more compact, lightweight build.
There’s still one 4K caveat, but we’ll come to that later.
Competitively priced at around half the cost of the Canon and
Panasonic cameras in the group, the Fujifilm nevertheless packs
in some up-market features. The overall design is slick and simple,
with a collection of dials and buttons up on top, a handy joystick
controller around the back, and an oversized 3.5-inch widescreen-
format touchscreen that has a resolution of 2.76 million, giving it
by far the most detailed viewing image in the group, and being the
perfect aspect ratio for movie capture. The flip side is that the X-A7
has no viewfinder, which isn’t ideal for shooting stills.
Like the Canon and Sony cameras on test, there’s no IBIS (in-
body image stabilisation) although the kit 14-45mm lens has an
optical stabiliser built in. It also has a power zoomfacilitythat’s
great for video capture, much like in the kit lensfortheSony.
The hybrid autofocus system takes phase andcontrastdetection
into account, enabling fast and accurate focusinginmost
conditions. Face and eye-detection modes areavailable,although
we found that these were a little prone to huntingunderdull,indoor
lighting conditions.
1080p video quality is very good, while 720pbenefitsfromthe
addition of 1.6x, 2x, 3.3x and 4x high-speed videooptions.Quality
remains impressive in 4K capture modes, rightupto30fps.
However, the 30-minute maximum movie clipdurationin720pand
1080p modes shrinks to just 15 minutes in 4Kcapture.
For an extra £100, the Fujifilm X-A7 is also nowavailableinthe
UK as a complete ‘Vlogger Kit’, which includesahotshoe-mounting
RØDE VideoMic Go microphone, Joby GorillaPodandalsoa16GB
memory card.Left
Top
Dualfrontandbackdialsand
buttonsonthetopplateare
situatedtothesideofthe
shootingmodedial,witha
pop-upflashontheleftFar left
Rear
Almosttheentirebackpanelof
the cameraistakenupbythe
oversized3.5-inchwidescreen
touchscreen.There’sajoystick
controllerbutnoviewfinderGROUP TEST