2019-05-01_Digital_SLR_Photography

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yearsintooneof themost

mirrorlesscamerasystem

X-Pro2 andX-T3/X-H1flagships

thebudgetX-T100,therangeoff

choicetoalllevelofphotograph

X-T 20 , whichthislatestmid-ran

replaces,provedtobeoneofou

receivinga BestBuyandoverall

9 4%in ourMay 2017 issue.

TheFujifilmX-T30featuresa

andrangeoffeaturestotheX-T

importantly,severalofitskeyfea

particular theAFsystem,sensorandimaging

processor,arebasedonthoseusedin the

flagshipX-T3,launchedlastyear,meaning

yougainthelatesttechnologyat a cutprice.

Thestylingof theX-T30is muchlikethe

X-T20andX-T3,witha tough,smallbody

sportingclassic retrolooks.Youcanhaveitin

blackorsilvernow,orcanwaitfora charcoal

silverfinishtoarrivein May 2019.

Whileit lackstheweatherproofingofthe

X-T3,it nonethelessfeelsverysolidand

robust.Thehandgriponthefrontis slightly

largerthanonitspredecessorand,along

withthe nicely curvedthumbgrip onthe

rear,allowsfora verystablehold.Onething

I'm notparticularlykeenonis theplacingof

theQbuttononthisthumbgrip,aswhile

easytoaccessit doescausemoreinstances

Thetop-platesportsa dialontheleft side

forselectingsingle orcontinuousframe

rates,bracketing, moviemode,panoramas

ormultiple exposures.A leverat itsbase

popsuptheintegralflash,whichspringsup

at a somewhatalarmingspeed!On theright

ofthehotshoeis theshutterspeeddial,

alongwithanexposurecompensationdial,

functionbuttonandshutter release.

Thereis noexposure mode dial as such,

aschoosingbetweenprogram,aperture-

andshutter-priorityormanualis basedon

thepositionoftheA settingontheshutter

speeddialandtheaperturering(seepanel).

The rearlooks muchlike otherX-series

models,witha neatarrangementofbuttons

aboveandtotheright oftheLCD monitor.

Onebig change is the addition of a focus

er in placeofthefourway

trol –Iwasn'tsurethiswasa

odideawhenI firstheardof

changebuthavingusedthe

mera,it's nota problemat all.

he 3inLCD monitoris very

withabright andsharp

nanda clean,easyto

ate menusystem.Itsitsona

rmthattiltsupordownbut

dewaysandalsoboastsa

touchscreenfacility.Also

hyofpraiseis theelectronic

er, whichsportsa

ondotOLEDscreen that

ght andclearimage,along

xposureinformation.

of theX-T30is thesame

ed 26 .1-megapixelAPS-C

X-TransCMOS4 sensorandX-Processor 4

imagingenginefoundin theX-T3.

Therefore,youcanbeassuredthatthe

qualityofimagesandvideowillbeona par

with more expensive models. Alongwith

quality,thebenefitthepowerfulprocessoris

speed,witha continuousburstrateofeight

frames-per-secondthatcanbeincreasedto

30 fpswhenusingtheelectronicshutter.It

alsoallowsforthebasesensitivityrange of

ISO 200 -2 5600 tobeextendedtoalowof

ISO 80 andhighofISO51200,if required.

Anotherbenefitis itsvideocapabilities,with

4KUHDfootageat 30pbasedon

‘oversampled’ 6 K capturedownsampledto

4Kformaximumquality.

Thehybridautofocussystemis basedon

the X-T3's, and is actuallyslightly better at

ear Mid-range mirrorless camera

The successortothehighly popular

X-T 20 addsa rangeofimprovements

thatmakethismirrorlessmodelone

of thebestcamerasyoucanbuy

Test:DANIEL LEZANO

SPECIFICATIONS

GuidePrice:£849(bodyonly)/ £899(XC15-45mm)

Image sensor:X-TransCMOS4 (23.5x15.6mm)

Imageprocessor:X-Processor 4

Resolution: 26 .1-megpgapixels

Maximumimagge resolution:6240x4160ppixels

AF system:IntelligentHybridAF(TTLcontrastAF/TTL

phasedetectionAF). 2.16millionphasedetectionppixels

Meteringpgpatterns:Multi-zone(256-

average andcentre-weight

ISOrangge:ISO200-25600(exppa

ISO80-51200)pplusAuto

Shutterspeeds: 1 /4000sec-30seco

LCD: 3 in 1,0 4 0,000-dottiltabletou

Framerate:Eightframes-per-s

Storage:SD(SDHC/SDXC

Size(WHD):121.5x83.6x49. 5

Weigght: 383 gincludingbattery

Websitewww.fujjifilm.co.

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