Digital Camera World - UK (2022-02)

Kit

Zone

just get used to. If you like to carry

a camera around gripped in your right

hand, you’ll be forever calling up the

Q menu screen by accident.

We also ended up disabling the

touchscreen. The size of this camera

means it’s quite difficult to handle it

without touching the screen, and we

got fed up of playing ‘find the focus

point’ every time we went to take a shot

• or worse, of assuming it was in the
  centre where we’d left it, only to realise
  it was actually in the bottom-left corner.
  Those complaints aside, the X-T30 II
  feels well-made, and the external
  exposure controls are refreshing after
  the dial/button/digital interfaces
  of most cameras.
  We found that the X-T30 II handles
  best with Fujifilm’s smaller lenses.

The XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 is a pretty

good match, but the XC 15-45mm

f/3.5-5.6 is even better. The camera

handles especially well with Fujifilm’s

neat little f/2 primes.

Performance

Real-world tests and our lab results tell

the same story: the X-T30 II’s X-Trans

sensor is probably the best APS-C

sensor on the market right now for

its all-round blend of resolution,

noise control and dynamic range.

The JPEGs straight from the camera

are very good, and the X-T30 II adds

a further two of Fujfilm’s acclaimed Film

Simulation modes – Classic Neg and

Eterna Bleach Bypass. In fairness, if

you shoot raw and use software like

Lightroom or Capture One, you’ll be

able to select from an even wider and

better range of looks, but Fujifilm’s Film

Simulations are great for JPEG fans

(and you can auto-bracket them if

you want to decide on a look later).

The X-T30 II, like other Fujifilm

cameras, has an interesting High

Dynamic Range mode, which

adjusts the exposure and the tone

curve to capture a much wider

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The Velvia Film Simulation is perhaps too strong for routine use, but there’s also a more subtle Color Chrome mode.

The tilting rear screen on the X-T30 II is

welcome, but the Fujifilm X-S10 has an

even more useful vari-angle screen.

“ Real-world tests and our lab results tell the

same story: the X-T30 II’s X-Trans sensor is

probably the best APS-C sensor right now”