Trial use of Fuji retro card machine X30 equipped with electronic viewfinder

IT 168 Evaluation Fuji X30 is the latest retro-looking card machine released this year, and it is also the third generation model of X series card machine. It has been three years since the first generation of X 10 was released. The X30 is more adaptable to the trend in terms of fuselage performance, such as adding wifi remote shooting, removing the aperture viewfinder and changing it into an electronic viewfinder. And the fuselage workmanship still maintains the high level of magnesium alloy fuselage and lens barrel, which is better than ordinary card machine on the whole.

Now the positioning of Fuji X series small bottom card machine is not as clear as before. On the one hand, the price of larger and larger CMOS microchips is getting cheaper and cheaper, on the other hand, with the increase of models, consumers are becoming more and more rational. Although Fuji is highly accomplished in industrial design and is famous for its high style, the price of this X30 is around 3,500 yuan. Although this price will continue to fall, compared with its own X-A 1,

Product characteristics

As far as the camera is concerned, X30 is really a small camera suitable for young artists to carry around. The workmanship and materials are impeccable and the operation is simple. The lens adopts double control rings, adding wifi control and flipping screen. Except for the touch screen, almost all the mainstream functions on the market can be found on the X30, which is very easy for beginners or photographers with a certain foundation to get started. Although the picture quality is not as good as that of a larger CMOS camera, it is naturally much better than that of an ordinary card machine. On the one hand, it is because of the high-quality Fuji Dragon lens, on the other hand, it is because of Fuji's X-Trans CMOS II sensor and EXR processor II. After all, few people will take X30 to get the reverse documentary quality, and X30 is not positioned as a professional who wants to participate in a photography competition, so it is of little significance to compare high sense or extreme resolution.

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Advantages:

Beautiful fuselage, solid workmanship, lens and fuselage are made of magnesium alloy.

Full of color, which is also a consistent feature of Fuji.

It is more convenient to flip the screen for framing and has good operability.

All kinds of film simulation, film color reproduction.

You can take about 470 photos at a time when fully charged, and you can charge with USB.

Insufficient:

CMOS is very small in size.

The price of 3500 yuan is a bit expensive.

The first experience of appearance

When it comes to industrial design, Fuji camera is the industry benchmark. The fuselage design continues the modeling of the previous two generations, with tough lines, sharp edges and corners, and the front skin of the fuselage, which feels very good. The most obvious change is that there is no optical viewfinder window in front of the X30. Considering that the previous aperture viewfinder was not particularly practical, this time it was simply replaced by an electronic viewfinder. Although it is convenient to use under strong light, the retro atmosphere is also discounted.

As for the lens, like the previous generation X20, the Fuji Dragon lens equivalent to 28-112 mm F2.0-F2.8 is used, and the lens barrel is made of magnesium alloy with 4x optical zoom, which can basically meet the shooting theme of daily life. The large aperture ensures that it can be used as usual in dark light and indoors, and it has an ideal background blur effect when shooting at close range. Of course, this is only relative to 1/2.33 and11.7 card machines.

The sensor is still a 2/3-inch X-Trans CMOS II sensor, and photographers of small-size sensors have different views. Personally, I think the X30 sensor can actually be made bigger. We should know that the camera industry is not as big as it used to be, and cameras with large sensors and cheap ones abound. The advantage of Fuji camera lies in its industrial design, which is a kind of inheritance or inheritance of photography. If you want more people to take money out of their pockets, you have to think of more ways.

The top design of the camera is very simple, and there is an independent mode dial and exposure compensation dial on the right side, which is convenient for adjustment at any time when shooting. In the middle is the hot shoe interface, and on the left is the pop-up flash and Fuji's inscription. Every time I see it, it's a high-energy breath.

The X30 flash is pop-up, although not many people will use the built-in flash as the main light source now, and only use it in an emergency.

Behind the X30 is a 2.36 million pixel OLED electronic viewfinder, which can adjust diopter freely. From the actual experience, the effect is good. Now EVF is the general trend and has more advantages than traditional OVF. You can preview the exposure directly before shooting, and never lose focus. However, because the position of the viewfinder is too close to the middle, the nose will touch the screen when using the viewfinder, which is a little clumsy and not as close to the side of the fuselage as X20.

The X30 has a 920,000-pixel 3-inch LCD folding screen on the back, with an aspect ratio of 3:2 and a field of view of 65,438+000%. The advantage of folding screen is that it can make shooting more convenient when you need to take pictures at a low angle or a high angle. For example, you don't need to squat down to shoot your pet cat. At present, this is also the mainstream configuration in more advanced micro-cameras.

The buttons on the back of X30 are relatively simple. You can use your right hand to complete operations other than playback. There is only one thumb wheel, but there are six buttons to customize the function. If you are familiar with the operation of the camera, the X30 can definitely meet the demand of quickly adjusting parameters.

Finally, the official description mentioned the X30 battery. When fully charged, you can take about 470 photos at a time, which is quite impressive. In addition, X30 supports USB charging. If you travel, you can also charge the X30 with a charging treasure. This is really a very convenient place, so you don't have to worry about running out of electricity when you go out.

X30 real photos

Having said that, the camera will be used after all. I didn't know until I went out and tried. Taking advantage of this 11th holiday, I climbed Hengshan Mountain with X30 this time, mainly considering its portability and focal length of 28mm- 1 12mm, which is basically enough.

Color has always been Fuji's advantage, especially when shooting scenery, the contrast is greater, the image is gorgeous and more pleasing to the eye.

This Fuji Dragon lens has built-in optical anti-shake mechanism, which has the anti-shake effect equivalent to the third gear, and is very useful for photographers who often go out to take pictures at night or shoot indoors.

Because most of the scenic spots are people who don't have the opportunity to shoot sports, after the trial, I feel that the focusing speed of X30 is still very fast and the response time is very short. There is no need to worry about missing any good scenery because it is too late to start or the focusing speed is slow.

The process of climbing Hengshan Mountain is very hard. I took two small cameras with me as soon as I climbed the mountain, so that I could better spend my energy on enjoying the scenery along the way by reducing the load. It was already evening when I arrived at Banshan Pavilion, so I needed to find a place to rest, and then I continued to climb the mountain at 3 am, and watched the sunrise at the top of the mountain before 5: 30.

The weather was ok before sunrise, although it was a little cold. In order to make my vision more outstanding, I specially adjust the white balance to the tungsten lamp, so that the color of the photos taken is blue, and the touch of red in the east is vivid, which forms a very beautiful visual contrast with blue.

But unfortunately, the fog never dispersed at sunrise, so it is difficult to see a satisfactory sunrise. Only the following picture was taken, and the color performance of X30 is still great. The blue color is visible to the naked eye and looks very comfortable.

By the way, take a photo of X30 at the top of the mountain, facing the morning fog, which is very handsome.

After watching the sunrise, it's almost time to send Weibo. Because X30 has its own wifi function, it can directly transfer photos to mobile phones. Of course, you can also remotely control the camera through your mobile phone, just need the next software called CAMERA REMOTE. The whole process is very convenient, and you don't need to enter a password, saving time.

Finally, I went down the mountain. The scenery along the way is magnificent, but the fog is a little heavy, and the transparency is a little discounted.

After the overall trial, I am satisfied with the performance of X30. The fuselage design is retro, the workmanship is excellent, the color expression is good, and the wifi function is also very easy to use. If you just want to buy a notebook computer with a literary look, then X30 is a good choice. From the price point of view, the current price of mainstream e-commerce is around 3,500 yuan, which is relatively expensive, but Fuji cameras have always been like this, and can wait until below 3 K. After all, there are too many choices for 3500 yuan. Even with the purchase budget of 3K, Fuji still has APS-C micro-sheets like X-A 1, but the appearance is not so bright (except for MM who likes candy color matching) and the picture quality is not so bright. Therefore, X30' s customer base is basically photographers who are not particularly demanding on image quality, but have high requirements on appearance, and at the same time want to be compact and fully functional.