I just got a Fuji x10. It is the baby brother to the x100. Tonight I cooked some broccoli cheddar soup and decided to take some photographs. 

(Keep in mind that I JUST got this camera, about 10 minutes before I started taking these photos, so obviously I still need to get more familiar with its functions. Also, I will be comparing it to my x100, but REMEMBER: The x10 is $600 and the x100 is $1200, that’s HALF the price of the x100. The x100 has a larger sensor and will therefor handle better in low-light situations.)

The x10 is essentially a souped up point and shoot. (It’s actually more comparable to my Olympus Pen mini, minus the interchangeable lens.) Compared to the x100, it autofocuses faster and the super Macro is INSANE! I can get up to 1 or 2 cms in front of something and still focus on it. While I was taking photos of the soup, I was having a really hard time getting anything in focus because there is such little light in my kitchen. As you’ll see in the pictures below, the x100 had no problem at all. Both have the lowest aperture of F2. I really like that in order to turn the camera on, you simply turn the lens. The buttons and menu are just like that of the x100, so that was really nice. The x10 has a lot of Presets that are actually quite useful. I found out later on, that there was a low-light, night mode that actually makes the focusing easier. To be completely honest, I got really frustrated mid-shooting my cooking and switched over to the x100, but that is because I am more familiar with the x100. I know that camera like the back of my hand. It gets use almost every single day. 

To be more fair, I will take the x10 out tomorrow and take some photographs and see how it handles during the day. The more I play with it, the happier I am with it as a more compact alternative to my x100. I just have to keep reminding myself that this camera costs half as much as my x100 and I can’t expect it to perform as well as it. 

Check out the post below for photos from my x100.