Comments on: Fujifilm X70 Mirrorless Camera Review

By: Hajime

Hajime — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 19:05:07 +0000

Thank you for a great, entertaining read. Reading this in 2020, it brings nostalgia for the years I spent shooting with the X70. I certainly put more mileage on it than I did on my X100F.

Alas, the X70 eventually fell victim to its not-so-great build quality: rubber parts peeling off, lens breaking, etc. It still works fine, but no longer as comfortable or stealthy. After it completely fell apart, and I switched to X100F, I’ve opened some raw files from the X70 (I used JPEG images and kept raw files just for archival purposes), and was amazed at the exceptional color saturation of the lens-sensor combo, as well as the low-light performance that I did not think was possible. In some cases, the low-light performance of the 16Mpx X-Trans II sensor surpasses that of the higher-pixel-density X-Trans III and later ones. Event oday, X70 is not a camera one can simply gloss over as a street shooter.

By: Peter Townsend

Peter Townsend — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 07:34:37 +0000

Great review, of a camera I bought a year ago. It’s now my main “street photography” camera. So many features in a compact body.

By: James Tocchio

James Tocchio — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 21:54:59 +0000

In reply to Mike. Happy to help! Thanks for visiting.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 16:29:42 +0000

Stumbled upon this review last night in my quest to learn more about this little camera. Already part of the Fuji team – X100, X100F, XE2 and XPRO2 – but found an X70 nearby and think it’s going to fit nicely into the pocket. Thanks for the abundance of info here.

By: Simon Peterson

Simon Peterson — Fri, 04 May 2018 02:00:03 +0000

In reply to Martin. I just develop and scan myself

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 03 May 2018 18:25:44 +0000

In reply to Simon Peterson.

I shot Nikon for 1973 to 2015, approximately, and Miranda (poor man’s Nikon) from 1967 – ’72. I had to be dragged “kicking and screaming” into digital. I swore I would not buy a digital until A, they could match 35mm IQ, and 2, they were built to look, feel, and controls act like a 35mm camera from the 1970s. Fuji X cameras that suddenly made it easy.

Now regarding cost: yes you can buy film gear dirt cheap these days. So what? Cost of film and processing will soon add up to a much higher annual cost, unless yo shoot very slowly.