On January 8, Fujifilm proudly released a new high-end compact digital camera - the X20. The previous generation model, the X10, was highly praised for its high-precision lens and elegant body.
Today, the X20 inherits these advantages and significantly improves handling performance.
The X20 is equipped with a series of cutting-edge technologies recently developed by Fujifilm, especially the X-Trans CMOS II sensor, EXR sensor II and advanced optical viewfinder.
The X20 body is available in black and silver (the top cover and base are silver).
The bright optical viewfinder of the X20 is equipped with Fujifilm's newly developed Digital Trans Panel (electronic transparent LCD screen), which can display shutter speed, aperture value, ISO sensitivity, focus area and other shooting information.
This information can still be displayed clearly even in dim light conditions.
It is particularly worth mentioning that the information display of the X20 advanced optical viewfinder is synchronized with the lens zoom.
In this way, photographers can easily use the optical viewfinder to accurately compose their shots even when zooming.
The X20 can shoot high-quality images, with resolution increased by about 20% and noise reduced by more than 30%.
This is all thanks to the newly developed 12-megapixel, 2/3-inch X-Trans CMOS II sensor and EXR Processor II.
Since the sensor removes the optical low-pass filter (OLPF) and is equipped with a powerful processor, the X20 has clean and transparent image quality.
Even at high ISO sensitivities, the X20 can still reduce noise to a very low level.
The newly developed X-Trans CMOS II sensor has built-in dedicated pixels for phase difference focusing, and the high-speed AF (autofocus) speed can reach an astonishing 0.06 seconds (*3).
In addition, the X20 equipped with EXR Processor II has a startup time of only about 0.5 seconds, a shutter lag of about 0.01 seconds, and a shooting interval of about 0.5 seconds.
(1) Clear and bright advanced optical viewfinder displays shooting data information in real time.
The X20's compact body is equipped with a bright and clear optical viewfinder with a horizontal viewing angle of 20 degrees and a field of view of 85%.
The viewfinder and optical zoom are synchronized and equipped with an eye sensor, which greatly improves control convenience.
The X20 optical viewfinder is also equipped with a newly developed Digital Trans Panel (electronic transparent LCD screen) with a thickness of less than 1mm, which can display shutter speed, aperture value, ISO sensitivity, focus area and other shooting information.
For users, the convenience is greatly improved. While operating the buttons on the body, the eyes can not leave the optical viewfinder to observe the subject.
The Digital Trans Panel (electronic transparent LCD screen) can automatically switch the color of the information displayed in the shooting frame according to the scene and shooting conditions.
Under normal circumstances, it is displayed in black. In dark scenes, the shooting information is displayed in green to improve the display effect.
When errors such as shooting parameter settings occur, the information is displayed in red to remind the user to make shooting corrections.
(2) High image quality, clear edge images, and low noise. The X20 is equipped with a newly developed 12-megapixel, 2/3-inch X-Trans CMOS II sensor.
This sensor is equipped with Fujifilm's unique CMOS dedicated color filter, which has the characteristics of a natural and random distribution of the color matrix. Therefore, the optical low-pass filter (OLPF) is eliminated, thereby significantly improving the resolution of the captured image, even at the edges of the screen.
Generally, sensors are equipped with an optical low-pass filter (OLPF) to avoid false colors or moiré, but this also greatly sacrifices image quality.
The X20 uses lens adjustment and optimization technology to reduce the impact of light diffraction on image quality at small apertures.
Even at the F8 aperture, the X20 can still ensure the sharpness and detailed texture of the picture, maximizing the potential of the lens.
Combining the excellent high-sensitivity image signal processing capabilities of the sensor and processor, the X20 reduces noise by 30% compared to the previous generation.
Even in dim situations (such as indoors or night scenes), with high sensitivity (high ISO) settings, the X20 can still take clean, clear and low-noise photos.
(3) High-speed control, AF (auto focus) speed can reach 0.06 seconds. The newly developed X-Trans CMOS II sensor has built-in phase difference focusing pixels, and the AF speed can reach an astonishing 0.06 seconds.
In addition, the back-illuminated structure of the sensor means that the phase difference focusing pixels can collect light more effectively, and at large apertures, light from various angles can be effectively utilized, thereby accurately transmitting high-precision AF information.
Intelligent hybrid AF automatically switches between contrast AF and phase difference AF, which further ensures the speed and accuracy of AF.
Focus Peaking highlights high-contrast areas of your subject.
In situations where it is difficult to judge whether the focus is normal, focus peaking provides an effective guidance method.
Users can easily perform manual focus operations through focus peaking on the LCD screen.
EXR Processor II is twice as powerful as its predecessor.