You can find our first impressions of the Nikon Coolpix A here. Thanks to its very sturdy body, its unobtrusiveness, its excellent image quality, and its well-sorted control layout, it may just fit the bill for many street photographers and enthusiasts. On the upside, it features a manual focusing ring around the lens and a customizable adjustment dial, which can be used for example to control the shutter speed or set the aperture. The Coolpix A’s control layout is less rangefinder-like also, resembling that of a typical point-and-shoot or Nikon’s entry-level DSLRs with its large mode dial on top and some direct-access buttons flanking the rear display. The Coolpix A user can decide to frame his pictures via the 921k-pixel 3″ rear display, or via an accessory viewfinder that can be mounted to the flash hot shoe. Also unlike the X100s, the Coolpix A does not sport an integrated viewfinder. Unlike the X100s, though, the Coolpix A’s lens comes with a focal length of 28mm-equivalent, which is considerably wider. Just like the Fujifilm X100s, the Nikon Coolpix A packs a large APS-C sensor and a fixed-focal-length lens into a compact body. – Hybrid optical/electronic viewfinder Nikon Coolpix A – Rangefinder-style design with full manual controls It can be purchased from B&H Photo for US-$ 1,299. You can find our review of the Fujifilm X100s here. And just as rangefinder cameras back in the day, the X100s’s shutter is virtually silent, making it the perfect tool for unobtrusive street and journalistic style photography. What makes the X100s so great is its mix of excellent image quality, a bright and versatile 35mm f2 (equivalent) lens and the great control layout with a manual aperture ring, manual focus ring and manual shutter speed dial. The X100s builds upon the X100’s winner concept, and ups the ante by radically improving the autofocus and exchanging the regular CMOS sensor by Fuji’s own X-Trans sensor which they had previously packed in their X-Pro 1. It was a great success, with both amateurs and professionals. The biggest selling point of the X100 though was its hybrid viewfinder, that could switch between optical view with a translucent LCD overlay, and electronic view with a more exact preview. What made it so great was the fact that it packed an excellent 35mm-equivalent f2 lens and a large APS-C sensor (the size you typically get in a DSLR) into a body that resembles a classic fixed-lens rangefinder camera–not only by its looks, but also by its control layout. – Bright and versatile 29-105mm f1.8 lensĪt photokina 2012, Fujifilm surprised the world by presenting an entirely unexpected camera: the X100. It can be purchased from B&H Photo for US-$ 648. You can find our review of the Sony RX100 here. Add to all that an integrated HDR mode, Full HD video, good manual controls, a large and bright screen and good battery life, and you have a compact camera that even the most demanding of users will be happy to use on a daily basis. Both in terms of detail rendition and high ISO, where it fared almost as well if not better than some entry-level DSLRs. This does not only in theory mean excellent image quality–in fact, in our review we found that for a compact, the RX100’s image quality is exceptional. In addition to the large sensor, the RX100 also features an exceptionally bright lens, starting at f1.8, and a versatile focal length range of 29-105mm. Even though it packs 20 megapixels, the size of each pixel is still larger than that of your average point-and-shoot. In comparison to other compact cameras, the RX100’s 1″ sensor can be considered enormous. Let’s start with the camera that has the smallest sensor–though small in this case is relative. In order to make things easier for you, here are five fixed-lens compacts that The Phoblographer recommends. Due to the success and popularity of this camera type, there is now a significant number of models on the market, which can make it difficult to decide which one to get. Often equipped with lenses between 28 and 35mm, these cameras lend themselves to street photography and journalistic styles. Why? Because it promises excellent image quality in a small and light package. The fixed-lens compact camera with a larger-than-average sensor is the prothusiast’s most valued companion.
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