Build quality: Quite good. The shell of the camera is hard plastic, feels quite solid though. The buttons and the wheel at the back of the camera are abit finicky, maybe it’s because I have fat fingers, but often I hit the wrong button.

Image quality: Astounding. ISO 3200 images are very clean. Images are pin-sharp, even at F2.0

Lens: Auto-focus is reasonable, a tad-slower than the GF-1 have a tried before, but could be my imagination. The aperture ring clicks nicely and firmly, but for stubby fingers like mine, it’s a bit hard to tweak because it sits really close to the camera body. In manual focus, the focus ring takes quite a lot of revolutions to get from infinity to macro, the movement itself could have more dampening in my opinion, but overall, it’s smooth.

Video mode: Tough to access to the mode and the camera is too small to operate as a movie camera. I don’t think Fuji wanted you to use this as a video camera.

Operation: Knobs on the top panel of the camera turn with a reassuring click. The camera comes in several colour profile modes to choose from, emulating Fuji’s notable film stocks, namely the Provia, Velvia and Astia. The useful ND filter is also a bit hidden in the menu, but there is a Function button that can be assigned to any of the menu items. Overall, the menu and controls sure could be a little better-designed, but that’s just nitpicking.

Size: Slightly smaller than the M6. Lighter too. Fits nicely in the hand.

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