The new Fujifilm FinePix X100 is put through a full review to find out how this camera performs in use.

Extremely quiet shutter; Very low noise at all ISO settings; Hybrid Optical / Electronic viewfinder - world's first; Excellent image quality and colour; Excellent build quality

Fixed focal length lens (35mm equivalent; Limited close-up focusing of 80cm (when using OVF; High price compared to competition

Fuji X100: Overview In the decade or so that digital cameras have been widely available, manufacturers have always looked to the design of classic cameras for inspiration. Olympus's recent PEN series harks back to the film models of the same name, while Leica's M range continues with a design long...

Wonderfully retro, but with performance that's right up there with today's best

Did anyone mention an age of austerity? Certainly not at Fuji Towers, from whence has appeared the manufacturer's most expensive and inevitably most exciting digital camera for coming up to a decade.

Superb quality quality; Exceptional image quality; Versatile yet easy to use

Very expensive; Fixed zoom lens; Slightly fiddly controls

Although production of Fujifilm's FinePix X100 was set back by the earthquake and tsunami that devastated north-eastern Japan, the factory in Sendai resumed production at the end of March and stocks were scheduled to arrive in Australia late in April.

If you have the bucks and you want the best photo quality possible, the Fujifilm FinePix X100 delivers. But definitely try before you buy to make sure the focusing systems won't make you crazy.

Thanks to great photo quality; a clever hybrid viewfinder; and a cool; retro design; there's a lot to like about the Fujifilm FinePix X100

Sluggish performance; especially for such a high-priced camera; and a frustrating navigation control make shooting with the camera a lot less fluid than it should be

The camera market has certainly shown signs of growth over the last two years or so with the launch of many new power performers. The latest in the world of cameras is the all new Fujifilm FinePix X100, which is definitely a camera but can rather be considered as an oddball.

If, a few weeks back, you happened to see a British chap d'un certain age wandering around Lamma Island, Hong Kong, with a retro-looking camera round his neck and humming This Year's Love , it was yours truly.

Not quite as flexible as a DSLR, nor as user friendly as a standard compact, the Finepix X100 is a bit of an anomaly in the digital camera market. It's lovingly designed, and its hybrid viewfinder may well prove to be a sneak-peek at the future of high-end snappers, not to mention the sheer quality...

The Fuji Finepix X100 is a uniquely intriguing camera. Its inconspicuous analog-camera look is alluring for its quantity of buttons and dials, promising efficiency while shooting. A one-of-a-kind hybrid viewfinder lets it have an EVF and an optical-tunnel viewfinder in the same place.

Superb image quality in compact size; Extremely low noise; Very good sharpness from wide-open; Flexible rendition of colors and tones; Bright lens with F/2 maximum aperture; Real aperture ring; Leaf-Shutter allows High-Speed-Sync; Built-In 3-Stop ND Filter; Plenty of external controls; Inconspicuous...

Sluggish autofocus system; Slow manual focus ring; Severe yellow cast under tungsten lighting; Live-Histogram shows metered exposure; Previews metered exposure; not actual; Clear but pointless OVF; Two dials needed per exposure parameter; No AE-L with MF; Illogical and under-used button functions,...