Unwrapped And On Show

Here's the Fuji X-20 that I showed you yesterday - it has officially entered the shop stock so we get to see under the plastic wrappings. I've highlighted the visible changes between it and the X-10 that I am using to take the pictures.

Well, there's the name plate - shifted from to top of the housing to the front. Pure cosmetics - like new tail fins on a DeSoto.

Then there's the two little windows near the viewfinder - they are light detectors that enable the camera to know when your face approaches it - they switch off the LCD screen so that you can concentrate on the viewfinder image.

The RAW button position on the X-10 is replaced by a 'Q' button - this should give quick access to menu settings so that you can alter them instantly - the connection is through the 4-way wheel.

The AF button on the X-10 is replaced by a quick access to multiple exposures for bracketing.

Of course there has been a sensor change inside as swell, but I'll have to wait a little to do a shoot-out with the X-10 to tell you more about that.

Suffice it to say, the camera feels the same and I think it will be delightful to operate. But I am biased...

Under Wraps - But In The Shop

Quite possibly the worst advertising image I have ever presented, with the possible exception of the catalogue we did for the fertilizer company " Poo's R Us "...

The new Fuji X-20 is in the shop, but as two of the three examples that have arrived are spoken for, I did not dare open the sealed plastic packet. Perhaps tomorrow I can pull the wraps off the remaining unit and see what it looks like inside there. It is sort of like seeing a motor car swathed in canvas sheets.

Suffice it to say, that apart from the new and improved sensor and a few menu tweaks, it will be pretty much like the X-10 that I used to take the picture -that is to say pretty awesome. In my year and a half owning the Fuji X-10 I have been delighted with it and would not hesitate to get the X-20 if I were buying again.

I wonder if the Fuji people have fitted the new model with tail fins...