Both Fujifilm XF1 and Canon S100 have 12.0 MP resolution sensors but Fujifilm XF1's sensor is 2/3-inch (8.8 x 6.6 mm ) and Canon S100's sensor is 1/1.7-inch (7.44 x 5.58 mm ).
Since Fujifilm XF1's has a larger sensor area with the same resolution, this means that it also has a larger pixel area hence better light collecting capacity for a given aperture compared to Canon S100.
Below you can see the XF1 and S100 sensor size comparison.
As seen above, Fujifilm XF1 has a 1.4x Larger sensor area than Canon S100. Larger sensors give photographer more control on the depth of field and blurry background compared to smaller sensor when shot in same focal length and aperture.
DxOMark Sensor Scores
DxOMark is a benchmark that scientifically assesses image quality of camera sensors. It scores camera sensors for color depth (DXO Portrait), dynamic range (DXO Landscape) and low-light sensitivity (DXO Sports), and also gives them an overall score. Fujifilm XF1 and Canon S100 sensors have been tested by DxO and the results show that S100 has a better overall score of 50, 1 points higher compared to XF1's score of 49.
Model |
Overall |
Color Depth |
Dynamic Range |
Low-light ISO |
Fujifilm XF1 |
49 |
20.5 bits |
11.2 Evs |
199 ISO |
Canon S100 |
50 |
20.7 bits |
11.6 Evs |
153 ISO |