Fujifilm XF10 for Street Photography

Is the Fujifilm XF10 good for Street Photography?

Fujifilm XF10 Street Photography Score

GOOD

Fujifilm XF10 has a score of 64 for Street Photography which makes it a GOOD candidate for this type of photography. Fujifilm XF10 will satisfy most of your needs, but if you are looking for a camera that is even better suited to Street Photography, we recommend you to check the Alternative cameras at the bottom of this page.
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Fujifilm XF10 Street Photography Detailed Analysis

Manual Focus Mode

You can use the manual focus mode of your camera to Zone Focus which is a popular technique used in street photography.

Live-view

Live view lets you take photos without using the viewfinder which makes you less obstrusive and this works very well during street photography where you don't want to get people's attention.

Face-Detection Focusing

Face detection focusing mode is very helpful in the street scenes where you focus on a face, since you can concentrate on framing and other adjustments while the camera handles the focus for you.

Fast Lens at Wide: f2.80

Wideangle is used more common then the tele angle in street photography. A larger aperture will give you extra shutter speed without boosting the ISO in order to reduce blur in low light conditions which is a common scene in street photography.

28 mm - Good Wide Angle Coverage

Having a good wide angle coverage becomes very important in street photography.

RAW shooting capability

RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.

Large APS-C (23.5 x 15.7 mm) sensor

Large sensor in Fujifilm XF10 ensures a good low light image quality compared to smaller sensor, and it also provide shallow depth of field and a nice blurry background when needed.

No Built-in Viewfinder

In the lack of a a viewfinder, holding the camera away from the body while using live view is not very stable, especially with heavy camera bodies and lenses. Besides, LCD screens are very hard to read under bright sunlight.

No Image Stabilization

An articulated screen gives you the flexibility to shoot in non traditional positions such as waist level, which helps you to be more creative and unobtrusive in the streets.

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Fujifilm XF10 Alternatives in Large sensor compact cameras for Street Photography

Leica Q2 Compare XF10 vs Q2	47 MP \| Full frame CMOS Sensor 28 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #20 Rank in Compact Cameras: #1
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street 93 Sports Daily Landscape

Leica Q Compare XF10 vs Q Typ 116	24 MP \| Full frame CMOS Sensor 28 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #46 Rank in Compact Cameras: #3
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street 93 Sports Daily Landscape

Canon G5 X Compare XF10 vs G5 X	20 MP \| 1" BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-100 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #138 Rank in Compact Cameras: #9
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 90 Overall Score	Portrait Street 92 Sports Daily Landscape

Canon G1 X III Compare XF10 vs G1 X III	24 MP \| APS-C CMOS Sensor 24-72 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #110 Rank in Compact Cameras: #6
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street 91 Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic LX10 Compare XF10 vs LX10	20 MP \| 1" BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-72 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #248 Rank in Compact Cameras: #32
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 93 Overall Score	Portrait Street 90 Sports Daily Landscape

Leica Q2

Leica Q

Canon G5 X

Canon G1 X III

Panasonic LX10