The Fujifilm X-S10 is a small, light weight and very capable mirrorless camera featuring an X-Trans APSC sensor. The X-S10 focuses on simplicity and ergonomics making it an extremely user friendly camera. Most noticeably, it has a convenient top dial to switch between Fujifilm’s in-built film emulations. This gives emphasis to the camera having the ability to be used not only as a professional camera but also as a daily camera. You can conveniently take and process your photos in camera, having them ready to post without ever needing to go through a computer for the editing process. I personally enjoyed using the film emulation Astia for my photoshoot as it’s silky, soft colours and great skin tone rendition are perfect for portraits.
During my photoshoot with the X-S10, I found the autofocus and face and eye detection to be reliable and accurate even with several distracting elements that come with taking portraits on location. We were taking portraits at eye level with dried fields in the foreground, we had the wind blowing our subject’s hair in front of her face and at one point towards the end of our shoot it also started to rain lightly - but throughout the entire photoshoot I was able to focus on directing my subject and composing my photos as I was able to rely on the camera to keep my shots in focus. You can hear my in depth review of the Fujifilm X-S10 in this blog post.
For this portrait photoshoot, I was using the XF 35mm f1.4 which I have previously also used on the Fujifilm X-T4 during a golden hour portrait photoshoot session.
The X-S10 features both a mechanical and electronic shutter. The mechanical shutter works up to a shutter speed of 1/4000. It switches over to an electronic shutter to give you the shutter speed ability of up to 1/32000. During my photoshoot, I made use of the mechanical shutter for the majority of the time only switching over to the electronic shutter while taking direct harsh lit portraits at a fast aperture to be able to expose my images correctly.
The X-S10 is a fully capable camera both as a professional setup for portrait photoshoots and as a daily camera where the photographer requires access to photographic controls and high image quality and performance.
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I am also very excited I was able to create a video with the X-S10 for the official Fujifilm YouTube channel which you can watch below. I had the challenge of taking SOOC images with the X-S10 using the film emulation Astia.
If you enjoyed these photos and videos, you might be interested in my portrait photoshoot and review of the Fujifilm X100V pocket camera.
