Fuji X100s
At last year's show Fujifilm walked away with this award thanks to its
X-Pro1 compact interchangeable lens camera. Fuji wins again in 2013—this
time with the X100s. On the exterior the camera isn't that much
different from the X100, which was first shown at a trade show in 2010
and hit the market in 2011—but the internal components have been very
much improved. It now features an X-Trans CMOS sensor, a design unique
to Fuji that uses a six-by-six color filter array rather than the
traditional Bayer four-by-four array, omits a low-pass filter for
sharper images, and delivers improved autofocus.The X100s features a retro black leatherette and chrome design—from a distance it doesn't look that much different from a Leica M2—and has a hybrid optical/electronic viewfinder. The resolution of the EVF portion of the finder has been greatly improved from the previous version of the camera. Its lens is a fixed 23mm f/2, which delivers a field of view comparable to a 35mm lens in terms of full-frame photography. The X100s is priced at $1,299.95 and will be available in March. –Jim Fisher
Runner-Up: Pentax Mx-1
BEST CAMERAS CES 2013
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