The X-S1 boasts a 24-624mm focal range, full 1080p movies with stereo sound, 3 inch tilting LCD screen, a high resolution electronic viewfinder, 7fps burst shooting, full manual controls and a 12 megapixel 2/3-inch sensor with JPEG and RAW formats.

The sixteen megapixels (can you believe a camera in this price range has 16mp)?

Like I mentioned, image quality just has too many flaws considering its sensor size and price.

Once you get a couple of priority mode settings down and reduce the photos to a smaller size in-camera at around 7 megapixels, then images improve a good deal; of course, this means in order to get the best from this camera, you're sacrificing pixels - and you're paying essentially for a 7 megapixel camera instead of a 16 megapixel camera.

If you are interested in the shorter focal lengths, especially wide angle, you may like the camera.

When it arrived, I was surprised that the camera body was a little larger than I anticipated and the lens was very long, very large.

Sure, you could match the DSLR to a nice 70-200mm f/2.8 lens and it would smoke the X-S1, but those lenses are $1000.

The shutter speed in Aperture Priority, aperture in Shutter Priority and both in Program Mode are only displayed if the Dynamic Range is not set to Auto.

With the new X-S1, Fujifilm have produced the ultimate super-zoom bridge compact camera, with a long list of desirable features, intuitive user interface and excellent image quality.

It's easy to figure out how to use it and has good quality and has a good zoom to it.

7ps at full resolution is faster than most compact cameras and indeed most comparable DSLRs too.

Although it won't satisfy the person looking for a teeny, tiny camera, in every other way this is without any hesitation an excellent purchase.