Fujifilm X-T20

The Fujifilm X-T20 is 1 of our favorite cameras at the moment. And with the X-T20, Fujifilm has managed to distil many of these key features into a slightly more compact.

An affordable camera that’s likely to hit the sweet spot for many photographers.

ADVANTAGE

  • Rich and detailed images
  • Tactile controls
  • Excellent handling
  • Advanced AF system
  • Film simulation modes

DISADVANTAGE

  • Limited touchscreen control
  • EVF magnification
  • Battery life could be better

Fujifilm X-T20 review

  • Fair as when it followed up the X-T1 with the X-T10. Fujifilm has taken a lot of the good stuff from the X-T2 and packaged it in a lighter, more affordable body to give us the X-T20.
  • Somewhat than leaving a 16-month gap between launching the two cameras, it did with the X-T1 and X-T10, though.
  • The Fujifilm has hardly missed a beat, announcing the X-T20 just over four months after the X-T2.
  • Thus should X-T2 owners now be kicking themselves over their purchase, or are there enough differences to separate the two?
  • Fujifilm X-T20 (Black) at Amazon for ₹53,219

Features

  • APS-C X-Trans CMOS III sensor, 24.3MP
  • Touchscreen control
  • High-resolution electronic viewfinder

Fair as we’ve seen with the X-Pro2 and X-T2, the X-T20 incorporates Fujifilm’s latest 24.3MP X-Trans CMOS III APS-C sensor:

  • The issue delivers a significant boost in resolution from the X-T10’s 16.3MP sensor and transports the original camera in line with pretty much the greatest of its competitors.
  • The ISO range gets a boost with a native sensitivity range of ISO200-12,800, compared to ISO200-6,400 on the X-T10.
  • And also, while the long-drawn-out range stretches to the same sensitivity bounds of ISO100-51,200. There’s around welcome news here, too – unlike on the X-T10.
  • However, the expanded range was restricted to JPEG-only files, and the X-T20 allows you to shoot raws and JPEGs at this extended range.
  • Here X-T20 sticks with the same 2.36 million-dot OLED electronic viewfinder as we saw on the X-T10, interestingly, while the resolution matches the EVF used in the X-T2.
  • Here magnification isn’t quite as imposing, at 0.62x compared to 0.77x, and not fairly a competition for the Lumix G80/G85’s 0.74x elaboration.

Build and handling

  • Magnesium top and bottom plates
  • No weather-sealing
  • Weighs 383g

Fair as we’ve seen with the X-Pro2 and X-T2. Fujifilm has chosen to tinker with and refine an existing design for the X-T20. Rather than go back to the drawing board and come up with a completely new one:

  • As such, the X-T20 takes on the slightly hunched, DSLR-style design of the X-T10. He was looking like an X-T2 that’s been told to lay off the chocolate biscuits.
  • While there’s no weather-sealing present, as on the X-T2, the X-T20 sports magnesium top and bottom plates.
  • Which lengthways, with a comfy (if modest) grip and the tactile covering used, style the X-T20 feel similar a very solid and quality piece of kit – it surely doesn’t feel like a cheap version of the X-T2.

Autofocus

  • 325-point AF
  • Eye-detection AF
  • 5 AF-C presets

You might be forgiven for thinking that Fujifilm would give the X-T20 a stripped-down AF system compared to its flagship siblings:

  • Nonetheless, that’s not the case at all, with the X-T20 featuring the same advanced system as the X-T2.
  • The Fujifilm has made some big strides with its autofocus systems over the past year, so the autofocus system’s upgrade here over the one employed on the X-T10 is a welcome change.
  • Here hybrid AF system employs both phase-detection and contrast-detection points, with up to 169 phase-detect points decided in a large square formation (13 x 13) in the centre.
  • Complemented by two grids of 6 x 13 contrast-detect points also side to deliver a total of 325 concentrating points across a large area of the frame – that’s up from the X-T10’s total of 49 points.

Performance

  • 8fps burst shooting
  • 350-shot battery life
  • Sound metering system

Here X-T20 uses Fujifilm’s proven TTL 256-zone metering system, which performs admirably, even when directed at high-contrast scenes:

  • Now it can tend to underexpose the shot, but we’d luckily take this to avoid blown highlights and recover part in the shadows later.
  • The uncertainty you’re going to be shooting many portraits, the metering is pitched to provide a bias to overexposing the shot for a more gratifying high-key result.
  • The problem easy to fine-tune the exposure, though – as we’ve mentioned, set the exposure compensation to ‘C’, and it’s quick to adjust.
  • Besides, the joy of mirrorless is that the EVF will display the exposure in real-time. Thus you won’t get any nasty surprises when reviewing your images.

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