Maximum aperture is too slow, Images are soft in the corners, Image quality is below average
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The Fujifilm Finepix XP170 is the top dog in Fuji's "Extreme Sports" lineup (the almost identical XP150 is also still available). Many camera users call this class of imaging devices "underwater cameras" or "all-weather cameras", but cameras in this...
The Fujifilm XP170 succeeds in its tough and waterproof tasks, but lacks the core camera abilities. It works fine enough, but the overall picture quality is poor, as is the rear LCD. This would be forgivable if it was a budget model, much like its...
If we were to base the review of the XP170 on image quality alone it wouldn't score particularly well. Detail in images isn't great even at the lowest of ISO settings, but if you aren't going to be using the images for large prints but for sharing on...
With camera manufacturers tending to lean toward releasing models that offer something more than your standard point-n-shoot cameras, the market has really seen growth in a few different categories. Mirrorless digital interchangeable lens cameras (aka...
Absolutely not. Weve come to expect good products from Fuji, its somewhat baffling that the XP170 is, without question, the worst rugged camera weve reviewed this year. Its cheaper than the others, but it just makes too many sacrifices to get there....
The FinePix XP170 is an up-to-date version of the FinePix XP20 that is really becoming an evolving process and this time it comes quick since the FinePix XP100 and FinePix XP150 showed up just last January. The newest addition is a welcome one, more so...
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