FUJIFILM XF10

£449 fujifilm.co.uk

Fun to use and with an attractive retro look, Fujifilm’s XF10 is especially pocketable thanks to its tiny size (11.3 x 6.4 x 4.1cm) – although this means there’s no viewfinder, so you have to frame your shots on the touch-sensitive LCD screen. The sensor is big, a size called APS-C that measures 23.5 x 15.7mm. It delivers images that are sharp to the edges of the frame (whereas some other lenses leave the corners a little soft). Note that there’s a fixed rather than a zoom lens: a fixed lens means you can have the most precise glass of all, whereas adding a zoom to the mix can mean a compromise in quality. Fujifilm has a series of settings designed to make digital images look like they were taken on film cameras. It’s a particularly lightweight option, too – 279g, the second-lightest on test.