Author: Gavin Stoker

Classic in its appearance, Fujifilm’s X-E2 features a DSLR-sized APS-C sensor with a 16.3 megapixel effective resolution at its heart. However, the X-E2 is a more of a camera geared towards semi-professionals compared to the consumer-level X-A1, and comes with a $1399 price tag when bought in a kit with a standard 18 to 55mm lens (body only is $1000).

Some photographers might say that the X-E2 looks like a Leica camera, with its rangefinder-like dials on the top plate that govern shutter speed and exposure. Despite the traditional design, the X-E2 does give the nod to modernity by including wireless image transfer and a video mode capable of capturing full HD footage at a swift 60 fps frame rate.

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Not a million miles away from the chunky look and feel of Sony’s Cyber-shot DSC-RX10, one of the best bridge cameras in recent memory, the Cyber-shot DSC-H400 could be viewed as the budget version at an affordable $300.

Like the DSC-RX10, the DSC-H400 has a DSLR-like design complete with huge handgrip. The DSC-H400 has a whopper of a lens at the front—an almost ludicrous 63X optical zoom—allied to a 20.1 megapixel top resolution that seems pretty much standard across the Sony range these days.

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Sony’s smallest and lightest interchangeable lens camera to date, the Alpha A5000 is worth flagging amongst rivals for featuring a physically large APS-C sensor that is well-endowed with 20 million pixels. That at least suggests image quality practically on a par with a DSLR camera.

Sony bundles the A5000 with an ultra-compact 16 to 50mm lens that’s operated by a switch rather than a twist of the wrist. The lens retracts into its housing when not in use to allow for a slim possible profile with attached lens in transit.

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