Fujifilm X100F vs X100S: full comparison

The X100S came out in 2013 with 16.3 MP X-Trans II and the EXR Processor II. The X100F followed in 2017 with 24.3 MP X-Trans III and the X-Processor Pro. That is a real jump in detail and in high-ISO cleanliness, and the X100F also gains Classic Chrome and ACROS, neither of which the X100S ever had. If your reason for buying an old X100 is the film simulations, the X100F has the ones people actually talk about.

The X100S has 49 AF points; the X100F has 325 and a focus joystick, which changes how quickly you can put the point where you want it. The X100F also moved ISO into the shutter speed dial, the way the original X100 did, and added a proper front command dial. Neither camera has face or eye tracking worth relying on — these are cameras you focus deliberately.

Same fixed 23 mm f/2 lens, same hybrid optical and electronic finder at 2.36M dots, same fixed rear screen, same leaf shutter that syncs flash at any speed, and 1080/60 video on both. Neither has in-body stabilization. Weight is 445g for the X100S against 469g for the X100F, and battery life actually favours the older body: 330 shots on the NP-95 against 270 on the NP-W126S.

Both launched at 1,299 USD and both are long discontinued, so this is purely a used-market call. The X100S is the cheapest entry to the X100 shape and the X-Trans II look, which plenty of people prefer and nobody can talk you out of. The X100F is the better camera by every measurable standard and the one I would tell a friend to buy — more resolution, far better AF, the film simulations you want, and a control layout that has aged well.