If you’re interested in the LFW hype, and not a card carrying narcissist* (aka a blawger like me perhaps) and are in the East London area, you should check out the pop-up concept store Bourjois Boutique at Beach Blanket Babylon in conjunction with Never Fully Dressed who are showcasing and selling some of their newest summer collection as well as goody bags being given away, make overs, discount prices and T4 on the scene to do some filming on location. Fulfil all your hopes and dreams, when it’s time for Jameela Jamil to present Hollyoaks on T4, you could be fannying around in the background.
The Bourjois Boutique with NFD runs from the 16th – 20th February at Beach Blanket Babylon, Shoreditch.
As many of my followers, and readers know – I don’t have a camera because some bitch broke mine, and legged it. As a blogger and stylist, I need a bloody camera. Something more substantial than a point and shoot, but I don’t need an SLR. So I asked my friend Bay for suggestions, and he said Fujifilm X10.
The Fujifilm X10 is 12MP, comes in black with a retro body which I loved, with a viewfinder and LCD monitor. As soon as I opened it, it took me a half hour to figure out how to turn it on. Why? It doesn’t have a power button. That was pretty annoying. It turns on, by taking the cap off, and turning the lens. Additionally you can’t view the photos you’ve already taken by just pressing the Play button, but have to turn the camera on via the lens before you can. That’s pretty annoying.
Not obvious in the slightest.
Despite that foible, I immediately starting monkeying around with it. It’s got a decent heft to it, but not as much as an SLR and you would definitely notice if you dropped it. And it has a pretty decent battery life without flash, for me it lasted for about 2 days of continuous picture shooting everyday. The Fujifilm X10 also has a cute pop up flash, which does tend to kill the battery pretty quickly if you’re shooting at night or in a dark place, primarily with flash, as well as multi-shot, taking seven pictures at a time.
Oh but the settings, the wonderful settings, and the things you can do with the camera. I found that I didn’t really have to use the flash too much, as the lens is absolutely fantastic – F2.0-2.8 Fujinon Optical 4x Zoom Lens (28-112mm), extends to full telephoto and really picks up natural light. Some may say there are TOO many settings, but I like that. It’s the kind of camera where you can just use the Auto setting and be done with it, but I started shooting in Manual and monkeying around with the settings. And as a bonus you can shoot in JPEG and RAW.
The Fujifilm X10 has 360 Mode where you sweep the camera with purpose and capture a 360 image. I kept being interrupted by people whilst trying to sweep, so I got about 300 degrees. These two were taken with no flash in a very dark room.
Action shot with flash in low light.
There’s also a mode where the camera takes two shots: one with flash and one without flash, which is helpful in low light.
Auto mode, no flash, indoor lighting.
Soft focus mode, no flash, indoor lighting.
Firework mode, outside, no flash, long shutter speed.
Interior shot with low light, no flash.
Outdoor shot, low light and rain. No flash.
Interior shots, bright light, I was tweaking with the ISO here, but I can’t recall the exact settings.
Zoomed image, exterior light.
All outdoor shots on Oxford St, pity the glare was picked up from the windows. I changed up the modes to try avoid the glare on the windows, but as it was black inside, the glass reflected all the light outside.
Additionally the video recording on it is superb, recording in full HD and with a pretty decent microphone with no tinny sounds. I’m no super techie, but from what I used of the cam, I was very pleased.
It is a lot pricier than other similar models such as the Panasonic Lumix, it’s retailing at the moment from £416 about the price of a lower end DSLR, but for me, it’s so worth it, as it performs imo just as well as a DSLR and with a huge range of options and settings and more importantly is more compact. I’ve never fell in love with an electronic device, but I think this might be it.
As London Fashion Week is upcoming, and I know how you all like free stuff, Very.co.uk has teamed up to offer ONE lucky TSoS reader the chance to win a piece of their choice from the SS12 collection. You could also get your own pair of Tom Havershoes or whatever else you fancy.
Click through onto the image, and then click again on the item you like to see them all on Very.co.uk
All you have to do to enter is to subscribe via email to The Science of Style – you see that box on the side? Put your email address in, press the button, confirm your subscription and Bob’s your mother or father’s brother. The winner will be chosen at random, via random.org, notified by email, and asked for their item choice. Should their chosen item be out of stock, they will be asked to choose an alternative from the selected items.
The competition will end on Friday 16th February 2012. The prize is for ONE item of your choice and is offered from Very.co.uk.
I am Sabrina, someone who loved fashion and fell into it purely by accident. I'm an accidental stylist (truly an accident) and journalist. I also know a lot about the internet and social media. I have worked for MTV, Time Out, The Sunday Times Style and Cosmpolitan to name a few. My portfolio has nice photos. Once I had to dance up on Kevin Bacon dressed as a tiger.
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