Your image alone is not very relevant. In macro, a small sensor will still gives you a tremendous depth of field (a lot of stuff will still be in focus). On the other side, the large sensor of the X100, used furthermore at full aperture f/2.0 will surely gives you a very narrow depth of field (very few things will be in focus, except the things at the focussed distance, and a little bit before and behind). Can you provide more shots, maybe taken focussed at infinity, an urban landscape with lots of details for example. It could be useful to compare different apertures.

I don't know what is your skill level, but the blur at the right of the image doesn't look like not fitting the image and aperture.

Also, is this constant through all your images? Are the blurry areas always situated at the same place? Do they affect the entire view, or only part of it?

I'm just asking the following question trying to help you debug the problem if any, so don't be shoked by them. Do you know the effect of different apertures? Do you know what is depth of field? Do you know the impact of the size of the sensor on image characteristics? Have you some optics notions? Please do answer without fear to be blamed, and if you know all this, be sure I don't try to be mockous or whatever. If you do not know all these stuff, that's maybe the cause of you misunderstanding, and am willing to help you understand what to do to achieve the shots you want.

All the very best,

I initially had the same finding as you with my S90.

I do have the same solution as finneync about 'stopping up' to f4 and not getting too close to the subject. The X100 has a rather different kind of macro than the S90 series. If I needed product shots with maximum details, I just use the S90. With shots intended for more artistic rendering, I use the X100 with the above tips in mind.

HTH.

Another thing you may want to consider is the lack of image stabilization on the X100 as opposed to the S95. I initially had the same problem as you, coming from the EPL1. I had to rethink holding and shooting as I had become a bit lazy, relying on the IS to make sure everything was sharp.

finneync said:

its because you are shooting wide open with the x100. It is sharpest around f4 - f5.6. The x100 is soft at f2 and gets crisper if you stop up.

I'm learning as well.... guess you meant stop down right?

Oh, yeah, something important: When I set the camera on f5.6 or f.4 with auto speed and auto iso, the camera could not find a proper exposure. Doesn't that sound like a sticky shutter?

johnVT, the photos you posted look like they were shot on wide open apertures, especially evident on the apple shot.

Can you visually verify in the lens if the aperture is indeed stopping to f16 when you half-press the shutter? Sounds like a case of SAB to me.