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Fujifilm X-E2 & XF35mm – Jpeg OOC, ISO 4000, f/1,4 – 1/125 sec – EV -0,33 – Settings: Standard – Film simulation: PRO Neg Std
Riflessifotografici will take all the time they need to publish their full X-E2 review. They will push the camera to its limits in many different conditions before they speak their final word. But in the meantime Donato already shared with us his first field test here (English version). The review includes also images (and 100% crops) taken with the XC 50-230.
A few words, some 100% crops and a lot of images that speak for themselves.
“For now we can safely say that the X-E 2, even if not in the final version … seems to respond to the expectations, with regard to the overall responsiveness and the speed / accuracy of focusing in critical situations. It seems remarkable the quality of the EVF and quite useful the bigger rear display. […] So, we’ll let the pictures speak for now… and wait before posting a more comprehensive and thorough review that, just hours and hours of work in various conditions can make significant ….”
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8 Responses
So how is AF speed? Is it fast? How fast is it? With witch lens?
AF speed seems to be fast (remember it was a sample camera) enough and also more precise than before. As you can see, there are many images shooted with 35 mm @ 1,4 in very low light conditions and focusing was really not bad….
All lenses worked in a good way, except for 60mm which is known as the slower between Fuji lenses.
Btw I don’t know the firmware number of the lenses I used.
Auto focus faster than x100s?
Remember almost all lenses need a firmware upgrade to take advantage of PDAF.
I didn’t understand this test…. is It a lens or X-trans (sensor) test?
IMHO X-E2 sensor’s IQ is the same of X-E1 sensor.
Where are the improvements? AF is like x100s?…only yet?
It is NOT a test, it’s a first impression of a pre-production camera, with a few images taken with a pre-production lens: if you read the introduction you can see that it is clearly stated that this is not a test at all!
ok, I.didn’t see any improvements between x-e1 or x-e2 jpg files, yet.
I am looking forward to see, how “new” sensor and CPU would handle scenes like foliage, bushes and etc., because current X-trans on X-E1 have some problems with rendering of such objects in landscape photography (especially if trees are far away).