The most wanted X-E2 combination, the black body, is in stock again at BHphoto, and only at BHphoto at the moment. You can get it here. In fact, BH has all combinations available now.
And don’t forget the crazy X-deals here at AmazonUS, at BHphoto here and at Adorama here (you can save up to $1,400 on the lenses bundled also with the brand new X-E2 body!).
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Reviews
– The full admiringlight review is online here: “Overall image quality with the X-E2 is on a very high level. The low noise, great color and excellent dynamic range are combined with a sort of ‘it’ factor with the images, which have a depth that is unusually rich for an APS-C sensor. […] Fuji’s JPEGs are good enough that I don’t feel particularly limited if I choose to shoot JPEG. […] The Fujifilm X-E2 really has nothing aside from a lackluster video mode that holds it back in the mirrorless space. If you’re a stills shooter like me, that’s a pretty minor point. The Fujifilm X-E2 is a pleasure to shoot. It is a responsive body with wonderful, focused controls, and the resulting images are outstanding. Highly recommended.”
– FR-reader Vibranze took some shots with the X-E2 and the [shoplink 12946 ebay]Samyang fisheye lens[/shoplink]. See his Flickr here.
– Bert’s thoughts on the X-E2 at confessionsxl here: “The electronic viewfinders on most of the most recent cameras (including the X-E2) have come to the point were those technological limitations aren’t much of a problem anymore, if at all. They also offer the what-you-see-is-what-you-get advantage before you even have to push the shutter. I also noticed that the X-E2 can see in the dark. In very dark situations you can still see what’s happening in the viewfinder, that’s something even the clearest optical viewfinder of a DSLR can’t do. I’m pretty confident that in a couple of years optical viewfinders will be a thing of the past or nothing more than a nostalgia feature.” And also here the question is: upgrade or not?
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7 Responses
After a year of struggling with the autofocus on the XE-1 in low light, fast movement conditions, I took the XE-2 out with the new XF 23 mm lens to an evening dance event. Normally I leave the event unsure if I’ve been able to get 1 of 2 decent shots, and then maybe find another 2 or 3 that I can rescue from RAW. But last Friday I came home and found every shot crisp, except at the lowest and most confusing light situations ( the laser dance light iin a completely dark room is the enemy of any photographer), I sat at my computer ecstatic with all of the beautiful shots. . The next day I printed a 16 x 20 poster of one of the shots, and people were amazed by it’s pro appearance. The XE-2 may not be a huge advance to those shooting stationary objects, but for me, it’s restored my love of the camera.
Good to hear ebo. Do you think the face tracking made the difference?
But what about the smeary look ? I returned my X-E2 because the way fuji handles the noise…they smear pixels…especially leaves and skin…and in a couple instances teeth .I tried to turn noise reduction off…but it seems that you cannopt totally turn it off…the images just have an overall soft look…any suggestions
Shoot RAW
Shoot jpeg+raw. But the Iridient Developer works wonders on the raw files. Much better than LR5, and Aperture which I use for my Nikon stuff.
IloveSven,
Thanks for pointing out the smearing look.
I took a picture of my wife and examined the jpegs ( -2 Noise reduction) with RAW image processed through Irident. As you suggested, there was a huge difference in detail. Paradoxically, she would probably prefer the smeared image as it really does hide most of defects.
As a result I am going to start using Irident or silkypix.
Fujimoto, I am too new to be able to determine if it was just the enhanced PDAF, or specifically the face tracking. Somehow it is not failing to lock on.
IloveSven, I was aware that the skin looked very smooth, and I could be convinced that it is overly smoothed but will keep looking. Hopefully it’s an issue that could be corrected by an update.