Fujifilm X-E2 Camera - Silver (16.MP, CMOS II Sensor)

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The layout is the same for the most part with the manual shutter speed and exposure compensation dials, but a few buttons have been shifted around. There's not a lot to say about image quality other than it is superb, detailed, has excellent color and dynamic range through the entire ISO range in raw (200-6400). This is still a viable technique, but is perhaps no longer required as Fujifilm have cleverly made the focusing ring more sensitive to how you use it - turn it slowly and the focusing distance changes slowly, but turn it more quickly and the camera quickly moves through the distance scale. You can’t set it up the DSLR-way, you can’t use the EVF to compose and shoot, and the LCD for menus and image review only.

Adobe has many of the popular presets already for you in Adobe Camera Raw, but I prefer to use the standard Adobe color profile, the film presets are too contrasty for my taste, unless I'm being experimental. The X-E2 has image quality and lenses more like my LEICA M9 or M 240 than any DSLR, and it's smaller and lighter than any DSLR — or LEICA M. Exceptionally sharp and undistorted images, due to no anti-alias filter on the sensor and super-sharp lenses, just like LEICA. The problem is, you can set it up in what feels the most obvious, the most natural way for me, personally.The front of the X-E1 and X-E2 are exactly the same – the differences are on the top and the back of the cameras.

Keep in mind that I have switched to using an M8 and M9 rangefinder as my main camera system of late. I also passed up on the X-E1 because it doesn't have the split image manual focus aid like the X-E2. I still think more smaller prime lenses with aperture rings should be available for it, but the beauty of mirrorless are really good adapters and almost any lens can be attached to them. The X-E2 has a wonderful OLED finder, which also doubles for through-the-finder menu setting and playback.And while I'll admit, the X-E2 is a more complicated design than a Leica M, those distractions tend to fade away in the background once you focus on using it as a simple camera. In fact, the X-E2 is not a small mirrorless camera when you compare it to the Sony NEX-6 / NEX-7 series and yet it is not heavier in comparison. As I've mentioned before, Fujifilm are to be commended for their comprehensive and feature adding firmware updates. With other lenses, manual focus might not be that much of a problem, but you'll have to open and close the aperture by hand every time you want to focus or shoot or focus. Like the LEICA, the X-E2's files will need some computer tweaking for stunning results for nature and landscape shots.

Fujifilm's X-E2 at least on paper, seems be an ideal and affordable option for just this task (if you don't mind the 1. Plus, I’ve never had Auto ISO before and that has really thrown a wrench into my understanding of metering a scene.The Quick Menu is a nice way to quickly make changes to the camera settings like ISO and White Balance, however, I really wish Fuji allowed customizing this screen. But when you see and use this camera, and place it among its contemporaries from Fuji, it does seem as though we are heading in the right direction. The X-E2 lets Auto Dynamic Range vary from 100% to 400%, while the X100T only goes from 100% to 200% in Auto DR. The Fujifilm X-E2 is a digital rangefinder-style mirrorless camera announced by Fujifilm on October 18, 2013. It springs up instantly when you press the Bolt button, and snaps back down when you press it back into the camera.

No worries, the proper way to use the manual focus mode is to tap the AFL button to spot-focus as needed; not to use the focus ring.And that is exactly what I am doing right now, bringing it to my eye as my subjects still don’t seem to have noticed me noticing them. The X-E2 can use LEICA and other brands of lenses cave-manually with a Lens Adapter, but I wouldn't use anything other than Fuji's XF lenses on my X-E2. The default behavior for the view mode is “Eye Sensor”, which by default shows everything on the LCD and switches to the EVF when the sensor is activated. second, 7fps burst shooting, a built-in flash, wi-fi connectivity, in-camera raw conversion, a range of film simulation modes, multiple exposure and panoramic shooting modes, Digital Split Image and Focus Peaking for easier manual focusing, and Full HD video recording capabilities at up to 60fps.