Nearly.... just missing Image Stabilisation....... the OM-1 has it and the actual best .........So let`s hope they got this one right from the go.
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Nearly.... just missing Image Stabilisation....... the OM-1 has it and the actual best .........So let`s hope they got this one right from the go.
Anything over the X-E2 is saying something guys, given it is already such a fantastic body. But I do agree, the edge for purchase decision to me are considering that huge wonderful sounding viewfinder, tilt screen is nice, so is weather sealing, and the higher frame rate. The ISO dial doesn't bother me, that I will set to auto most of the time and forget it. IBIS would be nice, but remember there are stabilized lenses, and GOOD ones, coming from Fuji in a couple of months that will fill that bill for me. For the rest, that is why Adobe makes warp stabilizer….For me, three pluses over the XE-2 and one negative and one still missing:
Better view finder
Tilt screen
Weather sealing
Missing IBIS (I know, I know, but one can wish as I shoot old manual lenses a lot)
Negative is the silly lock on the ISO dial. Sigh. Retro for no reason. Frankly, the one retro control I could do without is the ISO dial. But to make it locking and not easily changeable with the camera to your eye is just plain silly. ISO needs to be just as easily settable as aperture and shutter speed.
Definitely and interesting camera... Personally, I'd have to choose to switch form m4/3. Same sensor as the XE-2 which I played with for a week is a big plus. The tilt screen is a huge add IMO. The view finder on the XE-2 was sweet, so this one must be crazy good .
Doug
Unless it takes both hands and an assistant to change ISO, it should be faster and easier to change by grasping the dial between thumb and middle finger while pressing the lock button with the tip of the index finger. Should also be easier to do without even taking your eye from the finder. I have my X-E1 set up to use the top FN button for ISO, which then brings up the menu and requires using the up/down buttons to change.Negative is the silly lock on the ISO dial. Sigh. Retro for no reason. Frankly, the one retro control I could do without is the ISO dial. But to make it locking and not easily changeable with the camera to your eye is just plain silly. ISO needs to be just as easily settable as aperture and shutter speed.
Peter, sometimes I get the feeling that Fujifilm create what they do from a love of photography more than a love of customers. If that is true, it's indeed a unique concept coming from a $23 billion corporation. I started digital photography with the S3 and S5, and they are indeed quirky, little beasts that could never decide if they were 6 or 12 MP. If you ask the people at Fuji, I'm sure they'll tell you that the difference between 16 and 20, or even 24, megapixels, is very small when converted to print size. Making these sensors only for their own cameras, they also have to rationalise, only launching a new sensor when there's real progress. The S3/5 sensor lived for many years.I quite like the design and shape of the new XT1. Also the EVF seems to be a good improvement towards coming closer to an original EVF.
What I am a bit disappointed is the still 16MP. I know and I hear all the arguments for this. But hey, in the smaller m43 EM1 we can get 16MP at great quality, so something like 20 or 24MP would just have been possible for sure in the XTRANS sensor. I think Fuji strategy is to see this one for the XPro2.
Jorgen,Peter, sometimes I get the feeling that Fujifilm create what they do from a love of photography more than a love of customers. If that is true, it's indeed a unique concept coming from a $23 billion corporation. I started digital photography with the S3 and S5, and they are indeed quirky, little beasts that could never decide if they were 6 or 12 MP. If you ask the people at Fuji, I'm sure they'll tell you that the difference between 16 and 20, or even 24, megapixels, is very small when converted to print size. Making these sensors only for their own cameras, they also have to rationalise, only launching a new sensor when there's real progress. The S3/5 sensor lived for many years.
We're talking about a camera manufacturer that is still thriving with film, cameras as well as the stuff you put in them, that recently launched a new instant film camera and sells it by the millions and that is known to move towards the current in most ways. The files from the Fuji cameras are among the best, most beautiful and most workable files from any camera, the Nikon D4/Df included. They have many good reasons to move slowly, the love of photography probably being the most important.
That says it all, doesn't it?... While this is great for most people, ...
Fuji with a lack of AA filter can indeed make large detailed prints already. Going 24MP sacrificing DR (see K-3 vs K-5ii, though still a lot) I wouldn't say it's a good idea. Imho.+2 on 16MP. Its time to bring a 24mp sensor into the X-series. I don't want to carry lots of different systems to have a range of capabilities, its time, IMO, for Fuji to bring in a higher resolution model - they're stuck at 16MP. While this is great for most people, it does mean they are excluding those who want to make very large finely detailed prints. Fuji has the lenses....
For those where 16MP is fine, this looks like a lovely camera. A real competitor to the Olympus.
Yes and no, I think. They have the following models at 16MP:That says it all, doesn't it?