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Played with a Fuji XE-2 at the Store


10 years 2 months ago #348891 by Shadowfixer1
I went in to play with several mirrorless cameras yesterday. The Fuji XT-1 was awesome. I played with Panasonic, Olympus, Sony and the Fujis. Here is a shot I made with the XE-2 at ISO 6400. I did a B/W conversion to see how it would look. It's not bad for a crop sensor at this ISO. Just thought I would share for all those interested in mirrorless.

 
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10 years 2 months ago #348911 by Vahrenkamp
I have been looking at getting a mirrorless camera myself, are you saying the Fuji won your vote with all them?
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10 years 2 months ago - 10 years 2 months ago #348923 by Shadowfixer1
I personally like the Fuji's. I used to have a Fuji S2-Pro. You can't beat the color out of a Fuji camera. I would buy the ne XT-1 in a heartbeat if I had the cash. It felt and looked that good. The Olympus felt good in the hand, but I don't really want to go 4/3rds. I would consider the Sony products. The new A6000 just announced looks like it will be good. If I had enough money, I would consider the Sony A7 or A7R. I like them a lot also, but then what's not to like about full frame. The one thing I found working with the XE-2 files was most of the tweaks I usually make to improve the images from my D200 made the XE-2 images look worse. It was almost like, don't mess with it and screw it up. Very little tweaking to get a very good image. I like the feel and build of the Fuji cameras and their lenses also. Felt like old school stuff I started with in the early 80's. I hope Canon and Nikon wake up very soon or they may go to being secondary players in the market. I may be wrong, but I think a change is happening just like when digital took over for film. Not as drastic, but a shift for anyone not shooting sports.
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10 years 2 months ago #348939 by KCook
4/3 can work, but only if you don't demand massive background blur.  The most attractive thing about 4/3 is that it is easy to play Oly against Panny for the best value.

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10 years 2 months ago #348953 by Sawyer

Shadowfixer1 wrote: I personally like the Fuji's. I used to have a Fuji S2-Pro. You can't beat the color out of a Fuji camera. I would buy the ne XT-1 in a heartbeat if I had the cash. It felt and looked that good. The Olympus felt good in the hand, but I don't really want to go 4/3rds. I would consider the Sony products. The new A6000 just announced looks like it will be good. If I had enough money, I would consider the Sony A7 or A7R. I like them a lot also, but then what's not to like about full frame. The one thing I found working with the XE-2 files was most of the tweaks I usually make to improve the images from my D200 made the XE-2 images look worse. It was almost like, don't mess with it and screw it up. Very little tweaking to get a very good image. I like the feel and build of the Fuji cameras and their lenses also. Felt like old school stuff I started with in the early 80's. I hope Canon and Nikon wake up very soon or they may go to being secondary players in the market. I may be wrong, but I think a change is happening just like when digital took over for film. Not as drastic, but a shift for anyone not shooting sports.


im im going to try one of these cameras this upcoming week!
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10 years 2 months ago #348971 by rtenny
I am also looking for a backup camera that I could fit in mt pocket. Read a lot good things about the Fujis. Thanks for your comments. Thats will make my decision a little easier.
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10 years 2 months ago #349011 by Shadowfixer1
I wouldn't consider the Fuji a backup camera unless you own top of the line gear. They outperform my D200, Not by leaps and bounds, but they do. Most people that buy them as backups, end up using them as their primary camera unless they need superb focus tracking. One more thing, they are smaller than DSLRs but I wouldn't consider them pocket cameras. They are not that small.
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10 years 2 months ago #349119 by KCook

One more thing, they are smaller than DSLRs but I wouldn't consider them pocket cameras. They are not that small.

I think that is a key point.  While my humble Oly PL2 can fit into a generous coat pocket, it is still too heavy to carry that way.  Instead I use a pouch on my belt.  Linky for size comparisons -

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10 years 2 months ago #349207 by Zeberk
Nice conversion, I was looking at either the Sony or Fuji mirrorless.  How was the autofocus on that Fuji? 
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10 years 2 months ago #349251 by Shadowfixer1
The XT-1 was very fast. Fuji said they would update the XE-2 firmware to make it match the XT-1. They both seemed pretty quick to me. The Sony A-6000 is supposed to be very fast also. 
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10 years 2 months ago - 10 years 2 months ago #349501 by Stealthy Ninja
From my personal experience (having owned an X-pro 1 and now owning a Sony A7 and having tried the X-E1). I'd say right NOW go for FUJI if you're happy with a crop camera. Sony if you want Full Frame (A7 or A7r). I'd personally NOT buy an NEX camera at the moment. I prefer FF to crop cameras, but Fuji lenses are really good and the images you get from their cameras are really nice.

That said I swapped my x-pro1 (with 35 1.4 and 14mm) for an 85mm lens, because... like I said, I prefer Full Frame.

The X-E1 has very good autofocus for what it is.
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