Fuji X-E2

[Richard D]

Some sample shots I took yesterday. I was waffling between upgrading to a D800 or this. I love the idea of not lugging 10+ pounds of camera and glass around my neck and the small point and shoot look of the camera. What do you all think of the quality?

Conditions, very overcast.

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[alfredo]

1. I've heard good things about it. I like Fuji colors.

I think if I ever changed from Olympus, I'd go Fuji or maybe that Ricoh GR.

[GoneOffShore]

2. Are you going to be keeping the DSLR?

Each one is a tool for a different job.

[Richard D]

4. Yes.

Keeping it, but going to use the Fuji for travel stuff. Might lug the D300 along just in case.

[alfredo]

3. Follow this link for images from the X-E2

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=fuji+x-e2

[ohheckyeah]

5. Looking at these photos and the ones

at the link that Alfredo posted, to be honest the colors seem a bit subdued in most of them. Maybe it's just me.

[flamin lib]

7. Yeah but color is so subjective and post processing can make it look anyway you like. nt

[ohheckyeah]

8. True, but it still looks muted to me in all of the photos.

Just my opinion.

[Richard D]

9. That may be an issue.

The ones I took were done on a very overcast and gray day. Tomorrow should be sunny and will check then. I also am just getting ready to crack open the manual and may be able to upregulate the colors.

[ohheckyeah]

10. I don't think the photos are bad or anything,

just that the colors lacked some punch. There very well may be a setting to control that. Good luck!

I'm still learning the settings on my new camera.

[flamin lib]

6. Mirror less is the way to go. Smaller, lighter and no image quality difference.

Plus w/o the mirror lag it's faster. The best camera is the one you take with you. Like the eye level viewfinder, it makes long lens photography possible. Small is good, it goes with you.

[Richard D]

11. I'm getting that

Actually carried my camera with me everywhere today. Something I never did with the D300

[Solly Mack]

12. I like the shots.

Don't know about which you should always (or mostly) use.

Sorry!

[sir pball]

13. The X series is an excellent system, the Nikon is better, and it's sort of apples/oranges.

From what I've gathered from my constant reading of Serious Photo Sites (Luminous Landscape, DxO, DPReview et al.), the D800e is still the undisputed king of the "accessible" market. Nothing short of a Hasselblad or Mamiya with a digital back really beats it, and then you're talking new-car money.

It's ultimately, IMO, not really a viable comparison - the cameras are aimed at vastly different target markets with different specifications and particularly costs...a versatile Fuji kit (body, 18-55, 55-200, flash) would be around $2k. $3k with the 10-24 lens if you like super-wide-angle landscape shots. The 800e (deliberately picking that over the 800, by all accounts ditching the AA filter makes a difference with a sensor that pixel-dense) isn't even close - you're talking $3300 for the body alone and have you priced high-end Nikkor lenses lately?

Personally, if I had the money to even consider an 800 with glass, I'd probably get an X-E1 kit for $800 and blow the rest on the Nikon.

[Richard D]

14. A couple more