And this idea of an ergonomic determiner seems to ignore that humans tend to adapt quite well to different positioning of hands on tools of all sorts, regardless of the size of said hands. In the days of film, some of the most modest sized rangefinders didn't lead to a parade of claims of poor ergonomics. I thought the concept of mirrorless was the smaller size.
Now when I pick up my D it feels unusually heavy. The smaller size is much better for street or everyday photography. The D is better for faster AF shooting like sports or wildlife.
Sirs, every now and then I hit a problem with my XE2 and I wonder if you saw this in your testing. Every now and then I focus on something and get the green confirmation box but the subject on which I focussed is out of focus! I've sent the camera back to Fuji and they confirmed that it was all within tolerance, but this keeps happening. Have you seen this?
This happened just the other night when taking a shot of my wife at a restaurant across the table. I tried focussing three times in succession without moving. The whole photo was out of focus every time. Once I moved, it focussed perfectly.
Don't know what to do I occasionally get this with my XE-1 and I was beginning to think that I was doing something wrong but clearly Fuji have a glitch which needs sorting out. Otherwise I am delighted with the camera and I am considering the new XT I used to have an XE1 and never had a problem with it.
I wouldn't have changed to the 2, except it was stolen. So I wouldn't say fuji clearly have a glitch per se, not on the basis of 2 reports of an issue! I'd be on the lookout for a firmware update, but according to malteser's experience with his xe1, it doesn't seem like they want to address that. I had this happen when I tried a friend's X-E2 with 35mm lens on a sunny day. Then it also happened while testing out the X-A1 and the 18mm lens in a well-lit store. Tried 3 times and I always get the green dot focus confirmation but the image is clearly out of focus.
The odd thing is that I never had this problem with my XE1, never! Maybe it IS a firmware thing then Seems this is standard fare on Fuji's. It's certainly the case on my xs. If there's something contrasty in the background even outside the square it'll pick it 2 out of 3 times.
So when the focus is described as "fast" it's not telling the whole story. In the short time I've played with an X-T1 it appeared to exhibit the same trait.
Nice camera though. Maybe the af area is too large? I'm pretty tired of Nikon's weird green color cast, I'll tell ya that. And the ugly way that highlights blow out on the human face. So there you have it, everyone needs a little different feature set. Take a look at Ken Rockwell's site as he has a way of adjusting the green cast out which is a common Nikon problem and which I sorted with my D From memory I think you step up the magenta but take a look and see because he knows his stuff and his advice is free.
Is it because Nikon's woeful jpeg engines and Canon's outdated sensors are developing into festering sores on the buttocks?
I'm sure that both Canon and Nikon are working feverishly to match Fuji's "wax-like" skin tones. I'd take Fuji's skin tones over the crap that Nikon cameras spit out any day.
I am a Nikon shooter by the way, but just don't prescribe to this brand loyalty bs that drives so much discussion on this site. That said, I'll wait for 2nd or 3rd gen sensor from Fuji before buying into yet another system. I like Fuji but has your photography improved is question. It's just a device and I think it prolly hard to buy a bad camera nowadays. Photography is no longer what you can do with you camera, but what can your camera do for you, if I am judging by some peoples perspectives from their comments.
Well, most of the time is it the person behind the camera that is the limiting factor. But as for DR, then our eyes are far superior still.
I really hope Fuji would allow Auto iso max , which is more like iso for other brands. I can also see that the X-pro1 retains better detail at high iso, giving a notably less waxy look for skin tone. Slightly rose-tinted review IMO. I'm very surprised that the review didn't mention the lack of a dedicated Custom button as outlined in Michael Reichmann's article in LuLa. Also, surely the point of having an EVF is that you can put on the EVF a histogram and over-exposure guidance like flashing highlights so you can use EC to correct exposure while the camera is still to your eye.
When they do that and add a Custom button, I'll get one. Longing to get rid of my heavy Canon DSLRs and those heavy white lenses, as most of my photography these days is while travelling! Everyday I am amazed at the level of discourse I encounter on these forums. Picture quality is subjective, can we just agree to disagree? From the jpgs I have seen, they all look great. More absolute nonsense about how these types of controls create a stronger sense of control and require a commitment to learn photography.
I got a chuckle over the silly infatuation with the dedicated exposure comp dial. Why does it make a difference? Easy exposure compensation is the first thing I look for in a camera. The EC button is the most used button apart from the shutter release of course on my d It makes a big difference for certain types of shooting. Shooting events shows, concerts, etc. Stage shots need quick reaction, and there is nothing faster than flicking your thumb left or right while composing.
Or you want to get a quick silhouette shot? Flick and shoot. I understand that. What I am saying is that having a big nob right there is no simpler or quicker than what you do with your D In fact, it can be achieved near instantaneously with your D without much of a thought or movement of your finger. This camera is almost perfect for me. Gorgeous rangefinder style, oled not sequential high res evf, lots of physical controls, high quality fast prime lenses, great iq and dr at any iso, good af speed, decent buffer.
The review directly says that JPEGs of X-E2 are inferior to those of X-Pro1 but the score comparison chart, at the end of the review, shows something different. Why is that? Jpegs is 8bit. Raw are 12,14 bits, much better tonal quality. I shot some jpeg sooc while I was in Hawaii, because I didn't want to edit.
Worst camera move I did in awhile. Nice camera but I feel one flaw that was only mentioned on the "noise" page not on the conclusion page , is actually magnified by another. Which means that if you want to shoot RAW, compared to many other cameras, the top sensitivity is actually comparable to ISO Not exactly high in the current age, where a lot of crop cameras are already used at even higher ISO's. And while I acknowledge that users can push RAW files further themselves, choice is removed and it does affect the LV experience.
Fuji has a dedicated EV on this camera 2. Fuji can push up to 3 stops up when using its in-camera RAW converter. Think they are the only ones allowing such a push in an in-camera raw conversion. It's not that there are no work arounds, the point is that simple choice was removed for unknown reasons. But after testing the camera a little better and comparing it with my DSLR I found the truth is a total different story.
Furthermore and this is the point , there is more to photography then watching the settings on your camera, for instance the actual image taken. And comparing the images it becomes obvious that the Fuji is not less sensitive at all, but in low light produces brighter images! So it's a difference in metering. And I have to say I prefer the Fuji Faces looks like they are made of plastic! Even though this has been explored many times twenty there is still this question.
Fuji keeps color and tone very well while having some good areas of detail too. Download the RAW files and use another converter yourself, you will notice the difference immediately. At present, all converters work better than Adobe products when it comes to X-Trans but, to me, Irident, Photo Ninja and Capture 1 are the best.
Dpreview needs to get off acr abit and try some 1st party raw converter. Even Nikon files looks soft and lack of skin gradient is apparent on acr compared to their software. Fujifilm has released its promised firmware update for its X-E2 mid-range mirrorless camera.
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