Review on 📷 Fujifilm X-E1 16.3 MP Compact System Digital Camera - Body Only (Silver) with 2.8-Inch LCD: A Review by Nate Eich

This is very different from DSLR so expect a learning curve. You won't pick it up and shoot as casually as you would with your DSLR, but once you get to know it and get used to it, you'll find it's an amazing camera. The JPEG image quality is excellent. I went from shooting in RAW with a Canon DSLR to shooting in JPEG with this mirrorless camera. I do a lot less post-processing because I get great JPEGs straight out of the camera. The movie simulations are really good. The low light capabilities are amazing. Good, comfortable low-noise shots at 6400 in low light, better in more light. I fit old Nikon lenses on them and they work great. The camera will feel very light once you are used to a DSLR, but after a few days it will be fine. The build quality is excellent, all metal. The dials at the top for shutter speed and exposure compensation are amazing. The resolution of the rear screen is really very good. Are there cameras with more points? Yes, but believe me it's an amazing screen that looks better than what you see with your own eyes. The electronic viewfinder takes some getting used to, but works very well. A little lag in low light, but that's normal. If you're shooting in black and white, it's really cool that you can shoot it in monochrome and actually see a black and white image in the viewfinder. That's great. The camera is small, invisible on the neck, especially good for street photography. The button layout is fairly intuitive and with practice you should be able to navigate the menus without taking your eyes off the viewfinder (if you're in EVF mode and you press the menu button, the menu will appear in EFV , so you may not need it to move the camera away and use the screen if you don't want to). The camera itself is very nice, looks like an old range finder, even has eyelets for an old film camera style strap. Those who are used to the long battery life of a DSLR will initially be disappointed by the shorter battery life of a mirrorless camera. Just buy a second battery for $10 and you'll be fine. Try shooting real time with your DSLR all day and see how low the battery life is and you will have an idea. Mirrorless is almost always in live mode. However, there are things you can do to extend battery life such as: B. to use the electronic viewfinder instead of the screen. Don't leave the camera on all the time, I turn it off if I'm not using it right away, it turns back on after about 1/2 second; Disable automatic image display if you don't need it. Since I don't use autofocus lenses, I'll probably have slightly longer battery life than when using Fuji lenses. The pop-up flash is actually very good and I don't like pop-up flashes. After it's surfaced, you can aim it at the ceiling, for example, if you prefer bounce flash. So I no longer have to carry a flash with me everywhere to take indoor night shots. The camera has a raw data converter. So. And it works very well. Better than the RAW converter that comes with the software package you install on your computer. Fuji is really good at updating the firmware of their cameras, although this model was released a few years ago. I updated it when I got it and it added features to the camera. For example, assisted manual focusing, which is particularly useful for users of outdated lenses, and the electronic viewfinder image simulation mentioned above. Fuji lenses are generally cheaper than DSLR lenses. Not because they aren't as good, but because DSLRs have a long working distance, 2.5 to 3 times longer than mirrorless ones, their lenses always need more glass to achieve the same high quality, especially with wide-angle lenses. Because the lens is so short on a mirrorless camera, the lens can be made just as well, but without as many details and elements. It's this short working distance that allows you to install almost any lens with an adapter. I buy my old Nikon lenses on ebay, never paid more than $40 for a prime and they work really well and are actually sharper than my DSLR on Fuji. This camera doesn't have an AA filter like many DSLRs, so the same lenses on this Fuji actually produce sharper images than on a comparable DSLR. Complaints? The "editing" software that comes with the camera (which you install on your computer) isn't great, but it's not terrible either. The raw data converter is good, but to be honest I haven't delved into it that deeply because I don't need it. It really is like that. Check out Zach Arias' YouTube video on Fuji cameras for some really helpful information.