A new but somehow old Topic - IQ of X-E1 ? Is it really there?

I too have a stupendous camera and a bag of lenses for it.

I too have long been tired of lugging all that stuff.

When I bought into Fuji with my X10 because of the overall package and the excellent JPGs I found an alternative:  Not the best possible image quality, but wonderfully convenient to use with minimal (if any) post processing.

So it (as always) depends on what you want.  The X-E1 seems to be offering that same Fuji convenience of use and excellent JPG image, with somewhat higher IQ than I've been getting with my X10.  No I haven't pulled the trigger yet:  I'm waiting a while to see how it does in the USA for at least a couple more months.  I want to avoid being sucked into any sort of X10-style controversy if one should rear its ugly head.

At this point I have a universal zoom for my high end DSLR, mostly for the convenience of it, but it  is still a substantial camera to lug around.  Great pictures out of it, but still a little bigger than I have in mind.

It has been a very good learning experience for me, to acquire and use the DSLR and the bag of lenses, and only because of this have I learned that I prefer something simpler.

My view of the X-E1 is as a simple, easy-to-use camera with the kit zoom that delivers nice JPGs I can print to 13x19 without apologies.  The X10 does struggle mightily at this print size, so it will be nice to get something better.  I expect the X-E1 to be better.  Not as good as the DSLR but very good indeed, and simpler and easier to use.

So in a couple months, after I've seen how it does, I think the X-E1 just might be my next camera. There's no hurry...

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Tom Schum