Why did you buy an X series???

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steve mallen
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Re: Why did you buy an X series???
In reply to daizykae, 6 months ago

daizykae wrote:

steve mallen wrote:

I bought the X-E1 because:

  • It's small and light
  • Has manual marked controls for shutter, apeture, exposure comp
  • The IQ is stellar, even at high ISO
  • I like Fujinon lenses

-Steve

So Steve, you don't regret getting rid of your omd? What didn't you like about it and what do you like better about the x-e1?

No regrets at all (apart from losing money due to depreciation - if I could afford it, I'd have kept both).  To be honest, the only thing I didn't really like about the OM-D was the posterization I often saw in flat areas of colour such as sky, even at low ISO.  I managed to workaround this by lowering the sharpening and NR in Lightroom and eventually got pretty good results.  The fast AF and IBIS in the OM-D are impressive, but I don't miss them.

Things I like better on the X-E1: the (marked) manual controls, overall handling and lens quality (although to be fair there are also some pretty good lenses for m43, if you can afford them).  Things I miss (very) slightly: good RAW conversion in LR and the tilt screen.

Cheers,

-Steve

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