Somebody please explain! Why X-E1 JPEGS are darker?

Nevermind, I see what you are saying is that the JPEG for the Canon is brighter at the same camera settings (Aperture, ISO, Shutter Speed).

Try turning off any Dynamic Range extending modes (Like DR200, DR400), and same with the Canon

What you have to realize with JPEG is that camera makes push/pull the exposure from a RAW file  to get the brightness of image they want.  They apply tone curves that effect the exposure and contrast.

You would have to redo your shoot in RAW to see if there is really any difference.  You might find the Fuji under exposes the RAW file a little more as it has a pretty noise free sensor so it has no issue pushing the exposure.

The bottom line is even if the Fuji is 1/3 or 2/3 stop darker than the Canon you will find that if you up the ISO on the fuji so it is higher than the Canon the image quality will still probably be cleaner.

Eric

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