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Perhaps they are in business because next to collectors many people like making photos with Leicas? Have a look at the Leica forum, many people simply enjoying them as photo tools and posting...

I love my XE-1 with the 35mm lens as well.

But I find it perfectly ok that others buy a Leica without me judging them. With proper M lens quality it will be a great tool as well.

That was a truly useful comment, enlightening us all.

I"m very happy with my XE-1, I still use only the 35mm lens. My one missing feature is alas not possible to implement with a patch: ideally it would have a swivelling screen which would make belly...

Currently I have the XE-1 with only the 35mm lens. This 14mm lens seems like a very interesting second lens. Then when the 56mm f1.4 comes out I will have a trio of lenses that covers 95% of all my...

Never, ever combine cat faces with people faces.

JohnnyP, I will copy here a reply I wrote above in this thread as it also applies in my opinion:

We're not talking about journalistic photography here, but about creative expressions. In my...

MarkInSF, we're not talking about journalistic photography here, but about creative expressions. In my opinion, as long as the final image is good, who cares if it is realistic or the truth? Also,...

Hi, I opened the first image that you linked and zoomed towards the ball.
I can't seen any banding issues / stripes.
I wonder if there is an issue with your graphics card ?

"Every camera has pluses and minuses, but these minuses aren't minor issures. These are very serious and major flaws. And it seems Dpreview overlooked them because the camera was "thoroughly...

I have the camera since October, with the 35mm lens. I pretty much agree with most of the observations.
In my experience, the image quality is indeed very good, and jpg is indeed so convincing...

I recommend to first see how the tests come out. Very often Nikon is quite a bit better than Sigma in that respect.

I've seen and held the Samyang. I have no opinion on its optical quality. But it sure is a beast compared to the Fuji. the fuji lens and body retains that pleasant compact overall size, with the...

I have the XE-1 bought as a limited launch kit with the 35mm 1.4 lens.
This is such a nice combination, giving very convincing bokeh and perfect sharpness and colours, that I was a bit disappointed...

A friend of mine has the X1, similar lens but much slower AF. Even so the pictures he took were very very nice, and I am picky. A very good compact travel camera, if you could live with the slow...

Good review.After a two week trip with it, my one ergonomic irritation with the XE-1 is that it is easy to accidentally turn the exposure compensation dial. It would be good if it had a lock on the...

ACtually I found hat Pentax K design quite refreshing and it felt nicely logical in the hand.

From reading the summary, I have the impression that subjectively, the camera scores higher than 75% .
It looks like an interesting premium compact camera. I still love my LX5 and will skip this...

I used mine in perfectly sunny conditions and it was usable. Not as nice as a classic ovf or dslr vf but usable.i did not yet make a picture against the sun though.

It wouldnt surprise me if the lower refresh rate is due to more processing needed to transform the sensor image with its special colour filter pattern to a nice colour image, compared to a classic...