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X-A1 greens?

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MilosC Forum Member • Posts: 82
X-A1 greens?
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I need a second camera to relieve my neckpain resulting from carrying the Pentax K-5 with the Pentax 17-70 lens. (ca 1300 grams)

I studied very thoroughly specs and reviews of the X-A1. In spite of the lack of any viewfinder it looks like a wonderful (relatively) lightweight camera. I love to take pictures of landscapes. What is in focus should be razor-sharp (grass, foliage, fur, hair) rather than mushy.

The review of the X-M1 (a sibling of the X-A1) here says: "Since the X-Trans sensor has 'blocks' of four green pixels, areas of fine green detail can get a bit mushy, as you can see above-right." (dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilm-x-m1/8) I observed the same on the next page of the review. Looking at greens on the next review page (dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilm-x-m1/9) seems to confirm the above critique. Unfortunately, the mushy rendering of greens would be a dealbreaker for me.

I know that the X-A1 has a different sensor than the X-M1. Does the X-A1 do away with the above problem?

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