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From X-E1 to X-Pro1 - Advice needed

Started Apr 18, 2016 | Discussions thread
OP TheGingerFrog Regular Member • Posts: 180
Re: From X-E1 to X-Pro1 - Advice needed

Hi all,

I finally received my X-pro1.

Much better than the X-E1 in manyways.

Handling and construction:

  • Looks much more robust
  • Handles better. I have small hands but it I find the control easier to reach.
  • More balanced, less front heavy.
  • I find it is faster at start up but that might be the OVF that gives that impression.

EVF/LCD:

  • I find the EVF more comfortable to use than on the X-E1. It seems a bit less contrasty or has more DR. Also it is less sharp which somehow is more comfortable, I always found I could see the pixels in my XE1 EVF.
  • Lag is significantly better than on my X-E1 in low light. I basically see very few lag. With the X-E1 it is terrible in comparison.
  • LCD is world apart from the X-E1

OVF:

  • A marvel. 
  • A bit challenging to get pin point AF for close distance portrait of my 1 year old at large aperture. But it is so nice to see in real time that I am fine to get less keepers
  • Parallax framing is easy to anticipate since it always captures more at the bottom right.

Image quality:

  • It should be the same but I find the AWB a bit different than the X-E1 (less magenta). It is not bad just surprising.

The Ginger Frog

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