My Quick Review of Fuji X-E4 kit

Adso of Melk wrote:

notchy wrote:

Adso of Melk wrote:

Good review.

I believe that many who criticize the X-E4 have never had it in hand. My impressions are similar to the X100V, which costs more because it includes the lens and has a better viewfinder (in addition to the optical viewfinder), but in quality of finishes they are very similar, If there are differences they are minimal.

...and a leaf shutter, and a built in flash (that can sync at 1/1000 with the lens wide open without vignetting), and a 4-stop neutral density filter, and greater weather resistance, and an all-metal chassis, a rear dial, more customisable buttons...

You get a lot of desirable features for your extra money!

Lou Capeloto over in your X-E4 vs X100V thread stated that he regarded the X100V as being better built than the X-E4, and he owned both cameras simultaneously.

I had both the X-E3 and X100F together for a couple of years. Flimsy X100F battery compartment door aside, both were very well made. However (that battery door notwithstanding), the X100F was a more "premium" feeling unit. X100 cameras have an all-metal chassis, whereas the X-E range uses a polycarbonate chassis with a metal top and bottom plate, which probably partly accounts for some of the difference in build quality perception. If memory serves, the buttons on the X100F were also a tad larger and thus felt more positive.

Perhaps the X-E4 has closed the gap in "feel", although I'm sceptical. Fuji clearly differentiates between the two lines and markets the X100 line as being a step up. I'm not knocking the X-E line. I really liked my X-E3 and if I didn't have too many cameras already I'd have kept it. If you hid the EXIF data, no one could tell that an X-E3 image wasn't from an X-T2 or X-H1. It punched well above its weight and for the price was a bargain, I thought.

The X-E4 has a magnesium alloy internal chassis. For me the construction is identical, if there is any difference in quality it cannot be seen with the naked eye.

I'm not talking about what the camera looks like, but what it feels like to hold and use.

I think you'll find it's only the top plate on the X-E4 that's magnesium alloy. The chassis is plastic as it was on the X-E3.

Regardless, with the X100V you get a lot of extra features for your money. It isn't just an X-E4 with a fixed lens.