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XE-2, XE-3, or X-E4... The Dilemma

Started 8 months ago | User reviews thread
Swerky Contributing Member • Posts: 797
Re: XE-2, XE-3, or X-E4... The Dilemma
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A satisfying and well rounded conclusion. Indeed Fuji got this type of cameras generally right. Although apart from Fuji, only Sony I believe makes compact rangefinder style cameras with APS-C sensor, and for some reason I stay away from Sony when it comes to photography.

I briefly owned an X-E2s that I generally enjoyed. But shooting in bright light would hit the eye sensor and the evf would shut off. Since I don’t like Band-Aids either, like wearing a cap to shadow the eye sensor, compensating for a bad design, I was quickly put off by that and sold the camera. I also noticed that I often missed a tilting screen, specially for the street shooting style of the camera and its compact form factor that would ease up trying different angles to shoot from.
I believe the evf on the X-E2(s) has a higher magnification than on later X-E models?

X-E models got more and more minimalist looking from one iteration to the other, ending up removing useful features on the way, except for the added tilt screen on the X-E4, but the removing of a wheel and grip.

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