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Anyone moved from the X100V to the X-E4?

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OP Jeff Biscuits Senior Member • Posts: 1,167
Re: Anyone moved from the X100V to the X-E4?t

Ok, so I managed to take it for a quick walk round the local pond.

I was wrong about ISO: it is stored in custom settings, I just hadn’t noticed it buried in its weird new position at the bottom of page 2 of the camera setup menu, instead of its usual place on page 1 of the image menu. So this renders it an AE-only camera in my book (YMMV)—which is a shame, but I had expected that.

Beyond that… utterly infuriating. Switching between settings banks I ended up getting caught out by ISO settings, AF settings and more all changing under my feet. Even when faced with a slow-moving swan I couldn’t get a picture because I’d been served up some settings that I needed to find and change before it was a usable exposure.

This would be a little easier if I only ever used Auto ISO, one focus point, and so on—but that’s overly restrictive, and other things would still catch me out anyway.

Shame, because aesthetically and ergonomically I love it—and I really, really like Eterna Bleach Bypass—but this hot mess of settings makes it flat-out unusable for me. To those who live with the E4, I salute you 🙂

Shortlist of potential replacements for the X100V is now down to one: the X-Pro3. The only issue is that to afford that, I’d need to sell the X-Pro2 as well and I’d be back to one body.

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