I purchased a Fuji X-E2 + 18-55mm kit lens in March 2015. My first test photos revealed that the lower left and right corner were blurred which usually indicates a decentered lens element or group. I returned the lens for repair.
When it came back, the lower left corner had improved but the lower right corner had become even worse. I returned the lens for repair again (Fuji refused to exchange the lens). Afterwards, the lens error was still visible but had been reduced to a tolerable level.
Then I took the camera on a 3-week vacation trip. Surprise: After one week, the camera body suddenly stopped working for no obvious reason (EVF and LCD monitor remained black after turning the camera on). Now I'm sending it back to Fuji for the next repair attempt.
Conclusion: I'm through with Fuji. They are certainly able to build good cameras but it looks as if they don't care much about quality control any more and leave the job to their customers.

Great camera, great size. great built, magnificent lenses, great buy!

I received my X-E2 a couple of weeks ago now. And it doesn't feel cheap or plasticky at all, as Eddy M a bit further down here claims, its actually quite solid and overall feels a little higher up the quality ladder than the E-M10 he thinks is so great.

The only issues I've come across quality-wise are the rear-control dial on the camera and the aperture ring on the kit lens rotate a little too easily. Also the shutter speed and exp-comp dials while very solid in feel and rotational resistance, are very slightly tilted forward rather than completely horizontal. And when doing long exposures at night using live-view, I noticed the LCDs backlighting isn't very even, with a quite noticable dark patch in the upper-right corner. Even though when using it in any situation that isn't nearly pitch black, the backlighting unevenness isn't noticable at all. Finally the EVF even at max brightness is too dim in bright daylight. Bad eyecup design for eyeglass wearers being the cause it seems.

I've been using an Xe-2 for a few days, with a 23mm f1.4. Classic controls, logical operation, ingenious design, fine image quality, in a form that reminds me of my old film Leicas.

Two issues:
a) I prefer to use the EVF for composing and shooting only. The rear screen is where I check exposure and focus. I'd like to be able to set an option so that the rear screen shows the shot just taken, either for a fixed-duration quick review after the shot, or just when I push the review button. Otherwise, I want it to remain OFF, the way all my other digital SLR's work. Having the rear screen always on is distracting, attracts attention, and eats battery life. I need the option to leave the rear screen OFF.

b) Assuming that Fuji eventually provides (a) through a firm-ware update, there should be an option to have a decent-sized histogram displayed, either next to the review image, or as an over-lay.

With these changes, especially (a), I'd be really happy. Till then, not so much.

Where is the tilt screen... pleeeeease...

IMO Fuji is too overpriced

I am looking for a light and small machine to go slowly replacing the heavy canon 1d mk iv. but both suggest waiting a little longer. Not much to ask, is it? Less weight, more photo.

Thinking of getting one, I checked one out at the local store and it does seem to focus reasonably quickly - especially compared to the various `"X-1" versions.

Also the EVF , while taking some getting used to when coming from DSLR territory, seems to be fast enough at switching orientation when cahnging from landscape to portrait and back.

what I forgot to check was the focus-recompose ability. I have never used anything but the centre Focus point on my cameras (5Dxx) and use focus -recompose for all sorts of situations, force of habit, something Ive done for decades.

Please can anyone tell me - does focus -recompose and also exposure lock exist/work?

I ask because this is what Im used to and really want a small 'street' camera where I can use the technique I am familiar with to get the fastest way to catch what I see.

Video? not interested
Complaints about ISO 3200 and above? Not interested.

Fantastic camera! Took it to Mt Rushmore and to Devil's Tower. It begs you to shoot manual. Other than using auto focus, I thought I was back in the 60's shooting with my Electro 35 or my SR7. Most every photo was spot on. Haven't had this much fun in a long time. My daughter is a wedding photographer & she loved the weight and the simplicity of the XE-2. Used the 18-55mm and the 35mm lenses with a SanDisk Extreme Pro 95mb/s card. By the by- Got some nice action photos of my dogs running and jumping. Who says it doesn't do action well. You just have to get your mind out of auto and shoot like the 60's.

I am considering this camera, although concerned about the review finding relating to JPG waxy skin tones. Does anyone know what this really means in practical terms. Can't see waxy skin tones in sample gallery. Help...

It is the bread and butter of DPR and its members to compare cameras based upon functionality and IQ hair-splitting; and I enjoy this nearly as much as anyone because I am fascinated by cameras. But any camera in the rough price range of the X-E2 will be a good tool in the right hands. Certainly qualitative differences do exist between cameras, and, quite appropriately, comments are made about those differences here.

My concern, as an photography instructor, is that newer photographers are too influenced by minute differences in quality and performance (this not referring to things tangibly applicable in terms of proper camera types for different situations - sports, inconspicuous street work, etc.). The visceral impact of this camera or that one in an individual's hands - that subject rightness or wrongness - is going to be more important to producing quality images/art than whether in-camera noise reduction is too heavy-handed in a particular camera. Given the advantage of better perceptive skills and concepts, a photographer will generally produce more compelling work with my Samsung NX300 than others using a full frame camera of any sort. This is, of course, is widely understood by most experienced photographers (although sometimes I do wonder if it is), but such an observation should be presented periodically to those new to the media that might otherwise feel priced out of the possibility of producing excellent photography.

It seems that with the advent of X-T1, the X-E2 refresh is pretty much uninteresting. One tier cheaper though.

It is clear the dynamic range of X-E1 is substantially better than X-E2's capturing much more shadow detail.

back in film days I used compact minolta http://www.amazon.com/Minolta-Freedom-Zoom-150-camera/dp/B0000AUFK7.. I wonder, how did they squeeze the full frame into tiny body with tiny lens and why its not possible with digital?

It's very clearly softer than the OMD-10. As is the T-X1.

Compare some text, especially at higher ISO's. I'm talking JPG OOC so it's nothing to do with RAW conversion.

What's that all about?

I copied the test scenes of both X-E2 and D7100, and compared those in Photoshop CC, JPEG, ISO 6400. It seems to me that the Fujifilm IQ (low noise) is due to very strong processing of the images in the camera. By minor adjustments I got the Nikon images to have better IQ with respect to noise. No reason to switch from Nikon to Fuji. BTW, today's mirrorless cameras are too small for big european hands. Cameras like D7100 do have the 'right and real' size. But this is my personal opinion only. Cheers.

DPreview can't even afford softboxes?!

Sirs, every now and then I hit a problem with my XE2 and I wonder if you saw this in your testing. Every now and then I focus on something and get the green confirmation box but the subject on which I focussed is out of focus! I've sent the camera back to Fuji and they confirmed that it was all within tolerance, but this keeps happening. Have you seen this? Any observations/suggestions? This happened just the other night when taking a shot of my wife at a restaurant across the table. I tried focussing three times in succession without moving. The whole photo was out of focus every time. Once I moved, it focussed perfectly. Don't know what to do...oh and this happens with both 18-55 kitlens and 35mm/1.4.

I'm pretty tired of Nikon's weird green color cast, I'll tell ya that. And the ugly way that highlights blow out on the human face. But I'm also being forced by clients to shoot video, and I would love to shoot with Fujis starting today but only stills/video camera that has usable autofocus at a reasonable price is the Panasonic G6. So there you have it, everyone needs a little different feature set.

Why are all the Canikon fan bois running so scared over these Fuji cameras?

Is it because Nikon's woeful jpeg engines and Canon's outdated sensors are developing into festering sores on the buttocks?

Photography is no longer what you can do with you camera, but what can your camera do for you, if I am judging by some peoples perspectives from their comments.

despite the fact that the iso rating is over stated. the iso 6400 X-E2 shots still beat many other camera's iso 3200 shots.
I really hope Fuji would allow Auto iso max 12800, which is more like iso 6400 for other brands.

I can also see that the X-pro1 retains better detail at high iso, giving a notably less waxy look for skin tone

Slightly rose-tinted review IMO. I'm very surprised that the review didn't mention the lack of a dedicated Custom button as outlined in Michael Reichmann's article in LuLa. Also, surely the point of having an EVF is that you can put on the EVF a histogram and over-exposure guidance like flashing highlights so you can use EC to correct exposure while the camera is still to your eye. When they do that and add a Custom button, I'll get one. Longing to get rid of my heavy Canon DSLRs and those heavy white lenses, as most of my photography these days is while travelling!

Everyday I am amazed at the level of discourse I encounter on these forums. Picture quality is subjective,
can we just agree to disagree? From the jpgs I have seen, they all look great.

All the bitch slapping going down lol

The review directly says that JPEGs of X-E2 are inferior to those of X-Pro1 but the score comparison chart, at the end of the review, shows something different. Why is that?

Nice camera but I feel one flaw that was only mentioned on the "noise" page (not on the conclusion page), is actually magnified by another. Like most of the X series cameras, ISO's are overstated up to 2/3 EV (1 stop difference compared to many other cameras). But in RAW, the camera also tops out at an indicated ISO 6400. Which means that if you want to shoot RAW, compared to many other cameras, the top sensitivity is actually comparable to ISO 3200. Not exactly high in the current age, where a lot of crop cameras are already used at even higher ISO's.

And while I acknowledge that users can push RAW files further themselves, choice is removed and it does affect the LV experience.