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Fujifilm X-E1 - A Retro Camera That Inspires (Part 7)

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Using the X-E1

The X-E1’s body is a little smaller and shorter and lighter than the leading X-Pro1, which is a good change for photography enthusiasts. Not only the body, but also main exposure controls also have the really classic design, with a manual shutter speed dial and, in the case of 18-55mm zoom lens, a mechanical –style aperture ring. A switching button manually defines the lens that is activated to adjust the aperture or set to the Auto. If it is installed the Auto, aperture is set automatically, and the ring is disabled.

The X-E1’s body is smaller and shorter

The X-E1’s body is smaller and shorter

There is no truly mechanical connection between the ring and the aperture, and you can rotate the ring through 360-degrees without hard stops at minimum or maximum aperture, but when the function of the ring is set to aperture, a movable bolt of the ring changes the aperture around 1/3V. In contrast, the X-mount fixed-lens has a special ring with markings and 1/3-stop accelerator, with a setting for Auto aperture is marked with the red "A" letter.

The physical design of the X-E1 is not only too convenient, and besides the narrow entrance on the front for your fingers, the X-E1 feels unapologetically mechanical, which is part of its fascination. Regardless of the lens mount, the X-E1 keeps its good balance, and the machine body itself is surprisingly mild. The body only feels less significant than the X-Pro1, but with a lens mount, its weight is just right for the size. Only the 18-55mm lens zooms, which have nearly the same weight as the camera makes us feel its presence.

In your hands

The X-E1 is smaller than the X-Pro1, but its handle and outstanding thumb hook provide a fairly certain hold, even with just one hand. The aperture ring on the lens nonetheless encourages by the two – hands holding, even when using a fixed lens.

The X-E1 is smaller than the X-Pro1, but its handle and outstanding thumb hook provide a fairly certain hold, even with just one hand. The aperture ring on the lens nonetheless encourages by the two – hands holding, even when using a fixed lens.

One of the main weaknesses of the HG-XE1 handles (shown in the picture above) is that you have to remove it to change the battery and memory card; it actually provides the Leica M9 experience but is not in the good way. It also tends to pull the camera forward onto the lens when put on a flat surface, and when holding the camera with the attached handle, your hand is forcedly placed to the right, which is likely to be quite annoying at first but feels normal for a later time.

While we had no problem with the purchase of a rectangular body and small handle of the X-E1, when we held the camera and HG-XE1 handles around the office, everyone agreed that it had an improvement.

While we had no problem with the purchase of a rectangular body and small handle of the X-E1, when we held the camera and HG-XE1 handles around the office, everyone agreed that it had an improvement.

Electronic viewfinder

The electronic viewfinder of the X-E1 is the key of its activities, and the 2.36M dot OLED panel looks like the same unit used in the NEX-7 and NEX-6 by Sony (and a few of its SLT cameras), and so it is pretty good in terms of the art. But the panel itself is quite far from the whole story, and Fujifilm is also being supposed to use the optics in the eyepieces. Two glass lenses, including a dual-sided a spherical lens that give an impressively clear vision in the corners of the frame and a corresponding long eye point of 23mm that makes the finder comfortable for the users wearing glasses.

The magnified optics is lower than those used by Sony, and provide a viewfinder image approximately the same sizes as from X-Pro1’s (and therefore a bit larger than the E-M5). The picture directly previewed of Fujifilm also has lower contrast than Sony’s, which means the viewfinder of the X-E1 tends to block up the shadows in bright conditions, with the expense of a few impacts immediately in the general viewing experience. This does not have any impacts on the final image, but causing constitution to be easier in contrast scenes.

When you put the viewfinder in front of your eye, the infrared sensor discovers this and switches to the viewfinder mode. The moving speed is​​ fast enough to create a stable user experience, but we found that with the hot sun behind your back, the eye sensor does not always know when you're keeping your eye in front of the viewfinder, and might operate erratically.

The X-E1’s EVF uses a 2.36M – dot OLED panel. On the right of the eyepiece is a proximity sensor that helps the camera to switch automatically between the LCD and EVF; or you can use the "View Mode" button to move by hand; On the left is a gear to adjust the diopter.

The X-E1’s EVF uses a 2.36M – dot OLED panel. On the right of the eyepiece is a proximity sensor that helps the camera to switch automatically between the LCD and EVF; or you can use the "View Mode" button to move by hand; On the left is a gear to adjust the diopter.

Detail resolution is very high, as we expected from the technical specifications, like all EVFs, though the diagonal lines at a horizontal/ vertical hollow angle to display a few "terraces". The  X-E1’s EVF also turns out to be slightly laggy in low light, a little more than what we've seen from the Sony NEX-6, but we would not call it a problem unless you are trying to chase reasonably fast moving. Interestingly, the directly viewing image of the X-E1 freezes and pixelates for a fraction around less than a second when requiring AF, which can be dispersed, and gives the impression of a low resolution experience when creating a photograph.

Setting the exposure mode and shooting parameters

Setting both of the lens and shutter speed to Auto is equivalent to choosing the Program mode. Aperture and Shutter priorities are set by setting lens or rotating shutter to Auto, creating a manual selection with one or the other; and manual mode is obviously equivalent: setting both is manually controlled. It is impossible to be easier and much more familiar for those who are used to working with the cameras similarly designed in the last century. While it may seem strange to some people, it is quite logical to have the controls for the lens on the lens, while the shutter controls are located on the camera body. Photography students seemed that they would probably benefit from this distinction.

In the Program mode, you can transfer the exposure parameters selected by the camera towards a faster shutter speed / larger aperture or smaller aperture / slower speed by pressing the Left/ Right buttons; transferred values are expressed on screen in yellow. Program transfer is not available if we set up to Auto ISO or Auto DR.

The Fujifilm X-E1 does not have an ISO dial or even a dedicated ISO button. However, you are able to assign ISO to the programed Fn button beside the shutter for one-touch access, or access it from the Quick Menu. We'd expect to have the option of changing it directly using the rear dial, which does not work in normal shooting.

 

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