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Hmmm, maybe I'll sell the bits that I'm going to get rid of and then decide what I'll do. Or maybe a black one will come into stock on the refurb shop and it might accidentally fall into my basket, who knows
The EVF is a lot better (high resolution and faster), its a difficult shout especially given the 'upgrade' cost is only about £150-£200.
I have both, nad tend to take both out on a photo trip to avoid so much lens swapping
I was also swayed by the free lens offer at the time as I wanted the 55-200.I know Jeff swapped from the 1 to the 2... Different outputs from the sensor and quicker af... Improved evf and screen too.
Finally got out with my X-E1 with the recently purchased Samyang 12mm. First time using the lens and shooting fully manual and very pleased with the results!
MarkWhitePhotography-1160-2.jpg by MarkWhitePhotography, on Flickr
Caravan carnage!
A couple more from this evening [IMGGateshead Quayside by -Andy D photography-][/IMG]
[IMGGateshead Quayside by -Andy D photography-][/IMG]
This was the first banger/stocks meeting I've made it to since switching to Fuji and I've always wondered how the X-E2 would cope. Next time I need to try multi-point exposure mode to see if it handles the situation any better. As it was my hit rate was down on my last meet with a DSLR but roughly comparable to my first ever meet. I guess I'm a bit rusty with panning technique, but it did seem to me that the X-E2 was faster focussing at higher shutter speeds (1/500-1/1000) and struggled when I went for a slightly slower speed (1/250).
Any tips or suggestions on setting up the X-E2 for the next meeting I go along to? (the set-up yesterday was high performance on, single point focus, continuous focus, IS on)
Thanks Brian, I'll need to put a list together of things to try next time. I know the X-E2 is never going to be a true fast-action camera but as my previous set-up for bangers/stocks was a 40D and Sigma 105mm I think it should be able to get very similar results. Late evening races under floodlights could be interesting. I'm not sure I could stretch to the XF50-140 which would appear to be the better lens in the line-up for this type of event.I've not shot any motorsports, but one thing I've noticed with the x100 and, to a lesser extent with the XT1 is that if you know that you'll be using a smaller aperture (e.g. f8), then setting that on the lens seems to speed up the focussing. I think it's a depth of field thing - in auto aperture it will try to get best focus with the lens wide open, whereas it can take advantage of the depth of field when you set the aperture to get "good enough" focussing. I'm not sure how well this would work with the X-E2 (and I'm not sure it's not a little bit of placebo with the XT1), but it definitely helps on the x100, so could be worth a try.
I think Fuji users are happier using their cameras than having arguments about them..Is it my imagination or do the Fuji threads have more photos within them than those of other cameras?