X-E2 roundup: AmazonUS ready to ship it, owner’s manual available and reviews

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1) FR-reader Roger informed me that he got shipping confirmation from AmazonUS for his X-E2.

2) The X-E2 owner’s manual is also available here (thanks Amnon).

3) Part III of soundimageplus review is online here. This time he looks into the video function on the X-E2. Click here if your wanna read part V: manuaf focus, EVF and more about the AF. In Part VI at soundimageplus it’s X-E2 vs GH3. And the winner is? Discover it here. And there is also part VII here (X-E2 with the 18mm and RAW processing).

4) Randall Cipriano went on vacation with the X-E2. Read his experience here: “Long exposures are still clean even after crossing the 2 minute mark. The shot above is 4 minutes long and the quality is just about the same as what I get from my D600 and leaps and bounds cleaner than my old APS-C dslr.  […] Pushing the exposure 2 stops and pulling the shadows 70% in this jpeg still resulted in minimal noise apart from the sky on the upper right where the ND grad filter was concentrated. The image is clear of any pattern noise or banding. […] For those who have used an X-Series camera, you probably know that these output fantastic high-ISO images out of the camera. It’s even hard to get the same level of jpeg noise processing the camera does for RAW files in post.”

5) Check out Ralf’s X-E2 review on his youtube channel here (German video). He says that the two problems with the X-E1 are solved: EVF is now smooth and focus is faster.

X-E2 – USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / DigitalRev / Pictureline / EUROPE: wexphotographicUK / DigitalRev / Fotomundus24 GER / PCHstore / AmazonDE (via DR) / AmazonUK (via DR)
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Tested: XF23mm review by Max (riflessifotografici)

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He really knows his job! Max just shared his XF23mm review at riflessifotografici. Will he say WOW again? Read it here (English version).

“There are lenses that give you the answer as soon as you attach them to your camera giving you the confidence that many satisfactions will come with them. This is what happened (for me, of course) with the Nikkor 85mm F1.4D and the 35mm F1.4G, the Leica Summicron 35mm pre-asph and the Zeiss Sonnar 35mm F2 of the [shoplink 14322]RX1[/shoplink].

You look through the viewfinder, shoot, look at your picture and just say…WOW!

[XF23mm] the lens is sharp even wide open, it has a great flare resistance and it’s unbelievably corrected against distortion.

Fuji XF 23mm: [shopcountry 16128]

XF 10-24 on November 20 and XF 56mm on January 6?

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Fuji XF 23mm: [shopcountry 16128]

There is right now one XF23mm in stock at AmazonUS, sold by third party reseller OneCall (click here) for normal price of $899. OneCall sells the XF23mm also via [shoplink 18603 ebay]ebay here[/shoplink].

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Hi all

Just a quick rumor to tell you that it has been whispered to me that the XF 10-24 could be announced on November 20 and the XF 56mm on January 6.

These are the last 2 lenses in the actual Fuji roadmap… So I think it’s time for Fuji to release an updated one.

What do you think should be the next lenses on Fuji’s roadmap? Feel free to drop your dream-lens-roadmap in the comments.

cheers
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P.S.: feel free to spread the word, but don’t “forget” to quote the source ;).

“With this update the X-E2 has demolished the notion of sluggish AF for X-cameras.” soundimageplus

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According to soundimageplus the phase detection update for Fuji XF and XC lenses (available here) made the AF on the X-E2 definitely faster… so fast that soundimageplus can’t really tell if there is a difference to his [shoplink 15259]Panasonic GH3[/shoplink] (which is considered one of the fastest)!

“Moving between close up and distance is also lightning fast. I even tried it in a very dark cupboard and again it worked very well and locked on quickly and accurately. […] I can say that the X-E2 with this update has demolished the notion that Fuji X cameras are sluggish at AF. There is now (unfortunately for the people who own them) a significant and observable difference between this camera and the X-Pro 1 and X-E1.”

Read more at soundimageplus’ blog here.

FR-reader flesix said in the comments to the previous FR-post here that on his 35 and 60mm “the AF is certainly better when using the inner 9 AF points (that feature PDAF), but the improvements vary a lot. From almost unnoticable to tremendous.”

Keep it up, share your findings in the comments.

Is this the kind of news you’ve waited for to switch to the X? Then here is where you can get your brand new X-E2! (And read Rico’s first look at the X-E2 here.)

X-E2 – USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / DigitalRev / Pictureline / EUROPE: wexphotographicUK / DigitalRev / Fotomundus24 GER / PCHstore / AmazonDE (via DR) / AmazonUK (via DR)