Full Fuji X-E1 review at Luminous Landscape!

Luminous Landscape (Click here) published the full Fuji X-E1 review. And they like the camera a lot: “So there you have it.  A really serious mirrorless system camera from Fuji.  While many will paint it as an ‘X-Pro1-lite’, it’s actually its whole own creature.  Rather than being a step-down second  camera for X-Pro1 owners, I think far more people will find their way into the Fuji system with the X-E1 as their primary tool.  They will then perhaps add an X-Pro1 if they find they want to start move out of the mirrorless ethos and experiment with truly rangefinder-style work.“

The X-E1 has not the fastest AF nor the best EVF quality but it is the image quality that impresses the reviewer: “Let’s get right to the point: the Fuji X-Trans sensor is superb.  I sang its praises thoroughly here in the X-Pro1 review, as have many other serious photographers and reviewers.  In my first round of testing, I found that, with the 35mm f1.4, the X-Pro1’s image quality was competitive to what came out of my Leica M9, save-for colour depth, on which the Leica trumps all other 35mm systems in my experience. We’re talking some pretty seriously high resolution.  Most shooters simply won’t need more.“

By reading their words it sounds like Fuji has for now the most “serious” mirrorless system on market. At least until Fuji or Sony will launch their FF systems… :)

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Preorders:
Black Fuji X-E1 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Silver Fuji X-E1 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Black Fuji X-E1 with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Silver Fuji X-E1 with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Fuji 14mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Fuji 18-55mm f/2.8-4.0 OIS lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).