Straight Photography!

Svagheten med E1 är EVF sökaren. Inte särskilt bra.
Det är ungefär detsamma som sitter i min X-PRO1. Jag kör därför oftast med optisk sökare.
EVF fungerar men är inte särskilt trevlig. E2 är betydligt bättre. Dessutom skall det komma samma firmware uppdatering till den nu kring jul som X-T1 redan fått.
Det kommer lyfta den kameran ytterligare.

Nackdelen med X-E1 har varit autofokushastigheten. Ska du köra Leica-gluggar på kameran så spelar det ju ingen roll.

PS. Vi behåller aldrig några testkameror.

Här får du lite erfarenheter från personer som testat Leica objektiv på X-E1 och X-PRO1.
De flesta verkar besvikna på resultatet. Gamla inlägg fast ingenting har ju ändrat sig sedan de skrevs

Posted 30 Apr 2013
I have just made some comparison tests with various Leica and Voigtländer lenses in comparison to the Fuji kit zoom. The adapter was Voigtländer. I only used full apertures and 4 on each lens. It seems that these legacy lenses don't work with X-E1. The Fujinon zoom outperformed all my Leica and VL lenses, even the Summilux M 1,4/50, which some experts consider as one of the best lenses made ever. The problem is as I anticipated the lack of sharpness in the corners. The best performer of the legacy lenses was Voigtländer Color-Heliar 2,5/75. Almost all the lenses tested are on the compatibility list of Fuji with "yes".

The pictures were all in RAW and compared in Lightroom 4.4.

The good news is that I hardly need these lenses because the Fujinon is so good. It is tack sharp even in the corners in all focal lengths (18 - 55), just amazing. I have not received yet the Fujinon 35 mm, which according to many comments should be a fantastic lens. Now I will consider selling all my Leica equipment.

ziosensei

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Posted 11 May 2013
I got the X-E1 at a good price, with the idea to use it as a backup body for Leica M lenses.

I tested the X-E1 with a Leica Simmicron M 35mm ASPH and with the discontinued Elmarit M 90mm.

With the 35mm the borders are unusable at f/2, poor at f/2.8, good at f/4 and excellent at f/5.6; for reference, on my M9 the 35mm is excellent on the full frame borders wide open.

Things are much better with the 90mm, where I don't see any effect even at f/2.8.

For fun I also tried an Apo Rodagon D 75mm f/2, and the borders were slightly affected at full aperture.

I think I will sell the Leica M adapter and get the 18-55 Zoom to use the X-E1 when I don't want to bring the M9. I might get a Metabones Leica R adapter to use a Summicron R 50mm, an Apo-Telyt 180mm f/3.4 and an R bellows that I still have from my old R system. I think that the X-E1 whould work perfectly with the Apo-Telyt, and for macro at near 1/1 ratio, where the lens is quite far from the sensor.
Petrus

461 posts
Posted 12 May 2013
The problem with short focal length legacy rangefinder lenses with modern digital cameras like X-Pro1 & X-E1 is that the lens is too close to the sensor. These designs are great for film, and with film better than SLR inverted tele wide-angle designs, but with a digital sensor the ray angle in the corners is too acute for the sensor design, which prefers right angle rays for the sensels. I noticed this with Voigtlander 15mm lens (with M39 adapter), which is a terrific lens with film all the way to the corners, but surprisingly bad with X-Pro1, even with the crop. Longer focal lenses do not suffer from this.

Ingen Leicaobjektivtest, men ändå omdöme från en av de bästa sajter jag vet när det gäller kameror och kamratester, dpreview.com:
Conclusion - Pros
Unique camera design makes you want to take pictures
Excellent JPEGs, little need to shoot raw most of the time
Reliable metering and AWB systems, good color (with choice of 'film modes')
Dials for exposure controls allow for easy check of settings by glancing at the top deck, particularly with prime lenses
Impressive image quality at all ISO settings - good resolution and low noise
Built-in flash is handy for fill lighting in a pinch
Film-simulations offer quick access to different color modes and black and white filters
Use of electronic viewfinder simplifies interface while maintaining most important features
Quick menu gives fast access to most digital controls not covered by dials or buttons
Built-in level helps when capturing landscapes
Various bracketing modes are easy to set via the Drive button
Relatively quiet shutter
Excellent available prime lenses

Conclusion - Cons
Built-in level isn't always as accurate as we'd like (vem behöver detta?)
Relatively slow AF makes photographing children more difficult (beror alltså på vad man fotograferar)
Framerates in continuous shooting mode aren't completely consistent (är det jätteviktigt?)
Camera disables RAW shooting without warning in some bracketing modes
Relatively low-resolution rear LCD compared to some peers (Men den har en bra sökare)
Panorama mode can result in visible banding in plain tones
Auto ISO often chooses too slow a shutter speed (specifically problematic with the longer primes) (Det kan man styra själv om man vet hur kameran funkar)
Minimal control available in video mode (Och?)
Continuous drive mode saves files with a different name, sorting them to the bottom
Large and chunky build won't suit everyone (Inte större än Leican, väl?)

Rätt så övertygande, eller hur? (mina kommentarer inom parentes, kursivt)
Och det finns bara en kvar!?!
Visst kan livet vara svårt ibland ;-)
Hälsningar//GöranR