Ken rockwell review x-e1

i have absolutely nothing against this guy. to the contrary, ive found some of his stuff quite informative. but are you kidding me with this? as said above, clearly he's not even held this in his hand!

and was kid bitten by an m9, or what??
tony
 
I also don't understand the Ken Rockwell bashing. His reviews are informative.
He may not have touched this camera (I don't know) but he knows the X-Pro1 well. The X-E1 has the same sensor and a better EVF compared to the X-Pro1. The X-mount Fuji lenses are used on both. By all accounts, the lenses are outstanding optically. Everything he says about the specs of the X-E1 is true.
His comparisons to Leica products are also accurate.
I agree with him that the optical viewfinder on the X-Pro1 is pretty useless so why not save the money and weight and get rid of it.
I am eager to see how Leica responds at Photokina. The bar has been raised significantly.
 
"The X-E1 is made as well or better than the LEICA M9. The all-metal X-E1's markings are engraved more deeply and the buttons work and feel much better. " - from Ken's post

If it's true he hasn't handled one, then it's totally dishonest to write things like above. How can he know the build quality is better? How can he know the buttons feel better? I seldom read his site, but I notice most articles are A to B comparisons, usually something that will quickly gain attention like "Velvia film blows away any digital color!", etc.
 
Wow, his X-Pro1 review is a piece of work.

Shooting in JPG, the X-Pro1's colors are far better than the LEICA M9, and images are far sharper as well.
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For people photos, the colors from the X-Pro1 are superior to other brands of digital camera. Just like older Fuji DSLRs and the Fuji X100 favored by wedding and portrait shooters, the X-Pro1's color and contrast is optimized for fantastic people photos. The M9 can't do this; its color rendition is sloppy.
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And then...

The all-metal X-Pro1 is so far ahead of everything else that I'm going to need some new superlatives. Too bad its color rendition isn't that much better than the M9, but the X-Pro1 has far more accurate focus than the M9.
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Is it his trademark now to contradict himself within a single review? Usually he does that in separate pieces.
 
There is no contradiction there. In the first statement quoted, he is talking about jpgs. In the third, he is talking about color overall.
 
If his review has convinced you to upgrade, for a small fee I'll help to dispose properly your obsolete XPro1 :D
 
goamules said:
"The X-E1 is made as well or better than the LEICA M9. The all-metal X-E1's markings are engraved more deeply and the buttons work and feel much better. " - from Ken's post

If it's true he hasn't handled one, then it's totally dishonest to write things like above. How can he know the build quality is better? How can he know the buttons feel better? I seldom read his site, but I notice most articles are A to B comparisons, usually something that will quickly gain attention like "Velvia film blows away any digital color!", etc.
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By the way, dpreview says the body is not all-metal; according to them, who have evidently actually handled and tried out the camera, it has a plastic back.

Tom
 
It, along with the new XF lenses, are a paste-over from the existing reviews he has published. It's a work in progress, preparing the basic known information to be updated with actual findings when he gets the new equipment. Really though, he should have waited to post it until it was ready.... ;-)
 
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