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The X100 has some failings. The start up time, the battery life, the fixed lens (possibly), the exp comp knob mobility.
If the xe1 resolves these I will be interested.
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Eric-
I broke down and ordered one.
The only way to know is to use it. I'm expecting it will be exactly the same size weight etc of the x100, which would make it a pretty darn nice walkaround camera with the 18mm on it. Once you go to the 35mm, it no longer fits in a pocket - though that is the lens I use most on the xp1 - and why wouldn't I, it's an amazing lens and the xp1 isn't pocketable under any scenario.
So the one hang up is the hybrid finder of the x100 - I think that might be hard to give up.
The issue of interchangeable lenses isn't too much of an issue for me. At first I really favored a fixed lens to avoid any dust issues, but I'm not having any dust issues with the xp1, so that may be a bogus "advantage" that I thought might be necessary on a camera that gets carried everywhere...we'll see about that, too.
In USA it looks like about two more weeks till they start shipping xe1
Cheers,
Tom
Last edited on Sat Nov 3rd, 2012 18:12 by TomOC
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