Leica X-E anyone?

<p>I'm considering buying one of these for use as a daily street/travel shooter to replace my Fuji X100, a camera I have never quite managed to fall for. <br /><br />Are there any X-E shooters in this forum and would you care to comment?<br /><br />Thanks</p>

<p>Eyal, <br /> Do you have the original X100, S or T?<br /> I purchased the first X100 when it came out. I had a love/hate relationship with the camera. Eventually the frustration side won out and it sat on my shelf. I rented the S when it came out, but that camera didn't solve my issues with the camera.<br>

<br /> For a while I had been following Mark Alor Powell on Flickr ( <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/locaburg/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/locaburg/</a>). He started shooting a lot with the original X100. He spurred me on to get mine off the shelf and give it another try. The firmware updates really helped. While using the X100 again I made <a href="http://www.jimarnold.org/images/details.php?image_id=1080">this image</a>, which rekindled my interest in the camera.<br>

<br /> I started to read about the X100T and decided to rent it for 10 days. The T solved all my issues with the original X100. It's the camera I wished for in the first X100. It's become my daily shooter.</p>

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<p>Hi Jim. I have the original X100 with the most recent firmware updates. And I have had success with it (see my PN gallery) though I'm not enamoured with the AF and the controls, but it's what I have so there it is. </p>

<p>I find the T misses focus rarely compared to the original. I know what you mean by the controls. The T is miles ahead with the addition of the Q button. I don't know how many times I raised the X100 to my eye to find I had hit some button, throwing the camera into an unexpected mode. Frustrating.<br>

I've locked the T down so I can't hit a button and find myself in panorama or movie mode. The back spinning ring is now a 4-way pad to which I've assigned focus points. Everything else I might want on occasion lives under the Q button (flash, flash exp comp, ISO, ND filter, self timer, etc)<br>

A big change is the ability to use exposure compensation while in manual mode with auto ISO. Usually I set the shutter speed and aperture manually and let the camera pick the ISO.<br>

Rent a T if you can before giving up on the X series.<br>

BTW, I liked your photo of the man with the violin.</p>

<p>No offense Jim, and thank you for your advice; and the compliment. However, it seems as if this forum is dead in the water.<br /><br />The only person to comment on my desire for purchasing a Leica product on a Leica forum suggested I stick with Fuji. <br /><br />Maybe everyone else here is too busy taking photos to comment... </p>

<p>FWIW, I also use a Leica M-E. :)</p>

<p>Eyal,</p>

<p>I think the take home message is more likely to be that most Leica people on this forum don't have the Leica X-E, so don't have an opinion. I had to look it up myself. These are nice cameras, but I believe that many Leica-minded people have indeed purchased either the "big" Leicas (Typ240, M9s etc), or have the Fuji 100 variants, the Fuji XTI etc, or the Sony As, these latter ones are about the same price, have built in EVFs and faster lenses. Not that there is anything wrong with the X-E, but I suspect this is a camera that is not common.</p>