Experience Reports

Fujifilm X-E1 + Fujinon XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS

I rented a Fujifilm X-E1 and Fujinon XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS to play around with during a recent family vacation to Sandbridge Island in Virginia Beach. Although I was disappointed in the camera I did capture decent images for the few days I had the X-E1. Read my review after taking a look at some of the images I captured with this camera and lens combination.

The following have been lightly processed in Adobe Lightroom; auto tone, some cropping, and auto levelling.

Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 18 mm | 160 sec at f/22 | ISO 200

Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 55 mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 55 mm | f/4.0 | ISO 200

Bokeh | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 55 mm | f/4.0 | ISO 200

Wednesday 31 July, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 55 mm | f/4.0 | ISO 200

Bhavna, Shaan, Kiran, Khürt | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 37.4 mm | f/5.6 | ISO 640

My brother-in-law took this portrait of me with my wife and kids. I wanted to capture some sunset images from the nearby nature preserve. I was concerned that I wouldn't make it to the preserve in time. I handed the camera to my brother-in-law. He still shoots his DSLR in full auto mode.

Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 55 mm | f/4.0 | ISO 200

I found it challenging to photograph the flying gulls. It wasn't easy to track the birds using the electronic viewfinder. It's easily done with the optical viewfinder of my Nikon D5100, but I found it quite challenging with the Fujifilm X-E1.

Panorama | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 18 mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

The X-E1 has a panorama mode. In this mode, I held the shutter down while panning slowly from right or left. It took several tries, but I felt I got the hang of it.

Wednesday 31 July, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 18 mm | f/9.0 | ISO 200

Tuesday 30 July, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 18 mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

Kamran and Sonali | Wednesday 31 July, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 55 mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

Sahana and Sonali | Wednesday 31 July, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 26.5 mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 18 mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

Keeyan · Friday 2 August 2013 · FujiFilm X-E1 · XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS

Kamran | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 50.5 mm | f/7.1 | ISO 200

Keeyan and Jayesh Dada | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 55 mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

Maya digging a hole to Australia | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 23.3 mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

Fuji X-E1 Fujinon XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 R LM OIS | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 55 mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

Rahul | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 55 mm | f/22 | ISO 200

Shaan | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 55 mm | f/4.0 | ISO 200

Gina and Keeyan | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 55 mm | f/9.0 | ISO 200

Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 24.3 mm | f/11 | ISO 200

Dipan and Rohan | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 55 mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

Sameer, Jayesh, Jaimini, Mihir, Neha | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 21.4 mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

Kamran and Sonali | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 55 mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

Sahana and Sonali | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 55 mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

Cold water! | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 50.5 mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

The people who hold it all together | Friday 2 August, 2013 | FujiFilm X-E1 | XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS @ 34.3 mm | f/8.0 | ISO 200

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