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

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.

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

Author: Khürt Williams

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