Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsHeavy Use - All That and Then Some!
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2021
This camera is what I needed. I had a FujiFilm x100s years ago and loved it, but traded up for my studio DSLR. I missed it greatly, but it was an extravagance to me because I couldn't change lenses.
The E4, with the new 27mm WR lens gives me all the benefits I had in the x100s.
Granted my phone is taking some good shots these days, but when you want be a real photographer, rather than a 'snapshotter,' - when you want to work your magic triangle, which means to tweak your aperture, shutter speed and ISO - and when you want to do it without carrying your 'big iron' kit - you can't be better served than with this small camera.
The X-E4 with small prime lenses allows me portability, stealth and creativity. And when I throw larger X-Mount lenses on it, I can do anything that I can do with a full frame camera. This camera is now competing with my X-T2 as my favorite camera to use because the sensor and processor chip are so amazingly good. The image quality is stunning and the colors blow me away. I also shoot a lot of black and white. Fuji's black and white is an amazing experience.
Yes, it is small in the hand and I think I will eventually get a grip extender, but this camera is not what anyone would call difficult to use. No, it doesn't have ISO on a physical dial like my incredible X-T2, but it does have an aperture dial, and all of the most important controls are quickly accessible with a touch of the Function button or the Drive button.
When you consider Fuji's well thought out menu system, the ergonomics of the buttons, and the ability to add programmable functions, you'll realize that this camera, like most Fujis, gives you an ergonomic shooting system that can be compared to a sports car - while other cameras are more like Mack trucks. Both will get you to the same place, but why grind the gears of a behemoth when the light and nimble Fuji is such a joy to drive?
