Overall, good camera, but when you paying attention exactly what you really need at the end, could be better ...

Overall, good camera, but when you paying attention exactly what you really need at the end, could be better ...

Fujifilm X-A1 system camera (16 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, 7.6 cm (3 inch) LCD display, WiFi) incl. XC16-50mm Kit (Electronics)

Customer Review

At first I was also impressed by the image quality. But I foolishly home tested once mostly in low light and therefore usually focused on an object. And here you can play the big, big advantage of being virtually non rushes up to ISO4000. However, if you set the real picture quality without noise reduction, then it roars also quite normal, though perhaps a little less than a cheap DSLR or system camera, but similar to current DSLRs and system cameras.

BUT:
Then I had a little more time and I'm even gone in daylight in the real life test. Macro, close, middle distance (more will not do so with 3x, more on that later), then trees with leaves (killer test for each camera, as occur here chromatic Abber rations, hard contrast differences, many fine details at a time, so-called. "Dead Leaves test ") and then also fast moving objects from the middle distance and then close, then manually set ISO, then automatically ISO MAX, for example, a passing car in sunlight and then in heavy cloud cover, then multi-segment autofocus and Spot etc.

When I got home, I looked at the photos looked and with an average Samsung NX 1000 and 3000 System Camera with 20MP APS-C (great technical progress between 1000 and 3000 available since noise was finally brought in 3000 to date and the AF faster was) and a DSLR compared (D3100 class 14MP DSLR beginners and D3200 beginners / middle with 24MP APS-C, then Canon 18MP APS-C chip standard DSLR).

Result is that you up to ISO1000 almost no differences between the cameras see, since they all have an APS-C chip. First, the Samsung NX1000 begins to rustle, then followed by the D3100, although it has fewer MP than the D3200. Canon remains to ISO 1600 soft and leaves room for reworking. Until ISO1600 you can forget the NX1000, the D3100 comes to the border, NX3000 still good, Fujifilm X-A1 still laughing because nothing has changed and the D3200 starts, easy to rustle. In the ISO3200 Fuji runs all away, but we have forgotten that the D3200 24MP has that should indeed be reduced to 16MP of X-A1. When skillfully reduced the 24MP, we obtain significantly sharper and similar little noisy images as in the X-A1, although without low-pass filter and a little Hocus-Pocus in the pixel array.

What I mean to say, is simple as mentioned at the beginning that you have to consider exactly the purpose and indeed completely from A to Z. It was in the course of "real life" test a few points that have led me to the end, the X-Fujifilm re-sell. Quite simply because of that, because I take pictures to more than 80% in daylight, me, the autofocus has not convinced (I used in the end only spot because my Evaluative did not like. With more field were simply still not as expected, as neutral as possible many points focused sharply, but grossly always focused only at einzigst displayed measurement field around. That led to a lot of waste, which I can not forgive when returning from a trip, I'll travel there is not even to a distant country, so the picture is corrected .) Here is the Samsung NX rock-solid since all areas should be displayed on the screen and be focused so that the image everything is sharp. Then I reduce the 20MP to 16MP Fujifilm, I notice no difference in the day, but just that I can rely on, for half the price to come in a smaller size and solid AF with very good pictures home.

Thus, on the day, the classic DSLR because of the superior speed, superior image quality (if you reduced the MP in the same number of FUJFILM X-A1, is of course only for the D3200, the D3100 can not be better, but has it again many benefits, more on that later), and the accuracy in the lead.

In the end I did not like in the X-A1, as well as X-M1 that at prices under 500 euros new, only the 16-50 lens is delivered, which is faint and little focal length. Very often I have dreamed of F2.8 and about 5-7x Zoom, which could do more than 70% of the requirements. But more has disrupted the small focal length. Then I bit at the end of the bullet and ordered me to test the 18-135 lens. I have thus clearly exceeded the EUR 1000 limit ... realistically at about 1150 euros :(. The 18-135 I have tested and it was my ideal lens, since the focal length has always been sufficient without image quality prints. Unfortunately, this is the objective schweineteuer, very difficult and extremely large in diameter, so the camera was smaller than the attached lens and they are no longer able to put on the table, for example, precisely. When using I've also had a slight cramp in holding the light, thin bodies, because now the camera is very top-heavy and somehow the whole point and charm has disappeared a system camera I have wasted more than 1,100 euros and was already in scarce 1kg and thought to myself. actually, why do I need this camera at all?

At home, have outside the images hardly convinced me the real test, than any other for 3 years produced APS-C camera, regardless of whether or DSLR camera system. Due to the fact that the camera does not make sense with practical lenses more, I take pictures for the most part on the day, I have more focal length needed, missed an optical viewfinder (clear when you squandered more money, you get also) no longer comfortable to transport the camera and to use was the "light" travel zoom and the enormous cost of the original objectives and the end less detail and precision in the images as a scaled down as the D3200 on 16-20MP and hardly differences to other System cameras, I have returned the Travel Zoom and sells Fujifilm. She makes great pictures, but frankly, makes the competition even.

At the end I have a lightweight, compact DSLR get for the same money as like 3x Zoomkit with X-Body with higher resolution and Travel Zoom + 150 Euro Nikon original fixed focal length F1.8 for the night to suit all my needs, the same weight body left (about 450g Camera Body + 1 lens 250-460g + 1 battery ready to fire = scarce kg) and is fail, and allows me access to good foreign lens manufacturers and cheap original lenses. In addition I have upped the ante 200 euros and bought a slightly used Samsung NX camera late-model as a backup camera for the side pocket. Now I am perfectly happy and lay overall significantly cheaper than 1x X-Body with 1xObjektiv focal length 6,5-7x instead 11x and have been using the Samsung also have access to extremely affordable, good strong light Mini-prime lenses that cost again twice at Fuji.

I therefore give 4 stars because the camera is good, but makes them only with a small 3x zoom (especially the 18-55 F2.8 it!) And a high-intensity fixed focal length meaning (System cameras are otherwise just as hard and big as small DSLRs, the can for less money more and are much more flexible and are more convenient to operate, and are already equipped ex works). But as I said, once you just leave some more focal length needs = 2-3x as many costs a little poorer image quality during the day, for better image quality at night, but slower autofocus, which has particularly serious problems in low light, as contrast measurement as opposed to DSLR with phases & contrast measurement, thus manually focused even slower. If you hit one, then the USP> ISO4000 is unbeaten at 16MP. But you need it just does not often go here and a very expensive way. And each camera is fast, once you installed a bright fixed focal length in mind. Then you can always produce fast enough clean photos to ISO2000.

So slowly the whole system camera bracket no longer makes sense to me because the DSLR housings are always lighter and smaller and the lens due to the sensor size always has similar dimensions, but stop for equal work at different manufacturers already the difference in price of a small used car make may or . the price of the next vacation.

Conclusion at the end: More expensive low-light champion. Top with fixed focal length, but then again the X-A1 is provided cold mercilessly from the Ricoh GR or Nikon A who exactly the same price as the X-A1 (at the end even underneath lie, since the good fixed focal length of work was built and optimized for APS-C chip), and high ISO Master, are not familiar with distortion and always there are, because they fit in the pockets and the exact same 16MP resolution offer as the Fuji, with also APS-C chip and Nikon also without A low-pass filter as in the Fuji. As I said, I will give a backup solution, or compact, REALLY compact (pocket!) Take-along solution preference. What is compact, is also used more often and you do not miss motives. I only have therefore a less compact solution (NX) given preference because they should serve me only as a backup solution and costs little, little prevails, yet is portable in side pocket and I have in doubt yet 3x zoom (if DLSR is defective or is stolen), so I can use the camera as a main DSLR.

Weigh difficult decision, how many points a are as important. And now you must decide ... :)

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