To say it straight away: The "New" is already very good, but not so much better than the "old", because that is (still) technically at the level. And according to various firmware updates is itself the AF speed of the X-E1 compared very passable. Whether you should spend so much more for the X-E2, everyone must decide for themselves. In terms of image quality, the two take practically nothing. Okay, the new display is larger and higher resolution, the current processor speed, the "bucking" the EVF practically gone. Unfortunately, Fuji has the "View Mode" button rationalized. One can now indeed sacrifice one of the two FN keys for what mE but represents a clear step backwards compared to the predecessor. When you could specify the respective mode with a single click. When X-E2 I must now take the camera from the eye, press the FN button and then switch means control key from EVF to display - quite impractical. I own both Bodies and use a so much as the other. Newcomers to the Fuji X system I advise almost rather the older X-E1, the saved extra cost, I would invest in glass. For me, both are at a very high technical level and earn for my subjective impression, 5 star ...