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like it's less expensive sibling and predecessor the fujifilm xe2 delivers pretty excellent photo quality the camera incorporates the company's aps-c sized x-trans CMOS to sensor which uses a non-standard color filter array layout so that it can drop the softening anti-aliasing filter and combined with really good jpeg processing it delivers excellent photos as high as ISO 3200 and really usable ones through iso 6400 plus if you shoot black and white you can go throughout the range up to 25600 the camera has great dynamic range in good color too though on its defaults it compresses shadow areas in a way the XE one doesn't the flip side however is relatively poor video quality with a lot of edge artifacts and more a but the anti-aliasing filter usually deals with the camera has a really nice design with a great electronic viewfinder updated from the XE one and photographer friendly physical controls while I wish the LCD could tilt articulate and it still really isn't visible in direct sunlight the VF is probably a solid trade off the camera has more analog field and similarly priced models with a manual shutter speed dial exposure compensation dial in a kit lens that has a manual aperture ring as physical controls for all frequently needed settings plus two programmable function buttons and a threaded remote socket in the shutter the surprisingly good on camera flash can be tilted back to bounce or to reduce intensity the grips a lot shallower than I like but it's not bad and the thumb rest provides sufficient leverage for single-handed shooting the one design drawback for tripod users is the location of the socket it's right next to the battery and card compartment its feature set is pretty unremarkable though there's almost everything here that most serious photographers might want it just like spells like GPS expansive bracketing controls time lapse and so on as a caveat I'm not a big fan of split image viewfinders so i can't really appreciate the digital version that fujifilm is incorporated here and the one significant new feature Wi-Fi has pretty middling features it has connectivity problems especially with iOS devices its performance is better than before but still lags its competitors for single shot auto focus though it's more than acceptable if you're looking for great photo quality with a moderately analog like shooting experience the xc2 is it it's just not the most well-rounded version of its cohort I'm Lori drunen and this is the fujifilm XE to