Image Quality

I’m getting this out of the way right up front. The fact of the matter is, the X-T1 shares the same 16MP X-Trans CMOS II sensor as Fuji’s other recent X Series cameras. Image quality, aside from an extra bump in high ISO capabilities, is a wash.

Having inspected some 100% crops of ISO 3200 and up from the X-T1 and X-E2, the X-T1 doesn’t appear to have made any further advancements in high ISO noise reduction. This isn’t a surprise given how recently the X-E2 came out, and the already excellent noise handling of the X-Trans. I’ll spare you comparing images between the two.

As previously alluded, the X-T1 adds an additional ISO setting; 51,200. This is only accessible if you explicitly select it for either the “H1” or “H2” positions on the ISO dial in Set-up Menu #2 (for some reason, auto ISO can only be set up to ISO 6400). To cut to the chase, I can’t imagine anyone selecting ISO 51,200. Moving from ISO 25,600, there is a sudden and drastic change in image quality.