Does the Fujifilm X-Pro1 preview exposure compensation in the EVF?

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On cameras like the Olympus OM-D E-M5, the EVF can show the image getting brighter or darker as you apply exposure compensation. Does the Fujifilm X-Pro1 do the same, or does it only show compensation on the meter/histogram? If it changed with firmware, which modes support live exposure preview?

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As far as I have been able to determine, the only exposure compensation indications in the X-Pro 1's EVF are on the histogram overlay and the exposure meter; the actual viewfinder image stays at the "correct" exposure. See the viewfinder page of the DPReview review; it has a viewfinder image graphic that shows what everyone else seems to be saying in text. In manual exposure mode, you get even less help.

It could be argued, though, that the viewfinder is doing electronically what you'd expect an optical viewfinder to do, giving you a usable viewfinder image regardless of the metering selected. (Most of the EVFs I've used over the years, going back to the Minolta Dimage and early Fuji superzooms have worked this way.) Either choice works; it's all a matter of the photographer's exectations.

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Originally, the X-Pro1 did not show exposure compensation directly in the EVF image. You could see compensation reflected on indicators like the exposure meter and histogram, but the finder image itself stayed at a normalized/usable brightness rather than getting brighter or darker.

Later firmware added a related option, but only for manual exposure mode. With the setting often labeled “preview exp./wb in manual mode,” the EVF can preview the effect of your manual exposure settings. That does not extend to exposure compensation in aperture priority, shutter priority, or full auto.

There is also a separate “preview pic. effect” option, which affects things like film simulation previews, but that is not the same as exposure-compensation preview.

So the practical answer is: for exposure compensation, generally no—the X-Pro1 does not live-preview it in the EVF the way some other mirrorless cameras do. In manual mode, with the appropriate firmware and setting enabled, it can preview exposure settings.

Does the Fujifilm X-Pro1 preview exposure compensation in the EVF?

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