Wot the wox is this?
I can't quite get my head around the X-E1 (perhaps a deliberate rhyme with 'sexy one'). Is it a lower-level X-Pro 1, and therefore part of a growing family of X-mount cameras? Is it intended to be an entry level X-mount camera, or a backup camera to the X-Pro 1? If it is a lower end camera, what compromises have been made to prevent it from stealing X-Pro 1 sales, apart from the lack of hybrid viewfinder? Is it the Fuji equivalent of a E-PLx vs E-Px? Is it meant to be a more mass-market product, and if so, have the controls and functions been dumbed down and mainstreamed-up?
While I'm heartened that Fuji has seen enough return on the X100 and X-Pro 1 to be able to introduce a new body, I'm also cautious about whether they will go the way of m43 and bring out body after body with very few distinguishing features. I would rather see Fuji concentrate on lenses and making a single, superior X-mount body, rather than spreading resources over two or even more bodies.
Having said that, the X-E1 appears to be smaller than the X-Pro 1, and would be rather dishy as a street camera with the pancake lenses.