Looks very very promising. When the X100s came out I remember wondering (out loud I think) about whether the PDAF sensor technology would work with the existing lenses and if their AF motors could ever be as quick as the X100s. Well, evidently they come pretty close. I guess we'll find out once Fuji updates the lens firmware, which the article indicated could take a few months. But even the CDAF sounds notably improved, and it didn't suck before.
And yeah, having a minimum shutter speed selectable up to 1/500 with auto ISO in aperture priority mode is GREAT! I hadn't seen a compact other than the Nikon A that had gone above 1/250 and most didn't even do that. I didn't see anything on whether you could now use exposure comp with auto ISO in M mode, but with this minimum shutter speed in A mode, I'd never need to anyway, personally. If I wasn't using the Nikon A pretty much as my only and go-to street camera, I'd get one of these as soon as I could and use it for street - as I did extensively with the X-Pro when I first got it. Or if I was using a wider range of lenses with the XE1, I'd no doubt upgrade to this for both the auto ISO and the faster AF. For how I use the camera, I don't see any reason to, but if it was my primary system camera instead of just a very wide angle specialist for me, I'd be all over the XE2. As is, I'll probably sit tight with the XE1 for the foreseeable future, but kudos to Fuji on this one! Looks like a significant upgrade... Evolutionary perhaps, but very useful nonetheless...
-Ray