Fujifilm is saying the X-E5, a brand new $1,699.95 mirrorless digicam due out in August. It has a 40-megapixel sensor, a brand new management lever on its entrance, a traditional EVF mode with old-school body traces, and naturally a bunch of analog-inspired movie simulations.
It’s yet one more retro-looking mirrorless from Fujifilm, however it’s one of many extra placing designs, with cleaner, straighter traces on its single-piece machined high plate that give it a bolder look than the nonetheless hard-to-get X100VI. The two share the identical sensor, tilting rear display, and in-body picture stabilization system. And with the brand new 23mm f/2.8 lens introduced alongside it, the X-E5 may even match the focal size of the X100’s built-in lens — however with a extra pronounced, contoured grip. The lens is initially accessible solely in a bundle with the digicam for $1,899.95, however will probably be offered standalone for $499.95 in late 2025.
The new X-E5 is barely bigger than the last-gen X-E4 to accommodate picture stabilization, and at 445 grams it’s about 80 grams heavier. The new, flippy management lever on its entrance has 5 programmable features for enabling issues like Surround View, which helps you to see past the body when capturing in cropped side ratios.
Fujifilm’s in style movie simulations get a devoted dial on the X-E5, with a viewing window on the highest plate that’s paying homage to body counters on classic cameras. There are 20 built-in movie simulations in complete, and the dial options six of the preferred presets, plus three user-customizable choices.
The X-E5 has one other new characteristic impressed by retro cameras: a Classic Display Mode for its built-in 2.36-million dot digital viewfinder. Enabling this mode provides the viewfinder a classic heads-up interface, with simplified crimson digital numerals displaying publicity values, rangefinder-like body traces with rounded corners, and a needle-style mild meter on the facet. The body traces look just like those discovered on a Leica M3, whereas the sunshine meter takes me proper again to my previous Pentax K1000 and different 35mm movie SLR cameras.
Fujifilm is sticking to its playbook of updating its X-series cameras with its newest sensor, stabilization, and autofocus tech. The X-E5 isn’t as left-field because the quasi-toy X Half digicam, however I wager it’s nearer to what devoted X-series followers truly need. And Fujifilm clearly isn’t accomplished going to the nicely for extra classic vibes from traditional cameras.
