Fredrick Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area

OK, well, not perfect (nothing is) but IMHO very close to perfect. It’s the Fujifilm X100V 26.1 mp APS-C mirrorless digital camera. It has a fixed 23mm (35mm FF equiv) F2.0 lens. I find myself shooting with this camera much more so than with my Fuji X-T2 mirrorless camera and all of its associated lenses. I won’t go into an exhaustive set of all the features, but will hit on the reasons why I love this camera.
First of all, it’s an absolutely beautiful camera, mostly all metal and made in Japan, with lots of dials for a very retro look. It’s all of 17 oz, and fits in my jacket pocket (or pocket on cargo pants). Its sensor uses a special pixel arrangement which eliminates the need for an anti-alias filter, resulting in even sharper images. It’s weather resistant when adding a front filter on the lens. It uses a leaf shutter, enabling it’s built in flash to sync at up to 1/4,000 of a second for excellent fill-in flash capabilities. It has a built in 4 stop ND filter. 11fps continuous shooting with the leaf shutter, 32fps with the electronic shutter. It has 17 film simulations (btw, aside from Kodak, Fujifilm is the only camera company that has a history of making film – they know how to do color). Oftentimes the jpeg image SOOC is all you need, but with their RAW files you can pull out almost 12 stops of dynamic range at up to 3,200 ISO. Their eterna film simulation is perfect for video recording. Yes, it records in 4K video (for about 10 minutes – this is not a video camera primarily). It has a tilting LCD touchscreen, perfect for waist or real low level shots. It also has a HYBRID optical/electronic viewfinder. I use the electronic viewfinder (3.69 million OLED) primarily, because I like to see what the actual results of the image is going to look like.

One of the MAIN reasons why I love this camera is because of the built in Digital Tele-Converter feature. With a twist of the front lens ring, you can shoot in 50mm (FF equiv) or 70mm (FF equiv). Now, before you go off and say “yeah, but it’s digital, not optical” you have to understand what Fujifilm has done here. Through special interpolation software that they’ve developed, they re-interpolate the image and re-size it back up to 6,240 by 4,160 pixels. I’ve blown images up from 50mm and 70mm images at 100% and 200% and see no difference from the 35mm image. I’m sure someone might find some difference, but if so it would be miniscule. Currently, when using the Digital Tele-Converter shooting at 50mm and 70mm it will only produce jpeg images, BUT with the release of the 2.0 firmware update scheduled for the end of this month, it will also produce RAW images!

CONS
• No IBIS
• One card slot
• No GPS
• Fixed lens doesn’t necessarily lend itself to sports and wildlife images
• Pricey - $1,399 (but look at all the features you get)

Will it replace your high end professional digital camera … NO. However, more and more Pro’s are starting to use this as their second camera (for weddings, portraits, etc.). If you’re in the market for a smaller/lighter digital camera, check it out.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

This post seems to be an ad for Fujifilm. OK. I have a Fujifilm X-100T (16MP). Similar EVF / OVF; Hybrid Rangefinder. Personally, I find the menu confusing as I am used to my Pentax menus. For me though I wish the X-100 series had a longer lens, say 35 to 45mm because I do a lot of close-up and macro of flowers. I probably really should have gotten the X-T3 with say a macro lens, a wide angle, a normal, and a zoom. I bought the X-100T used after newer models were out. The X-100T takes really nice images when I use it, but it has limitations for me.

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Sounds great. Without an anti-alias filter, does it still reduce moire?

mrpentaxk5ii

While the camera might be good for some types of photography, the fact that it has a fixed lens rules it out for me due to the fact that it would limit the things that I can photograph.

Fredrick Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area

Yes, with the arrangement of the pixels on the sensor that they use, it does. I read somewhere that by not having to use an anti-alias filter on this camera, it effectively has a lens sharpness of a 42mp camera. Don’t know if that’s true, but the lens is very sharp. There are also other high end digital cameras out there that don’t use anti-alias filters, like the Nikon D850, I believe.

The Fuji X100V is the fifth iteration of this camera (as denoted by the “V”). This version received a new lens over the prior camera versions, which is very sharp. It also focuses down to about six inches.

The camera is a pure joy to use. It has very fast auto focus, and it’s great for street photography, people photography, some landscape photography, and some close up nature photography in particular. Because of the leaf shutter and ability to flash sync up to 1/4000 of a second (where most cameras max out at 1/250 of a second) you can get some amazing flash fill-in results, especially on bright sunny days.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Unfortunately, it doesn’t. It may show up at different distances from the same subject but it’s not significantly different from a similar Bayer array camera.

I have taken shots with the X100T that have moire because they include a window screen. The only way I could have avoided it would have been to move away from the subject.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

I have the X100F. The V is very intriguing, but not intriguing enough for me to switch. I believe the X100 series cameras are designed more for street/documentary photography than for anything else.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

They certainly are very appropriate for street photography because they are small and have the appropriate focal length (35mm equivalent).

But even at 16 MP, they are an excellent choice for general photography including landscape. 24 MP is really overkill for a 16x24mm sensor.

The X100T has some drawbacks (an imprecise leaf shutter and a limited dynamic range) that the newer models may have corrected. But it's great for daylight images and fairly well lit interior and night scenes, especially if you shoot raw.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

I shoot only wildlife, my perfect fixed lens for my digital camera is the Sony 400mm 2.8.

banjoboy Loc: Austin, TX

I bought one last year but ended up returning it. Why? Because my older hands are too shaky for a camera without IBIS, sad to say. Other than that, I loved it. I find the Olympus IBIS system really works well for me.

Alex A

There a number of very good cameras competing for this nice of the market including the Ricoh GRiii ...

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Just so you and everyone else knows, Sony has had this for a very long time now (many years ! ) - Clear Image Zoom - with JPEG only tho.......unless they change it - and all done IN CAMERA.
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imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

It's 26MP and it facilitates the pixel enlargement capabilities ....@50 and 70mm FOV.....but does play against low light ....
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Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

I love my X100T, but only use it in certain situations.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

The X100T can produce perfectly sharp images at 16 MP if you use the entire image (don't crop). So can the Df but it will also take different lenses. 16 MP is plenty for most subjects.

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But X-Trans does not eliminate moire

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