Fujifilm X100V review

The Fujifilm X100V is the fifth version of Fujifilm’s classic compact camera and brings some major improvements

Fujifilm X100V review
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Digital Camera World Verdict

We were expecting Fujifilm to put its latest 26.1-megapixel sensor into the new X100V, but the company has done a lot more besides. The X100V has a new, sharper lens to do justice to the latest sensor and the tilting touchscreen on the back makes this camera much easier to use at awkward angles, without compromising its slimline design. The improved autofocus and 4K video capabilities bring this classic camera design right up to date.

Pros

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    Slim and pocketable

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    26.1MP APS-C sensor

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    New tilting touchscreen

Cons

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    Non-interchangeable lens

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    No optical stabilization

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    Luxury price

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The Fujifilm X100V is part of Fujifilm’s X series camera range but a bit of an outlier. Unlike other X-series cameras, it doesn’t take interchangeable lenses. Instead, it has a fixed 23mm f/2 lens (35mm equivalent) which offers a classic focal length for everyday use and street photography, and a design slim enough to slide into a jacket pocket.

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Rod Lawton
Contributor

Rod is an independent photography journalist and editor, and a long-standing Digital Camera World contributor, having previously worked as DCW's Group Reviews editor. Before that he has been technique editor on N-Photo, Head of Testing for the photography division and Camera Channel editor on TechRadar, as well as contributing to many other publications. He has been writing about photography technique, photo editing and digital cameras since they first appeared, and before that began his career writing about film photography. He has used and reviewed practically every interchangeable lens camera launched in the past 20 years, from entry-level DSLRs to medium format cameras, together with lenses, tripods, gimbals, light meters, camera bags and more. Rod has his own camera gear blog at fotovolo.com but also writes about photo-editing applications and techniques at lifeafterphotoshop.com