Introduction

The Fujifilm X-T5 is a flagship APS-C sensor mirrorless digicam which was launched in November 2022. It successfully replaces the two-year-old X-T4 mannequin.

The X-T5 has a 40.2 megapixel, APSC sized, X-Trans CMOS 5 HR back-side illuminated (BSI) sensor and X-Processor 5 picture processing engine, and an prolonged ISO vary of 64-51,200.

It’s able to recording 6.2K/30p and DCI 4K video at as much as 60p in 4:2:0 8-bit internally and 4:2.2 10-bit externally by way of HDMI for as much as 160 minutes.

The XT5 can shoot blackout-free at 20fps with steady phase-detect auto-focus and auto-exposure when utilizing the digital shutter with a 1.29x crop utilized and 15fps steady capturing when utilizing the mechanical shutter.

Different key options embody 5-axis in-body picture stabilisation (IBIS) which offers as much as 7 shutter steps of compensation for stills, a 3.68M-dot OLED digital viewfinder with 0.75x magnification and 100fps refresh charge, a tilting 3-inch touchscreen LCD with 1.84-million-dot decision, and twin UHS-II SD reminiscence card slots.

There are 425 AF factors with section detection pixels throughout your entire body and the auto-focus algorithm has been improved in order that it is 3x sooner and gives higher eye/face detection than the X-T4.

The X-T5 can routinely detect animals, birds, automobiles, bikes, planes and trains due to the X-Processor 5’s AI deep studying capabilities.

That is the second ever X-Collection digicam to function Pixel Shift Multi-Shot, with the digicam routinely combining 20 photographs to ship 160 megapixel photographs for the last word high quality when element actually issues.

The XT5 moreover gives an ultra-fast digital shutter that’s able to exposures as much as 1/180000sec, publicity compensation as much as ±5 stops, wi-fi and Bluetooth connectivity, 740-shot battery life and USB-C charging, interval timer capturing, in-camera uncooked conversion, a number of publicity and panoramic capturing modes, and a variety of filter results and movie simulation modes.

The Fujifilm X-T5 is accessible in both Black or Silver priced at £1699 / $1799 for the digicam physique solely within the UK and US respectively. The XT5 is designed and manufactured in Japan.

Ease of Use

The brand new X-T5 concentrates on delivering sheer decision and excessive ranges of element by utilising precisely the identical 40-megapixel X-Trans CMOS 5 HR sensor that first made its debut within the Fuji X-series digicam vary with the latest launch of the X-H2.

This can be a BSI (back-side illuminated) sensor design that has rather more of a concentrate on element and determination than out-and-out pace, backed up by the inclusion of the particular Pixel Shift Multi Shot mode which creates 160 megapixel photographs.

Beforehand solely seen on the X-H2 and the corporate’s GFX-branded medium-format cameras, within the Pixel Shift Multi-Shot the digicam data 20 frames, shifting the sensor by 0.5 pixels between every body.

The ensuing photographs are then routinely mixed into one DNG RAW file, which may be output to a desired file format utilizing appropriate RAW processing software program.

The 40 megapixel sensor permits the XT5 to report 6.2K/30p video, however regardless of utilizing the identical sensor, it surprisingly cannot additionally match the very best high quality 8K/30p mode supplied by the X-H2.

If you happen to do not just like the much less conventional, much less Fuji-like consumer interface or the somewhat eye-watering price-tag of the X-H2 however you continue to need the highest-resolution cropped-sensor digicam in the marketplace, the XT5 is the one to spring for.

It’s just about equivalent to its predecessor, the X-T4, retaining all the conventional dials and controls that Fuji customers have come to know and love, together with the basic Fujifilm ISO, Shutter Velocity and Publicity Compensation dials on high of the digicam.

The XT5 weighs 476g or 557g with a battery fitted, making it 50g lighter than the XT4.

Measuring 129.5 x 91x 63.8mm, the brand new X-T5 is barely smaller than the X-T4 (which measures 134.6 x 92.8 x 63.8mm) , though not by that a lot.

It is truly virtually as small and moveable as the unique X-T1 mannequin, simply measuring 16mm deeper due to the IBIS unit and bigger capability battery.

If you happen to’re a long-time consumer of the XT-series than you will not discover an excessive amount of distinction between all the fashions regards to their in dimension, weight or management layouts.

The X-T5 has a big, sculpted hand-grip on the entrance. You possibly can undoubtedly match three fingers on it, perhaps even 4 relying in your hand dimension, together with your little finger naturally curling beneath the underside of the physique. There’s additionally a outstanding grip on the rear of the digicam in your proper thumb.

A textured faux-leather floor runs across the full width of the digicam, with two steel eyelets on both facet of the physique used for connecting the equipped shoulder strap.

Fujifilm’s ethos with its flagship X-T cameras has lengthy captured the creativeness of ‘purist’ photographers. One of many first issues you’ll discover in regards to the X-T5 is the strong steel high plate adorned with dials to regulate ISO, shutter pace and publicity compensation.

Add an X-series lens with aperture ring to the equation and you’ve got direct entry to the important thing publicity controls while not having to eye a display. As soon as acclimatised to this ‘conventional’ type of operation, it is arduous to return (or ought to we are saying ahead) to the ‘trendy’ approach. For us, this dealing with strategy is refreshing.

However the Fuji XT5 is actually no dinosaur. with a change beneath the shutter pace dial providing a alternative between Nonetheless and Film capturing. This can be a digicam that totally embraces each images and video.

The Nonetheless/ Film change swaps between devoted in-camera menu methods, so you do not have to scroll by means of extreme video choices when all you need to do is images, and vice versa, and the menu system for each disciplines is very well laid out.

Sometimes, navigating by means of this many capturing choices to the one that you really want is painful. But, the in-camera video mode menu is damaged down logically into three sub teams; decision, body charge and bit charge so you’ll be able to choose the mixture that you just want.

A pleasant contact is that the entrance and rear management wheels can now be used quietly in film mode to make modifications to publicity settings, even throughout seize. (The highest dials are redundant in video mode.) Along with the touchscreen menu, most different key video controls comparable to white stability and picture stabilisation may be adjusted too.

The X-H2 gives a barely higher video mode than the X-T5 and is the one to purchase if you happen to’re predominantly a videographer, though this new mannequin actually offers it a run for its cash.

The XH2 gives a highest high quality charge of 8K/30p with no crop recorded in 4:2:2 10-bit internally for about 160 minutes, whereas the XT5 cannot report in any respect in 8K, regardless of utilizing the identical sensor, topping out at 6.2K/30p with a modest 1.23x crop recorded in 4:2:2 10-bit internally.

Each cameras help as much as DCI 4K/60p recording with no cropping, and each can shoot 1080/240p slow-motion footage. Additionally they supply the brand new F-Log 2 profile with as much as 14+ stops of dynamic vary.

Mixed with a suitable HDMI recording system from Atomos or Blackmagic Design, 12-bit RAW video output from each cameras may be recorded as Apple ProRes RAW or Blackmagic RAW.

Additionally they function a digital zoom perform that makes use of the digicam’s 40.2MP sensor to ship as much as 2x of digital zoom with little to no loss in decision, when recording video in 4K.

The X-H2 has a a lot bigger buffer, although, which will increase the utmost accessible have an effect on bit charge for video as compared with the X-T5.

Additionally, you’ll be able to’t match an exterior cooling fan to the XT5, in contrast to the XH2, and since it is considerably smaller there is no such thing as a full dimension HDMI port or 3.5mm headphone socket on the XT5 both.

The X-T5 gives a barely totally different commonplace sensitivity vary of ISO 125 to ISO 12,800 to the X-T4, which may be expanded all the way down to ISO 64 and as much as ISO 51,200.

This makes the X-T5 properly suited to low-light capturing, permitting you to hand-hold the digicam in locations the place you’d often be reaching for a tripod or different help.

Fuji’s intelligent ISO Auto Management setting means that you can set a most sensitivity (as much as 6400) and a minimal shutter pace (1/thirtieth is an efficient place to begin), with the digicam over-riding your ISO alternative if it thinks you are being too bold while sustaining a shutter pace that will not introduce digicam shake.

The picture sensor used within the X-T5 is the subsequent era 40.2 megapixel, APS-C sized, X-Trans CMOS 5 HR back-side illuminated (BSI) sensor, making its second look within the Fuji X-series digicam vary.

Though it might’t match as much as the headline-grabbing 40fps steady capturing pace supplied by the X-H2S and its stacked sensor, the brand new XT5 is actually no slouch in terms of burst sequences.

This new mannequin gives precisely the identical burst capturing charges because the X-H2. They will each shoot at 20fps when utilizing the digital shutter, with a 1.29x crop utilized, and each supply the identical 15fps steady capturing pace when utilizing the mechanical shutter.

There may be one crucial distinction between them, although, and that is the dimensions of the interior buffer.

Whereas the XH2 can report as much as 1000+ JPEGs or 400 RAW information at 20fps, the X-T5 can solely handle a relatively meager 119+ JPEGs or 19 RAW information earlier than the continual capturing charge begins to decelerate.

Compared to its predecessor, the X-T4 was one thing of a pace demon when it was launched in 2020, a lot in order that it truly nonetheless out-performs the brand new X-T5.

It could possibly shoot at 20fps when utilizing the digital shutter with none crop, or 30fps with a 1.25x crop utilized, whereas the XT5 can solely shoot at as much as 20fps when utilizing the digital shutter, and that is with a 1.29x crop utilized.

To assist with capturing the exact second, the X-T5 has a intelligent Pre-shot burst capturing mode, with the digicam continually filling the buffer whereas your half-press the shutter button, after which retaining the latest ones taken 0.5-1 seconds earlier than a full press of the shutter button, eliminating any digicam and human-added delay. Observe that this function solely works with the digital shutter.

Because of its 40 megapixel sensor, the XT5 gives a higher variety of PDAF factors (3.3 million) than the XT4. Fujifilm say that the brand new mannequin is not fairly as quick at monitoring transferring topics because the flagship X-H2S, although, due to that digicam’s stacked sensor.

The X-T5 truly has two sorts of shutter, mechanical and digital. When utilizing its mechanical focal-plane shutter, it has a high shutter-speed restrict of 1/8000th second in all capturing modes.

There is not any built-in ND filter, so if you wish to use a really quick lens in very vibrant daylight when utilizing the mechanical shutter, then it is a good suggestion to purchase an precise glass ND filter.

It significantly improves the quickest shutter pace for the digital shutter by 2.5 stops, from 1/32000 sec on the earlier era XT4 to a outstanding 1/180,000 sec on the XT5.

This permits customers to go away the aperture extensive open in very vibrant situations comparable to a sunny seashore or a ski slope, or to seize a split-second movement.

This lets you proceed capturing wide-open with quick aperture lenses within the brightest of situations with out having to resort to becoming a glass ND filter or utilizing an exterior flash and lights.

The X-T5 has a flash-sync pace of 1/250th second with the mechanical shutter and 1/one hundred and twenty fifth second with the digital shutter.

To make the digicam even much less obtrusive, when the digital shutter is chosen there is a Silent menu possibility which turns off the speaker, flash, AF-assist lamp and most significantly the shutter-release sound, immediately making the X-T5 completely suited to extra candid images.

It is all very properly with the ability to report at 20fps, however except the digicam can rapidly, precisely and reliably concentrate on no matter fast-moving topic you are attempting to seize, it is all for nothing.

Fortunately, though the brand new X-T5 has the identical hybrid autofocus system with as much as 425 selectable section detection and and distinction detections factors because the X-H1, X-T4 and X-Pro3 fashions, Fujifilm have made a variety of actually vital enhancements to make it their finest AF system but.

Chief amongst these is the inclusion of subject-based computational AI, with the XT5 with the ability to routinely detect animals, birds, cars, bikes and bikes, airplanes and prepare.

You do need to particularly select which of these you need to observe from the Topic Detection Setting menu, however you’ll be able to simply register totally different settings to the digicam’s numerous customized modes.

Turning this function on resulted in a super-high hit charge when it comes to auto-focusing, with the digicam usually capable of concentrate on the topic earlier than we might even noticed it ourselves.

The improved auto-focus algorithm that is claimed to be 3x sooner than the X-T4 and notably the topic detection modes assist to make sure that the overwhelming majority of your photographs are sharp.

The XT5 is the sixth Fujifilm digicam to function 5-axis in-body picture stabilisation (IBIS), following on from the X-H1, X-H2, X-H2S, X-T4 and the X-S10.

The X-T4 offers as much as 6.5 shutter steps of compensation for stills, whereas the X-T5 offers as much as a most of seven stops, half a cease higher and the joint-best of any present Fujifilm digicam with the X-H2 and X-H2S.

The XT5 has the identical excellent 3.68M-dot OLED digital viewfinder, 100fps refresh charge and a built-in eye sensor because the X-T4, however the EVF on the XT5 gives barely larger magnification (0.80x vs 0.75x).

The even higher OLED digital viewfinder on the X-H2 has higher 5.76M-dot decision, bigger 0.80x magnification and a sooner 120fps refresh charge.

One of many greatest variations between the brand new X-T5 and the X-T4 and X-H2 cameras is the motion of the LCD display.

Fujifilm have gone again to a 3-way tilting LCD on the XT5, somewhat than the vari-angle display on the XT4 and XH2, saying that it higher matches the extra stills-focused nature of the newer mannequin.

The decision of the display has been elevated barely from 1.62M-dots to 1.84M-dots, truly making it the highest-res display of any present Fujifilm APS-C digicam.

The X-T5 options each built-in wi-fi and Bluetooth connectivity. The latter possibility creates a relentless, low-power connection between the digicam and a smartphone/pill to switch photographs and video utilizing the Fujifilm Digital camera Distant smartphone app, whereas the previous means that you can remotely management the X-T5 by way of both a 2.4Ghz or 5GHz wi-fi connection utilizing a smartphone or pill and the Fujifilm app, and switch photographs and video from one system to the opposite.

The X-T5 has twin reminiscence card slots, simply the X-T4, and similar to the X-T4 it has two UHS-II SD card slots, somewhat than one UHS-II SD slot and one CFexpress Kind B slot as seen on the latest X-H2S and X-H2 cameras.

Regardless of the X-T5 utilizing precisely the identical NP-W235 batteries because the X-T4, Fujifilm are claiming that it gives 740 shot battery life in financial system mode, which is definitely 20% higher than the XT4.

Each cameras will also be powered and charged by way of a USB-C connection, which is beneficial if you happen to’re out and about and have a suitable power-bank to plug the digicam into.

Maybe considerably controversially, the brand new X-T5 doesn’t help a vertical battery grip (there aren’t any contacts on the underside of the digicam).

Fujifilm say that is primarily based on market knowledge for the X-T4 which confirmed that almost all of homeowners didn’t purchase one.

As an alternative you should purchase the non-compulsory MHG-XT5 steel hand grip if you happen to really feel than the physique by itself is simply too small.

Observe that there’s a Vertical Battery Grip (VBG-XH) accessible for the X-H2 mannequin which accepts two NP-W235 rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to increase the life for as much as 1700 frames between recharges.

The earlier X-T4 additionally helps a vertical battery grip, which in addition to making dealing with simpler in portrait mode, once more tremendously will increase the accessible battery life.

A steel tripod mount is positioned inline with the centre of the lens and much away from the battery/reminiscence card compartment, so you do not have to take away the digicam from the tripod to vary the battery.

The brand new Fujifilm X-T5 retains the basic retro styling and management structure of its predecessor however makes use of the identical fifth era sensor and processor because the X-H2.

Due to this fact it represents a giant step ahead in some ways for the XT-series, from the 40 megapixel decision to limitless 4K/60p recording with no crop, and from the sooner, AI-driven AF system that may recognise much more topics to the improved EVF and IBIS.

The XT5 offers precisely the identical picture high quality because the XH2, but it surely does not supply 8K video recording, has a a lot smaller buffer, makes use of slower reminiscence playing cards, has a lower-spec EVF, does not have full dimension HDMI or 3.5mm headphone sockets, and does not help an exterior cooling fan or a vertical grip.

Picture High quality

All the pattern photographs on this evaluation had been taken utilizing the 40.2 megapixel High quality JPEG setting, which provides a mean picture dimension of round 18Mb.

The Fujifilm X-T5 produced photographs of excellent high quality. It data noise-free JPEG photographs from ISO 64 as much as ISO 3200, with a bit noise at ISO 6400 and extra seen noise on the sooner settings of ISO 12800 and 25600 (ISO 51200 is finest averted), a tremendous efficiency for a digicam with a 40 megapixel APS-C sensor. The RAW information had been additionally glorious, exhibiting extra noise than their JPEG counterparts however nonetheless producing very usable photographs from ISO 64-6400.

The night time {photograph} was glorious, with the utmost shutter pace of 30 seconds being lengthy sufficient for many after-dark photographs, and the Bulb mode permitting for much longer exposures if required. The Dynamic Vary and HDR settings subtly enhance element within the shadows and highlights, whereas the in depth vary of Movie Simulation modes hark again to a bygone period, and the Superior Filters assist you to have a bit enjoyable together with your photographs in-camera.

Noise

There are 11 full ISO settings accessible on the Fujifilm X-T5 for JPEGs and RAW information. Listed here are some 100% crops which present the noise ranges for every ISO setting.

File High quality

The Fujifilm X-T5 has 2 totally different picture high quality settings accessible, with High quality being the very best high quality possibility. Listed here are some 100% crops which present the standard of the varied choices, with the file dimension proven in brackets.

High quality (18Mb) (100% Crop)
Regular (9.1Mb) (100% Crop)

RAW (85.5Mb) (100% Crop)

Evening

The Fujifilm X-T5’s most shutter pace is 30 seconds within the Time shutter pace mode, and there is a Bulb mode which permits exposures as much as 60 minutes lengthy, which is good news if you happen to’re significantly taken with night time images. The shot beneath was taken utilizing a shutter pace of 15 seconds at ISO 125.

Pixel Shift Multi Shot

Pixel Shift is a particular Multi-Shot perform that can be utilized to create 160 megapixel photographs!

The digicam’s built-in IBIS unit is used to shift the picture sensor by as much as a pixel in numerous instructions throughout the sequence of 20 photographs.

Product Photographs

Conclusion

2022 has been a large yr for Fujifilm, with the launch of not one, not two, however three flagship APS-C cameras within the equivalent shapes of the X-H2 and X-H2S and now the model new X-T5.

Whereas the previous two fashions largely eschewed the standard dials and controls that Fuji customers have come to know and love, the XT5 marks a return to the acquainted control-heavy strategy that the XT-series has lengthy been identified for, together with the now basic Fujifilm ISO, Shutter Velocity and Publicity Compensation dials discovered on high of the digicam.

In reality, the brand new Fujifilm X-T5 basically retains the basic retro styling and management structure of its XT4 predecessor and combines it with the identical fifth era sensor and processor as utilized by the X-H2, thereby offering precisely the identical stills picture high quality as its dearer sibling.

These would-be-buyers who had been hoping for an XH2 in XT-series clothes will probably be largely, however not solely, happy with what the X-T5. What it notably does not supply when in comparison with the XH2 is 8K video recording, which appears to purely be a advertising somewhat than technical resolution on the a part of Fujifilm.

Additionally in direct comparability the XT5 has a a lot smaller buffer, makes use of slower reminiscence playing cards, has a lower-spec EVF, does not have full dimension HDMI or 3.5mm headphone sockets, and does not help an exterior cooling fan or a vertical grip, some or all of which can persuade you to forgo the XT5’s conventional controls in trade for the undoubtedly higher specification supplied by the X-H2.

In comparison with its predecessor, the XT4, which lots of people could also be seeking to improve from, the brand new XT5 represents a giant step ahead in some ways for the XT-series, from the 40 megapixel decision with 160mp pixel-shift mode to limitless 4K/60p recording with no crop, and from the sooner, AI-driven AF system that may recognise much more topics to the improved EVF, much more succesful IBIS and longer battery life.

The X-T4 was one thing of a pace demon when it was launched in 2020, a lot in order that it truly nonetheless out-performs the brand new X-T5. Fujifilm have additionally gone again to a 3-way tilting LCD on the brand new X-T5, somewhat than the vari-angle display on the X-T4, saying that it higher matches the extra stills-focused nature of the newer mannequin. And once more the shortage of a vertical grip possibility for the newer mannequin is certainly a courageous advertising alternative on the a part of Fuji.

There’s solely a comparatively small worth distinction between them, with the brand new Fujifilm X-T5 is priced at £1699 / $1799 body-only within the UK and USA respectively and the equally specced Fujifilm X-H2 costing £1899 / $1999 physique solely, making it simply £$200 greater than the XT5.

Total, the Fujifilm X-T5 actually succeeds in combining the much-loved design of its predecessors with the cutting-edge specification of the X-H2 at a extra aggressive price-point, and is subsequently worthy of our coveted Important award.

Rankings (out of 5)

Design
5

Options
4.5

Ease-of-use
4.5

Picture high quality
5

Worth for cash
4.5

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Specs

Mannequin identify
FUJIFILM X-T5

Lens Mount
FUJIFILM X mount

Picture sensor
23.5mm x 15.7mm (APS-C) X-Trans CMOS 5 HR with main colour filter

Variety of efficient pixels
40.2 tens of millions pixels

Sensor Cleansing System
Extremely Sonic Vibration

Picture Processing Engine
X-Processor 5

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