Fujifilm X-E5 Announcement Live Blog For X Summit Shanghai

Fujifilm X-E5: B&H Photo / Amazon (Black : Silver) / Moment / Adorama
Fujinon XF23mm f/2.8 R WR: B&H Photo / Amazon / Moment / Adorama

LiveBlog Below:

  • Announcement from X Space
  • Fujifilm wants to show its commitment to photography over the years
  • Fujifilm wants to preserve, protect, and share the culture of photography
  • Partnered with Magnum to digitize and archive their slides with the GFX100II
  • X Space has been set up to let people to get hands-on with Fujifilm cameras and its history
  • X Space also offers training
  • When you think ot the love of photography, you think of the X100
  • Rangefinder style is the classic way of shooting
  • The Fujifilm X-E was introduced after the X-Pro
  • The X-E series went beyond the value of compactness
  • Fujifilm wanted to return to the roots of the X-E series
  • Fujifilm X-E5 is about the joy of photography
  • X-Tans 5HR 40Megapixel
  • 5th Generation X-Provessor 5 with the latest AI AF system
  • First X-E camera with IBIS with 7 stops in the center and 6 at the corners
  • Still a very compact camera, and Fujifilm has continued to reduce the size of IBIS
  • Refined, more premium design
  • About the size of the X-E4
  • The top block is machined from a single block of metal
  • The dial operation is easier thanks to the machining
  • Fujifilm has a new film simulation dial and window on the top
  • The dials on the top are like a mechanical watch
  • New optical block for the EVF
  • Bluetooth button on the bottom like a rewind button
  • Film simulations are designed for unique photography situations
  • Lots of film simulation recipes
  • You can save up to 20 film simulations on the FS dial
  • There is a new mode called classic display, and it helps you focus on shooting through the viewfinder
  • The new mode is to resemble film cameras
  • There is also a surround view mode that resembles rangefinders; the front control lever activates it
  • There is a digital teleconverter with x1.4 and x2
  • New XF23mm f/2.8 R WR pancake lens announced
  • It is compact, lightweight, and has high image quality
  • 8 optical elements in 6 groups, 2 of which are ASPH
  • 90g and the same size as the 27mm f/2.8 R WR
  • Image quality on par with flagship lenses
  • The 23mm lineup represents fast XF23mm f/2, sharp XF23mm f/2.8, and fast and sharp XF23mm f/1.4.
  • The X-E5 is coming in August XF23mm is coming in December
  • X-E5 €1,549
  • X-E5 with XF23mm €1,799
  • XF23mm €449
  • Interesting that they showed European pricing, but not US at the end.

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