- In the US
- X-E5 offers a series of improvements on your predecessor
- The X-E4 remains on sale, if you can find it
It is fair to say that the official revelation of Fujifilm X-E5 has caused some consternation among brand fans. From $ 1,699 / £ 1,299, this compact mirror without a compact mirror is much more expensive than its predecessor, the Fujifilm X-E4, which costs only $ 850 / £ 799 when it arrived in 2021.
I admit that it seems a considerable sum to pay a non -sealed climate camera and an outdated tiny viewer. But as someone who reviews the cameras day after day, I think that Fujifilm X-E5 represents a good value for money, at least on paper.
I still have to have in my hands a show of Fujifilm X-E5 (however, it is attentive for a deep review here very soon), but even from afar it is clear that this camera is more expensive than the X-E4 for very justifiable reasons. And the Techradar cameras editor, Tim Coleman, has its own version after a three-day excursion with the camera before its launch: look at its first X-E5 thoughts.
First, the specifications and characteristics offered in the new Fujifilm camera far exceed X-E4. To choose the two most obvious updates: the X-E5 is built around a cloud sensor of 5 hours of new generation of 40.2mp cmos 5 hours that offers almost double the resolution of the 26.1mp sensor resolution of X-E4; And now comes with the stabilization of image change image of the five -axis sensor in the body (IBIS).
These improvements, particularly the IBIS, should lead to great improvements in the detail and the sharpness of the image, especially for hand shot. Now you can also record a 6.2K video, while the X-E4 exceeded 4K.
The X-E5 is also the first XE series camera that comes with a totally metal upper plate. Meaded from a single aluminum block, I am sure that this will make the X-E5 feel harder and more luxurious than its predecessor. Yes, even if it is not technically sealed by the weather, which I will admit that it is a disappointment, particularly because Fujifilm is selling the camera in a kit with a new XF23mm pank lens f/2.8, which is resistant to climate.
I will also say that the little viewfinder could really have used an update. Incredibly, it really seems to be the same point of 0.39 inches, 2.36 million points as seen in the first XE series camera, the Fujifilm X-E1, which was launched 13 years ago. It is functional, yes, but as a photographer who prefers to compose shots with my eye pressed against a viewfinder instead of looking at a screen, the bigger, the brighter and travel the viewfinder, the better.
The LCD screen also seems to be a degradation of other recent models: it is a 1.04M-Dot unit instead of the 1.84m Dotes released by X-T50 and X100VI.
When we talk about the price of X-E5, particularly in the US, we must also recognize the impact of Trump administration rates, which has led to a situation in which non-American manufacturers will naturally increase the prices of their products. It is no secret that the X-E5 costs $ 200 more than it would otherwise have.
Even leaving aside this tariff confusion, inflation has also bit hard since 2021, so it is not really surprising to see that the X-E5 has a price in this way.
Finally, it seems that Fujifilm is configured to maintain the X-E4 in its current alignment of the X series, if you can find it in stock, which means that the company is still giving the consumer the option to collect a camera without a river-style mirror ashequible if that is what it needs. While the X-E4 is certainly not exempt from inconveniences, it is still a very useful interchangeable lens chamber. Now he has a more advanced and better built brother for anyone who wants it.
Do you not agree with me and still think that the X-E5 is too expensive compared to its predecessor? Feel free to sound in the comments below, but remember to return for a complete and definitive review of the last launch of Fujifilm.
