Fujifilm’s new X-E5 is one of its sleekest mirrorless cameras yet

The XE5 whitethorn beryllium larger than its predecessor, but with the close lens it’s inactive rather compact.

Fujifilm is announcing the X-E5, a caller $1,699.95 mirrorless camera owed retired successful August. It has a 40-megapixel sensor, a caller power lever connected its front, a classical EVF mode with old-school framework lines, and of people a clump of analog-inspired movie simulations. 

It’s yet different retro-looking mirrorless from Fujifilm, but it’s 1 of the much striking designs, with cleaner, straighter lines connected its single-piece machined apical sheet that springiness it a bolder look than the still hard-to-get X100VI. The 2 stock the aforesaid sensor, tilting rear screen, and in-body representation stabilization system. And with the caller 23mm f/2.8 lens announced alongside it, the X-E5 tin adjacent lucifer the focal magnitude of the X100’s built-in lens — but with a much pronounced, contoured grip. The lens is initially disposable lone successful a bundle with the camera for $1,899.95, but volition beryllium sold standalone for $499.95 successful precocious 2025.

The caller X-E5 is somewhat larger than the last-gen X-E4 to accommodate representation stabilization, and astatine 445 grams it’s astir 80 grams heavier. The new, flippy power lever connected its beforehand has 5 programmable functions for enabling things similar Surround View, which lets you spot beyond the framework erstwhile shooting successful cropped facet ratios. 

Fujifilm’s fashionable movie simulations get a dedicated dial connected the X-E5, with a viewing model connected the apical sheet that’s reminiscent of framework counters connected vintage cameras. There are 20 built-in movie simulations successful total, and the dial features six of the astir fashionable presets, positive 3 user-customizable options.

The X-E5 has different caller diagnostic inspired by retro cameras: a Classic Display Mode for its built-in 2.36-million dot physics viewfinder. Enabling this mode gives the viewfinder a vintage heads-up interface, with simplified reddish physics numerals showing vulnerability values, rangefinder-like framework lines with rounded corners, and a needle-style airy metre connected the side. The framework lines look akin to the ones recovered connected a Leica M3, portion the airy metre takes maine close backmost to my aged Pentax K1000 and different 35mm movie SLR cameras.

Fujifilm is sticking to its playbook of updating its X-series cameras with its latest sensor, stabilization, and autofocus tech. The X-E5 isn’t arsenic left-field arsenic the quasi-toy X Half camera, but I wager it’s person to what dedicated X-series fans really want. And Fujifilm evidently isn’t done going to the good for much vintage vibes from classical cameras.