Skin tones look fantastic in any light, while Nikon and Canon's skin tones are about average, but for vivid colors for photos of places and things and everything else, Canon and Nikon are much better. All rights reserved. By ISO 12,800 the minute marks are mostly gone. The X100V's graticules are generated electronically with the OLED. I use a standard $10 threaded cable release. If these 600 × 450 pixel crops are about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 42 × 62" (3.5 × 5.2 feet or 1.05 × 1.6 meters). Reviews To a master, the subtle details are everything, just like subtle differences in color rendition between different brands of camera. Front finder control lever can now be programmed for other functions. bigger or camera-original © 10 MB LARGE NORMAL JPG file. If you want to ensure a soft image with any lens, shoot at f/16 at ISO 1,600 at default sharpening in daylight of subjects at differing distances in the same image. You'll get more shots if you do more shooting, and less if you do more setting, fiddling and playing back. When you install it, you need to accept “Ichikawa Soft Laboratory License Agreement”. Silver-painted hot shoe cover may seem trivial, but adds a nice look and feel to this aluminum X100V. DSLRs are completely different kinds of cameras. The Fuji X100V is a handsome all-metal camera with real knobs and dials which makes it very easy to set and control from shot to shot. Slight changes in the shapes of levers and dials, for instance, moving your thumb to the left to rotate the shutter dial clockwise is curiously more blocked by the camera's top cover than it was on the X100F. Sadly today in 2020 a state-of-the-art APS-C camera like the Sony A6600 is much sharper at all of the higher ISOs than the X100V. I use no external flash. Skilled photographers make great images with whatever camera is in their hands; I've made some of my best images of all time with an irreparably broken camera! Some places, like the ISO dial, omit the H and L settings, while setting ISO with the front dial omits the Auto settings. The minium shutter speed is set from 1/4 to 1/30 in full stops, and from 1/30 to 1/500 in third stops, with the curious exception of 1/50, which cannot be set. The optical finder is tiny, with low 0.5× magnification very different form the huge finders of the 0.91× LEICA M3 or life-size 1.0× finder of the Nikon SP. Doesn't work at all with the electronic shutter. Fuji's images are superior for people photos; skin tones look fantastic in any light, while Nikon and Canon's skin tones are good to excellent, depending on how you choose to set them. "Time" (T) mode on dial is really only a way to set shutter speeds from 2 seconds to 15 minutes. Only found as a menu option and in the Quick Menu. Eventually you'll be able to get it used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay. See also What's New Since the X100F. At ISO 51,200 even the numbers and hands are starting to disappear. Fill flash is critical to people shots in every kind of situation, and the ultrafast sync of the X100V lets its tiny flash significantly outperform every other Fuji interchangeable-lens camera, every DSLR and every other mirrorless camera brand. For everything other than people photography, I prefer the JPG color rendition I get from Nikon or Canon. (35mm equivalent.). Welcome to 2020. If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same very high magnification would be about 21 × 31" (1.7 × 2.6 feet or 50 × 80 cm). If you find this This is as I shoot JPGs straight out of the camera; if you shoot raw then you most likely can create any look you like in your software. In this case I used the 50mm equivalent digitally converted lens. ISO 80, 100 and 125 are "pull" ISOs, and thus have more highlight contrast. Overall   Autofocus   Manual Focus   Breathing   Bokeh, Auto ISO   Auto White Balance   Color Rendition, Distortion   Ergonomics   Exposure   Falloff, Film Simulations   Filters   Finder   Flare & Ghosts, Flash   High ISOs   Lateral Color Fringes, Lens Corrections   Macro   Mechanics   Movies, Spherochromatism   Sunstars   Teleconverters. Corded, uses common "∞" shaped plug end. I can't believe it's this bad. Focus breathing is the image changing size as focused in and out. as often with my X100V as I do with my Nikons and Canons. Socket for standard threaded cable release in the shutter button on top. bigger, full-resolution or camera-original © 11 MB LARGE NORMAL JPG file. 1,200 × 900 pixel crop from above. Contact, 09-13, 18 March 2020, 03-04, 11 February 2020, camera-original © 8 MB LARGE NORMAL JPG file, camera-original © 10 MB LARGE NORMAL JPG file, you really need to go out of your way to find colorful subjects, camera-original © 10.7 MB LARGE NORMAL JPG file, camera-original © 9 MB LARGE NORMAL JPG file, camera-original © 5.5 MB LARGE NORMAL JPG file, camera-original © 4.4 MB MEDIUM NORMAL JPG file, camera-original © 7 MB LARGE NORMAL JPG file, camera-original © 12 MB LARGE NORMAL JPG file, synchronizes all speeds up to 1/4,000, allowing the built-in flash to have far more range, The front lever lets you swap between these, The rear touch screen can select AF areas while shooting with the viewfinder, Rear LCD can select AF areas while shooting with the viewfinder, synchronizes with flash at all speeds up to 1/4,000, allowing the built-in flash to have far more range, can save them as warm/cool and magenta/green-toned images, One can use the rear touch LCD to select AF areas as one's shooting with the viewfinder, low color saturation, optimized for people as are all Fujifilm cameras, go through all the menus and get your X100V ready to shoot, Push and pull the front lever to select which you see, electronic inserts appear for things like focus magnification while still viewing everything else optically, won't work in any of the fast frame rate modes, limitation to picture sharpness is your skill as a photographer, I've made some of my best images of all time with an irreparably broken camera, pixels are thrown away before you see them, less contrasty at f/2 at its extremely close closest-focus distance, camera-original © 11 MB LARGE NORMAL JPG file, movies made with the X100V's crummy built-in mic, camera-original © 6 MB LARGE NORMAL JPG file, camera-original © 5.8 MB LARGE NORMAL JPG file, something new on the X100V like 4K video or a flipping LCD. I can't vouch for ads below. It's so smart you can shoot optically and playback magically appears electronically. If you shoot raw then your colors and tones aren't created until you process the raw data later in software, and your choice of software will have as much effect on your images as the camera itself. page as helpful as a book you might have had to buy or a workshop you may I agree the ZX1 isn't worth $6k, but for me it's not really about the country it's made in. (The VELVIA film simulation modes don't look any better; certainly not like real VELVIA). No FLASH ON/OFF switch; you have to set that in a menu. This special leaf-shutter system allows its tiny built-in flash to balance with any harsh light, day or night. So while it may take a while to go through all the menus and get your X100V ready to shoot, once you do it's super-fast to make on-the-fly changes and adjustments with its dedicated dials as you're shooting. Mic-in jack with plug-in power overrides built-in mic. While the original X100 takes a bit longer to get the shot, if you get it, it's still essentially the same camera and gives the same great results — if you're on a budget. The X100V's low color saturation, optimized for people as are all Fujifilm cameras, helps here. The number will vary wildly depending on how you shoot. It can display the first shot on the LCD so you can check how it will blend with the second frame. Selectable Leaf ("mechanical") and/or Electronic shutters. The bottom card and battery door doesn't latch when you close it because the lock isn't spring-loaded; instead you have to remember to slide the lock to lock it. MG-T, 07 March 2020. Sees the same angle-of-view with the X100V's sensor as a 35mm lens sees with a full-frame sensor or on 35mm film. The Lens Modulation Optimizer is always active. While Fuji constantly updates details, most basic things, like foolish menu organization, only one card slot, great construction quality, the world's first combined EVF/OVF and great shooting controls, have always remained the same. This new lens: 23mm f/2 II. Color Chrome Effect adds additiional contrast and saturation to colors in an image, while Color Chrome Blue applies the same effects, but to just the color blue. At f/2 at these extremely close distance this newest X100V is significantly more contrasty than the lens in the previous X100~X100F cameras, but still suffers from a little lower contrast due to a small amount of the same spherical aberration which plagues the X100~X100F to a much larger extent. The X100V has a brilliant dual hybrid finder system with one peephole that sees through either of an optical, electronic, or combined finder! BC-W126 (same as comes with X-T2, X-Pro1 and X-E1). HT-EBC Super EBC (Electron-Beam Coated) multi coating. Links Highlight and shadow details are more visible thanks to the EVFs higher resolution display, ensuring that images are made exactly as they are seen. Why would I want to crud-up my camera with more junk I don't need? The X100V's bokeh is other-worldly beautiful at f/2 at these distances: Casio G-Shock Solar Atomic Watch at close-focus distance at f/2, 09 March 2020. bigger or camera-original © file. At 8 FPS: JPEG: 76 frames, Lossless compression RAW: 18 frames, Uncompressed RAW: 18 frames. In-camera B&W images can both simulate using a Yellow, Green or Red contrast filter, and can save them as warm/cool and magenta/green-toned images. Unless you already have an X100F or are stuck on the rear 4-way controller, this Fuji X100V is the best camera you can get for fixed-lens people, family, group and travel photography. The use of dials for exposure compensation and shutter speed provide a purely tactile experience and contribute considerably to making the image making process an immersive and enjoyable experience. All the Fuji cameras are optimized for people photos and people photos need flash to lighten faces and put catchlights in the eyes under every kind of lighting. In its square crop mode, the X100V just happens to have the same picture shape and angle-of-view as a 6 × 6cm Hasselblad has with its classic 80mm f/2.8 Zeiss Planar. bigger or camera-original © 9 MB LARGE NORMAL JPG file. Lens sharpness has nothing to do with picture sharpness; every lens made in the past 100 years is more than sharp enough to make super-sharp pictures if you know what you're doing. It's the same great camera with many tweaks. Thanks for helping me help you! Workshops Flash does not work with the electronic shutter. The Electronic shutter is completely silent. Color rendition is dependant on how a maker programs all the color matrices, curves, and look-up tables to generate color from the data read from the sensor, and varies widely between makers once you set a camera away from its defaults. Brilliant! I find it super helpful in getting perfect files direct from my camera I can send directly to clients without having to crop them later in a computer. The card and battery door is so close to the tripod socket that you can't open it while on a tripod. Phase Detection autofocus now rated down to LV -5, with face and eye detection. See Is It Worth It and All Fuji Cameras Compared. It looks, feels and shoots just like the X100F with the exception of no longer having a four-way rear controller; otherwise it's just many small details that have changed: Weather resistant, but if and only if you use a filter on the front. The X100V is a jewel of precision, not a plastic Chinese turd like most cameras today. Large: 6,240 × 4,160 pixels native (25.96 MP). Of course if you shoot raw, then the colors and look you get depends just as much on your choice of software used to decode the raw files. While the X100 series all have combined optical and electronic finders and great built-in flashes, many of Fuji's interchangeable lens cameras lack optical finders or lack a built-in flash. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Fuji X100V, no flash, f/14 at 1/5,800 at Auto ISO 640 with -1⅓ stops exposure compensation (LV 17.5), 400% Dynamic Range, Perfectly Clear. More good news is that set time exposures are counted-up, and Bulb exposures are counted-up, on the rear LCD or in the finder. If you wish to make a printout for personal use, you are granted one-time permission only if you PayPal me $5.00 per printout or part thereof. Completely silent electronic shutter and/or nearly silent electronically-controlled mechanical leaf shutter. There is a little spherochromatism, which can cause color fringes on things that aren't in perfect focus. The camera is equipped with an USB Type-C port and handles everything from charging to data transfer. Fuji X100V, 50mm digital teleconverter mode, flash ON, f/3.2 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 320 (LV 8.0), 200% Auto Dynamic Range, Perfectly Clear. The leaf shutter is electronically timed. Zoomed images don't fill the 4:3 aspect-ratio electronic finder; they only fill the top 3:2 aspect-ratio section while leaving the bottom black. Set exposure times now go 15 minutes in both Shutter-priority and Manual modes (X100F only went to 30 seconds in those modes). The image from the X100V gets slightly larger as focussed more closely. My iPhone 11 Pro Max is almost as good, but sadly has no real fill flash under most conditions. Use an external microphone like the MIC-ST1 if you want enveloping audio, or quit while you're ahead and use your iPhone. 26 MP "X-Trans CMOS IV" sensor, up from 24 MP. See samples at Sunstars. Built-in neutral density filter, present in all X100-series cameras, is now four stops rather than three. The X100V is smaller than an interchangeable-lens camera, and most importantly already comes with the one superior, fast, all-purpose lens you need: the extraordinary FUJINON 23mm f/2 ASPH with the same sharpness and better bokeh than the LEICA SUMMICRON-M 35mm f/2 ASPH!