Fujifilm X-E5 Body Black

Rangefinder-Style APS-C Camera with 40.2MP and In-Body Stabilisation

Overview

The Fujifilm X-E5 puts the fifth-generation 40.2MP X-Trans sensor into the compact rangefinder-style body of the X-E line, and adds what that line never had: five-axis in-body image stabilisation. A machined aluminium top plate and a dedicated Film Simulation dial make it a camera you operate with your hands rather than through a menu.

Key features

Fifth-generation image quality

• 40.2MP X-Trans CMOS 5 HR sensor: a back-side illuminated APS-C sensor whose processing algorithm raises resolution without giving away signal-to-noise ratio.
• ISO 125 base sensitivity: the improved pixel structure makes ISO 125 the native setting, where on the previous model it was only available as an extended option.
• X-Processor 5: twice the processing speed of X-Processor 4, with AI subject recognition and HEIF output.

Stabilisation, for the first time in an X-E body

• 5-axis in-body image stabilisation: up to 7.0 stops in the centre of the frame and 6.0 stops at the periphery (CIPA 2024, pitch/yaw/roll, with the XF35mmF1.4 R fitted).
• Hand-held in low light: shutter speeds that used to need a tripod become realistic on a camera you carry every day.

Analogue controls

• New Film Simulation dial: with FS1, FS2 and FS3 positions, so you can store three of your own recipes and reach them without entering the menu.
• Machined aluminium top plate: carved from a single piece of metal and anodised, which also improves the feel of the dials.
• Classic Display mode: a clean viewfinder image with the key information gathered at the bottom of the frame.
• Surround View: the front control lever shows a semi-transparent area outside the frame, so you can see subjects before they enter it.

Autofocus

• Subject detection AF: built on deep-learning, it detects animals, birds, cars, motorcycles, bicycles, aeroplanes, trains, insects and drones.
• Improved prediction algorithm: the gains are most noticeable in Zone AF and on low-contrast subjects.

Colour

• 20 Film Simulation modes: including REALA ACE, ACROS, PROVIA, Velvia and ASTIA, built on ninety years of Fujifilm colour science.

Specifications

• Sensor: 23.5 x 15.7 mm (APS-C) X-Trans CMOS 5 HR, primary colour filter
• Effective pixels: 40.2 million
• Processor: X-Processor 5
• Mount: Fujifilm X
• Sensitivity: ISO 125-12800 standard (1/3 steps); extended ISO 64, 80, 100, 25600 and 51200
• Stabilisation: image sensor shift, 5-axis — 7.0 stops centre / 6.0 stops periphery (CIPA 2024)
• Continuous shooting: approx. 20fps with the electronic shutter (1.29x crop)
• Viewfinder: 0.39in OLED, approx. 2.36 million dots, approx. 100% coverage, 0.62x magnification, eyepoint approx. 17.5mm, dioptre -4 to +2m-1
• Monitor: 3.0in tilting touchscreen, 3:2, approx. 1.04 million dots
• Film Simulation: 20 modes
• Exposure compensation: -5.0EV to +5.0EV in 1/3EV steps (stills)
• Storage: SD / SDHC / SDXC, UHS-I and UHS-II, Video Speed Class V90
• Sensor cleaning: ultrasonic vibration
• Dimensions: 124.9 x 72.9 x 39.1 mm (minimum depth 33.0 mm)
• Weight: approx. 445 g with battery and memory card; approx. 396 g without
• Operating temperature: 0 to +40 °C

What it is good for

• Street and reportage: small, quiet and unobtrusive, with the controls where your fingers already are.
• Travel: a body you can carry all day, now with stabilisation that saves shots at dusk.
• Portraits and everyday photography: 40.2MP of detail and Fujifilm's skin tones straight out of camera, with no editing step.