Fujifilm X100V is here

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rding to Dpreview.com Fujifilm X100V is the most capable fixed-lens compact camera, ever. The X100V is Fujifilm's fifth X100-series camera since the original model debuted almost a full decade ago. Through each successive iteration, Fujifilm has made its large-sensor, prime-lens compact camera more and more capable, and this latest model (officially pronounced Ex One Hundred Vee) takes the core bits of Fujifilm's high-end interchangeable-lens X-Pro3 and slips them into a much smaller package.

This means you get the company's latest 26MP X-Trans APS-C sensor and processor combo, the promise of much-improved autofocus and the best video feature set we've seen on a prime-lens compact camera. But they didn't stop there: the lens has been redesigned, the ergonomics refined, the viewfinder revisited, and a whole lot more.

Key specifications:

• 26MP X-Trans sensorRedesigned lens

• Built-in 4-stop ND filter, compatible with previous lens converters

• Tilting 1.62M-dot touchscreen LCD panel

• Updated 3.69M-dot OLED EVF, redesigned OVF optics

• Up to 4K/30p with Eterna film sim and F-Log internal capture

• 2.5mm mic port, headphones through USB-C with adapter

• Weather-sealed, when filter adapter and filter are used

• Single SD card slot

• CIPA rated to 350 shots using the EVF, 420 using the OVF

The X100-series produces wonderful images, beautifully designed and engaging to use. For those that have been eyeing some or other version of X100 over the years but never taken the plunge, this latest model is arguably the one to get. But for owners of previous X100 models, should the V tempt you to upgrade? Let's find out.

The X100V is expected to be available in late February 2020 at a suggested retail price of $1399, £1299 (inc VAT) or $1799 CAD.

I can't wait to get my Fujifilm X100V and continue my personal street photography project that is known for SF CAPTURE, which is capturin the moments of San Francisco.