At $US1,599, the X-T2 was a great camera upon release in 2016. Add a rugged shutter and IBIS for only $US100 more 4 years later? That’s pretty incredible already given inflationary pressures. To that add “but wait, there’s more” and one has a street beast of a device.
Fantastic review Dusty, what a way to start the new year! Your demo images showing improvement in ISO and dynamic range makes this review first class! Thanks DA, Happy New Year!
As an X-t4 user the high-res sensor, flip-out screen, better AF and battety life are very compelling, but there's no way i can justify to upgrade. The only disappointment is that they didn't increase the buffer size. Thank you for the review
Thanks for the review Dustin! I watched your review of the new Viltrox AF 75mm and was curious if the autofocus issues you noted in that review, with faster moving subjects, may be linked to the af-c in the X-T5.
Great to have all the choice now: X-T5, X-H2, X-H2s 👌🏼 X-T5 for me, as I just wanted IBIS in my X-T3. Better battery is an excellent bonus. 40MP another bonus or a curse, depending on how you look at it 😅 I'm hoping it will 'teach' me to shoot less and shoot better.
I’d like to hear from some photographers about the XT5 and the shutter button placement. Coming from the XT4, when I put my right finger on the shutter, it seems fairly comfortable, I can’t help but wonder if it’s as comfortable on the smaller XT5? I don’t think I would like having to curve my finger further to get the shot.
FWIW I've used the X-T1 and the even smaller X-T10 series since they began, and I have pretty large hands and grew up on big integrated-grip full frame and medium format systems, and I've never had a problem with the shutter button placement. The only problem I've ever had with this size of Fuji is some of the smaller buttons on the back and top plate get pushed that little bit closer together and my huge thumb sometimes has trouble making sure I only press the one I intend.
Great video 👌 as a Fuji user I am contemplating on either adding a full frame Sony A7iv or the new canon r6ii to my arsenal or I’ll buy the Fuji xh2 due to that 40 megapixels and the better cf card slot
Great video. I will be selling both my X-H1 and X100V to get this little beauty. But like many people, I'd be happy with an X-T3 - if it had IBIS. I don't like the display of the X-T4, which bothers me, because you can get this camera pretty cheap now. But oh well. I don't need more than an X-T5, so I might actually grow old with this one.
I have it along with the XT5, it works great for portraits and other slower type photography. Returned the XH2S because I didn’t use it enough to justify the price deference, prefer the retro controls and smaller size. 56 mk-2 worked fine on either bodies
Fantastic review as usual. I would say that for 300USD more I rather get a Sony a74 or a Panasonic S5II, I think that Fuji's pricing strategy is wrong but sales will speak for themselves I guess.
I would love you to one day to compare the color gradation as i got back to a nikon dslr due to that, perhaps its just me but there is a loss on mirror less I can not justify, cheers!
That's a matter of the sensor and processing which is specific to each camera (not DSLR vs. mirrorless). Which specific cameras did you compare and was it RAW or JPEG?
@@neilr7935 raw, no jpeg. Its for me visible and even comparable on nikon dslr vs mirrorless. Its probably the imaging pipeline but its there.. For me at least
At this stage it is almost a moot point. There is just no development for DSLRs at this stage, so as a reviewer it really doesn't make any sense for me to invest time in them. I don't even own a DSLR anymore.
@@DustinAbbottTWI I just discovered the Sony 7CR and order it but I am probably going for the Fuji XT5 I am more phot centric,a AlsoI looking for a way to imitate the Fujifilm Classic chromei with a Lightroom preset of some kind. Have you ever thought about offering presets God bless you brother love your channel and how quick you respond. Thank you so much. Hope you have good weather up there in Canada your friend from Chattanooga Tennessee.
If one were to use ISOs at 800 and below, it should be okay. But, one might have to upgrade one's lenses to Fuji's very best optics to take full advantage of the new sensor. Like film grain, digital noise is a somewhat subjective phenomenon: some people are more sensitive to it than others, and noise will be a function of image enlargement. That is, the bigger the print, the more noticeable noise will be. Nevertheless, the Fujifilm X-T5 is an excellent camera, and it would be the one I would buy if I were going to focus solely on the APS-C format.
@@k1k13004 , it’s very useful for those of us who crop. As the video said, you can crop and still wind up with plenty of detail as if you were using a previous sensor with 20-some MP.
It would be cool to get a cheaper XT4a with 26Mpx and the processor and AF updates from the XT5. Not everyone cares about 40mp. And please, it is really time to get that menu and touch functionally a long due update
I'll be holding out for your full review, because although I've always liked the X-T1/etc line and usually gladly upgrade every few years, this one has me a bit dubious. I'm really bummed about the step backwards to the clumsier, more limited and infamously fragile tilt screen. I feel Fuji are pandering to a vocal minority of users who simply refuse to even try a fully articulated screen; I've never met anyone who has actually owned a camera with an articulated screen and doesn't like it. There have been too many times when the articulated screen of the X-T4 has enabled me to get a shot in limited space where I otherwise would not have been able to see either the screen or viewfinder, and I love being able to hide/protect the screen when I don't need it. On the other hand, the higher resolution, better medium-high ISO and improved dynamic range (and possibly the pixel shift) would be a really significant help in those same cramped and typically dim conditions. I don't like the feel or look of the H bodies and I have no use for their other features like the extra video options and burst buffer, but I'm thinking for the sake of getting both the screen and sensor I want, I might have to move from T to H this generation. (And at that point I start to think why not get an R5 and get even better IQ...)
Great review....mine will finally be arriving tomorrow .... Since locally placing my body only order back in Nov. I do question FUJI's strategy with the body only backorder, (I was 82 on the fulfillment list). I mean the kits (especially with the 18-55) seem to be always available. So this kind of tells me 1)their efforts were concentrated towards folks that weren't in the FUJI system yet 2)needed to offload surplus of lenses. Either one puts the FUJI loyalists in the backseat. Of course I have no proof of the above, just my conspiracy side building up because this spoiled American had to wait...😁
If you can't take sports shot with 19 frames per second your not a good photographer....10 years ago we used DSLR with 5 frames a second..and nailed shots..seriously come on we don't need 50 frames a second
I think you misunderstood - the problem is not the burst rate, it's the shallow buffer. If the buffer runs out before you capture the key moment (you've only got a couple of seconds), then you miss the shot.
@@DustinAbbottTWI I still don't think that's a massive issue. If you're shooting birds honestly the birds fly back again and you get them again. I just think we have to be mindful of the capabilities. I do a lot of different types of photography and I'm still shooting a lot of stuff with a Nikon D850 and the buffer rate on that is probably slower than this camera is probably slower than my Fuji film. X - S 10. But you just make it work and it's not a big deal to wait two seconds before you can shoot again. I just don't think it's a massive issue and I think we're getting a bit of obsessed with having totally continuous shooting without stopping... And yes, I'm a pro photographer. Not full time but I do make a reasonable amount of money out of Photography so I'm not some amateur just so you know
At $US1,599, the X-T2 was a great camera upon release in 2016. Add a rugged shutter and IBIS for only $US100 more 4 years later? That’s pretty incredible already given inflationary pressures. To that add “but wait, there’s more” and one has a street beast of a device.
Exactly.
Fantastic review Dusty, what a way to start the new year! Your demo images showing improvement in ISO and dynamic range makes this review first class! Thanks DA, Happy New Year!
Happy new year!
As an X-t4 user the high-res sensor, flip-out screen, better AF and battety life are very compelling, but there's no way i can justify to upgrade. The only disappointment is that they didn't increase the buffer size.
Thank you for the review
My pleasure.
Thanks for the review Dustin! I watched your review of the new Viltrox AF 75mm and was curious if the autofocus issues you noted in that review, with faster moving subjects, may be linked to the af-c in the X-T5.
Possibly, though it seemed to work better with some Fuji lenses I had at the same time.
Great to have all the choice now: X-T5, X-H2, X-H2s 👌🏼
X-T5 for me, as I just wanted IBIS in my X-T3. Better battery is an excellent bonus. 40MP another bonus or a curse, depending on how you look at it 😅
I'm hoping it will 'teach' me to shoot less and shoot better.
Enjoy!
I’d like to hear from some photographers about the XT5 and the shutter button placement. Coming from the XT4, when I put my right finger on the shutter, it seems fairly comfortable, I can’t help but wonder if it’s as comfortable on the smaller XT5? I don’t think I would like having to curve my finger further to get the shot.
FWIW I've used the X-T1 and the even smaller X-T10 series since they began, and I have pretty large hands and grew up on big integrated-grip full frame and medium format systems, and I've never had a problem with the shutter button placement.
The only problem I've ever had with this size of Fuji is some of the smaller buttons on the back and top plate get pushed that little bit closer together and my huge thumb sometimes has trouble making sure I only press the one I intend.
Hi Simon, I didn't notice any issue with it myself.
@@DustinAbbottTWI
Do you have big hands?
@@simon359 no, he's got a big heart
Great video 👌 as a Fuji user I am contemplating on either adding a full frame Sony A7iv or the new canon r6ii to my arsenal or I’ll buy the Fuji xh2 due to that 40 megapixels and the better cf card slot
I did the opposite haha. I have my A7iv for events but use the xt5 as my street.
Once I bought the A7iv I sold all my Fuji gear so I’m the wrong guy to ask 🤣
That's the tough decision. The better Fuji APS-C bodies are expensive enough that the move to full frame isn't a huge one.
Great video. I will be selling both my X-H1 and X100V to get this little beauty. But like many people, I'd be happy with an X-T3 - if it had IBIS. I don't like the display of the X-T4, which bothers me, because you can get this camera pretty cheap now. But oh well. I don't need more than an X-T5, so I might actually grow old with this one.
The T-T3 with IBIS for a price point of around $1000 would be fabulous.
Thank you, this review has helped me move along in my decision making process.
Glad to hear it.
How does the DC -- non linear -- motor of the xf 56 mk ii compare regarding autofocus with the linear motor units?
I have it and its bad really bad vs my xf 23
I have it along with the XT5, it works great for portraits and other slower type photography. Returned the XH2S because I didn’t use it enough to justify the price deference, prefer the retro controls and smaller size. 56 mk-2 worked fine on either bodies
@@denis5850 would you advise against buying? Is it not worth the price?
@@M.Redsky I'm gonna sell it and buy the new viltrox 75 1.2 because the coast of the 56 mkII is a joke for that autofocus ...
I haven't tested it yet, but obviously I'll look closely at that when I do.
Fantastic review as usual. I would say that for 300USD more I rather get a Sony a74 or a Panasonic S5II, I think that Fuji's pricing strategy is wrong but sales will speak for themselves I guess.
That's fair. To me the challenge of being on the premium end of APS-C is full frame isn't far off.
The A74 is about $2500, not $2000. Big difference
I would love you to one day to compare the color gradation as i got back to a nikon dslr due to that, perhaps its just me but there is a loss on mirror less I can not justify, cheers!
That's a matter of the sensor and processing which is specific to each camera (not DSLR vs. mirrorless). Which specific cameras did you compare and was it RAW or JPEG?
@@neilr7935 raw, no jpeg. Its for me visible and even comparable on nikon dslr vs mirrorless. Its probably the imaging pipeline but its there.. For me at least
At this stage it is almost a moot point. There is just no development for DSLRs at this stage, so as a reviewer it really doesn't make any sense for me to invest time in them. I don't even own a DSLR anymore.
I really want to get to the this camera
It's a nice one.
Lots to pick from,I am looking for a smaller camera like this maybe
It's a fun one, though I like the X-H2 better, myself.
@@DustinAbbottTWI I just discovered the Sony 7CR and order it but I am probably going for the Fuji XT5 I am more phot centric,a
AlsoI looking for a way to imitate the Fujifilm Classic chromei with a Lightroom preset of some kind. Have you ever thought about offering presets
God bless you brother love your channel and how quick you respond. Thank you so much. Hope you have good weather up there in Canada your friend from Chattanooga Tennessee.
40 megapixels in an APSC sensor makes the pixel pitch really small? I have to wonder what the noise is like
You'll see that in detail in my definitive review...but frankly I think they've done a pretty good job on that. I don't see any big increase in noise.
the noise is ok. But it's just useless to have 40MP
If one were to use ISOs at 800 and below, it should be okay. But, one might have to upgrade one's lenses to Fuji's very best optics to take full advantage of the new sensor. Like film grain, digital noise is a somewhat subjective phenomenon: some people are more sensitive to it than others, and noise will be a function of image enlargement. That is, the bigger the print, the more noticeable noise will be. Nevertheless, the Fujifilm X-T5 is an excellent camera, and it would be the one I would buy if I were going to focus solely on the APS-C format.
When i switched from the 20MP Canon 70D to the 33MP Canon 90D the noise performance was actually better due to sensor readout improvements
@@k1k13004 , it’s very useful for those of us who crop. As the video said, you can crop and still wind up with plenty of detail as if you were using a previous sensor with 20-some MP.
Thanks, Dustin!
My pleasure.
I got back to nikon from sony. Still watching a Fuji as we got to support the awesome creators we have!
,,,,,,,a used Nikon Z7II and the Sony 7IV are just about the same price, like you I am going Nikon!
@@RickMentore for me it was a dslr.. the color rendering and gradation is still better.. dont know how to explain it
Thank you
Great review,Thank you
You're welcome.
It would be cool to get a cheaper XT4a with 26Mpx and the processor and AF updates from the XT5. Not everyone cares about 40mp. And please, it is really time to get that menu and touch functionally a long due update
Agreed.
I'll be holding out for your full review, because although I've always liked the X-T1/etc line and usually gladly upgrade every few years, this one has me a bit dubious. I'm really bummed about the step backwards to the clumsier, more limited and infamously fragile tilt screen. I feel Fuji are pandering to a vocal minority of users who simply refuse to even try a fully articulated screen; I've never met anyone who has actually owned a camera with an articulated screen and doesn't like it. There have been too many times when the articulated screen of the X-T4 has enabled me to get a shot in limited space where I otherwise would not have been able to see either the screen or viewfinder, and I love being able to hide/protect the screen when I don't need it. On the other hand, the higher resolution, better medium-high ISO and improved dynamic range (and possibly the pixel shift) would be a really significant help in those same cramped and typically dim conditions. I don't like the feel or look of the H bodies and I have no use for their other features like the extra video options and burst buffer, but I'm thinking for the sake of getting both the screen and sensor I want, I might have to move from T to H this generation. (And at that point I start to think why not get an R5 and get even better IQ...)
I completely agree with your point on the articulating screen. Most of the people who object to them are those who have never used them.
Great review....mine will finally be arriving tomorrow .... Since locally placing my body only order back in Nov. I do question FUJI's strategy with the body only backorder, (I was 82 on the fulfillment list). I mean the kits (especially with the 18-55) seem to be always available. So this kind of tells me 1)their efforts were concentrated towards folks that weren't in the FUJI system yet 2)needed to offload surplus of lenses. Either one puts the FUJI loyalists in the backseat. Of course I have no proof of the above, just my conspiracy side building up because this spoiled American had to wait...😁
That's an interesting perspective and I don't really see the hole in your argument.
If you can't take sports shot with 19 frames per second your not a good photographer....10 years ago we used DSLR with 5 frames a second..and nailed shots..seriously come on we don't need 50 frames a second
I think you misunderstood - the problem is not the burst rate, it's the shallow buffer. If the buffer runs out before you capture the key moment (you've only got a couple of seconds), then you miss the shot.
@@DustinAbbottTWI I still don't think that's a massive issue. If you're shooting birds honestly the birds fly back again and you get them again. I just think we have to be mindful of the capabilities. I do a lot of different types of photography and I'm still shooting a lot of stuff with a Nikon D850 and the buffer rate on that is probably slower than this camera is probably slower than my Fuji film. X - S 10. But you just make it work and it's not a big deal to wait two seconds before you can shoot again. I just don't think it's a massive issue and I think we're getting a bit of obsessed with having totally continuous shooting without stopping... And yes, I'm a pro photographer. Not full time but I do make a reasonable amount of money out of Photography so I'm not some amateur just so you know
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