Fujifilm X100VI: Retro camera now with stabiliser and 40 megapixels
20.2.2024
Translation: machine translated
The successor to the Fujifilm X100V improves on the biggest weaknesses of the old model. Thanks to a new production site, it should also be more readily available.
With the X100VI, Fujifilm has unveiled the successor to the X100V the favourite camera of all hipsters, which went viral on the Internet and was therefore sold out everywhere. Like its predecessor, the X100VI has an APS-C format sensor and a fixed lens with a focal length of 35 millimetres (35 mm equivalent) and an aperture of f/2.0. The camera looks the same as its predecessor. On the inside, however, Fujifilm has made significant improvements.
Firstly, the new camera has an image stabiliser. Its absence is the biggest weakness of the old X100V. According to Fujifilm, the new stabiliser enables shutter speeds to be increased by up to six f-stops.
Secondly, Fujifilm is now using a back-illuminated 40-megapixel sensor, which is familiar from the X-T5 and X-H2. It offers more resolution than the 26-megapixel sensor in the previous model. This should be an advantage for things like landscape photography. The X100VI also adopts the X-Processor 5 from the larger cameras. This also improves the autofocus with various scene recognition functions based on the latest algorithms.
The video functions include 10-bit recording in 6.2K with a 1.23x crop - or 4K subsampling from the full sensor. Both with up to 30 frames per second (FPS). At 60 FPS, a 1.14x crop is also required for 4K. That's not bad and better than its predecessor. But other cameras offer more. The X100VI remains true to its concept and is primarily intended for photography.
The X100VI is manufactured in China, just like some other new models. This move away from Japan as a production location will not please purists - but should enable a higher number of units to be produced. An understandable step, considering the popularity and delivery difficulties of the predecessor model. Interest in the X100VI is huge. However, the improvements and the high demand lead to a higher price. Compared to the X100V, it has risen by 200 francs or euros.
Source: Fujifilm
What hasn't changed: The resolution of the electronic viewfinder is still 3.69 million pixels, that of the rear display 1.62 million. The battery, which is not particularly long-lasting, also remains the same so as not to jeopardise the camera's compact form factor. Less understandable is the fact that the X100VI, like its predecessor, only has a single SD card slot with the slow UHS-1 standard.
The Fujifilm X100VI will be available from 28 February in silver and black. The introductory price is 1599 francs in Switzerland and 1799 euros in Germany. <p
Header image: Fujifilm
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