Retro tech is hot. Commuters wear wired headphones plugged into clickwheel iPods; Nokia-style brick phones are suddenly popular with more than just the elderly and the prison population. The Fujifilm X100V of 2020 should have ridden this nostalgia wave, but the company couldn’t keep up with the TikTok-fuelled demand. Its successor is arriving in much greater numbers, and adds a bunch of upgrades that are sure to please fixed-lens fans.
The 23mm f2.0 lens returns, along with the tilting touchscreen and oh-so-satisfying hybrid viewfinder. But now there’s 40MP of APS-C goodness, courtesy of the X-Trans CMOS 5HR sensor as used in the X-T5, and in-body image stabilisation (IBIS) for the first time in an X100. It also adds even more analogue film simulations, promises better battery life, and is more video-friendly to boot.