Fujifilm has finally introduced the latest and most advanced version of the best-selling X100 camera to the market. This is the X100VI.
This newest model from this venerable and very popular lineup of cameras features Fuji’s newest technologies in several ways.
For starters, it has a powerful and massive 40MP BSI-CMOS sensor and this is backed up by the company’s X-Processor 5 image processing engine. The sensor’s AF settings include tracking autofocus and of course, also feature subject detection AF, as is now popular in new camera releases.
The subject detection AF of the X100V can specifically and rapidly detect animals, birds, motorbikes, bicycles, cars planes, trains and even drones or insects. It does of course detect people too.
Aside from including the latest in autofocus technology, high-end video recording resolution at 6.2K30P, 4K60P and 10-bit 4:2:2 capture are also part of the X100VI’s feature set. Furthermore, it also features an in-body image stabilization system.
Fuji’s most recent previous member of the incredibly popular X100 lineup was the X100V, and it became so popular that even now it’s often backordered among many major retailers.
The X100VI might just ease some of this demand with its combination of tried X100 performance and new features.
Moving into a few deeper details about this upcoming camera, let’s start with video. The X100VI will offer 6.2K at 24/25/30P with a x1.23 Crop and Pixel: Pixel recording.
On the other hand, the camera’s top 4k setting is set at 4K HQ 24/25/30P. This also comes with a x1.23 Crop and is oversampled from the camera’s 6.2K resolution.
The camera also comes with 10-bit 4:2:2 capture in F-Log and F-Log2 formats among others. Another cool feature is the inclusion of 20 different film simulation settings including Reala Ace and others.
The X100VI also lets you shoot 10-bit HEIF files and delivers 10fps with its mechanical shutter and 20fps with the electronic shutter.
Other shooting specs of the X100VI include the following:
- 4K 24/25/30P (No crop, Subsampling)
- 4K 50/60P (x1.14 crop, Subsampling)
- 1080 240P
- Etrena, Reala ACE,
- 10-Bit, 4:2:2 Long GOP recording modes
- H.265 / H.264 compression
- 24-bit, 48kHz audio sampling
To make both video and photo capture smoother, another feature of the X100VI is its IBIS (In-body image stabilization) technology.
This is the first time in which Fuji includes this in an X100 camera and in this shooter it will offer 6 stops of stabilization along with motion blur detection technology.
The X100VI’s IBIS uses both gyroscopic and digitally processed visual information hitting its sensor to compensate for motion blur during recording.
As a consequence of some of the above features, the X100VI is also slightly bulkier than its most recent predecessor, being roughly 2mm thicker and 43 grams (just under 2 ounces) heavier. These however are pretty minor inconveniences.
On other aspects of its design, the X100VI will be much like the X100V. It incorporates the same rangefinder-style design and also comes with the same 23mm (equal to 35mm on a full-frame sensor) f/2.0 lens that the X100V had.
With this optic, users can achieve high-quality shots for situations such as street photography while obtaining solid close-up shots thanks to the lens’s 10cm (3.93-inch) minimum focus distance.
On the back of the camera, Fuji also added the same kind of tilting 1.62-million-dot LCD display as in the X100V, but in this model gave it slightly more downward mobility.
The EVF in the X100VI is a 3.69-million-dot version and Fuji has included the same hybrid design of an electronic and optical viewfinder that users can toggle between one setting and the other.
The external chassis of the X100VI, excepting its slightly greater 2m thickness and heaviness, is also basically the same as that of the X100V. Worth noting too is that this camera will work just fine with older lens add-ons.
Also, while it’s not innately weather-resistant, adding an optional AR-X100 adapter ring and PRF-49 protection filters will add a bit of resilience to water and dust.
Fuji will be releasing the X100VI camera worldwide as of mid-March, 2024 for a fairly reasonable price tag of $1,599. You can also preorder it now for early delivery.
A special edition will also hit the market with only 1,934 units coming out to celebrate Fuji’s 90th anniversary since the company’s founding in 1934.
These limited-edition units will feature the company’s original 1934 logo engraved along their top plate and lens cap and will come with their own unique box, a strap, a soft release and commemorative history cards.
The Fujifilm Limited Edition X100VI will sell for $1,999 and starts shipping in late March, but is only available directly from Fujifilm.
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