Fujifilm used its third global X-Summit of 2022 to announce the Fujifilm X-T5 (and an XF30mm macro lens). A decent upgrade on one of Fujifilm’s best-loved camera series, the X-T5 features a back-illuminated 40.2MP X-Trans CMOS 5 HR sensor and high-speed X-Processor 5 – identical to those found in the flagship Fujifilm X-H2.
Fujifilm has a challenge in creating a successor to the X-T4, released in 2020 to much acclaim. So does the X-T5 do enough to warrant an upgrade?
Its compact body is smaller and lighter than its predecessor, and the resolution has bumped up considerably from 26.1MP to 40.2MP, making it one of the highest-resolution APS-C cameras on the market. Then there’s ISO125 as a standard sensitivity (compared to the X-T4’s 160), the staggeringly fast shutter speed of 1/180000 sec and, ergonomically, a three-way tilting LCD (the X-T4 has a vari-angle design). The continuous shooting speed using the electronic shutter is 20fps, and while this doesn’t
