The Fujifilm X100VI, pronounced ‘Six’, is the firm’s latest X100-series camera. The previous X100V was infamous for a multitude of reasons, notably for combining gorgeous retro styling with modern high-spec digital imaging. It’s been featured on numerous videos, gone viral on TikTok, and due to high demand, has been incredibly hard to find.
Fujifilm’s new X100VI includes several major updates, and importantly, the firm says it has increased manufacturing capacity, which should mean you might actually be able to buy one! The X100V itself has been discontinued.
Features
With the same 40.2MP X-Trans 5 sensor and X-Processor 5 as in the excellent Fujifilm X-T5, you get a number of new features in the X100VI. These include subject-recognition autofocus and tracking, with birds, planes, and automobiles all being detected. There’s also human face and eye detection, but this is configured using a separate menu setting, which is a shame.
Thanks to that 40MP sensor, you can now use 1.4x and 2.0x digital teleconverter options and still get useful resolution images. The 1.4x teleconverter gives 20MP files at a 50mm equivalent view, whilst the 2.0x teleconverter gives 10MP at 70mm equivalent.
The new processor promises 20% reduced power consumption. However, the new in-body image stabilisation system, which gives up to 6 stops of shake reduction, does take back some of this power. Overall, this means that battery life is slightly improved at 450 shots vs 420 shots on the X100V, when
