Fujifilm X-E2S Review

May 16, 2016 | Mark Goldstein |

Introduction
Ease of Use
Image Quality
Sample Images
Product Images
Rating & Conclusion
Main Rivals
Review Roundup
Specifications
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Introduction

The Fujifilm X-E2S is a compact system camera that offers a few improvements when compared to its predecessor, the X-E2. These include new Zone and Wide/Tracking auto-focusing options, an Auto Mode button which activates the fully automatic Advanced SR Auto mode, an improved handgrip, the addition of an electronic shutter, and a more intuitive graphical user interface. At the heart of the X-E2S is a 16.3 megapixel APS-C sized X-Trans CMOS II sensor, which has a colour filter array that mimics film grain and no optical low-pass filter for higher resolution images, and a Lens Modulation Optimiser which automatically corrects diffraction blur. The X-E2S also has a 2.36-million-dot electronic viewfinder, 3-inch LCD screen with 1.04 million dots, EXR Processor II, hybrid auto-focus system with fast AF speeds of 0.06 second, 7fps burst shooting, a built-in flash, wi-fi connectivity, in-camera raw conversion, a range of film simulation modes, multiple exposure and panoramic shooting modes, Digital Split Image and Focus Peaking for easier manual focusing, and Full HD video recording capabilities at up to 60fps. The Fujifilm X-E2S is available in all-black or silver and black and costs £549 in the UK and $699 in the US body-only, or £749 / $999 with the 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS kit lens.

Ease of Use

At first glance the Fujifilm X-E2S looks virtually identical to it predecessor, with just a few subtle changes to differentiate the two. The Fujifilm X-E2S remains a classically styled interchangeable lens camera that recalls film rangefinders from the past, with a stunning retro design that draws admiring glances from everyone that sees it. Smaller, lighter and less expensive than the range-topping X-Pro2, the X-E2S dispenses with the innovative Hybrid optical/electronic viewfinder, replaced instead by the same high-resolution OLED electronic viewfinder as the X-E2.

The Fujifilm X-E2S is another amazingly well-built X-series camera, with absolutely no flex or movement in its chassis thanks to the die-cast magnesium alloy top and base plates and machined control dials. At the same time, it's actually much lighter than a first glance might suggest, weighing in at 350g body only with the battery and memory card fitted, a full 100g lighter than the X-Pro2. Measuring 129 (W) mm x 74.9(H) mm x 37.2(D) mm, it's very similar in size to the X100/S cameras.

The X-E2S has a subtle but effective hand-grip at the front and a space at the rear for your thumb, with your grip helped in no small part by the textured faux-leather surface that runs around the full width of the camera. Fujifilm have made a very slight improvement to the handgrip by making part of it from a smoother rubber material, but to be honest we couldn't really notice any difference when comparing the X-E2S to its predecessor. Two small metal eyelets on either side of the body are used for connecting the supplied shoulder strap, which isn't quite as luxurious as the rest of the package. A metal tripod mount is positioned slightly off-centre from the lens and next to the memory card / battery compartment, so you'll have to remove the camera from the tripod to change either of them.

At the heart of the X-E2S is the 16.3 megapixel APS-C sized X-Trans CMOS sensor. APS-C is a sensor size that's more commonly used by the majority of DSLR cameras, rather than by compact system cameras - Sony's NEX range and Samsung's NX series are the others. Fujifilm actually claim that the X-E2S's sensor will deliver image quality that surpasses most APS-C DSLRs and even some full-frame ones, and as our test photos and sample images on the next two pages show , the X-E2S actually does live up to those claims. We won't say any more at this point other than to recommend that you take a look at our Sample Images for yourself.

Helping to keep the image quality high is the 18-55mm standard zoom kit lens. This offers fast maximum apertures of F/2.8 at 18mm and F/4 at 55mm, with the added benefit of built-in optical image stabilisation to help keep your images sharp. There are aperture and manual focus rings on the lens barrel, which in conjunction with the shutter speed and exposure compensation dials on top of the camera body makes it straight-forward to set the exposure. We did find though that the aperture ring is easily moved, particularly when taking the lens on and off the camera, so watch out for an incorrectly set aperture. The 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS is a really nice standard zoom that's certainly a cut above the kit lenses that ship with most interchangeable lens cameras.

Front of the Fujifilm X-E2S

The 18-55mm lens' fast maximum apertures in conjunction with the large APS-C sensor make it easy to throw the background out of focus and achieve some really nice bokeh effects. The combination of the fast apertures and the extensive ISO range of 100-25600 (expandandable to 50-51,200) makes the X-E2S very well suited to low-light shooting, allowing you to hand-hold the camera in places where you'd usually be reaching for a tripod (if allowed) or other support. The clever ISO Auto Control setting allows you to set a maximum sensitivity (now up to 6400) and a minimum shutter speed (1/30th is a good starting point), with the camera over-riding your ISO choice if it thinks you're being too ambitious whilst maintaining a shutter speed that won't introduce camera shake.

New to the X-E2S is a dedicated button for turning on the dedicated Auto Mode. In this Advanced SR AUTO mode, the X-E2S automatically selects the optimum shooting settings from 58 preset scenes, including the best AF mode. More confident beginners can then use the rear Command Dial to select a specific scene type.

With its focal-plane shutter, the X-E2S has a very adaptable top shutter-speed limit of 1/4000th second in all shooting modes. Consequently there's no built-in ND filter as on the X100/S, so if you want to use the 35mm lens at F/1.4 in very bright sunlight withj the focal-plane shutter, for example, then it's a good idea to buy an actual glass ND filter (52mm).

Fujifilm have also added a completely silent electronic shutter to the X-E2S which provides a much faster top shutter speed of 1/32,000th second. This allows you to continue shooting wide-open with fast aperture lenses in the brightest of conditions without having to resort to fitting a glass ND filter or using external flash and lights. There are some important caveats with the electronic shutter - the ISO range is restricted to 200-6400, you can't use the flash at all, and the slowest shutter speed is only 1 second, but overall it's a great addition that makes the X-E2S more versatile. It's also possible to set the electronic shutter in 1/3 steps from a range of 1sec to 1/32000sec.

The Fujifilm X-E2S's auto-focusing speed is further improved on the previous model, with a quoted fastest auto-focus time of just 0.06 seconds when using the 18-55mm zoom. The X-E2S has an ultra-fast hybrid AF system with both a conventional contrast-detection system and built-in Phase Detection pixels which enables the camera to achieve a focus lock so quickly and accurately. If you mostly use auto-focus rather than manual then this one improvement alone is reason to upgrade from the X-E1. The X-E2S has 49 individual AF points in the Single Point mode, laid out in a 7 x 7 grid, with the ability to change the size of the focus point via the rear command dial to achieve more precise focusing.

In addition to the standard 49-point Single Point mode, the X-E2S is the latest X-series camera to offer Zone and Wide/Tracking modes. These two modes use a larger 77-point area to capture moving subjects. In Zone mode, you can select a 3x3, 5x3 or 5x5 zone out of the 77-point AF area. During AF-C focus, the X-E2S continually tracks the subject, positioning it at the centre of the zone. The centrally positioned 3x3 and 5x3 zones in particular deliver fast focusing thanks to the on-sensor phase detection AF.

Rear of the Fujifilm X-E2S

Manual focusing is activated by setting the focusing switch on the front of the camera to Manual and using the ring that encircles the lens to focus. The X-series lenses have an electronically coupled focus-by-wire manual focusing ring, rather than a physical one. We criticised the original X-E1 for taking a lot of turns to change the focus from 0.1m to infinity, commenting that it was a much better idea to use the AFL/AEL button on the rear of the camera to set the focus automatically, then use the focusing ring to micro-adjust the focus manually, if required. This is still a viable technique, but is perhaps no longer required as Fujifilm have cleverly made the focusing ring more sensitive to how you use it - turn it slowly and the focusing distance changes slowly, but turn it more quickly and the camera quickly moves through the distance scale. It takes less than 2 full turns and a couple of seconds to jump from the closest focus distance to infinity, a big improvement on the X-E1.

The X-E2S also now offers not one, not two, but three ways of manually focusing. Firstly, there's a handy blue distance scale along the bottom of the viewfinder (both the OVF and EVF) and on the LCD screen if you're using that for composition, with a red bar indicating the the focusing distance and a white bar showing the depth of field, which actually changes in line with the current aperture - very clever. In addition to the AFL/AEL button, the X-E2S has another trick up its manual focusing sleeve in the shape of the rear command control (the dial which sits under your right thumb). You can press this in to magnify the view in the electronic viewfinder, with the ability to then pan around the frame by pressing the AF button and spinning the command dial. This makes it much easier to judge precise focusing.

The second manual focusing method is the Digital Split Image feature. Harking back to film cameras of the past, this displays dual images on the left and right which then need to be lined up together for accurate manual focusing, enabling accurate focusing especially when shooting wide-open or for macro shooting. It's much easier to understand in practice than written down. The third and final method is the Focus Peak Highlight function, which displays a white line around the subject when it's in focus, something that Sony users in particular have been enjoying for a while. Both of these additions make manual focusing on the X-E2S more of a pleasure than a chore, although the revised fly-by-wire manual focusing ring operation is arguably more important.

The X-E2S utilises a focal-plane shutter rather than the leaf shutter that the X100/S has, much like a regular DSLR camera. This results in slightly noisier operation and a much slower flash-sync speed of 1/180th second (versus the X100's 1/400th second). To make the camera less obtrusive there's a Silent menu option which turns off the speaker, flash, AF-assist lamp and most importantly the artificially-created shutter-release sound, instantly making the X-E2S perfectly suited to candid photography.

Pop-up Flash

The Fujifilm X-E2S offers two ways of composing your images. The 3 inch LCD monitor on the back offers 100% scene coverage and 1.04 million dots. The LCD screen has a handy Info view which presents all of the key settings at once, or you can switch to the Standard or Custom Live View modes, with the latter offering 14 customisable options (these are also used for the electronic viewfinder).

There's also an excellent electronic viewfinder, which has 2,360,000 dots and provides the same exact 100% coverage as the rear LCD screen, plus a parallax corrected view, accurate preview of exposure and depth of field, and the ability to see all of the information that you can view on the rear LCD. The X-E2S also has a built-in eye sensor so that you only have to hold the camera up to eye-level to switch between the rear LCD and the electronic viewfinder (or you can press the View Mode button).

In terms of operational speed, the Fujifilm X-E2S is very fast. Shutter lag is virtually non-existent on this camera (0.05 second), so once you have set the focus, you'll never miss the moment because the camera can't fire the shutter quickly enough, shot-to-shot time of 0.5 second, and it starts-up in just 0.5 second too. The write speeds from pressing the shutter button to recording to the SD / SDHC / SDXC memory card are faster too. Shooting a single RAW + Fine JPEG takes about 1.5 seconds to record to the card, a big improvement on the X-E1. Continuous shooting speeds are a top rate of 7fps for around 28 JPEGs or 8 RAW files, depending on the speed of your memory card, with a slower 3fps speed with AF tracking also available. Note that both the focus and the exposure are set according to the first frame in each series, so it's not a particularly good system for tracking fast-moving subjects in varied lighting conditions, Thankfully the camera doesn't lock up completely for a long time if you shoot the maximum number of images in a burst, allowing you to continue shooting after just a few seconds.

One area in which the Fujifilm X-E2S excels is its handling, thanks in no small part to the numerous external controls that make changing the key settings a breeze, especially when holding the camera at eye-level. Surrounding the 18-55m lens is a circular aperture ring, although it has no markings due to the variable aperture. This dial also allows you to choose third-stop apertures. On top of the X-E2S is a large, tactile control dial for setting the shutter speed, with settings ranging from 1 second to 1/4000th second, an Auto option, a T setting for longer exposures (2 to 30 seconds, set via the circular command wheel) and a Bulb mode for exposures up to a whopping 60 minutes in length. Alongside the shutter speed dial is another tactile dial for changing the exposure compensation, now with an expanded range of +-3EV - together these three controls make it extremely easy to set the exposure.

The Fujifilm X-E2S In-hand

Four other controls complete the X-E2S's top-plate. The small but responsive shutter release button is encircled by the On/Off switch, which in turn has a thread for a very traditional mechanical cable release - there's no need to buy an expensive dedicated accessory for this camera. Alongside is the Fn button, which by default provides quick access to the ISO speeds, but can be customised to suit your own needs from 12 different settings. Further customisation is available via the 7 Custom Menu options, which let you create, save and recall up to 7 sets of user-defined settings. Finally there's an external flash hotshoe for suitable dedicated external units, and the handy built-in pop-up flash which has a guide number of 7 at ISO 200. This is released via the Flash button on the rear of the camera, and its clever hinged design positions it above the lens and helps to reduce red-eye.

The X-E2S features built-in wi-fi connectivity, although it's rather restricted in use as it has to be paired with a smartphone. Install the FUJIFILM Camera App and you can transfer your pictures immediately to a smartphone or tablet PC and then edit and share them as you wish, transfer stills and video onto the camera, and embed GPS information in your shots from your smartphone. Note that you can't control the camera remotely, only transfer images. The FUJIFILM PC AutoSave software provides a simple means to back up your photos to your home PC.

The Fujifilm X-E2S can record full HD 1080p movies at 60/30fps with stereo sound and a high bitrate (36Mbps), by default assigned to the Fn button on top of the camera. It's fair to say that the X-E2S's movie mode isn't overly advanced. You can set the aperture and shutter speed before recording begins, but not during, and you can also set the Film Simulation mode, so black and white footage is possible, and the exposure compensation. Continuous auto-focusing is possible, although it still tends to hunt around before locking onto the subject, and manual focusing is also available (with the same caveats as for stills). There is a HDMI port for connecting the X-E2S to a high-definition TV, although as usual there's no cable supplied in the box. Also missing is a paper copy of the otherwise helpful manual, which is supplied on CD-ROM instead, along with the consumer MyFinepix software the slow and rather unintuitive RAW convertor (essentially a specially customised version of the commercial Silkypix application).

The X-E2S has a logical rear control layout. There's a vertical row of four buttons on the left of the LCD screen for choosing image playback, the drive mode, exposure mode and the new Auto mode button. Above the LCD are the Flash Release button and the Q button. This provides quick access to lots of frequently used shooting settings including the ISO speed, White Balance, File Size and File Quality, with the 4-way controller and command dial used to quickly change them. To the right are the rear control dial, separate AF-L and AE-L buttons, and two activity LEDs. A 4-way controller is used to change the shutter speed and aperture, toggle the macro mode on and off, and set the AF point. In the middle of the controller is the Menu button, which accesses the eight Shooting and Set-up menus. Underneath is the Disp/Back button which is used for changing the LCD display or going back.

Image Quality

All of the sample images in this review were taken using the 16 megapixel Fine JPEG setting, which gives an average image size of around 5Mb.

The Fujifilm X-E2S produces images of outstanding quality. It recorded noise-free JPEG images at ISO 100 all the way up to 6400, with a little noise at ISO 12800 and more visible noise and slight colour desaturation at the fastest setting of ISO 25600, an amazing performance for a camera with an APS-C sensor. The RAW files were also excellent, with usable images throughout the entire range of ISO 200-6400.

The images were a little soft straight out of the Fujifilm X-E2S at the default sharpening setting and ideally require some further sharpening in an application like Adobe Photoshop, or you can change the in-camera setting. The night photograph was excellent, with the maximum shutter speed of 30 seconds being long enough for most after-dark shots, and the Bulb mode allowing much longer exposures if required.

The Dynamic Range settings subtly improve detail in the shadows and highlights, while the Film Simulation modes hark back to a bygone era. Motion panoramas are the icing on the proverbial cake, although they didn't work very well in mixed lighting conditions or with moving subjects in the frame. The Advanced Filters provide some creative control over your JPEGs before taking the shot.

Noise

There are 9 ISO settings available on the Fujifilm X-E2S for JPEGs, and 6 for RAW files. Here are some 100% crops which show the noise levels for each ISO setting for both JPEG and RAW files.

JPEG	RAW
ISO 100 (100% Crop)


ISO 200 (100% Crop)	ISO 200 (100% Crop)


ISO 400 (100% Crop)	ISO 400 (100% Crop)


ISO 800 (100% Crop)	ISO 800 (100% Crop)


ISO 1600 (100% Crop)	ISO 1600 (100% Crop)


ISO 3200 (100% Crop)	ISO 3200 (100% Crop)


ISO 6400 (100% Crop)	ISO 6400 (100% Crop)


ISO 12800 (100% Crop)


ISO 25600 (100% Crop)


ISO 51200 (100% Crop)

Focal Range

The Fujifilm X-E2S's 18-55mm kit lens provides an effective focal range of 27-83mm in 35mm terms, as demonstrated below.

27mm	83mm

File Quality

The Fujifilm X-E2S has 2 different image quality settings available, with Fine being the highest quality option. Here are some 100% crops which show the quality of the various options, with the file size shown in brackets.

16M Fine (5.05Mb) (100% Crop)	16M Normal (3.02Mb) (100% Crop)


16M RAW (32.2Mb) (100% Crop)

Flash

The flash settings on the Fujifilm FinePix X-E2S are Auto, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Slow Synchro, Red-eye Reduction Auto, Red-eye Reduction & Forced Flash and Red-eye Reduction & Slow Synchro. These shots of a white coloured wall were taken at a distance of 1.5m.

Suppressed Flash - Wide Angle (27mm)	Forced Flash - Wide Angle (27mm)


Suppressed Flash - Telephoto (83mm)	Forced Flash - Telephoto (83mm)

And here are some portrait shots. As you can see, neither the Forced Flash setting or the Red-eye Reduction & Forced Flash option caused any red-eye.

Forced Flash	Forced Flash (100% Crop)


Red-eye Reduction & Forced Flash	Red-eye Reduction & Forced Flash (100% Crop)

Night

The Fujifilm X-E2S's maximum shutter speed is 30 seconds in the Time shutter speed mode, and there's a Bulb mode which allows exposures up to 60 minutes long, which is excellent news if you're seriously interested in night photography. The shot below was taken using a shutter speed of 20 seconds at ISO 200.

Night	Night (100% Crop)

Dynamic Range

The Fujifilm X-E2S has three dynamic range settings - 100% (on by default), 200%, and 400% - and an Auto setting if you want to let the camera take control. These settings gradually increase the amount of detail visible in the shadow and highlight areas, with the side-effect of more noise appearing in the image. Note that you can't actually turn this feature off.

100%	200%


400%

Film Simulation

The Fujifilm X-E2S offers 9 different film simulation modes to help repliatce the look of your favourite film stock from the past.

Provia / Standard	Velvia / Vivid


Astia / Soft	Pro Neg. Hi


Pro Neg. Standard	B&W


Monochrome + Yellow Filter	Monochrome + Red Filter


Monochrome + Green Filter	Sepia


Classic Chrome

Advanced Filter

The Fujifilm Finepix X-E2S offers 13 different filter effects which can be previewed on the LCD screen.

Toy Camera	Miniature


Pop Color	High-Key


Low-Key	Dynamic Tone


Soft Focus	Partial Color (Red)


Partial Color (Orange)	Partial Color (Yellow)


Partial Color (Green)	Partial Color (Blue)


Partial Color (Purple)

Panoramas

Just like Sony's Cybershot range, the Fujifilm X-E2S can create motion panoramas, either 120 or 180 degrees in length. Exposure is set on the first frame, which caused some problems indoors where different light sources caused areas of vertical banding. Watch out also for moving subjects in the frame as the X-E2S won't compensate for this.

120 Degrees

180 Degrees

Sample Images

This is a selection of sample images from the Fujifilm X-E2S camera, which were all taken using the 16 megapixel Fine JPEG setting. The thumbnails below link to the full-sized versions, which have not been altered in any way.

Ratings (out of 5)
Design	4.5
Features	4.5
Ease-of-use	5
Image quality	5
Value for money	4.5

Number of effective pixels	16.3 million pixels
Image sensor	23.6mm x 15.6mm (APS-C) X-Trans CMOS II with primary color filter Total number of pixels: 16.7 million pixels Sensor Cleaning system Ultra Sonic Vibration
Storage media	SD memory card / SDHC memory card / SDXC (UHS-I) memory card^*1
File format	Still image JPEG (Exif Ver 2.3)^*2, RAW (RAF format), RAW+JPEG (Design rule for Camera File system compliant / DPOF-compatible) Movie Movie File Format: MOV Movie Video Compression: H.264 Audio: Linear PCM Stereo
Number of recorded pixels	L: (3:2) 4896 x 3264 / (16:9) 4896 x 2760 / (1:1) 3264 x 3264 M: (3:2) 3456 x 2304 / (16:9) 3456 x 1944 / (1:1) 2304 x 2304 S: (3:2) 2496 x 1664 / (16:9) 2496 x 1408 / (1:1) 1664 x 1664 <Motion Panorama> L: Vertical: 2160 x 9600 / Horizontal: 9600 x 1440 M: Vertical: 2160 x 6400 / Horizontal: 6400 x 1440
Lens mount	FUJIFILM X mount
Sensitivity	AUTO1/AUTO2/AUTO3 (Control available up to ISO 6400) Equivalent to ISO 200 - 6400 (Standard Output Sensitivity) Extended output sensitivity : Equivalent ISO 100, 12800, 25600 and 51200
Exposure control	TTL 256-zone metering, Multi / Spot / Average
Exposure mode	Programmed AE / Shutter Speed priority AE / Aperture priority AE / Manual exposure
Exposure compensation	-3.0EV - +3.0EV, 1/3EV step (movie recording : -2.0EV - +2.0EV)
Image Stabilizer	Supported with OIS type lenses
Face Detection	Yes
Shutter type	Focal Plane Shutter
Shutter speed	(Electronic Shutter mode) 1sec. to 1/32000sec. ^*3 (P mode) 4sec. to 1/4000sec., (All other modes) 30sec. to 1/4000sec., Time 30sec. to 1/4000sec., Bulb (max.60min.), Synchronized shutter speed for flash : 1/180sec. or slower
Continuous shooting	Approx. 7.0 fps (JPEG : max. approx. 18 frames) Approx. 3.0 fps (JPEG : up to the capacity of the card) * Recordable frame number may vary depending on the type of memory card used. * The frame rate varies with shooting condition and the number of images recorded.
Auto bracketing	AE Bracketing (±1/3EV, ±2/3EV, ±1EV) Film Simulation Bracketing (Any 3 types of film simulation selectable) Dynamic Range Bracketing (100% · 200% · 400%) ISO sensitivity Bracketing (±1/3EV, ±2/3EV, ±1EV) White Balance Bracketing (±1, ±2, ±3)
Focus	mode Single AF / Continuous AF / MF Distance Indicator / AF+MF type Intelligent Hybrid AF (TTL contrast AF / TTL phase detection AF), AF assist illuminator available AF frame selection Single Point AF : 49 areas on a 7x7 grid (Changeable size of AF frame among 5 types), Zone AF : Selectable with 3x3 / 5x3 / 5x5 areas from 77 areas on an 11x7 grid, Wide/Tracking AF : Automatic selection from 77 areas on an 11x7 grid
White balance	Automatic scene recognition Custom / Color temperature selection (K) Preset : Fine / Shade / Fluorescent light (Daylight) / Fluorescent light (Warm White) / Fluorescent light (Cool White) / Incandescent light / Underwater
Self-timer	10 sec. / 2 sec. Delay
Interval timer shooting	Yes (Setting : Interval, Number of shots, Startinng time)
Flash	Manual pop-up flash (Super Intelligent Flash) Guide number : approx. 5 (ISO100 · m) / approx. 7 (ISO200 · m)
Flash modes	Activated when external flash is connected Red-eye removal OFF Auto / Forced Flash / Slow Synchro / Suppressed Flash / Rear-curtain Synchro / Commander Red-eye removal ON Red-eye Reduction Auto / Red-eye Reduction & Forced Flash / Red-eye Reduction & Slow Synchro / Suppressed Flash / Red-eye Reduction & Rear-curtain Synchro / Commander * Red-eye removal is active when Face Detection is set to ON.
Hot shoe	Yes (Dedicated TTL Flash compatible)
Viewfinder	0.5-in., approx. 2.360K-dot OLED color viewfinder Coverage of viewing area vs. capturing area : approx. 100% Eye point : approx. 23mm (from the rear end of the camera's eyepiece) Diopter adjustment : -4m^-1 to +2m^-1 Magnification : 0.62x with 50mm lens (35mm format equivalent) at infinity and diopter set to - 1.0m^-1 Diagonal angle of view : approx. 30° (Horizontal angle of view : approx. 25°) Built-in eye sensor
LCD monitor	3.0-inch, aspect ratio 3:2, approx. 1,040K-dot, color LCD monitor (approx. 100% coverage)
Movie recording	Full HD 1920 x 1080 60p / 50p / 30p / 25p / 24p, Continuous recording : up to approx. 14 min. HD 1280 x 720 60p / 50p / 30p / 25p / 24p, Continuous recording : up to approx. 27 min. * Use a card with SD Speed Class with or higher
Photography functions	Advanced SR AUTO, Eye detection AF, Face Detection, Interval timer shooting, Auto Red-eye Removal, Select custom setting, Motion panorama, Color space, Setting (Color, Sharpness, D-range, Gradation), Film Simulation, Advanced Filter, Framing guideline, Frame No. memory, Histogram display, Preview depth of focus, Lens Modulatioon Optimizer, Pre-AF, Focus check, Focus Peak Highlight, Digital Split Image™ ^*4, Electronic level, Multiple exposure, Release priority / Focus priority selection, Fn button setting (RAW, Movie, etc.), ISO AUTO control, Instant AF setting (AF-S/AF-C), Interlock spot AE & Focus area, Selector button setting, AE-L/AF-L button setting, Edit/Save quick menu, Shutter Type
Film Simulation mode	11 type (PROVIA/STANDARD, Velvia/VIVID, ASTIA/SOFT, CLASSIC CHROME, PRO Neg Hi, PRO Neg. Std, MONOCHROME, MONOCHROME+Ye FILTER, MONOCHROME+R FILTER, MONOCHROME+G FILTER, SEPIA)
Dynamic range setting	AUTO, 100%, 200%, 400%
Advanced filter	Toy camera / Miniature / Pop color / High-key / Low-key / Dynamic tone / Soft focus / Partial color (Red / Orange / Yellow / Green / Blue / Purple)
Playback functions	RAW conversion, Image rotate, Auto image rotate, Face Detection, Red-eye reduction, Photobook assist, Erase selected frames, Image search, Multi-frame playback (with micro thumbnail), Slide show, Mark for upload, Protect, Crop, Resize, Panorama, Favorites
Wireless transmitter	Standard IEEE 802.11b / g / n (standard wireless protocol) Access mode Infrastructure
Wireless function	Geotagging, Wireless communication (Image transfer), View & Obtain Images, Remote camera shooting, PC Autosave, instax printer print
Other functions	PictBridge, Exif Print, 35 Languages, Date/Time, Time difference, Sound & Flash, High Performance, Preview exp. in Manual mode, EVF Brightness, LCD Brightness, Preview Pic. Effect, DISP. Custom Setting
Terminal	Video output - Digital interface USB 2.0 High-Speed / micro USB terminal * connectable with Remote Release RR-90 (sold separately) HDMI output HDMI Mini connector (Type C) Others Microphone / shutter release input: ø2.5mm, stereo mini connector
Power supply	NP-W126 Li-ion battery (included)
Dimensions	129mm (W) x 74.9mm (H) x 37.2mm (D) / 5.08in. (W) x 2.95in. (H) x 1.47in. (D) (Minimum Depth : 30.9mm / 1.22 in.)
Weight	Approx. 350g / 12.3 oz. (including battery and memory card) Approx. 300g / 10.6 oz. (excluding accessories, battery and memory card)
Operating Temperature	0°C - 40°C (+32°F - +104°F)
Operating Humidity	10 - 80% (no condensation)
Battery life for still images^*5	Approx. 350 frames (When XF35mmF1.4 R is set, LCD monitor on)
Battery life for movies^*5	Consecutive movie recording : approx. 110 min. (Face detection is set to OFF) * Individual movies cannot exceed approx. 14 min. on Full HD mode, and approx. 27 min. on HD mode in length.
Starting up period	Approx. 0.5 sec., when High Performance mode set to ON Approx. 1.0 sec., when High Performance mode set to OFF * Fujifilm research
Accessories included	Li-ion battery NP-W126 Battery charger BC-W126 Shoulder strap Body cap Metal strap clip Protective cover Clip attaching tool Owner's manual

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