Get the Fujifilm X-T5 mirrorless camera

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I have a Fuji X100S camera that I bought ten years ago. It has accompanied me to many places and photographed many beauties and beautiful scenery. However, the irreplaceable old lens, weak performance of the old model, slow focusing speed, and no Fuji CC and NC filters I want, the performance is completely unable to meet the current shooting needs. So, I desperately need a new camera.

Most of the Fuji users, including me, are photography/camera business enthusiasts, not for commercial shooting, and they do not belong to the nit-picking “number hair party”. They just want an APS-C frame that is online, light and portable, and has excellent image quality.

At the end of last year, my colleague posted information about the sale of Fujifilm X-T4 in the circle of friends. It just so happened that Fuji released two new cameras in November last year and June this year——Fujifilm X-T5 and X-S20. . I have also inquired at two Fuji authorized physical stores in Taizhou. At the most outrageous time, for a single X-T5 body, the two fraudulent stores even offered a horrible price of 3,000 yuan on top of the original price… Affected by Fuji’s insufficient production capacity and the hype of Xiaohongshu, Fuji has become a new generation of “financial management products”.

When I was browsing Xiaohongshu, I occasionally found an enthusiastic netizen sharing a tutorial where you can buy your favorite camera at almost the original price: Amazon Overseas Purchase (China) occasionally has a special Fujifilm X-T5, which can be shipped directly to China for free. With certain items, you can greatly reduce the pre-collected tariff. It happens that there are preferential prices during the period of June 18 this year. At that time, the final payment price of the Fujifilm X-T5 silver body was ￥12343.11, which was only about 350 yuan more expensive than the recommended retail price of ￥11990 by the Bank of China.

I placed an order on June 18th, and the order was shipped by DHL until June 26th. For some reason, it has been transported back and forth between California and Ohio. On June 30th, the package arrived at Shanghai Customs, and I was required to declare the entry declaration information online. On July 1, the customs released it smoothly; on July 3, the package arrived at the city’s delivery outlet. Since I was recuperating in Fujian at the beginning of July, I was unable to sign for the package in person. I selected the “holiday reservation” function on the DHL management delivery page, and successfully received the package from the United States on July 10.

A few days after the receipt, the bank reminded me that there was a refund in the account, presumably it should be the tax refund of advance collection. The actual price of the Fujifilm X-T5 silver body: ￥12343.11 (total price at the time of order) – ￥238.79 (tax rebate for cameras in advance) – ￥58.66 (refund after the cancellation of the combined order) = ￥12045.66 (actual price).

The following is a simple unboxing link:

The Fujifilm X-T5 silver body purchased by Amazon in the United States is produced in the same place as the National Bank version, and it is also produced in Suzhou, China. There is no seal on the outside of the box, and no paper manual is provided, but the attached small card provides a QR Code for online viewing, or you can download the PDF of the simplified Chinese version of the manual by yourself.

The camera is consistent with the version of the Bank of China. It comes with multiple languages ​​including Simplified Chinese. There is no need for additional flashing. You can use the operation interface in your native language when you turn on the camera. In addition, compared with the single plug of the Bank of China, the US version has 4 types of interchangeable travel plugs – British standard, European standard (German standard), American standard, and national standard. Non-Bank of China cameras may only have a one-year warranty in mainland China, and it is a pity that there is no extended warranty service of up to two years for the Bank of China version.

Fuji X-T5 adopts APS-C format X-Trans CMOS 5 HR image sensor with 40.2 million effective pixels, and is equipped with X-Processor 5 image processing engine. The common sensitivity is ISO 125-12800, and it has five-axis body anti-shake technology. And 4K/60p, 1080/240p video recording capabilities;

Fujifilm is similar to the previous generation X-T4. It still has a classic retro shape and is lighter than the previous generation. However, the difference is that the X-T5 uses an outward-facing flip screen, while the X-T4 uses a three-way folding screen, which cannot be flipped sideways and photo selfies/Vlog selfies. After all, the X-T5 focuses on shooting functions.

Fujifilm X-T5 family portrait: camera body, small card, precautions and reminders, original shoulder strap, original NP-W235S battery, original power plug AC-5VJ, original USB Type-C, replaceable travel plug, headphone adapter, etc.

Since I only purchased the Fujifilm X-T5 camera body and haven’t purchased the camera lens, I can’t test the shooting function, so I can only update the camera firmware first. The firmware version that comes with the factory is earlier 1.03, it took a little time to upgrade to the latest version 2.02 . The camera firmware is like the system version in the phone. Every update will improve the camera’s focusing performance, system fluency, etc., and fix existing bugs. Warm reminder, FUJIFILM XApp is not recommended to use WiFi to update the firmware. It is strongly recommended to download the latest firmware from the official website, copy it to the SD card and update it through the camera’s own program.

Do you have any friends to recommend, which Fuji fixed focus/zoom lens should you buy first?

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