Fujifilm X-M5

The Fujifilm X-M5 is a mirrorless camera released in 2024, built around a 26.1MP APS-C sensor and the Fujifilm X mount. At 355g it is light enough to carry daily without much thought about weight.

Its feature set leans towards content creation. The flip-out screen, 9:16 vertical recording and vlog-focused tools make it a natural fit for people who film themselves.

For stills, the sensor resolution and Fujifilm's film simulation looks carry the appeal, but there is no viewfinder, so every shot is composed on the rear screen. The body provides no in-body stabilisation, so steadiness has to come from lenses or supports.

The headline video mode is 6.2K at 29.97p, recorded open-gate in 10-bit 4:2:2 internally. Open-gate capture uses the full sensor width, so one take can be framed generously and cropped later for vertical or other formats.

Higher frame rates step down in resolution. 4K records at 60p for standard footage, and 1080 reaches 240p, which makes it the slow-motion option.

A 9:16 vertical recording mode shoots footage shaped for phones, which saves rotating the camera or cropping in post.

For grading work, two Log modes are built in, and the 6.2K mode's 10-bit 4:2:2 recording gives adjustments more colour information to work with. Digital image stabilisation trims handheld camera shake in video, though it does nothing for a moving subject.

The 3-inch screen both flips out and responds to touch, so focus placement, settings and self-framing all happen in one place. That combination matters most when you are working alone in front of the lens. Wi-Fi is also built in for wireless connectivity.

Twenty film simulations are built in, and eight of them sit on a dedicated dial. Switching looks takes a turn of the dial rather than a menu dive, and Grain Effect and the Color Chrome options extend that straight-out-of-camera styling further.

Several modes target the solo creator. Vlog mode, Background Defocus, Product Priority and Portrait Enhancer automate choices a one-person shooter would otherwise make manually, and they pair naturally with the flip screen.

Stills come from the APS-C sensor, whose resolution leaves room to crop a distant subject or tighten a composition later. The Fujifilm X mount ties the camera to Fujifilm's X-series lens range, so anyone already shooting an X body can move their lenses across rather than starting a new system.

There is no in-body stabilisation. For handheld shooting in dim light you will want a lens with its own stabilisation or a faster shutter speed, and any stabilisation only counters camera shake, never subject movement. A stabilised lens is therefore more valuable here than on a body that corrects shake internally.

There is no viewfinder either. Composition happens entirely on the rear screen, and since that screen flips out and responds to touch, framing and settings adjustments stay on one display.