Fujifilm X100VI leak suggests new features won’t ruin its stunning retro design

The Fujifilm X100VI looks to be getting end to its legit originate – and the indispensable leaked photos of the premium compact digital camera imply it can perchance perchance no longer compromise on its traditional retro originate.

Some pixellated photos shared with Fuji Rumors appear to maintain given us our first stare of the Fujifilm X100V successor, and the physical variations between the 2 seem like very minor certainly. That is exclusively appropriate recordsdata for followers of 1950s film digital camera looks, which looks to encompass most of TikTok.

The handiest tweaks we are able to seem up to now are that the digital camera’s ‘power/delete’ button is now more centered beneath the hotshoe, and the ‘disp/support’ button now also gains as a Bluetooth button (admire on the Fujifilm X-T5) for fleet connecting the digital camera to your smartphone. That must serene place it play effectively with Fuji’s new X app.

The X100VI could perchance perchance effectively bring various modifications, but these are basically the most physically apparent ones from the leaked photos up to now. One various doubtless originate distinction, in accordance to a separate Fuji Rumors put up, is that the X100VI will be 1mm thicker than its predecessor. Right here’s it sounds as if that’s the case the digital camera’s body can home in-body image stabilization.

Adore the X100V, this new edition looks to also lack a d-pad on the support of the digital camera, that could perchance well disappoint followers of tactile buttons and shortcuts. But we did now not thoughts its absence on the novel model and there looks to be the identical joystick as sooner than to imply it is doubtless you’ll perchance perchance presumably shift your focal level level around the body. 

Sadly, the leaked photos maintain pixelated the shutter/ISO dial, so we’ll must wait to search if Fujifilm has made any longer tweaks to the discontinue plate. But the wait mustn’t be too long, given the X100VI has been tipped to originate at Fujifilm’s next X Summit event in Tokyo on February 20.

A smartly-identified retro face

For the rationale that Fujifilm X100 series launched support in 2010, a key fragment of its enchantment has been its retro, compact looks – so it be no surprise to search that, in accordance to these leaked photos, Fujifilm could perchance perchance no longer be messing with that system.

If Fujifilm has (as the rumors imply) been in a region to cram contemporary aspects admire a 40MP APS-C X-Trans V sensor and in-body image stabilization into its comparatively compact shell, that is doubtless to be a monumental bonus. But we’ll must await its legit originate to search if that is the case.

The novel X100V measures 128x75x53 mm, so basically the latest rumors imply the X100VI will be 54mm thick. While that could perchance perchance no longer precisely look it trip valid into a first rate pocket, it can perchance perchance serene be gorgeous for jacket pockets and long days out taking avenue or shuttle snaps.

One function that Fujifilm could perchance perchance no longer be in a region to squeeze into that body, even supposing, is its latest NP-W235 battery. These are a great deal fatter than the older NP-W126S batteries primitive by the X100V, so we could perchance perchance must receive a noteworthy more minute battery life than Fujifilm’s mirrorless cameras. All is on the total printed, even supposing, at Fujifilm’s originate event on February 20.

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Impress is TechRadar’s Senior recordsdata editor. Having worked in tech journalism for a ridiculous 17 years, Impress is now trying to rupture the world file for the decision of digital camera bags hoarded by one person. He used to be previously Cameras Editor at Depended on Reports, Appearing editor on Stuff.tv, to boot to Substances editor and Reports editor on Stuff magazine. As a freelancer, he’s contributed to titles collectively with The Sunday Times, FourFourTwo and Enviornment. And in a used life, he also won The Day-to-day Telegraph’s Young Sportswriter of the Year. But that used to be sooner than he chanced on the ordinary joys of getting up at 4am for a philosophize shoot in London’s Square Mile.