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Fujifilmhas unveiled a new video-focusedbeginner mirrorless camera, the X-M5.

It boasts better video features and Fujifilm’s latest autofocus algorithms, with improved subject detection AF.

Fujifilm X-M5 on a rustic surface among leaves

All round, the X-M5 offers incredible bang for buck, so is it the perfect starter camera?

There are also a few firsts for Fujifilm.

So surely the X-M5 is an outright hit?

Fujifilm X-M5’s screen flipped out and user selecting a film simulation

Well, not quite.

So where do the two models differ?

No beginner camera has this feature, but the X-M5 is otherwisesocapable that the absence of IBIS is noticeable.

Fujifilm X-M5 Mirrorless…

Of course there are other reasons why the X-S20 costs more.

But if I was to add one feature to the X-M5, it would be IBIS.

With that feature, it would feel like a completevideo camera for beginners.

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Fujifilm X-M5 in a meeting room recording video with its vertical 9:16 mode