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SPECS ›  Price £1249 body only, £1349 with XC15-45mm, £1599 with XF18-55mm f/2.8-4 ›  In the box NP-W235 li-ion battery, AC-5VJ power adapter, plug adapter, USB cable, shoulder strap, body cap, cooling fan connector cover ›  Sensor 26.1-megapixel X-Trans CMOS 4 ›  Processing engine X-Processor 5 ›  Sensor format APS-C 23.5- 15.6mm, 6240x4160 pixels ›  Lens mount Fujifilm X ›  ISO range Native 160-12,800; expansion to 80, 100, 125, 25,600 and 51,200 ›  Shutter range Mechanical shutter: 15min-1/4000sec; electronic: 15min-1/32,000sec; bulb: ≤60min; flash sync: ≥1/180sec ›  Drive modes Mechanical up to 8fps; electronic up to 20fps uncropped, 30fps with 1.25x crop ›  Pre-shot mode Electronic shutter 1.25x crop: 30fps, 30 frames with half press, 75 with full press, total 105 shots; Electronic shutter no crop: 20fps, 20 frames with half press, 998 with full press, total 1018 shots ›  Exposure system PASM, TTL 256 zones, multi, spot, average, centre-weighted ›  Exposure compensation Stills +/-5EV in 1/3EV steps, Movie +/-2EV in 1/3EV steps; AE bracketing, up to 9 frames, 1/3EV steps up to +/-3EV ›  Monitor 3in touchscreen LCD, 1.84m dots ›  Viewfinder 2.36m dot OLED EVF ›  Focusing system Intelligent Hybrid AF (TTL contrast/TTL phase detection); Face/eye detect; subject detect: animal, bird, car, motorcycle & bike, airplane, train ›  Focus points Single point: 13x9/25x17 grid; zone: 3x3, 5x5 or 7x7 on 13x9 grid; wide/tracking AF ›  Image stabiliser Five-axis IBIS up to 7EV with XF35mm f/1.4; digital IS and digital IS Boost in movie mode only ›  Video 6.2K (3:2) 6240x4160 29.97p/25p/24p/23.98p, DCI 4K (17:9) 4096x2160 59.94p/ 50p/29.97p/25p/24p/23.98p, 4K (16:9) 3840x2160 59.94p/50p/ 29.97p/25p/24p/23.98p ›  Movie format MOV (HEVC/H.265), MPEG-4 (AVC/H.264) and MP4 (MPEG-4); movie compression: All Intra/Long GOP ›  Connectivity USB-C 3.2, HDMI micro (type D), 3.5mm jack for microphone/remote release, headphone jack, Bluetooth ›  Other key features 19 Film Simulation modes, JPEG advanced filter modes, built-in manual pop-up flash ›  Battery NP-W235 li-ion, approx 750 stills in normal mode, 800 in economy mode; for movie capture: 4K/59.94p 80mins; 6.25K/29.97p 85mins ›  Storage media 1x SD/SDHC/ SDXC, UHS-II ›  Dimensions (wxhxd) 127.7x85.1x65.4mm

›  Weight 410g body only ›  Contact fujifilm-x.com

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS This interior shot of the Carmelite Church in Mdina was taken handheld with the XF8mm lens, using an exposure of 1/60sec at f/3.5 and ISO 1600. Image quality is seriously impressive, even at this high ISO

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