X-M5 New Fujifilm Creator Focused Camera

[Ninpo33]

As far as native Fuji X mount lenses, I’ve been loving the videos by Stefano and seeing his creative use of focal lengths. He knows his way around his X-H2s and I love his derezed color grades. 
 

Fuji 56mm and Viltrox 13mm are both at the top of my list now. The 13mm is huge but that close focus and having a wide angle with shallow DOF is such a trippy look. 

56mm f/1.2

https://youtu.be/lQsgQqNslPg?si=tA0cM5FHCGqHrvq8

 

13mm f/1.4 

https://youtu.be/JkX-QCdr5No?si=60nfv2lEZaw3JlWn

 

[IronFilm]

On 12/27/2024 at 6:49 PM, IronFilm said:

The 7artisans 12mm f2.8 lens I've got would be a good choice for vlogging, although I went for this 7artisans largely because I got it for next to nothing secondhand.  If you're buying brand new then the Meike 12mm f/2 is only slightly more expensive than the 7artisans 12mm f2.8, but the Meike is a full stop faster which might be handy sometimes.

ah, a new UWA lens just came out:

https://www.newsshooter.com/2024/12/26/pergear-12mm-f2-ii-wide-angle-lens-for-x-e-z-and-m4-3-mount-cameras/

At US$169 it might be the cheapest f2 UWA lens there is. 

[Ninpo33]

Well, my little black X-M5 finally arrived from Japan and wow, it’s tiny. Had some fun rigging it up as a tiny little micro cinema cam today LOL. USB C dummy battery arrives tomorrow and a couple little accessories to mount the Ninja V+ in a way that doesn’t look too ridiculous. Only complaint so far is the smallrig cage for it is a little overpriced and doesn’t come in all black. Just the strange steampunk looking retro vibes. 

 

[Marcio Kabke Pinheiro]

On 12/27/2024 at 4:25 PM, Ninpo33 said:

As far as native Fuji X mount lenses, I’ve been loving the videos by Stefano and seeing his creative use of focal lengths. He knows his way around his X-H2s and I love his derezed color grades. 
 

Fuji 56mm and Viltrox 13mm are both at the top of my list now. The 13mm is huge but that close focus and having a wide angle with shallow DOF is such a trippy look. 

56mm f/1.2

https://youtu.be/lQsgQqNslPg?si=tA0cM5FHCGqHrvq8

 

13mm f/1.4 

https://youtu.be/JkX-QCdr5No?si=60nfv2lEZaw3JlWn

 

I have the 13mm. Sharp as hell.

[Ninpo33]

I figured it might go the way of the X100V. Sales paused on the tiny but mighty X-M5 for now. Wonder if I should flip mine on the black market for big $$$$$$
 

https://fujiaddict.com/2025/03/14/fujifilm-x-m5-sales-paused-overseas/amp/

[Marcio Kabke Pinheiro]

On 3/17/2025 at 7:54 AM, Ninpo33 said:

I figured it might go the way of the X100V. Sales paused on the tiny but mighty X-M5 for now. Wonder if I should flip mine on the black market for big $$$$$$
 

https://fujiaddict.com/2025/03/14/fujifilm-x-m5-sales-paused-overseas/amp/

Thom Hogan said something about camera shortages that makes a lot of sense - it is a sensor supply problem.

The sensor manufacturers (Sony and the rest) are sweating to supply the demand - not so much for camera sensors, but for smartphone ones. Cameras sensor are made in somewhat older node processes, and, contrary to commen belief, these legacy nodes (aka transistor size) have much more demand than the cutting edge ones, and is hard to order new processing machines.

Hence, when you plan to launch a camera with some sensor, you estimate how many you will want, based in projections, and order X sensor in a batch. You get these sensors in time, but if you want ANOTHER batch, you will go to the back of the queue.

Since until recently the camera seles were down, and these orden are made WAY in advance, I guess that almost everyone order a smaller batch than needed.

[Ninpo33]

Even with the Ninja V+ and the new smallrig cage the little X-M5 is still quite light. Gearing up for an event next week and will test out battery life and any overheating issues. Rolling shutter isn’t as good as the X-H2s but still totally fine. Also, lack of IBIS is mitigated by building up the rig a bit. The increased dynamic range is pretty impressive on this little guy. Still can’t believe this is an $800 camera. 6.2k open gate Prores Raw. 

just need to do some better cable management and maybe look into 3D printing a tiny side panel to help hide cables and wireless receivers. 

Loving these little Andycine Lunchbox SSD caddies too. Gets rid of all the extra space with standard SSD’s and cheaper than the expensive Angelbird units. 

[IronFilm]

On 3/17/2025 at 11:54 PM, Ninpo33 said:

I figured it might go the way of the X100V. Sales paused on the tiny but mighty X-M5 for now. Wonder if I should flip mine on the black market for big $$$$$$
 

https://fujiaddict.com/2025/03/14/fujifilm-x-m5-sales-paused-overseas/amp/

Yes, I did a short film recently and the DoP (who also works in a camera retail store) said that the high demand for the X-M5 has been going absolutely crazy off the charts. 

On 3/19/2025 at 8:11 AM, Marcio Kabke Pinheiro said:

Thom Hogan said something about camera shortages that makes a lot of sense - it is a sensor supply problem.

Thom Hogan writes really good articles, he's part of my regular rotation of websites I check out to read. 

https://bythom.com/newsviews/an-industry-problem.html