DPReview TV: Fujifilm X-H1 Review
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! In this week's episode of DPReview TV, Chris and Jordan go to the zoo with the Fujifilm X-H1. Watch as they photograph lemurs, red pandas and maybe even a Tyrannosaur while putting this camera to the test.
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Fun fact: That was a normal-sized chair.
This really makes me want an X-T4.
First flamingo shot is dope. So happy you guys are moving on up, you are two super genuine guys and have watched you pair for yonks! Thanks dudes, Cheers from Ireland
Emmet Dallat Thanks so much! We try our best for you.
Chris@DPReview
Great review guys. Jordan, I'm happy to see you in front of the camera more and Chris, amazing pictures.
Island Pics Thanks so much! We had a a great day.
Chris@DPReview
I love that Jordan gets more airtime now ;) Great review guys.
Camera Conspiracies yay for Jordan 😉
Depends on how capable the video mode on the camera is I guess. In the next Leica or Canon review Jordan will probably have much less screen time.
Exactly, that's has always been the case
We took your feedback on that top RUclipsrs episode seriously!
Dude has a face made for radio.
I really am impressed with what I perceive as decent, accurate and unbiased review. My go to first source for reviews of this type. Professionally done, excellent communications, no distracting personal BS. Well done!
After I got my X-H1 I have never ONCE had an issue with the shutter release nor have I taken a picture by mistake. I find the release much better than the two-stage in properly pressing off the shot to not introduce any extra camera shake. It’s great.
I own an X-H1 for 1 month now and I think the battery topic is overrated. On a wedding I can shoot about 600 photos with one battery. It is not great, but it is also not terrible. This is with automatic switching between the LCD and the EVF. But since the switching by the eye sensor is now really fast, I will use EVF + Eye sensor (meaning that the EVF is off, if you don't look through it) in future to prolong battery life.
And I have to admit, I love the new shutter button. It feels very intuitive to shoot with it and honestly I did not need any time to get used to it. I can only assume, that most of the reviewers are lacking fine motor skills ;-P And the new mechanical shutter is so quiet, this is really sexy.
Last but not least, I find the top display very handy. It summarizes the most important camera settings in one place (e. g. AF mode, film simulation mode, ISO, WB). So forgetting about the camera settings and shooting with the wrong camera settings has become less probable ;-) And I love it, that I can see the battery status (important with the X-H1 ;-) ), the exposure compensation and remaining shots even when the camera is turned off.
And we're off :) Looks great! When cooking it often says to either "add ingredients" to the recipe or to "fold in" the stuff. Folding in is always a gentle way to introduce additional ingredients gently. This video is a great cooking show lol. You "folded in" gently so almost not to notice that this is now a DPReview rather than something else. Job so well done - I'm impressed - just a nice sprinkling of DPReview so as not to distract from the topic on the plate. Guess I must be hungry with all this food lingo :) Thumbs up.
Thanks Peter!
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I'm really enjoying your videos for DPReview so far. I'm finding the same amount of coolness and enlightening informations you gave us with TCSTV, this is still the old good Chris and Jordan's show, better than ever. :) Hope you'll not change that.
We're going to continue to refine this show, but we have intention of changing the overall feel. Thanks for watching!
Great review!
I was wondering if the X-H1 was fit for my use case just yesterday, so it's perfectly on time.
However, about the review format, may I suggest saying "more details on that in the written review" throughout the video, instead of repeating "check it on dpreview.com" ?
I understand it's useful for this first installment, to differenciate it from TCSTV, but it feels a bit distracting.
Anyway, I'm really glad you are now able to directly quote and present comprehensive lab tests, I think it's a perfect complement to your field tests.
Jordan is pretty great on screen these days. Keep em coming guys!
I'm completely new to Fuji, but sold my Sony A99II to buy the X-H1. Been using for the last 10 days, and what I found: 1.) Maybe it is bulky for a mirrorless camera, but the ergonomics are great and compared to an SLR, it's still light and actually compact, 2.) The image quality is gorgeous, 3.) the autofocus is really nice. There is a lot of tweaking, but I have been using this to shoot birds with the 100-400mm lens, and it is really good. I use the one of the presets (the 2nd one I believe), and zone AF (either the medium size 7x7 zone, or the smaller 3x3 zone) and it does the job quite nicely. (I found the wide area tracking AF is not terribly effective) There is a good article by a bird photographer up on Photography Life, about using an X-T2 with the 100-400mm zoom, and that gave me some good tips on how to customize the AF on the X-H1 to be most effective.
I wish the phase detect autofocus area was a bit wider across the sensor, though compared to my Sony A99II (using the non-Sony, Tamron 150-600 zoom), the X-H1 AF area is actually bigger (as a % of the sensor). More importantly, the whole setup is compact and light -- so I didn't need a tripod and I could get closer to my targets and get some nice shots. I still have to play some more and figure out how I want to customize the camera further, but, I'm loving it.
I've been shooting fuji for a couple years now but just used the 100-400 for the first time this weekend shooting Sandhill Cranes with the same settings as you & although I thought I missed focus on almost all my flying photo's when I got home I was shocked that almost all of them where in focus & this was with my X-T2. Also extremely impressed with the optical quality on the lens & didn't expect that from a variable aperture lens.
What a fantastic review! You get right to the point and cover the crucial issues. Thanks!
Nice! Of course things smooth out as you progress, but i only want to say that there's no need to mention DPReview everytime the content is being brought up. For the most part, just show it and let it become naturally integrated to the show, instead of awkwardly imposing again and again. Wish you all the best! We love you guys!
Ville Mononen: I fear this is part of their contract with DPR.
Nah it was all me. I just said go to dpreview.com everytime we referenced a chart and in future will only mention it once or twice. Besides as more time goes by everyone will get the relationship and assume the charts are from dpreview.com
Chris@DPReview
Alright, very good then! Looking forward to the next episodes as usual. You guys rock!
Chris Niccolls: You are with dpreview.com now, aren't you? 😉☺
One episode per week - that's a lot of pressure on Chris and Jordan, but I welcome it wholeheartedly. Now I don't have to wait so long for each video. Thanks a lot to the dynamic duo.
That shutter button is one of the best features about the camera! Try a thing called back button focus if you are worried about a half press. :/
Color science of Fuji is so beautiful
As a sony shooter, I agree with you. The eterna profile is really nice. I prefer it to canon's lauded colors and it is, of course, much better than the colors coming out of my Sony (although EOSHD Pro Color does help a lot).
Maybe you can't.
Mathias J, you are wrong! I think a lot of people, even amateurs, could easily pick out a Fuji jpeg (as long as you haven't edited). I've shot Canon, Sony and Fuji, and they all have very distinct looks straight out of camera.
yeah.. i agre with you.. in my opinion those fuji fancy color only optimized to make skin color looks pleasing.. actually it doestn work with landscape scene..
Dear lord that kid is photogenic. Those bright green globe eyes against the leaf background with some nice catch light from the water below looks incredible. This camera's picture output is super impressive. The peakcocks earlier in the video are so detailed and colourful and the colours out of camera look super nice.
Glad you mention it's actually fairly large for a mirrorless and honesty about the systems capability is spot on.
Great to see it's business as usual from you guys. Great review, thanks.
Really nice photos Chris! And very nice shots and editing Jordan! Great content - Love it!
Awesome… congrats to both of you!
Thanks Ted, see you soon!
+Jordan Drake I liked the photos. Could you please upload all the photos to the Dpreview gallery?
instaBlaster...
Very good review! Awesome guys, I'm pretty sure that Fujifilm will update the camera to fix and improve the autofocus features, same happened to the xt2, at first release days autofocus wasn't so good, but look what they do to the camera... Is the thing with Fujifilm, they will change your camera with software a lot of times and they do it right to give you better software improvement and features... As an example the 120 fps and internal flog on the xt2, so I can trust that the x-h1 in a very short future will get some awesome features, even 4k 60fps because they can achieve that thanks to the x-h1 200Mbps recording capabilities.... And same to the laggy touch screen, they now improve the xe3 touch panel, they really know their cameras and always try to extract the best of each one.
Good luck to the both of you with DPReview! Wishing you all the best!
I'm happy to see you guys on DPREVIEW putting this videos together. Just a suggestion, I will like to see your prints comparisons and review regarding the cameras you are reviewing, like you guys just to do it on the past not long ago, other then that, I like the way you guys approach to the reviews.
Outstanding reviews, as always. This is the perfect companion for DPR written reviews. I was so disappointed with the 2-minute mini reviews they had before. BTW, why don't you guys change the channel name to DPReview TV, and maybe tweak the logo a tad bit, just to differentiate with the previous content, which is quite frankly night and day?
A very minty complete X-H1 package came into my possession today. I think I got it because I got the 90 last month. It didn't hurt getting the whole deal for 700, either. (No tax no shipping..a cafe sale!) I mean...that's just amazing. As usual, pics around the house later today...boy, the wrong SD card...the wait time... but I noticed your wrist strap. I like it. I like the narrow gauge style, but all I see on ebay like it seems to be for pocket digitals 20 or so years old. What's your's? And considering the firmware upgrades this camera has had, maybe it's time to go over your autofocus issues again.
Considering the XH1 and Fuji platform myself for an hybrid system. The XH1 stands above everything else:
-Eterna. Out to the box footage looks stunning. Much better than Sony/GH5 graded, just compare here skintones. That saves HOURS in post.
-Highlight rolloff. Better than everyone else, specially under harsh sun or artificial lighting. It looks organic, film-like.
-Higher res EVF for manual focus
-LINEAR FOCUS! at least a system that makes focus-by-wire lenses useful for video manual focus
-Build. This is indeed a 1D-type of camera. And no overheating
-Fuji lenses are all high-end and really well built, all metal construction.
-JPEG SOOC. You can get away with them 90% of the time. Another time saver. And COLOR is stunning, best in the industry.
-Price. An XH1 with 5-6 lenses and an XE3/XT20/XT2 as second body costs about HALF what it would cost with other brands, For instance with an A7III
Now, the only drawbacks are to me not being FF (neither is an ALEXA) for DOF in photo mode, but that only makes sense if you pay for the EXPENSIVE Sony GMs like the 70-200, otherwise it's f4 zooms or f1.8 primes, so the FF advantage is lost. And Sony has the STUNNING eyeAF.
Still on the fence. Thx DPReview and Chris&Jordan
Damn man I am already a Fuji guy and this made me want to throw out my current older Fuji lineup and just get the XH1. I make videos and do photo work too, and I actually was going to go for the XH1 this summer. But now that the XT3 is coming out in September I want to wait to see what Fuji does with the XT3 first. I do think that it is really hard to beat the Fuji ecosystem for the price.
J Enrique G C hey win thinking of buying into the Fuji XH1 - What lenses would you recommend as a lineup with this camera and the grip too? I’m thinking about selling my Sony system off, getting the xh1 with lenses for video production and a x100f for daily stills.
Things get rolling at DPReview! 👏🎥
great review as always, great work!
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In depth and very interesting! Loving these weekly videos.
I like this guy coz he always mentions which camera he is using for the review.
Watched it for you guys, good luck on the new channel. I'm waiting for the new A7s myself :)
Jordan bring this channel to life
I think the shutter button is amazing, made shooting pictures way more of a stable experience. IBIS helps but the shutter button definitely contributes.
Nice review suppaman watching from Philippines,it has vibrant color when shooting outdoors loving it.❤❤
Excellent and entertaining review as always ... D Preview are so fortunate to have you on their team
Congrats on the new job guys! Good review! I’m stickin with my Nikon D3. Rockin the 12 megapixels like a Big Hair band. By the way, little known tidbit...the red panda is actually the birth child of a Fox and the Hamburgler having relations...I think? Wikipedia rocks!
these guys made me sub.. long time fan of these two ! i even watch Nikon reviews as long as chris and Jordan are doing it !
Are you back to shooting log for this video? Love the grade
Thanks Tyler! Log for high contrast scenes, 709-Like for most of the episode.
Keep it up guys, I am a big fan of yours and your videos! Y’all are the best👌
Good review. I have had the X-H1 for over a month now and am only just getting used to it. The big negative with the camera for me is it isn't just a 'pick up and go camera', you really have to think about what you are shooting then go into the menu and set up the AF to get the best images possible. I also have the X-E1, which isn't nearly as good but is much more fun to shoot with because I know the AF doesn't work very well, so I just use manual, you don't get that with the X-H1, though manual focus does work very well.
Also I am 50/50 on the EVF, I am used to EVF's but I just can't seem to get to grips with the X-H1's for some reason, particularly in lower light situations and it some times feels juddery.
I have also had some of the issues with freezing that a lot of X-H1 owners have had, though not recently. I am looking forward to the firmware upgrade the X-H1 is going to get in May and hope it helps with the AF.
I may sound very negative about the camera but it is generally a very good camera and the images you get in normal light are excellent, particularly the picture profiles. I love the body of the camera and the grip is good, it is heavy in comparison with my X-E1 but it balances well.
For me the biggest thing is it is a good camera, in need of a faster processor and when Fuji bring out the X-H2 they are going to have a camera which can compete for video, compared to the GH5 (though by then we will have the GH6).
If I was going to give this camera a grade, it would be a B+, it is very capable but there a just little annoying things which stop the camera get an A score from me.
Finally got an X-H1 - certainly pulls all my strings. Grip is great. IBIS too. Viewfinder is super fine. Not that much bigger or heavier than the X-T2 (for which this new camera to the bag is a companion). In fact, after learning the camera for the past several hours, it is plain to see that it is an X-T2 on steroids. Very glad to have it ;-)
Great review once again, dope camera...kinda thinking of upgrading from my gx85 either to g9 or xh1...
Love the Fuji dials, and the upper display i like way more then the one on the g9
Awesome !
Great to see you again, this time under the DPReview banner !
Great test, pretty comprehensive, and always that little bit of wry humor to spice it up.
For the 14 mins 59sec limit for video, I've read somewhere that it was for tax reasons, like camcorders with no time limits and photo cameras that do videos under 15 mins are taxed differently to companies, and that might be the main reason why Fuji is keeping things under 15mins SOOC
I wish the full review would have been shot with the Fuji. The best looking TCSTV (Chris and Jordan) reviews were the ones on and shot with Fuji cameras. Although it is interesting to see the contrast with the GH5S video.
Fuji really does know great colour science. Love it.
Chris. Jordan. If I wanted to get DPed constantly, I'd do it for real with you guys. :D
A bit more on focus peaking, focus check and setting stabilization distances for manual lenses is also a huge welcoming for newbies like me to the X-H1.
I don't know but watching your videos never ever feel like I have to move the slider to skip some useless parts. That's coz you don't waste my time discussing things nobody cares about. I get it, you want to keep a casual looking output, although it's quite obvious you put some serious effort into this weekly vids. Great job and thanks Chris ad Jordan! You both rock! :D
Excellent video as usual... congratulations to you guys!
The camera store tv is dying without you guys.
Hopefully they'll bring Eterna to the X-T2 firmware. Spend the extra money on lenses or a gimbal.
Nice review, Chris and Jordan. As a stills-only guy with an X-Pro2 and some stellar Fujinon XF lenses, since the XH-1 uses the same sensor as my X-Pro2, despite IBIS and newer processor tweaks, I just don't see any differences in image quality. (IBIS means nothing to me anyway, for hte majority of my shooting, I use a solid tripod.) I'm anxiously awaiting the XT-3 with the new processor AND sensor! And BTW, I realie this isn't a lens review, but IMHO, that Fujinon XF80mm f/2.8 Macro is the sharpest lens I've used in 40 years of photography! Another reason I'm awaiting the XT-3...to see what stellar detail the XT-3 and 80mm Macro can achieve! Thank you!
I wanted to say that RUclips compression screwed up Jordan's shot at the bubbly aquarium scene but i dont think thats it. Even with 200mbps bitrate it still feels lacking.
I wanna say the G9 is still the winner. Good video,good photo, AWESOME AWESOME EVF,good for wildlife with the m43 sensor,rather smaller lightweight body,much more affordable.
Just shot a ATP tennis match with my X-H1 with grip and XF 50-140. I find the XF 100-400 zoom ring is too stiff so don’t use it as much. But in 2 hours, I shot 1,066 frames and used, according to the meters, one and a half batteries. On the downside, it froze once, but that was resolved by unscrewing the grip. Yes, the shutter release can be vague at times and I probably missed a couple of shots due to this. Worst thing was that the buffer is too small. (I was shooting RAW plus JPG). It’s not quite and EOS 1 yet.
The trick on the touch screen is, it's a touch screen, not a tap screen. Give a good touch, you don't notice a lag. One thing I noticed with the X-H1 is that prioritizing all my settings for fastest response with the camera, I learned a lot of stuff I didn't know on my T-2.
Video looked great, nice job boys! Look forward to more.
Love seeing your work ! so professional and keeping me interesting all the video and I'm a Nikon shooter
In the words of a great reviewer ...."and that being said" YOU GUYS ROCK.. keep up the great work and keep posting those great reviews. Wish you and Jordan all the very best! cheers
Great vid and continued success Chris and Jordan.
Great review. I'm looking forward to an X-T3.
Nice job guys. Glad to see your format is basically staying the same. No doubt the old location are going to lose a lot of subscribers.
Great work guys! Good to see you on this cannel now Jordan.
Came over from the TCSTV RUclips Channel for you guys. Love your work!
Congrats on your move, guys, and thanks for the continuing great reviews!
1 episode pr week. Easily the best news in a long time!
Did anyone else nearly pass out when he held the camera over the ledge asking who needs a tripod?
why would you, its an object
Excellent critical honest review. Would've helped to know if the photos were out of camera jpegs, processed jpegs, or raw processed. You did this for some but not most of them. Would like to know what camera backpack you like to use / using in this video.
Aside from the film simulation demonstration, all the shots were RAW processed with Capture One.
Jordan Drake Thanks 👍🏼
Chris and Jordan, got to say guys you're the best. Always a pleasure to watch and now at DPReview, brilliant.
Thanks! Keep watching and we'll keep trying to make the show better.
Really nice review! Keep up the great work (as I know you will)!
At least Jordan wasn't in your bed Chris, thank him for that.
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Peter Homa Not this time...
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I had to tap out on the 2nd guy, homeboy didn’t blink once with his eyes bugging out.. and it’s truly distracting. Like bruh, are we in a staring contest? Because you’re KILLING it. 👁👁
OMG! Your Panda exhibit just made the CTV National news!
Hi guys, terrific review as usual. You kept on saying that Fuji already updated the xt2 to match some of the specific of the xh1, but in the fuji website I still don't see the firmware update. Am I missing something? All the best from UK
I love my H1's. It is an excellent camera.
Hi DP Review. It'd be nice if you did a 2023 review of this and how it improved through updates.
As an X-Pro2 user, I think Fuji did an excellent job for IBIS and video improvements, but I think we deserve more because of its price tag.
Apparently there's a new continuous AF firmware update. My head says A73 my heart says XH1 (for video)
Mark Shirley wtf prices not even close.
Good review guys keep it up can't wait for the next review !!!
Those are some really beautiful wildlife shots!
TheNickle Thanks so much!
Chris@DPReview
The "opening" specs are just a starting point (look at the xpro2!). You should do a new review on that camera and compare it to the original one. This is why Fuji is more value-for-money even if the price point on release is not cheap. The second reason are the superb lenses for the money and the very good manual focusing aids for special lenses like leica and voigtländer.
Nice review guys and.... How much do you feel you get lost in YT compression from the G5s original part to this video? For me this looks like unusual good YT quality.
Is it worth upgrading from the X-T2?
Another great video; would love a Fuji X100F review as well as an update to the m4/3 world but, importantly why you guys play either beer bong photikina guess or porker photikina guess and film it!
Greetings Chris & Jordan! This is Anshuman Siddhartha from India. I have been following ur videos in your channel The Camera Store TV. U guys are best and I appreciate ur unbiased reviews. It feels great to see u guys excel in your work and achieve new heights. I hope this channel too grows fast and becomes a popular channel on youtube. I saw ur videos on A7 3 and the XH1. Plz tell me which one should I go for? I feel so confused. I am looking for a camera which delivers well. Ur help his highly solicited.
What a strange question. Thats like asking someone if you should buy ice cream or pizza. What do you photograph? What weather conditions do you shoot in? What lenses do you use? How much do you want to spend on lenses? do you need multiple bodies? Do you already own Sony or Fuji camera's or lenses, How much do you edit your photographs? How much weight are you comfortable carrying? How important is depth of field? do your friends have either camera system? How important is battery life? You really need to know what you want & then I would recommend trying both in real life or at the very least at your local camera store.
Did I ask ur opinion? U should not have poked ur nose.
Anshuman Siddhartha You asked a silly, ignorant & childish question & I’m trying to give you some useful life advice & the best part is that it’s free.
Loopsrainforest ur advice is not solicited. Even if it's free.
You never mentioned the upcoming Firmware for the X-H1 how about an update to the review when its released? Fuji always improves things a lot with their updates.
We're playing with the Beta but we don't like to review Beta features until they are proven to work well. Looks like a nice update but the AF improvements are pretty minor.
Chris@DPREVIEW
I hit the “Like” but i’ll watch later.
I have a Nikon D850 and D500, both of which I love. I had a Fuji X-T2 and really found the feel in hand really bad. I bought a X-H1 with the grip and just loved the feel. It's much like my Nikons with the Fuji analog dials, it's just a gun camera to use. If you want a mirrorless with the feel of a DSLR this is a great way to go. I'm passing on the Nikon mirrorless cameras for their shortcomings. Maybe in a few years after the bugs are worked out and they get lenses and pro bodies.
Great review, and much better format now you have moved.
As always it's horses for courses! Sounds like an all round good camera that takes great stills, good video and has a fantastic lens lineup. Lets be honest and say all of the reviews these days struggle to say anything is perfect, but nothing is crap.
As a Fuji/Panasonic/Olympus/Sony/Leica user at some time or other non was/is perfect.
Small point! I never thought I would see someone in an indoor aquarium using a 100-400 4.5-5.6 zoom sports/wildlife lens complaining about focus acquisition. Definitely not worth buying then !!
Micheal Ardron I think most modern cameras produce good quality still photos these days. I chose the X-T2 because of its manual dials; I choose cameras on how nice they are to use so my day-out shooting experience is maximised. I hope the X-H1 will give me at least the same enjoyment.
I should have said! I have the xt2 as my main camera now. Love it . Love the pics/dials /lenses. Best camera to date and when it's time I will upgrade to the X-H1. Just about to buy the xf 100-400 to go with my 50-140. Both are stabilised so I don't feel the need to upgrade yet. Thanks for the reply
One can only speculate what beholds the X-T3; the improved EVF, image stabilisation, touch screen etc. The only differentiation to the X-H1/X-H2 would be state of the art video with a body size and grip required for their latest video lenses. I was thinking of buying the X-H1 mainly for its stabilisation but having watched your review I think I’ll wait for the X-T3 and spend the approx. £1,000 premium on another Fuji lens. Thanks for your interesting review. Its been very helpful. I’ll wait with baited breath for your review of the X-T3 next year!
Great review guys!! How are you liking filming with the gh5s? I’m looking to take the plunge by the end of the year for one.
Is the "pre-shoot" function automatic in XH1 when using electronic shutter?
rocking the Gordy's camera strap i see
arifali01 Love em!
Chris@DPReview
Maybe give them a shoutout next time then. I'm a big fan as well.
Wow you really got some great shots at the zoo!
This review sound more like the Sony alpha first Gen, hope Fuji doesn't wait 3 generation for improvements. we know Fuji does make plenty of updates for FREE instead of making us wait for 2nd and 3rd generations for updates like Nikon and canon.
Great video. Now that your with dpreview, please look at the odd cameras. A Sigma Quattro reveiw would be awesome. And include a look at IR and uv photography with that camera.
Thanks for you post! As a professional photographer i Love the X-H1. I bought it 8 months after i bought the XT-3. Why? Because i love the bigger body and the sense of the shutter release. The shutter release button horizontal and vertical are way much sensier than the XT-3. Mostly i'm shooting portraits and then i prefer the X-H1 way above the XT-3.
Good review. Purchased an X-H1 about two weeks ago. My take? Best color and skin tones out of the camera I"ve ever seen. I do a lot of talking head videos and I"m astounded at how much better the footage out of the camera is than any Sony, Panasonic, or...dare I say it, Canon I've ever owned, and I've owned a lot of them.
Anyone want to buy a GH5S in mint condition?
Here's a tech note, triggered by the comment about using back-button focus being immediately followed by a discussion of AF-C. Using back-button focus with AF-C on the Fuji is flirting with... well, not danger, but misfocus. It doesn't buy you anything if you always keep the button held down until after you've released the shutter. But if you release the button before you snap the picture, the focusing cycle instantly stops without completing. With phase-detect AF that's probably not an issue, but if the camera has decided to use contrast-detect AF, the lens will be left focused at some random distance within the "hunting" range.
Furthermore, if you do release the AF-On button before firing the shutter, Release Priority will not save you from taking badly-focused images. Release Priority is -- understandably -- connected to AF, and releasing the button disengages autofocus. (By the way, the AF+MF option does that, too.)
Great camera but they tried too hard to neuter the camera to sell you the expensive battery grip which takes a lot away from the compactness and portability of this camera....which was one of the best features of the xt2. Other than that, I'm loving that we see Chris and Jordan put out their best content more regularly.
Great review-hope they work out AF in HX-2 or 3. Really loving the video from it. Of course GH5S footage is amazing as well. Does Jorden put it on a gimbal ?