Fujifilm X-H2S: A Very Nerdy Review & Technical Guide
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
- Fujifilm X-H2S camera review focused on dynamic range, reliability, video features, sensor performance, and image quality.
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Fujifilm X-H2S camera review focused on dynamic range, reliability, video features, sensor performance, and image quality.
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Table of Contents:
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0:00 - Intro & Disclosure
1:54 - Overview/Summary
2:17 - Build & Ergonomics
2:59 - Battery & Power
3:23 - Overheating & Record Limits
4:24 - 4K60 & 4K120
4:50 - Rolling Shutter
5:23 - Dynamic Range
9:52 - Noise Reduction
11:23 - Dynamic Range Continued
14:01 - ISO Range
14:59 - Color & LUTs
15:26 - White Balance
15:45 - Recording & Codecs
18:18 - External Raw
18:53 - Audio
20:11 - Quirks & Gripes
21:15 - Autofocus
22:22 - Stabilization
23:13 - Final Thoughts
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Of all the X-H2s videos just published, clicked on Gerald Undone first. The man!!
Same!
Me too
Hahaha so down with this comment!
Same! No one is as thorough as Undone!
It's a bad joke to review beta hardware. Serveral things aren't final, pre-production body & firmware, especially. And even AF and IBIS is NOT yet being finalized. See this from Fuji rumors - IBIS still needs to be fine tuned until the release in mid-July. The goal is to make it a gimbal-free camera. FYI.
Thank you Gerald for always working so hard for all of us to provide the in-depth details we need on release day!
I hope you get to see this. So I am interested in adopting PRORES RAW and I am a FCPX user.. My questions are (1) On the Atomos website Fujifilm XH2S output is labelled as 10BIT. There is no written indication of 12BIT PRORES RAW but the 8K Fujifilm XH2 has PRORES RAW 12BIT written in the Product Specification. I am a litttle confused if the XH2S is outputting true 12bit Raw Signal. Or if its a mistake in writing by Atomos
I shall watch in a couple of days Lord Gerald Of Undone when I am home. Am on the road in Belgium right now, with rubbish internet everywhere, you deserve more than 240p on my phone!
Safe travels Mr Bloom 😃
@@EOSHDTV wow you are incredibly toxic, what the... 😂
You should write to Lord of Belgium about the internet condition there. Tribute along some Brit ale or Scot whisky and blue cheese with the letter.
Excellent review Gerald. It makes me more interested in using it than I thought i would be. I appreciate the shout out too 🙂
Are you going to do your review? Maybe with an 18-120 lens?
Bro I watch your videos alot. Looking into the Fujifilm xh2s. Please shooting in F-log 2 with base iso of 1250 what is required ND filter to use?
It's about time Fuji cared to send you a review unit 😁👍
I'm saying this for years now: Fuji NEEDS to come out with a real professional camcorder / video camera. They are the only ones who have such experience with colors and film that we'd be seeing the best image, the most beautiful colors ever. I'm so in love with fuji since I first saw what the X-T1 could do, now owing my own X-T4 and color wise I prefer it to almost everything
agreed. it's fascinating that they have such phenomenal cine lenses but no cameras tailored directly for it
I'm there with you. Done with full frame.
@@avarmadillo I feel you, the only benefit you get of full frame is increased sharpness, if at all... Everything else makes it more difficult to shoot, like bigger lenses, bigger cameras, etc. S35 is an ideal sensor size for me
Fuji has has had the market for TV/live broadcast/sports lenses on lock for decades. With this camera and their new lenses for it, it seems Fuji is finally bringing some of that experience to their more accessible camera ventures.
The most beautiful colors ever? Pentax doesn't get the love but I don't know why. The colors from Pentax are still my favorite..... I've shot Fuji and Leica and I still go back to Pentax for stills, I also shoot Nikon. For video, Panasonic's Lumix and Sony A7S lll model are best for pro level quality. IBIS ON PENTAX IS DELICIOUS 🤤 TRY IT IF YOU HAVEN'T.
Gerald, nobody beats your technical reviews. I really appreciate it. Gawd knows I don’t have the time to do all this research prior to shooting on a camera.
Not a Fuji shooter myself, but great to see the improvements in the X-H2. The F-LOG2 profile looks great, and agree that the noise that is there is not overly distracting.
Your technical product reviews are flawless. You've outdone yourself Undone!
Gerald, your reviews are truly excellent. I think you strike an impressive balance of technical details and advice for real world practical application, as well as some subjective impressions mixed in, but you always give context to subjective remarks so that it’s super easy to gauge how relevant a certain aspect of a piece of kit would be for one’s own application. I’m absolutely amazed once again.
As always, you provide the most thorough reviews, literally answered all the questions and concerns in my head. So excited for this camera
I'm not even shooting videos or plan to upgrade from or to anything, I just admire the nerdy attention to detail on this channel. Great review!
you, me and probably 50% of who follow Gerald. he is too good at what he does lol
That summary is thoughtful and helpful, can’t wait to get my hands on one
This is the video I was waiting for before preordering anything. Appreciate your time on this, Mr. Undone.
Honestly out of all the channels I subscribe to , i get exited when i see you have a new video up :) keep it up . You are awesome 🤩
As always, thanks for diving in so deep and sharing the findings. I shoot a ton of video but I use other cameras for video mostly. I will probably wait til the XH2 comes out and then upgrade to that from the XT-4 and use it for photography. Cheers!
Fantastic unbiased and balanced review! Thank you. Can't wait for the X-H2 review from you.
This guy is thr GOAT for camera deep dives. Actually helping people know their cameras better for real world use.
Best review I've watched so far on this. Thanks!
Awesome review Gerald!!! Thanks for the great job
I missed this in-depth review, I missed you Gerald. Glad you're doing good!
As usual a solid review and information thank you Gerald 🙏🙏👏👏
Huge amount of information. Great job on the video! Definitely more camera than I'd want for my video stuff.
That DR is impressive. Thanks for testing it so thoroughly!!
I just found your channel and I’m so glad I did! Great work dude
Awesome video as always! Thanks Gerald!
I appreciate this video so much! I'm not a fuji guy but the way you explain everything is so valuable and I learn so much
Gerald I just want you to know that after every video of yours I watch I always say out loud: “Thanks Gerald!” Great job as always.
Very imformative review and thanks for the founding on NR post performance. It actually help to decide which mode to be filmed.
Fantastic review. Many thanks for your time.
Thanks for the excellent video Gerald, it looks like a killer camera for RUclips or stuff like that so long as you’re not relying on the AF or stabilization too heavily. It’s too bad those two things aren’t perfect yet, but I’m happy to see great image and rolling shutter performance
I feel both autofocus and stabilization are things that can be improved with firmware. And i know they will do it because this is fuji top of the line.
That was fast sir, thank you. You double made my day.
I’m gonna buy this once it’s available! Thank you for the review
Holy cow, whatareview, Gerald! no v-bloggers out there could cover so much in such straightforward, no fat words to trim, technically 2nd to none. Thank you so much for your honest devotion to help out photography lovers around the world.
Regarding the F-XH@s menu options, they are, as you pointed out, exceedingly vast so requiring an accurate cross mental checking to yield an optimal fine tuning when combining the vlogs/on-off NR/ISO/still-video settings. I watched this video over and over and, honestly, won't be able to replicate your guidance in an external non controlled lighting scenario, for instance.
So, Gerald, if I may, putting together a quick ´parameters settings chart, specifically aimed at this X-H2s, covering the issues mentioned above, would be a Godsend inseparable tool for all users of the camera. P,lease....
good lord that was a thorough review ! thanks Gerald
Nicely done Gerald. Great review.
Brilliant review as always!
AWESOME review sir.
Can you make the ultimate Hybrid Camera comparison review, for people on the fence about which system to buy into.
GH6(MFT) vs X-H2(APS-C) vs A7IV(FF)
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Also pros & cons of each sensor.
With the HDMI 2.1 does the camera have the option to send 4K 120fps to an external monitor capable of recording 4K120fps. Also would the exported data be cropped as it is when recording internally or is it capable of exporting a full frame 4K 120fps image? Thanks for all your great videos. 👍
I would like to know too, hope Gerald replies to this.
Good question!
Unfortunately, it appears the 4K 120 fps is pre-cropped before it even sends to HDMI. As of now, pre-production models do not allow 4K 120 full sensor width.
@@muen1842, so not the full frame but does the camera have the ability to send the cropped 4K 120fps out through HDMI to an external recorder? Thanks
Look at 4:37. In 4K 120fps, there is an option for "ON HDMI ONLY".
Furthermore, look at the bottom of the screen. It says FRAME RATE FOR HDMI OUTPUT IS 120P / 100P, when MEDIA REC: OFF
So the answer is YES to the first part of your question. For the second part, I would say NO as it doesn't mention any change to the crop factor.
Hi Gerald, awesome video and this really seems like a great new camera! I would love to see a video about dynamic range with different recent mirrorless video cameras (A1/A7S iii, S1H/S5/S1, R5C, bmpcc6k pro, Sigma FP, etc). Specifically retesting dynamic range with applying noise reduction the way you did in post and seeing which cameras do best.
Great idea! I would also include latitude tests like how slashcam or cined does.
I second this! I know that would be a crazy amount of work, but it does seem Gerald has opened up an exciting can of worms here in regards to our assumptions about dynamic range. Excellent work as always, Gerald!
I believe Gerald has the same process as cined so result can be compared. Correct me if I’m wrong.
@@gillesvanleeuwen I don't think Cined uses NR in post as part of their Dynamic Range evaluation. However, one thing is for sure, if that became common practice we would have to reevaluate all of the cams.
@@CB-hd4fi true
Great review. Would be lost without your work.
Dude, you are a genius with these reviews. I shoot all of my content on the Fuji X-T4 and this was super helpful.
The intro returns! Yay!
Thanks for the detail G!
Really helpful video, thank you!
Thank you Gerald! I've been wanting to jump from Panasonic FF to Fuji since a while, and this seems to be a very sweet spot in that aspect. Love the images out of the Fuji as well. Would you be sharing a future video with more footage that you captured?
Another incredible and comprehensive review!
-PD
Thanks for a balanced and thoughtful video.
Thanks for the review. U can set in the custom button settings your ISO on the up & down D Pad buttons so u don’t even need to press the top iso button first. And it makes a lot of sense that way.
Totally agree on the complex CODEC options and room for error. I've had mine a year and am still yet to hone my video settings. Superb video as always, thank you.
11/10 content as usual. Would you be able to explain "full range" vs "video range" and how that interacts with various codecs in a future video? Information on the subject seems to be sparce!
0:19 seconds in and i'm insanely excited for this.. going to get popcorn brb
I'd love to see how you do these scientific tests regarding dynamic range and so on - of course there is the cost of the test charts and software but I'd be very interested in a Video about all this and the shot's and tests you do and how it all works - great video and info as usual 👍🏻
Wasn’t actually too nerdy. I know next to nothing about the more technical aspects and feel like I understood everything. I think this is down how excellently you gauged the depth of information (as always) and the fact that you explain really well.
Great review, thanks Jerald!
It would be interesting to see the examples of the focusing in video (or photos) though. Usually you provide a number of examples...
Another amazing scientific analysis. Thank you. I just got the X-H2S, and coming for an X-T4 I was overwhelmed with the video codecs and compression rates just like you described, and also noticed that FLOG2 is noisier than FLOG. Can you recommend a reference for what bit rates are needed vs frame rates for the various codecs? That would be helpful. Also, would exposing to the right in FLOG2 reduce the noise in your opinion? Many thanks.
I have XT-4 not X-H2s obviously but I've used noise reduction multiple times and I agree with your conclusions regarding the noise on fuji cameras. The noise is pleasant to look at and even if you need to clean it, DaVinci Resolve and Neat Video do an amazing job without losing details so I never have to worry when I need to film with higher ISOs
what maximum iso would you go with your xt4 in the dark?
@@heliosmediafilms Edit: I'm talking mostly about video but from my experience it does apply to photos as well.
If we are talking about denoising it in post then 6400. Neat Video does a great job cleaning the noise out and leaving all the sharpness and details. If we're talking about using it without denoising then I wouldn't go above 2500 maybe even 3200. Depends on a situation
great review Gerald, as ever! I'll probably stick with my trusty R5 - never lets me down and that Fuji AF and IS concerns me, would love an R7 review btw - keep up the excellent work :)
Gerald, love your technical review as always, it's one of the reasons I bought this camera and truely fall in love with recording video. Don't know if you still have this camera or not, I was wondering if you can test the externally recorded braw output, consider blackmagic update their braw sdk, and it works perfectly on Panasonic S5IIX. In my experience with X-H2S braw though, I notice that the camera doesn't output log image to recorder, rather a graded image, camera hdmi setting show PROVIA(camera and hdmi), so the exposure tools recorders have are not working properly. Also, when recording raw externally, the iso range is restricted between 1000 and 12000(just like in the HLG mode, strange), and it seems like this applied to all the fuji camera that can recording braw, including the newer X-S20.
When it comes to editing performance of the different codecs, I'm thinking it comes down to hardware decode/encode support. Puget Systems has a helpful table of what codecs are/are not supported by different platforms. RTX 3000 doesn't have hardware support for H.265 10-bit 4:2:2, but 11th/12th gen QuickSync do have support.
Dynamic Range testing, noise reducing, even ISO testing; not sure I understood any of that stuff, what I did get was that it was an improvement over the previous model and the best APSC camera! I appreciate & trust your technical expertise!
Hey Gerald, as always an amazing review. I recently bought my XH2s and have a quick question. When you've been testing FLOG 2, I assume you've been using Davinci, what method you chose for converting it to rec.709? I did notice Davinci does not yet have FLOG 2 in its colour space transform tool.
answering all the questions in my mind
I don't think anyone does a deeper more comprehensive review on cameras than Gerald. I would really like to seem him do a pre-launch review on the 'Alice Camera'. Its a 4/3 system that uses your phone for processing power. The only videos on see are from the companies youtube page so I don't have a lot of faith in their accuracy. After watching this review and his honesty with the Sigma cameras, he would be perfect to take a look.
Love all the content, thanks for the great quality!
Hi...haha...I understood almost nothing as I am just an old school photographer...but, I watched the entire vid and gave it a thumbs up! Haha...thanks...you are a gem! And yes, that vid menu would completely overwhelm me!!!
Hey Gerald, recently i've been doing some in depth testing and found that at both 1250 and 3200 in f-log 2 there is a lot of chroma noise reduction happening at -4, causing colors to bleed and losing color info in the shadows, and the sharpening even at -4 is very very strong causing a very digital looking image, I've sent email requests to fujifilm to give us options to lower the noise reduction and sharpening another few notches, but they haven't even open the emails, so please if possible help us x-h2s users out by forwarding these requests, or at least making these problems more known, thank you very much!
Great review.
Gerald, nice review as usual. What lenses did you use to test AF performance?
By FAR the best review about this camera and Flog/Flog2. Please let us know your Braw experience with this camera. I'm thinking to get Video Asist 12G, But some people are talking about hot pixels they get. I wonder if you had the same experience.
Every time a new camera comes out I ignore everything else and just go to your channel for the review because I know it's going to tell me everything I want to know
Thanks Gerald!
Excellent review!
I feel just like we have the option of post noise reduction which gives better results, the stabilization should also have that option by recording gyro data like Sony. Combined with the low rolling shutter, post-stab can really work well for this camera.
The lenses remain the biggest issue with this system, hopefully third party lenses will fix that as well.
Give canon lenses a try for this with the fringer adaptor. From my tests on a lot of Fuji lenses, they are better than native. Especially the sigma 18-35. Added bonus is that they don’t flicker exposure when zooming
OMG didn't know they've released this..gotta add it to "things I wish I could own bag" right away.
When it comes to noise there is also how the camera renders noise. I have a sony rx100m3 and the noise is so similiar to film grain its actually looks pleseant in the black and white mode.
I am a dynamic range nut. I started on a Nikon D80, and I remember when a graduated filter was a requirement for shooting. Then I upgraded to a d7100 which was amazing compared to my first camera, since then dynamic range has become very important to me when looking for a camera.
Waiting for this!!!
This is exciting!
You've mentioned the improvements, I have one grip about a step backward: the focus selector button. the X-H1 has a lever that allows the single, continuous, or manual selection to be made with a twist of a lever with the left thrid or fourth finger almost subconsciously, while the eye never leaves the composition. From what I've seen of reviewers of the X-H2S, focus selection requires 1) pressing a button at the front, 2) looking at a screen for the choices, 3) scrolling to the desired option. All of this are a major distraction from composition. I often switch between settings during a shoot and the loss of the nearly-subconscious experience into a deliberate computer operational experience grieves me.
The XH2S is set up for a different workflow than you are used to. Have you programmed all of your custom settings on the PASM dial? The reason that they changed the M/AF-S/AF-C selector from a lever to a button is so that you can set the 7 different custom settings (and other modes if you use them) to a particular focus mode, which decreases a lot of steps in your workflow once you get used to working like that. It takes a while to get the PASM dial set up how you want it, but once you do, you hardly have to change any settings or press any buttons while using the camera.
If your style of working requires you to constantly change between manual focus and auto, and you can't solve that problem by having two different modes on your PASM dial set to auto focus and manual, there is an easy way to use autofocus and manual focus together: 1) set your camera to manual focus... 2) the AF-ON button to the right of the joystick for autofocus (the AF-ON button can be set to AF-S or AF-C). As an alternative (that I don't suggest)... you can set your camera to autofocus, enable the AF-MF feature (when you turn the focus ring it turns the camera to manual focus), but then you need to set an Fn button to AF-LOCK so that the camera doesn't go back to autofocus when you press the shutter button to take your picture.
Hope that helps.
@@kites4121 Thank you for the time and effort you put into your post, but I already am running out of buttons for the functions I set to a custom functions, (white balance, timer, back focus, etc), but the #1 deal breaker for me is the back screen. So I am on the waiting list for the XT5. 🙂
im hoping to see a video on the new X-H2 soon :) Thanks in advance!!!
Great review as always Gerald. Quick question as I'm new to dealing with noise reduction in Resolve: The numbers you brought up (50, 33, and 25%) are for both Luma/Chroma in both spatial and temporal NR? And you denoise using the plugin on a node in the color tab?
I was wondering about the same regarding the percentages he mentioned.
i been waiting on you gerald
Seriously I can’t thank you enough for continuing to show DR results that include post NR!! You are hands down the best technical resource for cameras on RUclips!
Do you have any video about your NR settings in Resolve?
Hi Gerald, great info! Just wondering, does the dynamic range change with different bit rates or file formats?
Thanks so much for this! Love all the nerdy details and info about video. I also appreciate the reality check of ecosystems and where this fits. As an X-T3 user, the decision to upgrade or not is... complicated. Especially with considerations for upcoming X-H2H and presumed update of X-T5 in a year or so. Cheers!
I'm also an xt3 user and I'm hungering for some ibis
@@makejasonhost Yes! Haha. Coming around to the idea of loss of shutter speed/iso dials. My local camera store (Kenmore Camera) will have a hands on opportunity on Thursday.
Heyy also an xt3 user here for me this is an obvious upgrade i dont really anything that a future xt5 can bring to the table that this doesnt have, also the AF and the stabilization could be fix in a future upgrade (wouldnt be a rare move for fuji) anyway im already thinking which internal organ to sell to be able to buy this 🥲
@@jorgemiranda323 I got to have hands on for about and hour yesterday with the X-H2S. Short version - auto focus is what we’ve always wanted. Amazing! The form factor and controls would be a learning curve after 8 years with X-T bodies, but seems do-able. The body is a little smaller and lighter than I expected, and is actually a little shorter and lighter than my T3 with the small rig L bracket grip. I’m still undecided…
@@MSladekPhoto glad to hear that im waiting for you to make a video about the new camera body also if you have the chance to play with the new 150-600 and share you experience that would be an awesome video, also something that no one is doing for some reason is to compare the new 150-600 to the 100-400 that is something im really interesting in
useful review.
Genuine Review every time
Great review, thank you. 9 months on, and with several firmware updates, I was wondering how many of the issues you mentioned do you believe have been resolved?
Thank U for this video.
With your quick AF tests, did you adjust the AF speed ? or try one of the presets modes ? can make a big difference on how well the camera does or does not track focus to chaning subject distance. Good review for looking at DR. Fuji has always made a way better picture for video than the price would suggest it should :)
Didn't care about Fuji's launch video. I was waiting for yours to drop and went straight down to Dynamic Range section. I was hoping this would match 12.x stops of recent Sony/Canon cameras. Because that was going to be what my purchase decision is hinged on. But you totally blew my mind by actually experimenting and finding out how it can squeeze out 14+ stops with NR off and doing it in post. Appreciate Fuji giving the option to turn off noise reduction. My a7siii doesn't do that. It has good DR but I can't squeeze out any more than what it does out of the box.
I'm in on the pre-order for XH-2S. Thanks for all the work you put in, Gerald.
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@@geraldundone I know you don't use Prores Raw/FinalCut. I'm a Davinci user too. But I'm curious how would a7siii fare when recorded in Prores raw and NR done in post considering prores raw should bypass Sony internal NR. In your tests, a7siii showed 17+ stops in Slope based DR in HLG3. So, curious how much potential is going unused in Sony due to their reluctance to not let us turn off the internal NR.
I don't even own any fuji let alone this camera, but I watched the full video just because the nerdy reviews are so fascinating
wow the DR after post is mind blowing.
any updates on the H.265 All-Intra 422 codec editing performance? does anyone know if anything changed compared to what Gerald mentions at 16:20?
I don't understand half the things Gerald is saying, but I enjoy watching it nonetheless. Great job talking about the stuff I know very little about :-) My computer crashed twice while trying to desqueeze 6.2K anamorphic footage to almost 8K because I shot at 720mbps H265 All-Intra. I think I'll stick to stills....
Thank you this is a brilliant in depth review ! One question . What are your settings in DR for a light noise reduction ? Thanks ! 🙏
Bravo, what a great technical guide! I think there are many people who would be interested in your take for recording BRAW with Video Assist.
And a question: What noise reduction OFX do you mean when speaking about noise reduction in Resolve?
Amazing review, as always Gerald! I have a doubt between the xh2s and s5 for wedding videos and some corporates. I am care about dynamic range and low light mainly. which one is the winner for this types of video? thank you!!
0:21 Oh hi, that's me!😄
Can you do a follow up on autofocus with the 3.00 firmware? It's supposed to be "greatly improved."
Thanks again for the awesome videos!
Always a pleasure