Agree with all your list. I’d also love the AF S,C,M to be push to cycle rather than push to use another dial (want I actually want is the old switch but that can’t be done with firmware, lol)
I put the focus mode change on the "Up Button", so i can instantly change it after pressing the button. But like i already wrote, it's not possible while recording :(
I want the camera to record the gyro data on the video. It would be amazing for drone work and even when you want to stabilize in post anyway. Sony a7sIII has this option, I'd like to have access to it also.
Thank you Aaron for your efforts to make the X-H2s even better! I have also written Fuji because of the ISO behavior (you don't even see your exporure meter while changing ISO) and additionally because of the lag, not to be able to change the focus mode while recording, like it was possible on the X-T3. I miss this feature very much!
Great points! I'm making comments wherever I can on Fuji's social media pages about changing the ISO to the back dial again without having to press the new ISO button AND what you said about being able to see the exposure meter while adjusting the ISO.
Hey Aaron, I have the xh2s for 5 days now. Since yesterday I also have the Lu6 Monitor - and figured out - that I don´t get any signal from the hdmi, when I shoot in open Gate 6K. But then I activated "Output HUD with HDMI" - and there you go. You get a signal even in Open Gate. But there is still a problem then: You get all the internal overlays, like focus peaking etc. send to the LUT6....So you would have to deactivate this then in camera. Would be nice if we see a firmware update to set the hdmi output... but this is a workaround when shooting Open Gate! PS: Love your videos! Keep up the work!
I am right there with you on the timecode! I'm putting out a video in a few days that talks about how I am using Tentacle Sync timecode with my cameras. It works perfectly, but it is a bit of a pain having that awful timecode signal on your original footage. To say that I am giddy that the FX30 will have full timecode support and is being sold for less than $2k is an understatement. I'm second in line on the preorder list at my local camera shop so I should have it by the end of the month. Can't wait!! The first company to offer built-in timecode and 32-bit recording capabilities IN CAMERA wins.
Global Settings or some reworking with how it works right now is the biggest for me on your list. Another big one for me is to make the ISO button hold/dial rather than toggle/dial
Actually Aperture on lens is mostly for stills, the option to change aperture on dials is more for videos as it will be less shaky on the video that way, however all options should be available for dials. I want 240fps improvement, pixel shift too.
X-H2S for sure!!! we use the FX3s at work on our end and you can get some great images out of them, but you’ve got to go the extra mile to get that extra bit out of it! Whereas the x-h2s is a clinical hybrid cam and the photos you’ll be able to get straight out of cam as well as footage is crazy 🏆
Hopefully it gets a lot of Kaizen updates. I hate that I can’t map iso to the command dials directly like on all other Fujis. Makes absolutely no sense. I’d also love to be able to have IBIS and OIS independent from each other, sometimes having both on messes things up.
if you was going to change into slowmo, wouldn't you be changing your shutter speed anyhow? then you would change aperture or ND to correctly expose. I have 1 custom setting for slow-mo, preset with shutter speed to be double the frame rate White balance needs a better solution. Ild prefer if this wasnt a custom setting at all. I generally have some ND attached, with a slight pro-mist, so the sharpness isnt such an issue, I have also reduced sharpness in Camera.
Yeah, shutter angle would help with this, but I doubt we get that in this camera. I’d much rather change my SS only than every other setting. It’s the one constant in most cases so it’s easy to know exactly what that should be. But you can also lock your SS IIRC. My ideal update would be that you get to choose which setting a are global and which are set to the custom settings
It should be an easy fix, but you really should be shooting at base ISO and adjusting exposure with aperture and shutter, in the case of video, aperture and ND filters or lighting. ISO is just adding gain - Noise.
@@MrBeninspain absolutely always aiming to shoot at base iso, however, there are times when bringing the iso up is necessary. So to have a dial that is useless cause it’s mapped to aperture gets annoying.
@@eric.valleyoftheheroic a very quick tap of the button on top, then either dial also works, you are only one button press away from what you want. I also tried mapping ISO to the down and up buttons, this works well, its very fast. Anyhow, I am sure they will fix this in V1.02 if i was really fussy, I want to remove shutter speed from the dial completely.
@@MrBeninspain You press a button, scroll through a giant iso list and press a button again to select. It’s a 3 step process that is more time consuming than just scrolling the dial from the jump and not having a iso menu pop up on screen. I don’t have time for all that with fast paced shooting. Looking forward to an update.
Aaron, I'm almost a newer owner of a H2S, but... Before that I buy, i want to know if this camera is capable to record with the slot cf/sd opened, for use of CFexpress to SSD adapters
Focus tracking would be great - I'm not sure how much they can do about the 240fps or lower base in flog2. They need that higher ISO to squeeze as much DR out as they can. It would be nice though if it could be more like 800!
I do wish I could change the aperture dial but even more so I haven’t figured out how to activate the lens’ aperture ring on some of my lenses and I’m not used to using the dial so it slows me up a few seconds. Anyone have an idea if I can even turn on the lens’ aperture ring permanently?
@@itsaaronmiller I’ve figured it out! Thanks to Reggie Ballesteros. Go to movie setting > movie optimized control > turn it off and bam it aperture ring works
@@shridexdigi1982 I gotchu. I’ll work on a video. It is frustrating with Fuji though. Basically have to embed it into the audio track and convert it in your NLE
@@itsaaronmiller Some people, for free, have false color you can import into your camera and use them as a vlt. LOG LUT. I had it on a camera once, but I can't remember who made it. It worked great.
@@TwoTimesRmedia not really! Haha added clarity VX just to remove a little buzz and very minor EQ and compression. Nothing major at all haha. I think the TikTok people make it sound bad by speaking way too close causing peaking and plosives.
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+100 on the timecode issue!!
I would love if they had waveform on the X-H2S lol
even better: false color!
@@itsaaronmiller amen 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Very much needed: ability to record to an ssd.
YES!
Agree with all your list. I’d also love the AF S,C,M to be push to cycle rather than push to use another dial (want I actually want is the old switch but that can’t be done with firmware, lol)
ohh yeah, I'd love to see that too! Ha if only we could have the switch back
I put the focus mode change on the "Up Button", so i can instantly change it after pressing the button. But like i already wrote, it's not possible while recording :(
I want the camera to record the gyro data on the video. It would be amazing for drone work and even when you want to stabilize in post anyway.
Sony a7sIII has this option, I'd like to have access to it also.
Thank you Aaron for your efforts to make the X-H2s even better! I have also written Fuji because of the ISO behavior (you don't even see your exporure meter while changing ISO) and additionally because of the lag, not to be able to change the focus mode while recording, like it was possible on the X-T3. I miss this feature very much!
Great points! I'm making comments wherever I can on Fuji's social media pages about changing the ISO to the back dial again without having to press the new ISO button AND what you said about being able to see the exposure meter while adjusting the ISO.
agreed. That's a good point about the focus! That was a nice feature in the T3/4
Thank you! Keep it up!
Subbed to see that BRAW sharpness test
Hey Aaron, I have the xh2s for 5 days now. Since yesterday I also have the Lu6 Monitor - and figured out - that I don´t get any signal from the hdmi, when I shoot in open Gate 6K.
But then I activated "Output HUD with HDMI" - and there you go. You get a signal even in Open Gate. But there is still a problem then: You get all the internal overlays, like focus peaking etc. send to the LUT6....So you would have to deactivate this then in camera.
Would be nice if we see a firmware update to set the hdmi output... but this is a workaround when shooting Open Gate!
PS: Love your videos! Keep up the work!
Wow thanks for this! It has been bothering me that I couldn’t figure it out. Really appreciate the workaround and feedback. See you around!
I am right there with you on the timecode! I'm putting out a video in a few days that talks about how I am using Tentacle Sync timecode with my cameras. It works perfectly, but it is a bit of a pain having that awful timecode signal on your original footage. To say that I am giddy that the FX30 will have full timecode support and is being sold for less than $2k is an understatement. I'm second in line on the preorder list at my local camera shop so I should have it by the end of the month. Can't wait!!
The first company to offer built-in timecode and 32-bit recording capabilities IN CAMERA wins.
Global Settings or some reworking with how it works right now is the biggest for me on your list.
Another big one for me is to make the ISO button hold/dial rather than toggle/dial
Having ISO as a hold rather than a toggle would be an amazing solution actually
Actually Aperture on lens is mostly for stills, the option to change aperture on dials is more for videos as it will be less shaky on the video that way, however all options should be available for dials. I want 240fps improvement, pixel shift too.
I’d love to ask your opinion, for video would you pick the xh2s over the fx30?
X-H2S for sure!!! we use the FX3s at work on our end and you can get some great images out of them, but you’ve got to go the extra mile to get that extra bit out of it! Whereas the x-h2s is a clinical hybrid cam and the photos you’ll be able to get straight out of cam as well as footage is crazy 🏆
For video, that’s tough. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. Have to decide what’s worth it for you
Hopefully it gets a lot of Kaizen updates. I hate that I can’t map iso to the command dials directly like on all other Fujis. Makes absolutely no sense. I’d also love to be able to have IBIS and OIS independent from each other, sometimes having both on messes things up.
Hope they get the message!
I’m loving this camera. Any experience with an anamorphic lens yet with the XH2S?
Not yet! Would love to try some out tho
if you was going to change into slowmo, wouldn't you be changing your shutter speed anyhow? then you would change aperture or ND to correctly expose. I have 1 custom setting for slow-mo, preset with shutter speed to be double the frame rate White balance needs a better solution. Ild prefer if this wasnt a custom setting at all. I generally have some ND attached, with a slight pro-mist, so the sharpness isnt such an issue, I have also reduced sharpness in Camera.
Yeah, shutter angle would help with this, but I doubt we get that in this camera. I’d much rather change my SS only than every other setting. It’s the one constant in most cases so it’s easy to know exactly what that should be. But you can also lock your SS IIRC. My ideal update would be that you get to choose which setting a are global and which are set to the custom settings
I would love they put the 6:7, 4:3 format like on the gfx
That would be nice to have more options!
The dials not being remappable makes no sense
It should be an easy fix, but you really should be shooting at base ISO and adjusting exposure with aperture and shutter, in the case of video, aperture and ND filters or lighting. ISO is just adding gain - Noise.
@@MrBeninspain absolutely always aiming to shoot at base iso, however, there are times when bringing the iso up is necessary. So to have a dial that is useless cause it’s mapped to aperture gets annoying.
@@eric.valleyoftheheroic a very quick tap of the button on top, then either dial also works, you are only one button press away from what you want. I also tried mapping ISO to the down and up buttons, this works well, its very fast. Anyhow, I am sure they will fix this in V1.02 if i was really fussy, I want to remove shutter speed from the dial completely.
@@MrBeninspain You press a button, scroll through a giant iso list and press a button again to select. It’s a 3 step process that is more time consuming than just scrolling the dial from the jump and not having a iso menu pop up on screen. I don’t have time for all that with fast paced shooting. Looking forward to an update.
I saw in the description you use the DJI RS3 Pro. Why did you go with the pro?
Mainly went with the pro for the follow focus. The transmission is fun but a little gimmicky imo
Aaron, I'm almost a newer owner of a H2S, but... Before that I buy, i want to know if this camera is capable to record with the slot cf/sd opened, for use of CFexpress to SSD adapters
Yep - sure can. Shouldn’t be an issue to use an adapter afaik
Forget decebr 240fps full hd, focus tracking, lower base iso flog2 and more lot of stuff :)
Focus tracking would be great - I'm not sure how much they can do about the 240fps or lower base in flog2. They need that higher ISO to squeeze as much DR out as they can. It would be nice though if it could be more like 800!
I do wish I could change the aperture dial but even more so I haven’t figured out how to activate the lens’ aperture ring on some of my lenses and I’m not used to using the dial so it slows me up a few seconds. Anyone have an idea if I can even turn on the lens’ aperture ring permanently?
I've actually had the same issue. Sometimes it works on one and not on the other too. Super confusing
@@itsaaronmiller I’ve figured it out! Thanks to Reggie Ballesteros. Go to movie setting > movie optimized control > turn it off and bam it aperture ring works
@@Fujiboy.mp4 ah thanks for reporting back!
I hope fuji listen to you
What speed booster do you use?
Metabones .71 for EF
@@itsaaronmiller please bro, there is no video out there that shows how to get Timecode out via HDMI or even usig Tentacle Sync with the Fujifilm XH2S
@@shridexdigi1982 I gotchu. I’ll work on a video. It is frustrating with Fuji though. Basically have to embed it into the audio track and convert it in your NLE
Give us false color and waveforms. It's time to do it.
I’d love false color!
@@itsaaronmiller Some people, for free, have false color you can import into your camera and use them as a vlt. LOG LUT.
I had it on a camera once, but I can't remember who made it. It worked great.
@@avarmadillo I always use an external monitor, so this issue isn’t huge on my list. I know some of the Panasonic line has it built in
You are using the tik tok special mic. Lol
Yep 😂 a client had us buy it for a shoot and I figured I’d test it out on this video!
@@itsaaronmiller to be honest it didn't sound bad at all. Did you adjust it in post ?
@@TwoTimesRmedia not really! Haha added clarity VX just to remove a little buzz and very minor EQ and compression. Nothing major at all haha. I think the TikTok people make it sound bad by speaking way too close causing peaking and plosives.
@@itsaaronmiller they definitely do not know how to use it. I'm going to get me one LMAO 🤣
Cameras too sharp
I would like the ability to reduce sharpness more
Timecode!!! @Fujifilm Easy to change