Should YOU Buy the Fujifilm X-H2s? My Long-Term Review
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- I've been using the Fujifilm X-H2s for the better part of this year and in this review, I share my final thoughts on how this camera performs for photo and video work. Enjoy.
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00:00 The Intro
00:44 Who's Gajan Balan?
01:03 Fujifilm X-H2s Photography
01:19 Fujifilm X-H2s Viewfinder
01:47 The Biggest Upgrade
03:43 The Smaller Improvement
04:07 Fujifilm X-H2s Dynamic Range
04:35 Other Key Features
06:18 Fujifilm X-H2s Video
08:49 Fujifilm X-H2s Improvements
11:57 My Biggest Request
13:17 How Good Is This Camera?
14:24 How Good Is The Video?
15:56 Who Is This Camera For?
16:58 My Final Thoughts
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I've been using Fuji for years for my channel. I wanted 2 things: a bit more resolution for my landscapes and auto modes and AF that worked for solo content creation. Back in August I didn't think Fuji would come up to speed anytime soon, so I bought some Sony's and I got what I wanted. BUT, Fuji made quite the leap with the H's and I bought both and sold off the Sony's. The eye AF is as good as or better than Sony and the auto WB and exposure during solo video works now compared to my XT4's. No crop 4k120 is a lot of fun as well on the XH2s. They're smaller, lighter and less expensive as well. Life is good!
How is the 120 footage? Is it good enough for commercial work? And also can you comment on Ibis?
@@ozancelik3801 I've been a professional photographer for over 35 years. with video I'm just a UA-cam content creator. Having said that, I think the 4K120 looks great. The IBIS is great for stills and good for video, but it's not a gimbal. I tend to use a tripod instead of IBIS anyway, though, I'm old school.
Always an interesting take!
All your contents are great but this one was the most intimate thank you
Great feedback on what they need to do for video. Fujifilm is so close. The quality is unreal, especially for the price. A big firmware update would be the biggest move they could make for the video space aside from rehousing it in a cine style body with internal ND's etc
Great video, you can definitely see and hear your passion about the brand!
Thank you 🙏🏾
This was great! Thank you.
Thanks for watching ✌🏾
Great review I do landscape and events some video and I'm leaning towards the XH2. Maybe down the road go with the S version.
great review
Great video! I'm pretty satisfied with my X-H2S.
Thanks for sharing.
I love your videos. So helpful.
I'm really mostly considering either the XT5 or the XH2. Is their AF similar quality to the XH2s or does this camera have a AF advantage?
Between those two which would you recommend? The price difference is minimal. I actually like the EF on the Xh2 but the LCD on the XT5. Not sure what other advantages are.
Wow this is very constructive. Right now they are flying.😍
Great review man. I'll buy this camera for the internal 10bit 422 and the rolling shutter performance in video as well as the great dynamic range in Flog2.
I think you’re gonna love it. Thanks for watching ✌🏾
Awesome review. Can't wait for a proper comparison between this and xh2/ xt5. Really confused between them for wedding photography
xh2 has way bigger buffer rate, other than that, it has a better and larger evf and higher resoluton flip out screen, if you need to do more burst shots and wish to wait less and keep shooting for your wedding style, then xh2 makes a difference, plus if you want to shoot video for wedding also, xh2 has full size hdmi + better recording codac/capability + optional active cooling unit. Other than that, if you feel like xt3's buffer and speed is good enough for you, but yout need higher resolution, better auto focuse, or you need the evf/screen and handheld feeling to be better, or any more video shooting with better cooling better codac, xh2 is the go
A lot of which covered in my XT5 first impressions 👌🏾
@@GajanBalan already watched would love direct comparison between the 3. Also I love Ur use of anamorphic lenses on Fuji amazing footage and genius move
Agreed - would love a direct comparison!
I love how you noted the 'kind' of noise Fujifilm has in video. While there is certainly visible noise at 6400+ ISO on my X-T4, it doesn't look nearly as nasty as many other camera's digital noises that I've used. I rarely even feel the need to de noise even up to 8000 ISO.
Ya, even at 6400 it's not half bad
About the settings, that is what they were saying about the X-T4. But, I'm glad you are telling the truth about the autofocus on the X-T4. All these fuji cameras can detect the eye or face, but focus is the key.
I think I can think of an ideal person to do the movie shooting education you talked about 😉👍
Hi Gajan! I just want to throw in a comment for the algorithm to appreciate how well you've articulated your thoughts for the rest of us and how being a fan of a brand (any brand of any product line, not just limited to photography) does not exclude one to present not only positives but also call out short comings of a system without being either false or whiney about them. Very fine presentation with class, which many UA-cam reviewers should take note of. Thank you for sharing 👍
I appreciate that Mack, thank you.
a very nice review and pointers for fuji to improve in an update hopefully
interesting (heart broken) that your advice for people who want to do run and gun will be better with sony 14:40 . I have been fence sitting for a long time, not that I was in a hurry to make a move, but certainly will take that point seriously and evaluate when the time comes. I mean in the end dont want to be blinded by brand loyalty and just use the best tool for the job. appreciate the honesty in your reviews
It really depends on how you work, if it’s all video and unpredictable, the Sony will make life easier. But that’s not to say you can’t do it with Fuji.
@@GajanBalan i agree, I just sometimes feel that Im holding on to fuji too closely when other tools are more suitable. dont want to be blinded to want one thing
Great overview Gajan. I just keep waiting for a Fuji digital cinema camera. I have three X-T3s so I don’t need a hybrid camera, I need this camera in a box form. I love everything about it but I’m missing waveform, dual Zebras, XLRs, built in variable NDs, TC I/O. Fuji could capture a good chunk of the video market if they’d do this and charge $4k for it.
I have the Sony ZV e-10. I'm not super happy with the stills on that camera - so I started looking into this one. I don't think I'm as advanced for all the features yet- but I hope to be someday!
I want to have a fuji box format camera and smooth aperture stepping. And all you mentioned.
Same man, same.
I'd love internal ND's. And +1 on releasing this in a box cine style camera.
This camera is phenomenal. Exceptionally good for video but still has the capability of producing stills that were used to from Fuji.
At the price point, I'm not sure there's anything out there that beats this.
‘beats’ is relative though 🤷🏽♂️
Lumix S5ii x
@@dehribaissa3024waiting for s5 iix and xh2s comparison.. torn between these two as my 1st camera.
What lenses would you recommend for video focused shooting?
Where do you get that cool body’s sensor cover?
This camera is everything I thought it would be AND MORE. Jumping from the xt4 to the xh2s was a big leap forward to me. The 4k60 is impeccable, much better than the xt4. The 6.2k open gate prores HQ looks like something you would see on a cinema screen. The low light capability is great all the way up to 8k ISO very very clean. The 4k120 looks really good not soft, not weird it looks great. The camera is super fast in every single way. Fuji hit a home run here. I use this camera on all my pro video work.
Nice! Glad you’re enjoying is Adnan ✊🏾
How is the 120 footage? Is it good enough for commercial work? And also can you comment on Ibis?
I appreciate your call for transparency on Fuji's information thy share with us on the video side of things. As a video guy, I wish so bad I had a deeper understanding of ISO response like how Blackmagic shares stops of dynamic range per ISO value so you can understand not only how many stops of usable dynamic range you have at each ISO value, but how many stops in the highlights and the shadows you have at each ISO value. To me this is basic information a company taking video serious should have. When I'm at a wedding and start the ceremony at 2:00 pm under direct sunlight and finish the night at 10:00pm on an unlit dance floor I want to know how my ISO will respond in those situations and what information I will be able to pull out when I get back home in the editing room. I feel like I'm rambling but I love Fuji and I want to be informed so I can be as good as I can be right when I get the camera rather than have my clients pay for my mistakes just so I can learn from them.
Thank you for sharing this, we’re on the same page 🙏🏾
I do agree that if fuji film wants to make xh line professional for video making and larger production, a revamp of the menu and internal nd system with integraded fan is a must. On the other hand, although we do assume that the false color, wave form, and other cinema features should be present for a professional video camera, fujifilm is not calling their camera a cinema camera. On the other side, if you look at sony and canon, who also sells hybrid cameras, they are not that great either and even missing some features that are present on xh2s, such as internal prores recording with selection of codec, full size hdmi, and an option to have active cooling. Take a7s3 and eos r5 as great examples, both market them as video and hybrid cameras, they are missing nd and false color as well, no active colling system, and their menues are just ok either. So, if you feel desrespectful from fuji, please also blame other companies like sony and canon who are doing something even worth as well, I think fuji is still trying to make xh2s more for sports/bird/action photographers as well as for more advance individuals and small studios, but overall this is still a hybrid device, and fuji is lacking experience in making cinema systems. On the other hand, both sony and canon have their cinema line up and tons of experiences, yet they even did relativly worse than fuji in the same price range. Thus, I feel the same thing as you do, but don't fell disrespectful from fujifilm
Disagree with the fan part. The optional fan is far more ideal in my opinion. It gives the same results without making the camera 2x thicker by default. Not everyone is going to push it to the point where they need cooling, so being forced to have an even more chunky camera when majority of people are in apsc for the size and weight advantage will be counterproductive. If they make a cinema camera, then yeah a built in fan is necessary, but not for these types of all-in-one xh cameras. It will be better to create one more seperate line of cinema dedicated cams for that
Whats this thing on the back of the camera? cooling system? does it have heating issues like xt4?
you are so good.
I have the X H2S abd X T4. The build quality of the X H2S feels like a tank and it is fast fast fast. The X T4 feels cheap compared to the X H2S and I love my X T4.
Wicked body cap! Can o ask where you got this?
Kondor Blue
Great summary mate. I picked mine up a month ago. Moved back to Fuji from Sony. Fuji just makes me “want” to shoot. Sony felt like more of a tool.
Nice!
I'm new to this whole team. I found out about recording limits recently and was curious if this really has an unlimited recording limit?
X-H2S its a tool,recording with this camera brings me so much pleasure and fun,with some level of knowledge X-H2S produces amazing final high quality data
Nice!
Greetings from India 🙏🙏
I love your reviews and I look out for them before buying a camera... But I have one small request / suggestion though... If you can include the creative features like Multiple/double exposure, focus bracketing, etc. Would be helpful.
For eg. In Multiple/double exposure how many modes do we get, number exposures can be set, do we get the Raw file also or only Jpeg files...
Cause my XH-1 doesn't gives a Raw file...
I think if reviers like you starts including such features Fujifilm shall/might listen and include the same in future cameras/firmware updates.
Please consider my request 🙏🙏
God Bless 🙏🙏
Nice little cameo with Vadivelu in Naai Sekar Returns
Haha, thanks 🙏🏾
A great video as expected. ❤️🙏 I would love to Fujifilm to us the same body, a less megapixel sensor for better low light and May be to get better DR and all the cinema camera features you just mentioned.. just make a great video camera. Enough of this photo/hybrid thing..🧐🧐
Ive found some people use X-H2 for video. Is it ok? I mostly need video capabilities but 40mpxs are also interesting to have. Please give me an advice...
Love your reviews man and love your commentary about this camera. However, I really think they are not trying to compete with cinema camera companies. They seem to just want to add in more things for HYBRID shooters without trying to pretend to be a cinema camera company. Stepping up from the XT3 and 4 I can appreciate all of the upgrades that they have added. I just really don’t believe they have to try to be something they aren’t and to be honest there isn’t any APS-C camera that comes close. But I hear you. Those are valid wish-list items.Keep up the great work sir!
I hear you, it’s just odd that a lot of their launch marketing mentions cinema environments and showcases professional cinematographers. Fujifilm can’t have it both ways. Gotta be able to walk the walk.
Thanks for watching ✌🏾
@@GajanBalan true!!! So true! But it's kinda like Sony and Canon doing the same and having their cameras overheat OR only allowing raw to be accomplished by buying an additional recorder. Or like Sony marketing the FX3 as a cinema camera. It's all wordplay based on trending algorithms and keywords to get consumer dollars.
I want a range finder style camera with interchangeable pure manual focus lens with medium format sensor from Fujifilm.
Haha, I think there’s many people that would like that too but I doubt the Fujifilm company of today would ever build that product.
How about xt5
Man as always you deliver a thorough review accompanied by a pletroa of vocabulary words LOL>....tell me, where did you get the front camera cap .39 secs
Haha, thanks for watching. The cap is from Kondor Blue.
My biggest hang up with the X-H2 cameras is not being able to assign ISO or exposure compensation to the front command dial. Really disappointing and I hope they change this on a future firmware update.
I didn't know that.. I'm very used to having exposure compensation on the front dial on both my X-T2 and X-E3.. I often shoot 2 cams and really don't want to have to think about 2 different layouts
100% agree. I have ss to front dial, iso to back dial and Aperture controled via lens.
Now I have an unused command dial since all my lenses have aperture rings. Would much rather prefer to still have the option to map iso to back dial rather than the option being completely stripped away. Makes absolutely no sense and setting iso to any other button to “make it easier” like some suggest still doesn’t suffice, it’s still significantly slower than using a command dial.
I have my iso set to the up and down dpad buttons. It’s quick but I still can’t stand the 3 step process of pressing a button, scrolling, and then selecting the desired iso all without being able to see a live view of my exposure scale. And I don’t like the vertial orientation of the iso menu. Takes up way too much screen space imo, and is confusing when they give the option to scroll the comman dial to select the iso. The dial moves left to right but the menu goes up and down lol. Fuji is absolutely incredible but they’re all of the place with this part. Really looking to a big change.
Yup. The XS10 is way more customisable.
Major oversight on fujis part… don’t fix something that isn’t broken
I believe you can now with the latest firmware update!!
According to Fujifilm, the “dummy battery” is a called a DC coupler 😅
Thanks for the video. 😊
Haha, well then…
Do you have input on how to use the fujifilm x-h2s as a webcam?
You can use the Fujifilm X Webcam utility from their website along with a standard USB-C cable. Personally, I’ve opted for a Blackmagic Atem Mini just to make the experience a bit more seamless. Hope this helps!
Hey Gajan, how is your kit looking these days? Seems like you’re going through a little transition letting go of the X-Pro3 and dabbling in Leica.
So what are you personally shooting these days?
Yea, I’m growing out of a lot of gear and there’s some stuff that’s sitting on the side as I upgrade. The core kit is in the description above but really it’s the M11 for photos, GFX for clients, Canon/RED for video, and then the Fuji’s for fun.
@@GajanBalan nice. I’m curious to know which Fujifilm cameras you currently own?
And would you recommend the X-H2s for a working photographer looking for the best in class hybrid photo/video camera?
I’m thinking to move from Nikon to Fuji, with the X-H2s as my do it all run and gun camera supplemented with the GFX 100S when my clients require no compromise image quality.
Appreciate you taking time to help a brother out!
How is the 18-120 Lance quality
It’s very good
Which lens offers the best stabilisation on the xh2s?
I don’t have an opinion on this yet
@@GajanBalan thanks for your feedback. maybe the 10-24 OIS, but it is "only" F4. Does anyone have some experience with the tamron 17-70 according stable footage?
I saw another review of this camera and the guy said he would not use it for professional work as you cant push the pictures as much and it has higher noise than a full frame or medium format camera. What is your opinion on this ?
I think that’s a generalization because it depends on what work you’re using it for.
@@GajanBalan he tested the fuji and he does a lot of work for big companies and portrait work / filming.
@@castielvargastv7931 Who?
Ill point out that the joystick on the XH2S is a lot more responsive then the XT4 which is a big deal for myself personally. Not quite as fast as Canons but a lot better then the previous gen
I didn’t find that to be the case in my use but you’re right about Canon. There’s brands doing it better than either.
@@GajanBalan maybe it’s just my XT4 but when you push it in a direction it moves …then pauses for a second.,. Then shuffles around in the direction you steer it. Drives me crazy. Canons moves like a black berry track ball
im just torn between the XH2s and XH2 (both will be much faster than my XT4 in the world of AF accuracy and speed), and if they didn't put a 40mpx in the XH2 the decision would be a lot easier lol!!! I'm also "waiting" to find out about the Nikon Z8. I'll keep the XT4 but i really do need two cameras at this point for different reasons and so my next investment needs to be fast and good at AF, buffer, etc. (compared to XT4)
I saw another reviewer compare these two cameras, if you're shooting video then go with the X-H2S, other than that go with the X-H2. The only photo related reason to choose the X-H2s is if you're shooting very fast and changing scenes (the stacked sensor will be faster)
In my opinon only for foto i would choose the x-t5. And for both worlds foto&video the x-h2s. It is a great camera. 👍👏
I managed to close the door with my dummy battery from IndiPro Tools but I had to jam the cable in there and I won’t ever touch it again. 😂
Haha, good tip!
do you think xt5 or a7c is better?
Depends on who’s it for and how you’re using it 🤷🏽♂️
@@GajanBalan hybrid shooter
For social media
With one lens setup
@@husseinaliabdulzahraal-dul1575 Oh, X-T5 for sure in that case. Though honestly, you'd do fine with M43 as well...
I’m just not a fan of the joystick. It’s way too far up compared to the Xt4 or the GFX 50Sii
That's fair
Great video but I think you are wrong about their target audience. Existing Fuji users have slated the camera because it doesn't have their little dials, it's like Fuji is trying to break up their little cult. They don't care that a new CEO was brought in to save Fuji from going under and that this camera will bring new customers in from Canon, Sony and Nikon, precisely because it doesn't look like my great granddad's camera. This is a pro camera that can deliver for the sport and wildlife photographer, hence the new 150-600 which fits the new camera superbly.
I know nothing about video and have no interest in it and I wish I could rip it out of this camera so I could buy it at a lower price. It is such a waste for me to buy one, but I am going to. Because this camera is the camera that takes over from Canon's 7D Mk2. Where Canon failed miserably, Fuji have succeeded. Congrats Fuji
I hear you, but that’s not what Fujifilm’s marketing for this camera was focused on. A lot of it was featuring directors and DPs using this in cinema environments. Most of my conversations with them were about the video features. So while I hear you, the reality is that Fujifilm wants to attract enthusiast and pro video users but falls short there in some key ways.
@@GajanBalan Then, I guess they dropped the ball, again......................... The pre-production models went out to a lot of wildlife and sports guys, to then not follow that up is.......................well so Fuji. Create an amazingly fast hybrid that has reach and release with a 150-600 and then not major it in wildlife and sports is ............................ leming like.
Are they going to pull lots of customers from Nikon, Canon or Sony with video? The market that it could rip into is sports and wildlife, expecially for the enthusiast.
Still not good enough to beat Sony full frame at the same price?
Xh2 beats any of Sony’s ff cams in its price range and the xh2s is better all around than the a7iv, imo
beat is relative 🤷🏽♂️
@@djstuc UA-cam has really distorted camera dialog 😅
Hi Gahan, I love your channel and I would like to bring something to your attention.
A wedding photographer in San Francisco was brutally beaten for his photography equipment at gun point during a wedding by two armed thugs.
The guy held onto his equipment, but things are getting bad and threatening our art. Two UA-cam channels, Vahagraphy and 247 Media group have taken up the cause of alerting the community.
If you find time in your schedule to bring this up about safety it would be appreciated. You can refer to their channels for details.
Robberies happen everyday too regular people just walking down the street minding their business. You just always have to be on alert. We have no control on what will happen.
@@djxcel23 you are 100 percent, but it is happening more and more to people in our profession and that by just doing your jobs to try and make a living. When you are taking photos and video, you can’t be alert at all times do to the nature of the business, which requires you to concentrate on your subject and not the environment.
You don’t have control because your client expects you to get the work done. It is a topic, like all others that needs just a little more attention that everyone with a platform should talk about from time to time as it is far more important than a camera or lens review. I don’t want anyone in our professional to be killed, but I do thank you for your response.
@@sidvicious3129 I never go alone, that is key. I know its hard to get someone to roll with you but that is a must. Especially if your going to be outside. In areas you are not familiar with. Also tie your equipment to you home insurance, you can get it replaced.
@@djxcel23 you are so right here, we have insurance on all of our equipment insured through our business, because business clients, especially corporate want to know about your insurance during the beginning stages and they have really strict docking, and Require COI certificate upon showing up on site. What I have found is a lot of people take safety for granted, especially in the suburbs going into urban areas.
@@djxcel23 you are so right here, we have insurance on all of our equipment insured through our business, because business clients, especially corporate want to know about your insurance during the beginning stages and they have really strict docking, and Require COI certificate upon showing up on site. What I have found is a lot of people take safety for granted, especially in the suburbs going into urban areas.
Fujifilm will always be behind that is natural fact many have to come to terms with.
If the camera can be powered by USB-C you don’t need a dummy battery.
True, but removes the ability of have the USB-C as an I/O port for other functions. Kinda strange the battery door regresses to this.
How about xt5