Thank you Gordon, I was waiting for such detailed video quality review of X-H2

Did you cover IBIS? I'm not seeing it in the chapters

@@xichael no, as it's the same as the X-H2S, so I covered it in that review.

@@SanjayK-GoldenRatio you're welcome!

Kia Ora! Top notch review as always Gordon 🙂 Nice to see Steven seagull again, he's looking a tad younger aye ;-p Ka Pai.

First world problems 😂

Well, any word which one you regretted or kept?

@@colecravath1655 no ragrets.

@@Iamtongue thank you sir, I am thinking I’ll do X-H2s + X-T5, similar combo slightly less overlap, no 8K

Thankyou!

Thankyou! I hope you get a chance to view my Photo video, plus my others too!

Hope you like it! Let us know what you think when you've tried it a few times.

It actually replaces a sony a1 which overheated all the time. Image quality ist great snd sharp! I use it to crop in to my guitar fretboard so can choose my framing in post - the x-h2 is perfect for that! I use 2 x-h2s for my other two cams (total and right hand). I also like the very fast cf express b cards - my workflow is perfect for my needs now!

@@berndkiltz excellent, thanks for the update!

You're very welcome, hope you also see my review for the photo capabilities!

@@cameralabs of course. :)

Good point, sorry I didn't formally test that BUT all my footage is generally manual SS and aperture with auto ISO.

Thanks! Hope you enjoy my other Fujifilm reviews!

You're welcome!

Thanks, glad you found it useful!

Thankyou!

Glad you like my approach!

that does sound like quite a dynamic environment!

Check out Mike Riley's channel. He's been using a X-H2S for aover a month for wildlife and he has a video focusing on why it is better for wildlife than the X-H2

@@doghouseriley4732 Thanks, will take a look!

If you're not using ProRes or shooting lots of bursts, I'd say you're fine with SD.

@@cameralabs Thank you Gordon, much appreciated!

I agree they had a different sort of look to them which i'd like to investigate further. Maybe some Wb differences too.

That's the big question - I'm sure future Fujifilm bodies will use one of the two new sensors, but not sure which. if it were me, I'd probably use the 40mp one in most of them, as the S sensor is v specialist and expensive.

I agree! I loved the XH1 and the dials give WAY more flexibility for settings. I got the XH2 and it is way more limited on how to adjust. I wish I didn't sell the XH1! Plus it felt better in the hand: XH2 body is way too short.

@@nickpavlou5023 I think most of us follow the rumour sites, and while some have a good track record of reporting what turns out to be accurate material, my job here is not to speculate. I present and report the facts. The problem with rumours - even ones that end up being correct - is they're often open to some interpretation that gets confused, and before you know what's happened, a load of incorrect statements are released by other folk which spread like wildfire. I end up wasting time debunking some of these which could have been avoided.

@@cameralabs Good morning, Gordon! I'm sorry... My comment wasn't directed to you. If anyone is well informed about cameras, I'm sure that's you! You're a legend when it comes to camera reviews and advice, and actually you're my favourite camera reviewer! My comment about checking out fujirumors was directed to LuxDalet and his question about the X-T5. I'll edit that comment now to make it clear who I was addressing, for anyone else who might read it in the future.

@@nickpavlou5023 thanks! I think it can be a good idea to keep an eye on the rumour sites for an idea of what might happen in the near future, but to also take it with a pinch of salt until formal announcements. Thanks for clarifying!

www.cameralabs.com/fujifilm-xh2-review/

I hear ya, but personally, I'd prefer they didn't move into FF. Having APSC makes them pretty unique, allows certain lenses and body designs, not to mention prices.

Different sort of result. An APSC camera with a really good lens may be able to deliver sharper results than FF with a cheap lens BUT the FF may still give you some benefit in noise. Ideally people should put aside assumptions and biases and just test a particular system in a particular environment and choose the one that works best for them. Lots of factors and variables to consider. I'm certainly happy with APSC for my work.

Thanks!

Thanks! You can honestly make great videos with any of these cameras. The S has the edge for video on my view, less skewing and open gate.

Not to me, I was happy with it.

The X-H2 and X-T5 line-skip for 4k 50 and 60p. You only get the 'HQ' oversampled option at 24-30p. Both should still be better than the X-T4 BUT compare the resolution charts from my respective reviews of each (upcoming for the XT5)

@@cameralabs thank you for info, so if i understand although the X-T5 uses line skipping, it is still better than the X-T4 in 4K 60 mode, which uses oversampling?

@@360Link I don't think any of the Fujifilms oversample above 4k 30, but I don't recall exactly how the Xt4 did it, but please do watch my xt4 video and compare the results. That's more important than trying to guess based on the frame generation.

@@cameralabs I will, thank you!😊

I need to get up to date with the video sections of my other reviews!

No I don't think so

Hi, I show the XH2 at 100p which should be the same as 120p for quality.

@@cameralabs Okay right, it seemed fine though may be I will compare X-T4 samples with yours. Thank you for your kind response.

I guess you've missed the "Why did Canon design a wildlife camera with poor weather sealing?" or "Why did Canon design a camera that shoots 30 fps but cripple it with a tiny buffer that runs out in 1 second?" The R7 is a very budget wildlife camera and if you want to go down that route, the R10 would be better/cheaper. Mike Riley has a channel. He's been using a X-H2S for over a month for wildlife, check it out.

@@doghouseriley4732 Aha Okay, thank you for this info I will check it.

@@doghouseriley4732 the rolling shutter on the R7 sensor also limits the usefulness of its e-shutter. I receive my final test sample in a week, so I hope to try it for some seagull shots to see how it compares.

Well spotted. When you see differences in H&V resolving power, you're seeing where the pixels are being binned. Sometimes H information being dumped, sometimes V. Not always to both at the same time. Interesting that they do it differently here.

@@cameralabs Thank you for the explanation on V&H resolving power. I was doing 240P tests with a friends X-H2S over the weekend on birds. When I allowed ISO to be very high (over 3200) we found lots of artifacts in the image--similar to those in the diagonal lines in the upper left corner of the resolution chart. Noise reduction helped a little. However, if I kept ISO low (sub 1250 using either Flog or Egterna), tried to get as close to the 180 degree shutter rule as possible and applied fairly heavy temporal noise reduction in DRS (Frames = 4 or higher, Motion's Type=Better, Temporal Threshold = 50 or higher for Luma and Chrominance) I could manage a somewhat respectable image at 240P. Of course this comes at the cost of increased render/encoding time. We can get away with lower ISO's outdoors in Phoenix, AZ because it is very bright here most of the time. I should add my tests may mean nothing because I was not using a resolution chart. Probably should invest in one of these charts. Seems to me if one, if one is considering either the XH2 or the XH2S, max budget for a camera is $2500 USD and slow motion is a factor in your decision, then you have decide what is more important: the very good 4K 120P of the XH2S or better 1080 240P of the X-H2. If would be terrific if there was one perfect camera. There are none. Life is about trade-offs.

@@arizonarealestatewithdonbarar I'd definitely choose the 4k 120 over any 1080 mode as you can always generate 1080 from 4k if required. Question then is if 120 is slow enough. Not many of these cameras do a great job above 120p.

@@arizonarealestatewithdonbarar So it will be ok if I will choose X-H2 for video? Sometimes I want to photoshoot birds and 40mpx is interesting option for me too..

@@avartefilms7346 I would not purchase FujiFilm anything. I’ll give you an example. I was videoing myself with an X-H2S the other day using left eye detect. I was a little left of center. The little white box was showing up on my left eye. However, because the green focus box was not in the same location as the little white box, the camera failed to focus on me. And the X-H2 autofocus is not as good as the X-H2S. The fact that Fujifilm in 2024 cannot figure out how to execute appropriate autofocus does not warrant them receiving any more of my business. You should not purchase anything from them as well. Once people stop buying Fujifilm, maybe then they will figure out how to do autofocus.

There is another video that Gordon created that is predominantly about photography with the X-H2. I would recommend looking for it in his channel.

I've made a separate video all about the photo quality of the X-H2 and there's a link at the start of this video.

You're right, the figure is referring to the horizontal figure, which of course remains the same regardless of the height. BUT I did still notice a small benefit to the X-H2 here, which must be down to the mild oversample from the XH2. Thanks for the comment.

@@cameralabs Ok I asked myself if you were talking about that actually, not that I faut your competence, it was juse maybe refered a way that coule be a bit confusing ^^. Anyway, good camera, good review! Bye

@@Guillaume9 you're right, I think it's my mistake!

You're welcome!

I will be reviewing the R7 next. Sony didn't send me an FX30 so I won't be doing that,

@@cameralabs can you compare the oversanpled 4K from ZV-E10 vs r7/r10's 4K?

Yes, as far as I understand you can record internally with F-Log 2 on the X-H2.

@@cameralabs thanks 👍

That's the big question!

I think a lot of it is brand momentum and recognition. They're all very good nowadays.

I'm not sure what you're asking or saying? I hope you enjoyed it either way!

If you mean a low pass filter, I believe all digital cameras have them.

@@cameralabs no I mean IR (infrared), this is mostly important for videographers using high stop ND filters. Basically some cinema cameras done have the ir filters therefore the ND filters with introduce ir pollution, which mostly affects the dark blacks, giving a faded red hue cast

@@thedanwriter1 sorry, yes, I understood what you meant, but typed low pass without thinking. Yes, I believe the X series all have IR filtration.

ouch!

Then Casey gives up 4K 120P with the X-H2s. I know he likes 240P. But not that much of his stuff is actually 240P--except those wonderful runs across the street with a silly look and an occasional bird "death jump". If you follow his Casey''s channel closely, even he recommends slowing down the shutter speed to get the most detail in slower moving subjects. Of course, if money is no object get an Alpha 1. But then one has to carry around a 4.5 lbs 200-600 zoom. One has to pick their poison. There are no free lunches.

@@arizonarealestatewithdonbarar I hear ya, yes I do realise that. I'm just mad keen for him to review one soon haha, after all he just makes the vids for youtube. Selfishly I'm also after a review cause I'm looking into a mirrorless system around this price point and no one tests quite like Casey does. How is the IBIS, how is the autofocus? Motorsport photos and videos plus some astrophotography my planned hobby use cases

I think you can rely on Gordon's reviews Let me add a couple of things on IBIS and Autofocus as I have been testing a friends X-H2S/XF 70-300. With respect to IBIS, I found it to jump a little with horizontal panning. However in most cases using Davinci Resolve Studio translation stabilization/camera lock only and zoom transformation set to 1.1-1.2 I can remove most of the jumps. With respect to Autofocus, if I really zoom in on a subject on the computer I can see some moving in and out of focus. Also, if there are other birds in the image area, there are times when the autofocus will move back and forth between birds with AF Speed = 0. I would need more time to experiment to determine if this can be mitigated by setting AF Speed to: -1, -2, etc. to see if this "subject hunting" can be mitigated.

@@arizonarealestatewithdonbarar I agree not trying to put doubt into Gordon's reviews, I think Gordon's are great, and extremely thorough. I like how Casey's outdoor footage kinda shows how a hobby (but talented) level user's results might look rather than footage produced by a hardened photographer/videographer with 25 years experience getting the very most out of whatever they use with every jig available and trick in the book. The horizontal jumping when panning may be a little annoying I guess with pitwall flyby footage. But these are very new camera's how harsh are we judging compared to a truly ancient and cheap Panasonic ultra zoom from 10 years ago and a GoPro8, I guess anything is probably good enough compared to where I'm stepping up from. I'm hoping for in car footage of track laps the stabilisation will be smooth and shake free enough so that I can judge mine and motorsport friends car setups and driving from. I find the GoPro wide angle view isn't great from in car, would love a more normal perspective you see (hence my desire to go real camera setup) and also been wanting to do my own astrophotography stuff using the local club telescopes for years. One camera, two good use cases. I also like the Micro 4/3 options but worry about less sensor same money why bother. Thankyou for those pointers, especially on stabilisation in software experience you've given, printing those notes off now to keep for later once system purchased will come in handy for sure! Cheers

I believe the non-HQ is pixel binning more than over-sampling, but to me they looked more similar than the two equivalent modes on the EOS r5.

Very different cameras, the ZVE10 is more about vlogging and has very different handling, plus it's a completely different price point.

The S5 is still a really good camera...

@@cameralabs that is true! I hope that the S2R is like a full frame XH2 so I could stay within the ecosystem. I really like the low light of the S5 above the other cameras (even the A7SIII simply because i can turn off noise reduction leading to really sharp video even at insane ISOs)

If you're spending two grand on a product, you can handle a little dry.

@@cameralabs He can't. Just like most people can be funny on occasion, he can't.

I can't remember off the top of my head but I should have mentioned it in the quality section. It may vary by frame rate