I borrowed an X-H1 + 16-55mm last weekend and was very impressed, although it's quite bulky when compared to something like the full-frame A7 III. Your very comprehensive review taught me a few things that I had overlooked in the rather complicated menu system (thanks!) but I discovered a curious feature that wasn't mentioned here - that the metering dial is rendered ineffective unless Face/Eye Detection is set to Off! It took me a while to figure out why spot, centre-weighted, average and matrix metering gave me exactly the same exposure even in heavy contrast situations.

Maarten, your videos are very informative - thank you for all the hard work it takes to pull these together.

About 10 years ago I watched a million videos on The X-T1 (and some other cameras) yours was the only video I came across that offered the full gamut features and capabilities of the X-T1 - no need to supplement your information with other videos. Now I'm looking at the X-H1 and after a dozen videos I have been struggling to find out a few specifics relating to functionality. Less than 6 minutes into your video and I have what I'm looking for and more! (Still another 26 minutes to go!). I'll be revisiting this video a lot over the next few months 😄. I love the amount of thought and effort you put into your videos, and your presence and delivery 😊. You're a great service to the camera community, thank you 🥳.

+Maarten Heilbron it never ceases to amaze me how quickly you learn all these different cameras and are able to convey that information to us in such a clear manner.

I’m a little late to the party, but I just picked up an X-H1 for some work that I do. What a great camera, even all these years later. Thanks for the review. I’ve loved your work, and as an expat from Toronto living in Japan it is always great to see nature and scenes from Canada!

You have the best camera reviews on KZfaq, hands down. Thank you for your work, much appreciated! I've just bought the X-H1, i think it's still a very capable professional camera.

Best (most comprehensive) review yet.

Incredible job. One of my favorite reviewer in KZfaq.

Thanks Maarten, really a great breakdown of the Xh1. I suffer from “Essential Tremor” and the five stops of image stabilization helps me get sharp images, no more blurry pictures 📸

Maarten. Congrats for your cunning, witty, smart, thorough,funny, useful and candid review. Unbeatable my friend!!

Another thorough and excellent review. You have the great ability of presenting technical info in a personable and informative manner.

Wow, loved this video! I've had the camera since day 1 yet I overlooked or misunderstood some of these settings. Thankyou so much, those 30 mins flew by and now I am off to relearn my camera!

well done! thank you for an excellent review! I am so fed up with 'talking head' reviews all over the youtube. This review is like breath of air for anyone starting using H1 with excellent tips and details. Bravo

One hell of a video. Definitely by far the best on KZfaq. Fuji X-H1 is a beast for the price.

Cheers from Dublin, Ireland. I admire your passion and dedication in your channel. The best for you, Jose

Excellent. Informative and thorough, as ever. Thanks for all you hard work on this.

Thank you very much for this detailed review. Excellent content, as always. :)

I'm highly considering purchasing this camera and your review has been the best and most informative by far :) thank you and well done :)

To put shutter speed to 1/50 set dial to T then adjust. Thanks for a comprehensive review!

Interesting and very informative review video. As I write this, there is a very good quality (barely used) used X-H1 with battery-grip for-sale at a used-camera shop/store. This particular shop is just a few miles from where I live in the UK. Having seen this video , I am very tempted to buy the camera.........

Your reviews are straightforward and without bs!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Another great informative video from Maarten. Thank You.

Just subscribed! I enjoyed your introduction of the X-H1 and i am very satisfied youre not complaining about "lockups" and stuff like most of the others do, since they are happening veeeeeeeeeeery rare now or not at all. Looking forward to see more X-H1 content - have a nice weekend

Hi there, thank you for taking the time to create such a useful resource. I have just bought an X-H1 but have noticed a distinct change in shutter sound and volume when the camera is positioned in different orientations (with shutter sound set to off in the settings menu). When the lens is pointed towards the floor it is quiet, soft sounding with very little shutter shock. Sounds like “flua flua flua” When pointed horizontally in landscape orientation it is noticeably louder, les soft and with some shutter shock. Sounds like “chu chu chu” When pointed horizontally in portrait orientation it is loudest of all, with very noticeable shutter shock. Sounds like “Tchua Tchua Tchua”. This happens when shooting is only started once re-orientated, or continuously through out making the three orientation changes. The camera also seems to create a more discernible clunk during start up and switch off. The IBIS I assume. I’m concerned that these issues (assuming they aren’t inherently part of every X-H1) are to do with problems with either the IBIS or shutter damping springs. Have you experienced or heard of this? Do you have any advice? Thank you Andrew P.s. for context: only the horiz portrait is as loud, and hard as my recently sold X-T30. Lens pointed down is louder than X-100V but v quiet.

Hello Maarten.. a little hint: if you add "00:00 intro" string to the first line of video timeline in the description you'll see the listed sections also on the video play bar, it makes easier to scroll through the video section on the horizontal bar ;) without the starting time KZfaq doesn't show this feature. "intro" or "start", or whatever you want can be written, the important is the 00:00 time mark....btw you have to add it to every description to make it works (if You want). That's what I did on most of my videos.

Hey Maarten - I enjoyed your review. Unfortunatelly you forgot to mention the old FAT32 file system in the XH1. This means that only video files with a length of about 2 minutes can be stored. Then a new file is created. And you have to put these files together in post production to a full video. This issue holds me back to buy the XH1 for video usage.

the 20 people who disliked this video angers me, this video is amazing how detailed it is and the tips are awesome. Im gonna look for a xt1 video of yours.

Nice review! I have an X-T2 but have always admired the X-H1 for the additional IBIS, especially as I like to adaptor mount my excellent Pentax lens collection. Their Limited range lenses are incredible, and Pentax pioneered in-body stabilisation, so theirs was never in-lens, making them cheaper, more reliable and nicely compact. The bonus for me is that since watching your video I've discovered the same focus bracketing you demonstrated on the X-H1 is also included on my X-T2. I didn't know it was there before, so I'm overjoyed! Thanks for the heads-up :-)

Excellent review and tutorial. Your videos are very authoritative. You know what you're talking about. 👍 Much appreciated.

Excellent work .Best detailed review on the web.

good review ---- I have two of them and like them very much - have not had any problems with either one

Hello again Maarten. I've finally bought X-H1, with patience I got maybe the best deal.. with the new 300€ instant rebate final price for the x-h1 with Vertical Booster and 2 add. batteries was 850€! No brainer frankly, can't find any better for the price. I find this camera great, solid but maybe a bit lighter feeling (which wasn't so lovely, compared to PRO Dslr, heavy brick sensation on them) but easy to use and now working on settings. I've also bought the TT350F flash for cheap and seems to be fine for "amateur" shooting. There is only one thing I can't live with at the momento: AUTO ISO!. I come from Nikon and was nice, set the iso, enable or disable auto iso when you want. Now it's so bad you can't have the reading when using auto iso, it just show you the max iso value for that preset, and even if you disable "shutter ae" option you need to half press to get the readings. So bad! If i put Iso on command and use the front dial to select ISO I have to move entire iso range (tons of clicks) from 100 to 51200 if I want to go back again to the autoIso selection, no on-off dial like on my old Nikon. A huge drawback, have to use the top knob to set iso when autoIso is behaving bad . To me a really bad design, more options are welcome for Iso selection :/ on the other hand is a great camera, let's see the future Fuji's and I'm going now to get lenses before thinking of a body upgrade. ;)

Great video, as usual..... I like this camera a lot, compared the the XT-2, EXCEPT for the missing exposure compensation dial. The XH-1 requires 2 fingers and some contortions for this very basic feature. Almost a deal-killer. Your hint on changing this function was very helpful.

Great tutorial. What we’ve come to expect from Maarten.

Hey MH, Looking at possible getting a new camera and just wanted to get your take on this camera. Thanks for this through review and do stay in the best of health!

Amazing camera with well thought out features! Looking forward to an X-H2.

Excellent as always, love your channel much

I think this video seals the deal. At $2200 CAD with the 16-55 2.8 this is a steal right now!

I am seriously considering simplifying things and go from my current 7III to this camera. Indeed, if the coming 7IV dose not come with touch screen, the new Sony menu, I will definitely get this cheaper more user friendly system.

Hi Marteen, I've just ordered X-H1 and can't wait to shoot with it until card is full :-) I'm sure it will be superb

heartful and intelligent presentation. thanks a lot !

thankyou so much for this video!

Great review - many thanks

And I thought my Panasonic feature-set was complicated. This is just insanity. Nice pictures, though.

Watt on earth would MIJ be a problem for people? (Nobody builds note consistently than the Japanese). Back in the 70s IBM asked a Japanese company to make them their computer chips, they told them "no more that 2 defective chips per 100,000". Several months later the chips arrived in a box at IBM, inside were all the chips plus two extra ones with a note that read: "Here are your 100,000 chips and the two defective ones you requested".

Can you are anybody tell me how do I keep my focus point in the middle of my screen. If I hit one of the selector buttons, my focus point moves. I like to get focus and move my camera to recompose and shoot. Never had this trouble with my X-T1 or X-T2. I locked my joy stick with no luck...

An excellent review/tutorial. Thanks.

Good review. Packed with features capable hybrid shooter I enjoy the X-H1.

This is a well done review sir!

I recently purchased the X-H!1 and just now came across your wonderful video. As a Nikon shooter, it is still taking me some time to fully understand the way the X-H1 settings. In particular, I am used to having a PASM switch and normally shoot in manual mode with auto ISO, or in aperture priority mode also with auto ISO. I understand how to move to various modes, I think, by choosing which of the speed, aperture, and ISO controls on set to auto or in the case of speed T - as I like to choose the aperture and speed via command dials. In your video you show how the mode (PASM) is displayed on the screen. Unfortunately, I am not always able to see the mode displayed on the screen. Sometimes it is there and sometimes it is not, Clearly there is some setting that I am choosing to cause this information to disappear but I am not exactly sure which one. I would appreciate your help here as I have searched through X-H1 manual and cannot get a handle on this. Thanks.

Interesting video. I am a Nikon DSLR user (I have a D7000, D700 & D750) and have been for several years. I am very happy with what I am able to achieve with Nikon. But mirrorless seems to be the future. Most of the R&D budgets of the various camera manufacturers is being spent on developing mirrorless cameras. From what I can gather, the various built-in filters/profiles for shooting jpeg images only are a matter of opinion (IE Some people like them, others do not even use them). I shoot raw with my Nikon cameras. I imagine that I will do the same if I move to Fuji cameras. The big improvement seems to be in video. Some of the filters/profiles seem to create very good video footage. Also the autofocus in video seems to be much, much better than my Nikon D750 for example. Equally none of my Nikon cameras can shoot 4K. As you have said, the battery life on the X-H1 is limited. So I intend to follow your advice of buying the battery grip plus several extra batteries and chargers. On another note, I am interested to see you review the new Olympus OM-D E-M1X.

can you make an update , now with the latest firmware ?

thank you very much for all the information.

Excellent and useful review as usual. I'm sitting on the fence at the moment as to whether to trade in my XT-2 as I really fancy the IBIS on the XH-1. Or do I wait and see what the XT-3 has although rumours suggest it won't have IBIS.

Hi there! I have been enjoying your videos for quite some time. They are quite rich and informative and one can tell you do plan what to say saving lots of time, yours and mine - thanks for that. Regarding the camera review I found it very interesting and useful.

Thank you for excelent review!^)

This camera everytime makes me thinkful. Somethink like sell D610 and G80, because it has everything I want: every physical dial (also for AF), top custom lcd, af joystick, IBIS, good firmware support during years and also seems to have good iso performance. It's a pro body, better than D610 and G80 I think, the only downside: no hi res EVF like on G9. It costs like G9 almost or a bit less, video is just secondary to me, why people preffer G9 as still camera? Image iQ i think is better on XH1 and also the hybrid autofocus (with phase). What do you think? I use D610 mainly for portraits, and G80 with adapted lens to get 600mm equivalent, animal headshot and a bit of wildlife. I use G80 for my 1080p/30 KZfaq video. How do I loose in terms of image quality compared to a D610? Expecially with bad light and ISO 3200-5000? Thanks XH1 with 16-55 2.8 seems a total great starting point camera, you can do everything from scratch, except for telephoto whihc need proper lens, but I can adapt FF one manually.

Invaluable. Thanks Maarten.

Very very good Video. Thanks for all

Is it possible to define a self timer interval in the menu so that you have to press your allocated FN button for the self timer only once to activate the predefined timer? When I press the FN self timer button I have to select either 2 or 10 seconds and confirm that with another click each time. That's a bit annoying. On my Nikon I set the timer to 2 seconds in the menu, then I only have to press my FN button once and press the shutter relase button, voilà! Same with eye autofocus ... I want to press 1 button to activate a predefined eye focus mode and not press the button and scroll and to the desired eye focus mode and then press a button again :( That would be useful for several images in same mode but not for a single spontaneous photo ...

Hey man great review...here in india we get xt30 and xh1 for nearly the same price now? Which one should i but? Videography is the least concern to me i do mostly photos. Help me with this, xt30 or xh1?

Maarten, thank u so much. Your videos are all so thorough and in depth. You are awesome! Can i ask u what external mike do u use? I’d like to get an external mic to use with my fujifilm xt2 and ive looked on youtube at different mics: rode, sennheisser, and audio technica... but im not sure which one to pick since different people say good things about all three companies. I would like to use it on the camera (and on a boom if the need arises). What mic do u use? And do u use the mic on the camera or on a boom? Thank u so much!!! Greatly appreciate it.

Nice review, as always, Maarten. I have a question about video-specifically, the 40Mbps bit rate at 120fps. You said this made sense. I don't understand why. Why wouldn't it make sense to capture at 200Mbps? The camera has the capability to capture at this rate. The footage will be slowed down on playback so any IQ issues due to the lower data rate will be more obvious. What am I missing?

Great review, I really appreciate the time you put into this one. According to the specs H! has a high speed 120fps mode in FullHD, but it seems that you found only 60fps as maximum. Can you verify? I wonder how it compares to 5d mkiv in terms of video quality.

Hi Maarten. Very well done. I have seen your other video of Nikon D750 as well. I am intending to buy one of them (though cannot be directly compared, but pricing are the same), which one you would recommend? I am predominantly into images and in exceptional cases take video (rare to be honest).

Can the x H1 work well with the new Fuji xf 50mm f1.0 lens,do you think the x H1 is still a great buy in 2021

being spoiled for choice is sometimes annoying. Maarten, pls help me out. would you get this or the X-S10 for Stills? i'm sure i'dd be happy with either one but gosh.. I will be doing street photography mostly, i use a x100t now, but i want to get away form 35mm for a while at least. Long story short i was sure i'dd be getting the x-s10, but then i realized the x-h1 is basically there at the same price if not a bit less. so now i m stuck ha!

1.7kg, wow that is a TANK!! I love it, but I think I’ll stick to my X-T20. Also, no drive mode dial is a mistake in my opinion.

Can the xh2 record directly into mp4? I love your videos by the way, I watch them all the time!

Hi! How can I select the 120 fps fhd? Thanks for answering

There is this symbol That you touch on your page and a whole menu drop down I think you have spoke about this before but somehow I did not get it but I got it now,and think you.

Hi Thank you for the great videos. Did the lockups get sorted with the firmware update.

This video is awesome.

Great video! I've currently got Sony rx10 iv and planning to upgrade to an aps-c camera. My 3 choices are Fuji Xt3 or Fuji Xh1 or Nikon z50. What would you suggest? I only take stills at the moment and like landscape and bird photography and yes I do have big hands.

amazing complete

Great review of the X-H1, Maarten. One question: do you have any suggestion on how to get rid of the micro jitters with IBIS on? I use non-stabilized lenses but even with the kit 18-55, the jitter seems to be visible.

I can't understand just a little thing. Cannot use the rear dial to adjust the entire shutter speed range like on standard camera? I see only about microadj around the manual dial value, is this the only way? How can be use full manual on the back dial? Thanks

is it possibile to put into top lcd the exposure reading bar? Otherwise to me a bit useless. :( thanks

do you use XH1 with XC 15-45 having trouble with power zoom ? its not memorised the zoom distance when u turn on/off or review picture, and it takes few second to wait the len finish the zoom to review picture on LCD

A concern for me is maual focusing with adapted lenses. Ive a number of 35mm slr lenses i want to use on my X H1.

Hello Maarten, here I am again :) I have a question about X-H1 and it's HDMI. I'm using a HDMI to Micro HDMI D Cable 3mt long, it works fine with my Lumix G80/85 even with 4K signal, but.. I tried with X-H1 where I can't get a clean output at all. If I left info display it always output signal over HDMi even in still mode, any resolution and settings with the OSD. But, if I enable the clean output, I can only get footage with 50 and 59.94 settings, on otherframerate the camera start goind crazy or just show a quick frame after 20 seconds. I've use TV, monitors, capture card, but can't get to work 24-25 and 30p, so 4K it's unusable considering there is no 50/60p. I read on the manual it's suggested to use cable no longer than 1.5mt but works at higher framerate and not at the lower ones, I don't think it's the cable or its lenght. Very strange, any suggetions from You? :)

firmware 2.01 now......

I note that you say you will answer questions so here goes: With the Xh1 if I have one card out of the camera and only one card in the camera, when I turn it on it shows an error message that there is "no card" and references the slot that is empty...I found this out when I was downloading some photos onto the computer and so one card was in and one card was out but I wanted to use the camera still...Can I use the camera with only one card in the slot or do you always have to have two cards there?

Nice & Thanks :)

Can you arrange pics from the app Maarten? Like create folders and things?

30:16 because the ISO Dial is a dial. Why is it confusing for you that Fuji put a dial setting in a dial menu?

Focus bracketing!!,

Question: does the panorama mode capture raw pictures or just jpeg?

will the charging grip safe ?

Sony alpha 6400 or this camera?

The only thing that stopped me from getting the xh1 is the 8bit 4:2:0. Does the eterna cinematic setting takes care of the colour grading?

I got the impression you were a little dissapointed/frustrated with the XH1...

Couldn’t you revisit this camera now that’s it’s half price ?

I love my X-H1 like a fat kid loves cake and refer to it my "Japanese girlfriend". I'm seriously looking forward to the X-H2 though. It's going to be uhhhh-mazing!

A candle of reason in the darkness of mythomania. But why not buy a real camera, FF and all, for the same price?

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