How has your journey on your XH2 been? Are you loving your XH2? Tell me about it below

This guy is bang on with everything. Honest, to the point, and very well detailed. You deserve more subs Subbed and liked my man ! ✌️🤙

I've had my H2 since its launch, I've used it every day since then, there's not a sign of wear, scratches or internal dust. and I've already taken some rain with a Fujinon 18-135 lens and I didn't have any problems. Your review is fantastic.

I own both the X-H2 and X-H2s… they’ve been doing just fine for my use cases. I acquired 2 Delkin Black CFexpress cards on sale and they are performing flawlessly! I moved to Sony for a couple years, but I ultimately ended up going back to Fujifilm for several reasons… one being that I just prefer the images out of their X-Trans sensors.

I do own a the X-H2 as well as the X-H2s and, coming from an X-T3/X-T4 setup the AF performance of both these cameras are just on another level. But I have to admit, since I‘ve also started using the Canon R6 II I get what everybody is saying about Fuji not even being close. I still love my Fujis, but for almost all professional jobs I only use the Canon because it is so incredibly reliable. So, I can basically confirm everything you‘ve said.

Now, that is what I call honest review. Respect! 👌

Thanks for doing a long term review, they're the most worthwhile. Autofocus. I haven't used my X-H2 anywhere as much as I should (shameful) but from experience with the X-T3, I find the autofocus for some reason becomes less "confused" with back button focus. A recent realisation for me which I have to prove more in practice, is to put the camera in manual focus mode, and use the back button for autofocus. This has the great advantage that you can see clearly what subject is really in focus with MF Assist e.g. with focus peak highlight. Focus, then recompose, and the shutter button will do exposure correctly (when e.g. ISO/etc is in auto) with the recomposed frame. More shots can be fired off quicker too without the camera analysing focus in each shot. A different approach to try. Also cool when the focus and exposure points don't coincide in certain creative frames. Lexar cards. I've never had the misfortune of Lexar cards playing up in Fujifilm, as before I bought any MILC, *every* Lexar card in my phones would have one or more corrupt area. SanDisk, never. So now way would I use a Lexar card in anything. For the X-H2, I only bought cards that is on the validation list link on the X-H2 Compatibility Chart webpage. Fully reliable. With respect to your viewfinder problems, I haven't had problems. Maybe I suggest you could map the "PREVIEW EXP./WB IN MANUAL MODE" to the down D button, and the "NATURAL LIVE VIEW" to the right D button, so these viewing modes can be immediately changed without a disrupting screen ... at least until you've figure what the actual issue is. And noise at a bit higher ISO, a life saver is DxO DeepPRIME (reliable) or DeepPRIME XD (even cleaner! but may process natural texture that look like noise in some shots.) But I think you said you like shooting direct to JPGs, which DeepPRIME doesn't process.

I am a Canon R5 shooter that's contemplating adding Fuji as a second camera system. This is such a valuable perspective. The Lexar card info is "gold". I will probably rent an XH2 and a lens or two for a test drive this spring.

Great review! I love my XT5! Not perfect, but perfect for me.

Good stuff, thanks for sharing, .

Great review! I’m currently shooting on an X-S20 but want to switch over to a more photography focused setup. I’m thinking the x-H2 w/ the x100VI as a B-cam or x-T5 w/ more lenses. Not sure which setup in gonna go with yet but this helped lead me towards the former, thanks

I see your positives and negatives are pretty much the same as mine. Also, how the H2 slots in below a GFX line is about the same for me. I did ditch the FF completely though. A combo of H2/H2s does prove to be good enough on speed for me. I don't really find the H2s to be better in lowlight unless its autofocus you refer to? in terms of Image quality, I find the 40mp to superior to the 26mp in every case. an oversampled H2 image is better than the 26mp in my opinion. I stopped using SD cards in the H2 series altogether, I simply had too many freezes, Sandisk, Sony.. made no difference. Since only using CFexpress I have had no freezes, I lose the redundancy though. My biggest wishes for an update are: Dual CFexpress (they aren't that expensive anymore) Durability on par with D850 or 5D kinda cameras.. honestly H2 is not quite there. External ISO dial in one way or another. I had the cameras since release. And I still find it super annoying to toggle the ISO button (at least they could have made it press and hold like Nikon/Canon)

Thanks for the review. I am an amateur and have used Olympus/OM System for 10 years. A year ago I got a Ricoh GRIIIx and love it for image quality so I was looking to upgrade my ILC. The XT-5 grip is too small so I'm likely to get the X-H2 with the Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 for general work and the Tamron 18-300mm for wildlife. I hope the autofocus isn't too much worse than my OM-1 which has great tracking and autofocus. But the 40 MP sensor is very attractive and I do a lot of landscape, street/urban stuff and think the X-H2 will work fine.

Very concise video with great info! I am not eager for Fujifilm to incorporate a sensor protector. Canon has had a lot of issue with the R6 and R5 (including others) with this feature breaking and and causing errors. Mine is experiencing that now.

OK, Kevin...I have an X-H2...and X-T5, had X-t4, still have X100v and X-E1. I was Canon for 20 years (5Diii last one). Ok, your presentation caused me to get up from my TV...spool up my desk top in another room...and SUBSCRIBE. Your unbiased presentation got me. I found your view almost same as mine. Thanks for your product. R

Unlike some other reviews something very important happened to me with yours. First of all, while watching the intro I am not thinking about the camera or lens. I am really appreciating your images, which is something we tend to forget. I have this camera and I didn´ like it at the very beginning because I was coming from a more "traditional" Fuji X-T4 and missed the dials and some other minor stuff, still I got used to this X-H2 really quickly and now I do see it as an extremely capable tool. It has a very clean IQ and it's really impressive not only on paper but in real life scenarios. It's a workhorse for me today.

One of most honest and useful reviews of the X-H2 I’ve found, thank you! Having switched from the Z6ii to the A7iv for AF, Fuji’s AF is what keeps holding me back. We have a large family that start on Fuji Bridge cameras, moving our Fam completely to the X-System makes a lot of sense, but I think Fuji’s AF currently would be frustrating… especially having used the A7iv. Smaller lenses / more reach is my goal at the moment and using the A7RV in Crop Mode may be the best of both worlds… Agree, Fuji really needs to dial in their AF, it’s costing them sales. Thanks again!

I use the Delkin card in My X-h2s and have never experience a freeze. I also use the Angelbird 512 card too. I notice a slight slower response than the Delkin but no freezing.

15:19 I’m new to the system and twice during real estate shoots screen turned grey. Second shoot was yesterday. Decided to try taking out the cf express and found that was the cause. Really surprised as it’s a Sandisk Extreme Pro. I finished the shoot fingers crossed with the SD card no problem. Scary though.

Excellent video 👍 i have 2 Fuji xh2 cameras i use for event work and they do freeze only when im using on camera flash and as you said its the lexar cards that i use too and maybe switching to another cf express card should solve the problem as at weddings when the couple were going to do the 1st kiss the xh2 froze!! And I nearly traded in my Fuji gear for canon a few times after the disappointments , but like you mentioned it’s the Fuji colours that keep me with Fuji ! My Fuji xt5 never freezes and so I believe it’s the lexar cards that must be the problem.

Super overview, Kevin! Although I have an X-T5, you’ve captured many of the reasons why I love shooting with Fuji cameras, despite the AF issues, quirky menus, and SD card lock-ups. I’ve shot with Canon and Sony as well and agree with your conclusion, i.e., technically amazing but not soul inspiring.

Love St Elmo!

A balanced summary. I love my XH2 having come from Nikon FF

Nice video. Regarding Fuji’s inferior autofocus, when I changed pre-AF to ON on my XT3, it improved my keeper rate, although your battery drains faster.

Good review

Very nice review, Kevin. I wholeheartedly agree about autofocus of the Fuji cameras NOT being in the same league as Canon, Nikon, or Sony. I am still shooting on 2 X-T3 bodies with battery grips. I may eventually upgrade to a new camera body, when Fuji “solves” their autofocus issues. I am a “ retired” photographer, so I can be more patient than a “working” photographer. I am heavily invested in the Fuji lens lineup, so I am hopeful that Fuji can get get it “right.”

Pretty happy as well with my XH2. Came from DSLR Canon full frame. Yep the greatest strength in my opinion is the film sims, not much tweaking if any on output which I really like. Agree with your take on camera.

formatting the memory card. you need to click the button with the delete icon plus the down arrow.

You have an impeccable argument, thank you for sharing your opinion. I would like to buy an xh2, but I can't sleep well until I buy a gfx 100sss

Great Video. Can you share which Auto Fcous settings works for you ? Thanks. Im using xt3. xt4 and I miss a lot of moving subjects.

Interesting to hear about the weather sealing, or not.

I have the same freezing issue with Lexar card 1667x UHS-II with my XH2.

I was torn between this and the xh2s becaue of the better AF. However, i don't take as many sports or wildlife shots and i already have an A7iv. I'm super happy to get this camera.

I shoot with the 3 major brands as well as Fujifilm and had Olympus in the past. A lot of your experiences, I can honestly say I have never encountered. I have rarely, if ever missed focus on the XH2. It could be due to the fact that I have been using the brand since 2016 and may be accustomed to the evolution and characteristics of their autofocus. Nice review

I’m a Canon R5 shooter and am highly invested in Canon lenses. The reliability and output is outstanding, but I just don’t like carrying it around for casual shooting and post processing is time consuming. I was intrigued by Fuji and picked up an X-S20 for street and casual photos. I got a promotional deal on the body and the 27mm pancake lens. I’ve since picked up a few used lenses as well. It is FUN to shoot. The film simulations and XApp allow me to share finished images quickly and conveniently. People respond very well to the output. It doesn’t replace my Canon but supplements it well. If you want to try Fujifilm at a lower price point, the X-S20 is a great entry point.

@KevinDeal What's lenses do you recommend for XH2 for Portraits and Street Photography..? Thanks 🙏 for any information ...

Great episode! Just subscribed. I appreciate your “realistic demeanor” and not blowing smoke approach. Got the XH2 and XH2S, then dumped the XH2 and decided to shift photography to GFX50Sii. Now I’m thinking about giving the XH2 a 2nd try. After using the GFX, shocked at how bad it is on Focus! But I committed $$$ into 5 lenses so need to figure it out. I’ll be interested in seeing what the 100Sii brings??? Watching several channels on the Nikon Z8??? I like you, enjoy shooting Fuji. No issues with XH2S at all. But cropping to capture a makeshift 65:24 like aspect looses a bit res. Anyway, great channel. I need to do some binge watching. Retired to Japan so I now have a whole new slate of material to shoot. Cheers

I'm considering the H2 or T5 -- coming from an xs-20. I'd like the megapixels to crop more into birds and wildlife. not sure the gain in crop is worth it, and am concerned about how much bigger it it -- since I haven't actually seen one in person.

Hi Kevin. Love your channel. I am a “retired” photographer who used Canon Cameras & lenses for the last 40 years. I sold all my Canon gear & moved to Fuji, investing heavily in their lens lineup. I believe many of the Fuji lenses compare favourably with Canon “L” glass. RF lenses are of excellent optical quality but are extraordinarily expensive, IMHO. I shoot on 2 X-T3 bodies with battery grips. The autofocus could be much better & I am hoping that Fuji will “breakthrough” & deliver autofocus performance on par with Canon, Sony & Nikon. Best wishes for your channel & photography buisness.😊

Thank you. Stumbled up this and found it highly informative very down to earth and quite correct. I have been with Fuji for a while and you description of its limitations (as well as the positives) is very fair. I shoot both GFX and X. Each has its purposes but the be 40MP sensor as made the X series a very good second camera for long lenses, which are lacking in the GFX system. I had the XH2, but got stolen (boohoo). I decided to replace it with the XT5 as it fits my (landscape) photography needs better. I am looking forward to hear your thoughts about the GFX. BTW I am only an amateur who can effort to spend a “little” money on stuff

Mapcamera finally got a “Beauty” grade XH2 yesterday. So, I did order. So: video XH2s and XH2. Photography: GFX50Sii and XH2. To answer your second guessing yourself, I shot with XH2S this weekend and for photos came to the conclusion, “Get the XH2”. Thought about trading in GFX 50Sii for the soon to be announced 100Sii, but the 50Sii is fine for special shooting. With GFX shooting is just a different experience. Take my time.

Nice intresting video

Im missing the af accuracy even my eos rp had while shooting with the xh2s this past year. But i. Switching to sony soon now 😂 I appreciate hearing your thoughts!

Also coming from Canon world I agree on the fuji XF camera's autofocus not even being close to professional grade.

XH2 from XT3 may be next jump for me its all I need and if was a professional and paid big bucks then a GFX 50 or 60 will be interesting what the new GFX 50 is

My XT4 has started getting problems after just under 2 years and has been returned to Fujifilm to get it fixed under warranty. I'm considering this model as a main camera, and once fixed, the XT4 as a back up. Is this a good plan? I'm just a little concerned about life expectancy of Fuji's as my XT20 lasted a little under 2 years

I'm with you on using Fuji so you need less processing. Not only do I not want to spend time processing, but I can pick out the best pictures more easily when they all look good SOOC. And the colors are beautiful of course. It's like there's a tiny colorist inside

How did you get your SUB MONITOR to show time left when it's off? On mine, it only shows the count and the time left is always displayed as 0h00m @12:26 .

Regarding the autofocus - these issues are with the latest firmware updates? Thanks.

Nice video! As you said, Fujifilm needs to improve autofocus and the build quality. For my work I am ok with the autofocus. I didn't expect the X-H2 to fail like that in the rain.

The X-H2 and X-H2S are absolutely card sensitive. The Anglebird cards have been great.

I too have issues with my fuji x-e4 freezing while using a brand new Lexar SD card I just bought.. so annoying.

Okay so I bought one brand new, body only, was this or the sony a7cii, have I made the right choice? ( will probably get the FX 33MM 1.4

As X-h2 owner this video is a bit frustrating because it's true. I missed on a Party 90% focus because of wrong settings (AF-c release priority and large AF in combo with slow shutter speed). It was my fault but it was frustrating. I shoot mostly every x camera but also fast Sonys e.g. A6700, which Focus is much better. After this video I will sell my Fuji X-h2 and buy a Nikon Zf or Z8 instead. Thx for your long term review and honest opinion 👍

Thank you for being honest and really showing the issues you experienced. ❤

I own Fuji Xt4, XH2, and Canon R5C. The auto focus on the Fuji system is a pain. I have to constantly tell the Fuji where to focus and how to focus. With Canon, I didn't even touch the auto-focus setting. For every 1 pic I can take on Fuji, I can take 5 pics on Canon.

It’s wild how far back Lexar and Fuji haven’t played well together. They might as well put it on the camera box at this point; Don’t use Lexar with Fujifilm. As someone that always has a Fuji camera in my kit, I’ve had to pretty much abandon Lexar because they’ve never worked well on any of the Fuji cameras I’ve owned - and it’s a lot of them over the years all the way back the X-E1.

I have the xt5 and xh2s.i mostly use the xh2s because of the better AF to keep up with my kid. But even the xh2s have its share of missed focuses that deeply irritates me. I'm thinking of upgrading to the nikon z6iii when it comes out,paired with the 35mm s f1.8 or maybe just go back to sony apscand pair it with the sigma 23mm f1.4, and use cobalt fuji profiles to hopefully emulate this film simulations.

I could tell you this and it happen too me in the rain with Sony, I didn’t have the seal on top where the flash is and it’s messed up my Sony A7V cuz of it and it was bad so I’m seeing you don’t have your top cover on it and maybe that’s what happen

I have had an XH2 since...Novemberish. Got it around the Black Friday sales when they were giving away the vertical grip. I like it a lot. It's not perfect, pairs well with the XH2S for event work. AF isn't perfect and I really do wish Fuji would put out another slew of firmware updates for this. The AF on Fuji has always been 50% software and 50% lens based. Stuff like the 200F2 and 90F2 are pretty good lenses but nobody buys those. Colors are great, good for studio, which is starting to push me towards a GFX100S (don't want the 50SII for AF reasons). I shoot Nikon and Fuji the XH2 line of cameras is making shoot Fuji more because they're fun. Nikon puts out a great image too though.

Tend to believe the AF issue Fuji have compared to other brand, are hardware issues. There is a reason they are fairly cheap. When keeping in camera processes to a minimum you do get better AF. I do have some issues with AF on my XH2. But find it natural, since I handheld push the exposure, IS, Iso and shutter speed in lesser ligth condition in the wood. Which I compensate with shooting several shoots on the subjects. Not all get nailed, but those that do have enough exposure without artifacts on L64. Those pictures are really stunningly great, with tact sharpnes on all the 40mp the camera have. Its a bit like walking on a knife edge with the setting, Apsc does need that ekstra exposures, when it get it you wont be able to see which format the image comes from. It will punish you fast on underexposed images with artifacts in the details. But I hardly never go out shooting on cloudy days, for the same reason. Those pictures are just a waste on the hardrive. Keeper image are shoot on well exposured sunny days. I completely happy with the camera, It does I expected it to do. The only issue I had until now was learning using the pasm dial. Since I came from an XT camera. Else I just love the XH2. How much you can crop it.

All fair points. Fuji just need to turn it up a notch or two to give it that 'working tool confidence' vs 'excellent hobbyist' vibe.

I really enjoyed your honest review. I have had the H2 with the Fuji 150-600 and use for wildlife. The reason I chose the H2 over the H2s was I wanted the additional megapixels for cropping. I have the same autofocus issues that you mentioned as well. Overall though, I love this combo.

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ALWAYS! ALWAYS!! keep your flash hot shoe covered when not using it, PERIOD!! ALL cameras! But especially when out in moist or super dusty areas! first thing I saw was the XH2 was without a hot shoe cover, and the next section of vid showing the Canon out in sprinkles or rain, and it had a shoe cover on it.

Got the XH-2, I was a Nikon hobbyist shooter before. I know very well the limitations you soundly described in this long term review. I confirm the Lexar SD Card dislike the XH-2 or the other way around ? Prograde CF Express Card are a little cheaper than other brands and works perfectly with this camera. Overall I love the colors, the skin tones, reminds me of Nikon D700 I used to have almost 2 decades ago. The photos are not dull, nor clinically correct, they show things differently very hard to describe, maybe there is a cinematographic look & feel in there that talk directly to the heart ? I was very reluctant to get this camera because it has so much megapixels but in the long run it turned to be a mind-blowing feature to me because with one lens I can have a macro lens (almost) and a powerful telephoto lens by cropping in post and still retaining enough pixels for larger prints. I found the XH-2 very good in low light as good as my old Nikon D750 at least which have half the pixels ! The IBIS is very efficient I can shoot as slow as 0.25 sec handheld and get perfectly focused shots, I believe I will never go back to a camera without this feature built-in. The auto-focus is on par with autofocus in older DSLR and since I don't get paid for my shots I really don't mind losing some shots, choosing lenses with fast linear motors makes also a big difference in that department. I wish also it had the build quality of a pro Nikon body but at that price I don't see how that could be possible given that the XH-2 has all the features a modern camera could offer. I sometimes shoot on film but exclusively on Nikon cameras from the eighties, I like the thrill of shooting evanescent streets events and not knowing immediately if I got it right ! Great review Kevin thx for sharing !

damn i have taken my fuji xt4 in so many downpours lol like big time heavy rain together with the 50-140 and no bag on me I was traveling and got caught by surprise by the rain,.. also a bit stupid of course for leaving the bag but okay, but the camera always kept working.. sad to hear that the xh2 dies after some rain. would have expect that that one is more heavy duty lol

With phones now almost able to replicate FF DOF with software. A photographer can't rely on DOF to look "professional " more photography fundamentals must be used. The only real advantage of FF is the DOF (creamy bokeh ). I do belive APSC sensors will prevail .

It's an almost perfect camera, main flaw is still the auto focus, though it has been improved greatly but still not on par with Sony. Another disadvantage is the lack of compatibility support for ronin equipments - they outright skipped gimbal support for XH2 and only provided compatibility for XH2s.

try LEXAR 1800 they are so cheap now

As someone who has switched from Fuji X-T5 to Sony A7IV, for professional work its just on another level. The speed at which I can take shots because I completely forget that AF is even a thing makes workflow much better. Also the files have much less noise at higher ISO and I can push shadows super well in post-production which is very important for natural light shoots indoors.

Ouch... sorry for your loss due to improper weather sealing. I'm now considering myself lucky that I haven't gone the H2 way myself as here in Finland it rains / snows a LOT. Hope my newly-acquired Pana S5 II fares better - at least, no damage due to rain so far :)

I hope Fujifilm will never ever close the shutter to “protect” glass cover plate and destroy the shutter.

You have me moving away from Nikon to Canon. The glass frustration is outweighing the general good value and consistency of Canon. No, I'm not opening a can of worms with Fuji unless I become obsessed with medium format. I hope I don't re-finance my house on a Hasselblad.

Blahs Blahs Blahs. I have no issues with all my 3 fujis. XH2 + GFX50S2 + XT5.

Lexar card are bad, poor quality control

for 2 grand it´s not on par with the competition - Fuji colors... :) well it´s irrelevant theese days - They all have great color - AF feels antient and freezing of the cam was exactly why I went back to Sony - Sony is a pro machine compared - sorry Fuji I tryed one more time - I might come back one day when you have a AF sys from this century :) Pro tip hire a guy from Sony in your AF department

I stopped watching when he said you need 5 button presses to format the card 👎

I don't understand, you listed a thousand flaws and then said it's your favourite camera. Just for the colours of the jpgs? this is meant to be a professional camera, at least it's what it looks like and for the price point. It's supposed to offer more than nice jpgs.