Emanuel

@Kisaha I agree with you. But please let's not compare color science between manufacturers! IMNSO people tend to understate this important aspect of making pictures. Just sayin' : )
FF look or similar is nothing but also a full combination of lots of aspects, optics included. Add an inexpensive f/0.95 Mitakon, only as an example, and you'll have it on APS-C format as you well know it :-)

Torteloni with sausage. Had the pineapple while waiting.
And now to a productive afternoon fiddling around with a camera!

First question has to be what are you having for lunch ?

Mine arrived this morning. I've got some work to do now but I'll be playing with this after lunch if you have any questions.

I did the exact same test with a6300 SLOG2 and it was smooth before/after REC709 correction.
On your sample i can see banding on the 8 bit footage, but the bitrate is very low (16Mbps). So i would like to recreate your sequence but with Resolve > ProRes HQ, and 8 bit forced high bitrate reencode from that ProRes to h264. 
Or maybe i post my footage later

Funny. I find the above example much more interesting for the subject matter there in that picture than this whole hole this new high sensitivity offers. Not every tech aspect will really help this art and craft. Just thinking out loud here, not directly addressed to any side on discussion :-)

Well strangely enough I 'am' an economist (or have a PHD in Economics from Cambridge Uni (UK))...

I have no skin in this game, but on the Fuji camera forum I frequent a couple of people who have received their X-H1s are reporting that the AF is noticeably quicker. Obviously that's for stills - and they haven't detailed the lenses used - but I guess we shouldn't dismiss it too early. Those of us who use Fuji cams know that there is a difference similar to that between the weather in England right now and that enjoyed in the Florida Keys in AF performance between lenses.

Plenty of people do paid work with 8-bit material. I've shot a number of events and done a few cheap/free broadcast commercials. All were 8-bit, and I go back to the 5d2 in like 2008 or so. All of the spec was either 720/60p or 1080/30p and a minimum bitrate of 50mbps. I've never shot 10-bit or more outside of tinkering with a C300 and a Red a few times. Scratch that -  I had a BMPCC for awhile, so I did shoot some raw/prores. But I never did any paid work with it because the workflow didn't jive with my run-and-gun shooting style.
People keep repeating things like Netflix of BBC standards, which in most cases apply to them - not everyone. I know people that have shot stuff for Discovery, Nat geo and so on with gear below their published standards. If you're doing stuff for broadcast, then it might be an issue, but if you're shooting weddings or TV spots, its not an issue.
I never understand why people criticize specs from their own bubble. If you want a 10-bit camera, this isn't for you. If you want to shoot for 3 straight hours, this isn't the camera for you. Move on. Why keep repeating the same numbnut argument and clogging up this thread?
Back to the XH1- I absolutely love Eterna. 24p looks beautiful. I'm much more excited about this camera than the A7III. It looks like a winner. I'm looking forward to mine arriving soon.
Chris

Don't be so pessimist : ) Non-intra 200mbps should be enough to overcome eventual weak bit depth issues... :-)

Don't be so pessimist : ) Non-intra 200mbps should be enough to overcome eventual weak bit depth issues... :-)

Iso for Iso, but it looks almost funny how Yuryev's face suddenly becomes the clearest/sharpest at 1600 in GH5

Sure Matthew, if you follow my posting you'll find the same attitude, no worries : ) I mean it seriously. I had added a similar perspective inside some other paragraph meaning but you seemed to have missed it from my earlier post :-)
 
Indeed (out of likes again... this 10-likes limitation is a bitch but post count is post count :D) aside the fact these cheap devices are not exactly outside because of lack of cinematic properties despite any much more expensive tool must bring some add-on to play with, well said, I invariably much appreciate your insights too :-)

Sure Matthew, if you follow my posting you'll find the same attitude, no worries : ) I mean it seriously. I had added a similar perspective inside some other paragraph meaning but you seemed to have missed it from my earlier post :-)
 
Indeed (out of likes again... this 10-likes limitation is a bitch but post count is post count :D) aside the fact these cheap devices are not exactly outside because of lack of cinematic properties despite any much more expensive tool must bring some add-on to play with, well said, I invariably much appreciate your insights too :-)

I wouldn't say I missed it, I'm simply adding another perspective. Also, please don't ever feel targeted, I mostly speak in generalities in search of the average take away. I also don't mind being wrong. I'm too old to be worrying about my viewpoints become bigger for me than finding common ground amoung good people. I'd rather have friends than have the last word. 
I concure, and in fact think that we're already on the tip of that point right now. It's going to get real interesting. 

@Kisaha
Very nice to know, my friend, what's exactly your name? Kudos for your course of life -)
 
Any shortcomings you had noticed?
Here's some informative link on topic:
https://fujiaddict.com/2018/02/27/fujifilm-x-h1-autofocus-explained/

1. Bit rate
2. Color sampling
x. Bit depth
 
100 mbps can be short where 400mbps or 200mbps for a non-intra codec AFAIK like that one used on X-H1 can overcome further issues.
 
Here's some informative link:
https://fstoppers.com/education/can-you-see-difference-between-10-bit-and-8-bit-images-and-video-footage-166977
 
And this one endlessly posted over here before:

sample extracted from (minute 28:30):
https://vimeo.com/114978513
 

Waiting game... hehe Exactly my mood here. At least until NAB expecting Blackmagic and a7SIII entries but each day more centered on the new X-H1 toy and perhaps that GH5S too if nothing more interesting won't pop up in the meantime.

Where's Fuji in that shootout...? LOL :-)

Luckily he doesn't realize that in a Fuji thread... LOL :-)

I am surely not our good Jon but I think I can answer you on that one : )
You can mimic whatever outcome you want when you have certain features. GH5 series have all the features and many others to achieve that and beyond this. It just depends on your skills.
SOOC any Fuji is better, from their unique color science.
There's no worse, just different approach for. Depending on your needs and taste of working.
Hope this helps! (E :-)
 
haha I mentioned the camera, pal! : ) Nice to know brexit didn't pop up yet ; ) Always accurate AF? :-)

@Arikhan thanks as an ex-sony shooter i'm well aware of these fixes. fact remains that with Canikon/Fuji the skin tones look right SOOC. it really baffles me that after so many camera releases Sony still haven't perfected their overall color science and AWB (although indeed i hear A7R3 improves on this). it's the one hang-up i got with Sony.
otherwise solid specs for the price. 

That awkward moment when A9 owner realizes he spent $2500 more than he should. 

Last one sample... to my eyes extremely nicely balanced level of details, non emphatic/distractive usage of colors/contrast, in word, identical to Canon mellowness and gentleness.
I have no Vlog to compare with HLG, so I'm searching for respectable opinion, strangely how they sharply differ.
From my pretty extensive experience with Panasonic realm, I pretty firmly can advice just one - if someone search for cinematic image as I above tried to define, than using of native Panasonic lenses is highly inadvisable. Maybe with exception of Nocticron. (Maybe that's part of reason why Panasonic don't include, at least as an add-mount-offer, m43 mount as crop usage for coming raw to EVA1?)

The strong noise reduction (which can't be turned off) and terrible color separation especially between red and orange are other reasons for me not to use HLG. V-Log is way better. In terms of Luma usage both are actually pretty similar. V-Log uses full range, HLG limited range.