bigfried

I just bought the X-H1 in Barcelona whilst I'm taking a break, and I am more impressed with it so far than I thought I would be.
I'd say it is a genuine alternative to the GH5 and A7 III, given the similar prices of all 3.
It does things the Panasonic and Sony don't do as well, or differently enough to make you have a strong personal preference for one or the other.
First of all, the small things... You can assign 1/48 shutter for 180 deg to "T" on the shutter mode dial. Instantly go from auto to 1/48 in the blink of an eye. Very useful.
The e-ink top-display is very useful and something the GH5 and Sonys lack!
One of the bigger things is the quality of the stabilisation.
It's insane. I actually think it might even be better than Oly/Pana. Steady handheld shots are almost completely locked-down as if on a tripod. Even walking glides are perfectly doable. Slider-style moves with your arm come out well.
This is one area where it is FAR superior to the Sony cameras, and it has a larger sensor than GH5 yet possibly even better 5 axis.... THAT is unique.
F-LOG and Eterna seem superb... I am not missing 10bit. Skintones, codec, all very good especially at 200Mbit which is insanely high for an IPB codec. Would be nice to have an ALL-I option but I have a feeling Fuji will do a BIG firmware update in future.
The EVF I think is superior to the Panasonic and Sony side.
I dare say the AF is better than the GH5 too, though not as good as A7 III / A7R III.
The tiny Fuji primes are wonderful, esp. 23mm F2 WR and the 35mm F1.4.
It is very responsive... recording start / stop doesn't have any lag or weirdness.
I still dislike that movie-mode is on the drive mode lever, it should be a single button press to toggle between movie and stills mode. Firmware?
Stills side is stronger than GH5. The mechanical shutter is the best I have ever had in anything. So quiet and dampened. Mega satisfying! Of course, larger sensor than GH5 and better JPEG colours (Fuji film simulations).
I wish the further X-T2 style crop in 4K was not a thing... but it's no biggie, and there's Speed Booster for X-Mount.
I wish the quality of the 1080/120fps was a little better... but it's a very nice creative tool. Plus you can access it instantly through a func. button.
On paper, A7 III and GH5 are better.
In reality.... it's game on.

Despite several attempts at peace, humor, relating, conceding.
I just had a fucking talk with my 13 year old child about a contingency plan if someone comes into his school and starts shooting it up. He is scared as hell. Can you blame him?
This is not a conversation a parent living in 2018 in the U.S. should be having with their child, and then you have otherwise sensible people here getting worked up over a stupid object, that has a tiny bit less of this, or a tiny bit more of this. Really? 
This thread needed some perspective a long time ago. 

YES! This is so obvious, crazy purple fringing and blown highlights ruining most shots! Everyone is saying this is so great but to me it looks awful. I have just received my X-T2, its sitting in its box at home and I'm not sure whether to rush back and rip it open and get shooting or send it back and swap for a Sony A7ii, Sony 6300 or keep my Lumix GX80. This is good timing for Andrew to review the X-T" but that video has left me with real doubts.
 
Is it just due to the 1.2 lens wide open and grading or is there a real problem with this camera?
 
 

Venice looked nice. Curious what lens is producing all that chromatic aberration though.. it was pretty horrendous in a lot of those shots. Like if I was trying to teach someone what chromatic aberrations look like, I'd probably just have them watch the first minute of your video.
like damn if that's not pretty distracting 

Nice video. I noted 2 things though:
1. Crazy amounts of purple and green chromatic aberrations.
2. Strange motion cadence... I could see the frames. Possibly due to shutter speed choice? Most notably seen on the first shot of the gondola coming our from a bridge.

RX100 IV - 1080 at 100mbsp - flat profiles, stabilized.

RX100 IV - 1080 at 100mbsp - flat profiles, stabilized.

warning - this is not nice to watch...
 
 
 

heres the link for more info  : 
https://vimeo.com/167441134
 
Shot with the Panasonic Lumix GX80 / GX85 while testing it for hybridcams.fr
Handheld + Stabilisation applied in post
4K UHD - 24p - MP4
Panasonic 12-35 mm f/2.8 | Panasonic 35-100 mm F2.8 | Panasonic 100-400 mm F/4.0-6.3
 
 
 

heres the link for more info  : 
https://vimeo.com/167441134
 
Shot with the Panasonic Lumix GX80 / GX85 while testing it for hybridcams.fr
Handheld + Stabilisation applied in post
4K UHD - 24p - MP4
Panasonic 12-35 mm f/2.8 | Panasonic 35-100 mm F2.8 | Panasonic 100-400 mm F/4.0-6.3
 
 
 

heres the link for more info  : 
https://vimeo.com/167441134
 
Shot with the Panasonic Lumix GX80 / GX85 while testing it for hybridcams.fr
Handheld + Stabilisation applied in post
4K UHD - 24p - MP4
Panasonic 12-35 mm f/2.8 | Panasonic 35-100 mm F2.8 | Panasonic 100-400 mm F/4.0-6.3
 
 
 

heres the link for more info  : 
https://vimeo.com/167441134
 
Shot with the Panasonic Lumix GX80 / GX85 while testing it for hybridcams.fr
Handheld + Stabilisation applied in post
4K UHD - 24p - MP4
Panasonic 12-35 mm f/2.8 | Panasonic 35-100 mm F2.8 | Panasonic 100-400 mm F/4.0-6.3
 
 
 

Looks like there's another sample video from this guy with the GX80. Again very impressive stabilisation.
Looking to trade in a G7 and RX100 iv for this feature as it can dpo the job of both.apart for slo-mo maybe.
 
 

Looks like there's another sample video from this guy with the GX80. Again very impressive stabilisation.
Looking to trade in a G7 and RX100 iv for this feature as it can dpo the job of both.apart for slo-mo maybe.