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1 hour ago, jonpais said:

Still no word on zebras? 

no zebras, just blinking highlight warning

the dude from the first video said in his review, that he doesn‘t do video, he just put the camera in video mode and let it record. Probably with very short shutter times, that‘s the way photographers do video 

12 stops when recording with eterna film simulation and dynamic range optimization. Eterna LUT for Flog. Wondering about Flog dynamic range. Since the non log is 12 stops, it might be 13 stops

nearly all settings are now possible to be set seperatly for video. Also new shutter speeds like 1/24s, 1/48s and so on. 

it really looks very nice! Footage out of the X-T2 was gorgeous, with the X-H1 we get very nice controls and IBIS. I guess for 4K 60p and 10bit it will need a new sensor

Thecamerastore is said to have had a prototype for quite some time and having shoot a short film on it. Looking forward to all the coverage

6 hours ago, mercer said:

@jonpais And yet your best footage posted on this forum was shot with a Fuji... those bastards and their lack of zebras. ?

There is now a highlight control blinking feature on the X-T2. I guess the X-H1 will get it too?

3 hours ago, IronFilm said:

Would be surprised if there is another stills camera with full size HDMI released this year (other than the GH series, which has already happened). 

It does not have one

4 hours ago, TARS said:

Are the majority of Fuji lenses good for video? My girlfriend shoots on an X-T1 and I noticed when I took a picture with the 35mm f2 WR that it breathes like crazy.

I'm definitely intrigued by the X-H1 because we're kicking around the idea of switching to the same camera system to save weight for travelling.

No. They are ok, but focus by wire isn't ideal in general. Most zooms breath, the primes are fine. Optical quality is very nice and they all offer a similar look. 

But Fuji will also release two cine lenses, the mk 18-55mm t/2.9 and the 50-135mm t/2.9 both of which are more or less parfocal with no focus breathing and offer a few other nice features.

And of course there are a lot of manual lenses you can use. And there are also Canon EF smartadapters as well as a EF smart speedbooster coming in the near future so I would say there are more than enough lenses available. 

2 hours ago, etidona said:

Well if the purpose of this cam is to compete with the GH5 i'm afraid they must try again: 

-photo quality in good light: about the same, given 20vs24 mp is not that much of a difference. maybe a little advantace in bit depht, but that affect only a small percentage of photos.

-video quality: gh5 wins in every departmen except maybe extreme low light

-grip: gh5 wins

-controls: gh5 wins

-connectivity: gh5 wins

-recording time, overheating, continuous rec: gh5 is king

-lenses: gh5 wins with leica and olympus pro, subjiective i know but that's my preference.

-extreme low light and autofocus may be the only two areas where fuji could have an advantage.

That doesen't seem like a great attemps to compete. IMO they shuld've done something more both in video and in photo department: more mpixel, better body, internal ND filter maybe or something else useful other manufacturer don't have.

As others, I have to disagree. The photo quality of the X-T2 is way ahead of the GH5, so will be the X-H1

video quality? depends on what you want. I wouldn't declare a winner

Grip? If the X-H1 has the same as the GFX I'd say that might be one of the best grips ever. But people have different preferences

Controls: Again, different preferences.

But overall I think the GH5 is a more videocentric camera, while the X-H1 is aimed at photographers who also do video work. 

On 12/27/2016 at 1:24 PM, jonpais said:

Just a simple question: why is it that every Fuji owner recommends the fastest primes, like the 56mm f/1.2 and the rest, saying they are brilliant from wide open, when MTF charts show this is clearly not so? 

The MTFs (http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/x/fujinon_lens_xf56mmf12_r/specifications/) show that it's a very good lens already wide open. The optical design is interesting too. 

On 12/27/2016 at 1:43 PM, jonpais said:

@fuzzynormal Some fast primes reach miraculous levels of resolution when stopped down a touch, but the Fujis need to be stopped down a lot to reach their full potential.

I would say that most Fuji lenses are very good wide open and get incredibly sharp stopped down. 

For me personally Fuji lenses have reached the point, where I don't use the aperture for sharpness control but only for depth of field. There is always enough sharpness. 

From DPReview

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The touchscreen is solely used to set the AF point with no option to control settings or navigate the menus.

 However, the camera won't touch-and-track in video mode: only the older 'Center Lock-On AF' system that locks onto the subject at the center of the frame is available.

9 hours ago, dsp_418 said:

You're right, it seems the firmware used was 1.35, whereas the latest should be 1.42.

lastest should show 1.00 since it's production ready. (1.35 was beta) 

officially 10 min is the maximum you will be able to do in one piece without battery grip. In practice you will probably be able to shoot a couple of 10 min clips, as long as you are not in the Sahara and direct sunlight. (from what I have seen/heard with the battery grip you can run as long as the SD cards/batteries allow. Clips will be limited to 30 min) 

20 hours ago, dsp_418 said:

New video after firmware update

after firmware update is before firmware update (that one is old again ^^ )

6 hours ago, veraguth said:

It just make me like the A7sII/A7Rii, 4k in full frame

Does the A7RII record full sensor readout yet? 

4 hours ago, veraguth said:

Only the fuji 35mm 1.4, which is about the same size of the 55mm 1.8.

I don't know what exactly "same size" means to you...

http://camerasize.com/compact/#679.408,624.395,ha,t

17 minutes ago, Steve M. said:

Should work? Well, they don't work in the Xpro2, so it woudn't surprise me if the aren't enabled, as that hasn't been confirmed one way or another that I've heard of.

"However, If you don’t want to do too much post production then you have the option to use all of Fujifilm’s Film Simulation modes, and unlike previous Fujifilm cameras you can fine tune the colour settings when shooting video." from http://www.thevideomode.com/news/fuji-xt2-video-4k-2938/

7 hours ago, MattH said:

Damn. Well perhaps if Fuji receive feedback that this will cost them a lot of sales they may make a change to the firmware.  

Yes. The most important thing is, that all the hardware is available. (fast sensor and processor, Mic in, Headphone jack). 

But I agree, seeing F-Log for internal recording would be nice and if Fuji continues it's Firmware policy and listening to customers, I think they could/will add this. However they have to hear that customers want it. Just write to Fuji, they tend to listen 

5 hours ago, Steve M. said:

What isn't mentioned in any post I've read on the X-T2 is whether the image tweaks are enabled for video, they aren't on the Xpro2, which would make a huge difference in off-setting the simulations.

Highlight, Shadow, Sharpness and Color should work for video too, don't know about Noise reduction. 

51 minutes ago, John Matthews said:

no overheating(?), who knows? BUT Rolling shutter (how bad?), aliasing (know for this?), bad moiré (known for this?), who knows?

I was told, that overheating, aliasing and moiré were the things they were looking at the most when developing the camera. That's why there is this new battery. With vertical grip it should record until the batteries in the grip are dead without overheating (of course at 29:59 it will stop and you have to restart).

Aliasing and moiré (as said) were the main concerns when it came to image quality. Really looking forward to how it will perform in real life.

About rs: <30ms, but that's still very noticeable 

Grip has a joystick too for still shooters. It also got a second battery slot, the headphone jack and a 9V input (to run in nonstop). You can also charge the batteries with that 9V in the camera/grip. 

here is some behind the scenes footage. Seems like they only used AF or manual focus (on those first party focus by wire lenses) 

1 hour ago, Viet Bach Bui said:

When the A6300 overheats at 10min it's total crap. When Fuji does it it's brilliant because it can be increased to 30min with a grip, nevermind the fact that one can be used on the A6300 for the same effect

I think it makes a difference, if a manufacturer tells you, that the camera is good for 30min recording, and then (after 10, sometimes even less) minutes it overheats or if one tells you: "10 minutes, that's it" and you really get those 10 minutes everytime

From what I have heard, Fuji did a lot to get the heat down. Those new batteries are one of the things. (A bigger heatpipe is another). What I have heard too: they are not opposed to add more video funcionality with firmware updates, if people really use the camera for video.

4K is not full sensor, it's a mild crop (something like 5K). That way they could get 24, 25 and 30p at the same crop and not have another crop for 30p. Furthermore it reduces rolling shutter (should be below 30ms, which still is a lot, but better than A6300 and some others) 

6K readout to 4K, 4K30p, flat profile (log?!), Mic in and Headphone jack, HDMI output (4:2:2) and external recording. Oh, it's happening! 

6 hours ago, John Matthews said:

Is it possible that Sony's e-mount was originally made for APS-C,

Yes. It was designed when Sony thought mirrorless should be small and compact and thus APS-C is enough. Fitting a full frame sensor behind that mount was both stupid and a engineering masterpiece. 

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Why isn't Sony producing wide, fast lenses for the mount, ones that don't have a massive flange? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think they can.

I think they could, but lenses would get even bigger. The small flange distance and the tiny mount diameter are giving the lens designers a really hard time. 

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Also, don't they need a bigger mount for the IBIS? That sensor needs to move around in there.

Yes. And IBIS does of course affect image quality. Very likely it's electronically corrected and people just don't care. Image quality from µFT, APS-C and full frame is more than good enough, so why even bother searching for the problems?

3 hours ago, sanveer said:

There may be many reasons why the Sont Lenses are Huge.

To begin with they resolve more pixels per sq cm of lens surface area.

Lol. No. Those G Masters are just in the same league as others (Nikkor, Canon, Zuiko, Fujinon have been for quite some time. And when it comes to aspherical lenses, Panasonic is extremely good too) 

@Andrew Reid

finally someone telling the truth how the industry works. Thanks for that!

But I think you are wrong on one little detail (that has nothing to do with the rest). The removal of the video Button on the X-T2 prototype probably point to the video mode becoming more important. Why is that?!

Because we already know it should do 4K. Fuji managers have said as much. And then there is the technical detail, that somehow everyone missed on the internet: there is another setting on the mode dial (the dial beneath the ISO dial). I am pretty sure that this is the Video mode. 

Making video a mode and not a button you press to start and stopp, gives more freedom. You could change some video settings before starting (probably with the release button). 

Of course this is speculation, but I am pretty sure it will happen in a similar way

33 minutes ago, Mattias Burling said:

Download the clips from fuzz, loads of info in the shadows when corrected.

Yeah - crushed blacks surely was the wrong wording.

I'd love to see a few more clips too! 

The footage from the X-Pro2 (from the bit I have seen yet) looks really good and colors are gorgeous. 

Only problem seems to be, that the black are crushed rather heavily. 

That it will do 4K seems certain. Guess we will see it do similar things as the A6300 does (6K readout downsampled to 4K). This probably means, that we will also see similar rolling shutter. 

I hope they improve on the usability. A log profile wouldn't be the most important thing for me, what I would really love to see are the JPG settings also working in video. 

Hopefully we also see AF in video.