DRPreview just published their Fujifilm X-H1 review and it gets the silver award with a 86% score. It’s as usual a long and in depth review, so I will share just some highlights from the conclusions:

Overall Conclusion:

The X-H1 is, in many ways, an excellent camera: adaptable to a wide range of photographic challenges and with most of the tools you’d need to shoot excellent video. It brings stabilization and video improvements over the Gold-winning X-T2, along with the kind of ‘big camera’ ergonomics that some photographers love. However, all of this comes at a price, both financially and in terms of size.

If you already have a number of X mount lenses, the X-H1 is the most capable camera you can mount them on. Its performance is as solid as its construction feels and the addition of stabilization will be appealing. It’s also well worth considering as a stills/video hybrid, if you haven’t yet picked a system. However, given how good some of its competition is at this point in the market, we can’t wholeheartedly recommend it in the way we would with the X-T2, which means it earns a Silver Award.

Image Quality:

The X-H1’s image quality is a match for the X-T2, with perhaps a few tweaks having been made to the JPEG noise reduction at high ISOs. The Raw results are similarly impressive, with low noise levels and plenty of detail being captured. Dynamic range is also good: a little behind the very best of its APS-C peers but still sufficient to give plenty of processing flexibility. As always, the standout feature for Fujifilm is the JPEG engine that provides an extensive series of well-judged color modes that provide interesting creative choices.

Autofocus:

The X-H1 can be a highly competent performer in terms of autofocus and is able to both focus and subject track effectively. However, there are some significant caveats. Face detection isn’t very consistent and subject tracking often fails if the subject as allowed to move beyond the central, phase-detection region of the sensor. […] Overall, though, paired with a fast-focusing lens, the X-H1 is able to autofocus sufficiently quickly and reliably to be used for a wide variety of shooting situations.

Video:

The X-H1’s video quality is very good, with very good levels of detail capture and reasonably well-controlled rolling shutter. […] The 200Mbps footage looks very good when lined up against almost anything else

Make sure to read the whole review at DPReivew here.

Fujifilm X-H1: BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama, Focuscamera
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Fujinon XC 15-45mm

The official “shipping embargo” ends tomorrow, and finally BHphoto, AmazonUS and Adorama will start delivering Fuji’s smallest zoom lens, the XC 15-45mm F3.5-5.6 PZ OIS.

The XC15-45 is an interesting option for those of us, who’d like to travel as light as possible, but do want to keep the flexibility a zoom lens offers.

The Fujinon internal competitor of the XC15-45 is the XF 18-55 (the XC16-50 will probably be discontinued).

Having 3mm more at the wide end can make the difference especially for landscape photography. I personally applaud Fuji’s decision to go wider (15mm) and sacrifice a bit of reach at the long end.

True, the XC15-45 won’t be able to keep up optically with the XF18-55 and it is also a slower lens, but these are inevitable tradeoffs for a lens, the XC15-45, that is about half the size of the XF18-55.

It remains to see how well it performs optically, and we now have the first review at photographyblog. Their conclusions:

What we do know about Fujifilm’s lenses, even the budget-friendly ones, is that we can expect very good image quality. The Fujinon XC 15-45mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS PZ lens is no exception. Paired with the Fujifilm X-A5, we have been able to make images with wonderful clarity.

Fine and complex detail is handled and reproduced very well for such a compact and affordable lens. Usually kit lenses are below par, not so here.

All in all, the handling of the lens is average. Really, it’s to be expected of a lens at this level and price point. With an unmarked electronic zoom, it’s more friendly to filmmakers than photographers.

What is clearly the champion feature is its diminutive size and weight, and for that reason alone we expect the lens to be very popular.

Yet, what may get overlooked is how much wider this lens is than many other kit lenses. If you are into landscape photography, then the lens’ 23mm wide setting will be very accommodating.

Bottom line; the Fujinon XC 15-45mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS PZ could handle better, but it is compact, it is light, it has a wider angle of view than most kit lenses and creates very sharp images indeed.

So overall a nice little lens, that performs better than comparable kit lenses of other manufacturers.

Fujinon XC 15-45: BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama
Fujifilm X-A5: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS

Fujifilm GFX 50s Complete Review at mirrorlessons

Fujifilm GFX

It’s high time for another Fujifilm GFX 50S roundup… and it’s a massive one :)

The Nikon D850 Vs. Fujifilm GFX 50S comparison makes the start (by camerajabber), and even though the Nikon D850 has for sure a fantastic image quality, the Fujifilm GFX 50S is even better. Of course it’s up to each one of you to decide, if the IQ improvement is enough for you to decide to go with the Fujifilm GFX 50S.

And always keep in mind, that the Fujinon GF lenses underperform on the Fujifilm GFX 50S, since Fujifilm officially said they are designed for 100 megapixel resolution. This means they will express their full potential only in the Fujifilm GFX 100S, which will come in 2019 earliest.

So now the roundup, from the D850 to the GFX, from lens reviews to the techart smart adapter… there is a lot to read for Fujifilm GFX 50S fans :)

Nikon D850 vs Fujifilm GFX 50S: Image Quality Comparison at camerajabber

Techart Adapter + Cambo Actus + Adapted Lenses

• Fuji GFX 50s With Techart Adapter – GF 110mm f2 vs Sigma 85mm Art at Sonder Creative Youtube
• Fuji GFX With Techart Adapter and Canon Tilt Shift Lenses Review at Sonder Creative Youtube
• In the following video Nathan unboxes and then show an example stack image set from the Cambo Actus Mini, GFX50s, Schneider 120mm F/5,6 APO Macro Digitar, and Cognisys at Fauxtaku Lounge Youtube
• Fujifilm GFX with M42 – Yashinon 50mm 1.9 at glyons

GFX Review & Comparisons

• A Longterm Review of the GFX 50s: Living With Fuji’s Medium Format Camera at fstoppers
• Ultimate Street Battle: X-E3 vs GFX 50S at fujilove

Lens Review

• Lens Review: Fujifilm GF 110mm F2 R WR (Fujifilm GF) at thephoblographer
• Lens Review: Fujifilm GF 23mm F4 R WR (Fujifilm GF) at thephoblographer
• Lens Review: Fujifilm GF 32-64mm f4 R LM WR at thephoblographer
• Review: Fujifilm GF 45mm f2.8 R WR (Fujifilm GF) at thephoblographer
• GF 45mm Review at photographyblog
• Fujifilm GF 45mm f/2.8 R WR Field Test: 35mm-equivalent prime lens delivers fantastic sharpness at imaging-resource
• Simple Objects – A test of the GF 110mm f2 R LM WR Lens by Kevin Mullins at f16.click
• Fujifilm GF 63mm F/2,8: The prettiest lens I don’t use at ohm-image

GFX at Work & on Field

• My images on Tashi Delek, inflight Magazine of Drukair (official airline for Bhutan) using Fujifilm Cameras at williamchua
• Iceworld Shot with the GFX 50S and GF 120mm f/4 OIS R WR at laroquephoto
• Fuerteventura – The Great Adventure at glyons
• Fez in Photos | Morocco with Fuji GFX50s, the X100F and the X-T2 at danielkorzeniewskiphoto
• Rocky Mountain High • Crested Butte, Colorado with Fuji GFX 50s and Fujinon GF 32-64 f4 at roberthclarkphotography

Promotional & Magnum Project

• GFX Mashup: Jessica Wikström x Profoto at FUJIFILM Global youtube
• GFX Mash Up Rafa Marrodán x AMKK at FUJIFILM Global youtube
• Magnum Photographs with Hurn, Home and Fujifilm at petetakespictures
• Making of HOME Part1: Book Design – HOME Project Magnum Photos at Home Magnum Youtube
• Making of HOME Part3: Photo Exhibition- HOME Project Magnum at Home Magnum Youtube

Technical Tests

• Fuji 45/2.8 focus shift and autofocus accuracy at blog.kasson
• Manual focusing strategies for the Fuji 45/2.8 at blog.kasson
• Stopped-down manual focusing with the GFX-50S at blog.kasson
• Fuji 110/2 focus shift and autofocus accuracy at blog.kasson
• Fuji 63/2.8 focus shift and autofocus accuracy at blog.kasson
• Fuji GFX 50S AF accuracy restated at blog.kasson
• Fuji 32-64/4 at 64 mm focus shift and autofocus accuracy at blog.kasson
• Fuji 32-64/4 at 32 mm focus shift and autofocus accuracy at blog.kasson
• Fuji 32-64/4 at 44 mm focus shift and autofocus accuracy at blog.kasson

& More

• Take better Engagement Photos & Get Published! Featuring the Fujifilm GFX50s at Sierra Creative Youtube
• Unraveling the FUJIFILM GFX: Creating with a Purpose at thephoblographer

Fujifilm GFX 50S + GF lens (save $1,000): BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS

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Intro

In the last months here on FujiRumors I did work harder than ever before, slept 3 or 4 hours max. for entire weeks, had no spare time, canceled my flight to Cambodia to meet the kids at KNGO, the project we support here on FujiRumors because of the X-H1 announcement, drunk a lot of coffee, and dedicated heart and soul to give you guys the best Fujifilm X-H1 coverage I can.

At the same time, I replied to something like 30 to 50 emails and personal messages a day, and many of them are from fellow X shooters, who would like to be featured on FujiRumors.

I apologize if this time it took longer to feature you, but the Fujifilm X-H1 buzz just made it hard to share mixed zones.

So today’s mixed zone is massive, and yet it is just about a fraction of the content people asked me to share. I will share the rest in future mixed zone episodes, catalogued in a way that it makes sense. And since we had so much to talk about the Fujifilm X-H1 in these months, I will keep this one 100% X-H1 free :)

Also, there are a few guest posts in the pipeline, which I will also share, and I apologize if it all takes so long.

With that said, below is some content you might want to check out.