DPRTV Fujifilm X-T4 Review: “One of the Best Hybrid Cameras, But if You are a Video Shooter, Maybe Wait for Fujifilm X-H2”

June 6, 2020
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DPReviewTV published their Fujifilm X-T4 review.

Down below the video and the summary for those, who don’t have time right now to watch it all.

some people say that X-T4 is not a worthy upgrade to X-T3, but Jordan and Chris do not agree with that
autofocus is incredibly robust. Face and eye detection work fantastic
new tracking interface, with a single box that can follow the subject you chose [FujiRumors described it here]
tracking interface is by far nicer than any other Fujifilm camera
in single AF, you can lock the focus on a subject, recompose (the camera stays locked on your subject) and then you take the image. Works great
in continuous AF, the hit rate is decent, but there are a few misses. It’s not bad performance, but Canon and Sony have better continuous tracking autofocus. Also, might get confused if there are similar colors in the frame
overall X-T4 autofocus is very high end and usable
one of the nicest shutters he ever used. Super silent, stable, you don’t really feel it
Body has a perfect weight for hand-holding it
15 fps mechanical
X-T4 IBIS is smaller and lighter than X-H1
with X-T4 and XF90mmF2, he was able to get down at 1/4th or 1/5th of a second and get usable results. That puts it up there with lots of the micro four thirds systems
X-T4 IBIS beats the Sony A6000 system IBIS
26MP X-Trans sensor, he wonders why it is not used by other brands in APS-C cameras, as this is the best APS-C sensor they have come across
he loves the fully articulating screen
Jordan says the X-T3 already gave him his favorite video image out of any APS-C camera without having to go to a dedicated high-end video camera
X-T4 rectifies most of the issues he had with X-T3: bigger battery gives 2 hours of runtime and it has IBIS
if you shoot locked-off, there is a boost mode that really makes it look like using a tripod (unless you shoot very long focal lengths)
IBIS can have some issue if you plan to do deliberate camera moves, like panning. It can hesitate and make movement a little bit jerky
IBIS in video not as fluid as on Panasonic cameras, but Fujifilm can fix it in firmware
X-T4 has one of Jordan’s favorite video interfaces out there
240fps slow motion image quality is noticeably worse than 120 fps, but it’s great to have the 240fps option
there is LOG assist
no headphone jack (only in the vertical grip), but you can use USB-C to adapt the headphone jack
for photographers, who shoot video quite often, the X-T4 is one of the best bodies out there
if you are a dedicated video shooter, it might be worth to wait for a Fujifilm X-H2 that has a headphone jack, some more assist tools like an XLR adapter
Jordan thinks that an X-H2 is on the horizon
Fujifilm took one of the best cameras on the market (X-T3) and fixed a lot of issues that that camera had remaining
if the X-T4 had the autofocus of Sony or Canon, it would be the undisputed king of APS-C cameras
would be great if Fujifilm would move the autofocus tracking interface of X-T4 via firmware to X-T3

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