Released within months of each other, at similar prices, the Panasonic GH6 and Fujifilm X-H2S are some of the most compelling mirrorless cameras available for video shooters. Jordan Drake takes you through the strengths and weaknesses of these outstanding cameras.
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Fujifilm won* seven “Red Dot: Brands & Communication Design 2022” Awards.
Well paid, Fujifilm!
*LOL
** Yes, I know that the more these awards companies give away awards, the more they will get money from other companies to promote their products using their logo. But I am 100% sure that these award companies refuse to earn more money by giving away more licenses and prefer to make a super tough selection, make less money and make a honest service to customers who trust those logos.
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You might remember when back in July we told you that the Fujifilm X-T5 won’t have the vertical battery grip option, making it the first Fujifilm X-T camera ever without one (the X-T1 was the first Fujifilm X camera ever to even offer a vertical battery grip, the VG-XT1).
For 76% of you guys the lack of battery grip is not a dealbreaker, but there is still a respectable 24% of potential X-T5 buyers, who would not buy the X-T5 because of that.
For those 24% the hope was high that the rumor is wrong, given the fact that it came from a new source.
However, we can now confirm by trusted sources, that the Fujifilm X-T5 will indeed have no vertical battery grip option.
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For your convenience, here are all the rumored Fujifilm X-H2 specs available on the internet (and 100% of those rumored specs have been leaked by FujiRumors ;)).
Fujifilm X-H2
Keep in mind that, since it uses the exactly same body of it’s faster brother, the Fujifilm X-H2S, many specs not listed here can be figured out by looking at the X-H2S.
So for example we know it will take one CFexpress Type B and one UHS-II card, it will have a wonderful EVF, a PSAM dial, fully articulating screen and what more.
Also, it will obviously have the same AF tracking features of the Fujifilm X-H2S, so subject/animal tracking will also be on the X-H2.
The list above mainly focuses on the differences between the Fujifilm X-H2S and the Fujifilm X-H2.
And keep in mind, the X-H2 and X-T5 will share the same core specs (sensor and processor), so I’d not be surprised to see quite of those specs come also to the X-T5. For example, I’d expect the Fujifilm X-T5 to have base ISO 125, improved ISO performance and I hope also pixel shift and 8K video (although this is just a wish of mine, not at all a rumor, so please don’t sh*tstorm on me if the X-T5 does not have that).
In any case it is worth also for X-T line lovers to follow the X-H2 rumors, as the X-T5 might encapsulate lots (hopefull all) of the goodness the X-H2 will unveil on September 8.
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When I shared the rumor of the Fujifilm X-H2 having base ISO125, there were complaints of people saying that other brands offer base ISO100 or even ISO64.
But maybe we should not moan (for now), and I will try to explain why.
CIPA, the technical association of the Japanese camera industry, introduced in 2006 two new measures of the sensitivity of a digital camera, recommended for use instead of the ISO speed rating. They are standard output sensitivity (SOS) and recommended exposure index (REI).
So two different standards: ISO SOS and ISO REI.
Companies like Canon, Sony and Nikon use REI standard, whereas companies like Fujifilm, Pentax and Olympus use SOS standard.
ISO SOS is considered more objective. ISO REI gives more “freedom” to the camera manufacturer (hence it is considered less objective).
Standard output sensitivity (SOS) is an objective measure defined in essentially the same fashion as ISO speed (for one of the two bases of ISO speed), but which normally will have a value about 0.71 of the ISO speed.
Recommended exposure index (REI) is the value the camera manufacturer recommends be used as the exposure index setting. It is not specified to be determined in any specific objective way, but may be chosen empirically to give what the manufacturer feels will be the best exposure results for most users in most cases*.
You can go through all the technicalities yourself in the document linked below.
But what it means in short is that you can’t really compare ISO125 on a Fujifilm camera with ISO125 on a Nikon/Canon/Sony camera.
Will ISO125 be more comparable to ISO64 on Nikon as some say in the comments here on FujiRumors?
Well, I don’t know that.
But what I know is that on September 8th at 2PM New York time we will know a lot more about how well ISO125 on the X-H2 performs (starting from the improved low/high ISO performance).
*source – New Measures of the Sensitivity of a Digital Camera – Douglas A. Kerr, P.E. (dougkerr)
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RAW Power added support for Fujifilm X-H2S.
RAW Power is an App that brings Aperture style interface and functions to Mac Photos (it can also run as standalone). Above you can see an image I took and that I tweaked using RAW Power directly in my Photos App.
You can open RAW power and edit within the Photos App by clicking “edit” in the Photos App, then click the three little dots and select RAW Power (image instruction here)
We have covered the App in the past:
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According to trusted information we have received, the Fujifilm X-H2 will have 13 stops of video dynamic range.
The Fujifilm X-H2S is better in this regard, as it offers 14+ stops of video dynamic range.
When it comes to stills, we confirm that Fujifilm will market the X-H2 as having improved low/high ISO performance. We remind you that the base ISO of the X-H2 will be ISO125.
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Now, we already told you 1+ years ago, back in April 2021, that the Fujifilm X-H2 will shoot 8K video.
We can now tell you that it will shoot a maximum of 8K/30p.
If I am not wrong, the only mirroless camera that can shoot 8K/60p is the Nikon Z9. [update: as I have been informed in the comments, also Canon EOS R5c can shoot 8K60p]
We remind you that we already know the price of the Fujifilm X-H2, that FujiRumors has leaked here.
As a reference to other 8K cameras:
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The Fujinon XF150-600mm f/5.6-8 is now in stock also at BHphoto here and you can still find some samples at Amazon US here and Adorama here.
It is not yet available at Moment and Focuscamera.
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