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]
Fujifilm is, for the first time ever, going to make pixel shift work on X-Trans cameras.
In fact, we hear from trusted sources that the 40MP Fujifilm X-H2 to be announced on September 8 at 2PM New York time will offer pixel shift multishot.
With pixel shift, the Fujifilm X-H2 will take 160 megapixel images.
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When I shared the rumor that the Fujifilm X-T5 won’t be announced during the X Summit on September 8, there was understandably quite some disappointment and some of you guys waiting for the X-T5 seem to have mostly lost any interest in the September X Summit event.
And while I can relate to that (I am also much more interested about the X-T5 rather than the X-H2), you should keep in mind that while September 8th will be mainly an event for the Fujifilm X-H2, we will learn a lot also about the Fujifilm X-T5!
And since the Fujifilm X-T5 will share the same sensor and processor of the Fujifilm X-H2, the X-T5 will perform identically to the X-H2 in many crucial areas such as:
it is unclear as of now if the X-T5 will have the same video features of the X-H2 (for example 8K video)
it is unclear if the X-T5 will have the same continuous bursts speed of X-H2
it is unclear if the X-T5 will have a selfie screen or change the screen design over X-H2
and much more…
So even for people potentially interested in the Fujifilm X-T5, watching close at the performance of the Fujifilm X-H2 will be very important as it will unveil a lot about the performance of the X-T5 itself.
CineD and Gerald Undone recently published a video where they talk about how they make their lab tests.
It’s a one hour video I invite you to look in its entirety.
What I will highlight are 6 minutes towards the end of the video where they talk about the excellent test results of the Fujifilm X-H2S (starts minute 48:35).
They talk about how different and pleasing noise actually looks on the Fujifilm X-H2S (not the first to say this and actually that’s a peculiarity of X-Trans sensors, I mean the more film-like grain at high ISO and the less color noise).
So it seems that when Fujifilm advertises the X-H2S as having 14+ stops of video dynamic range, they are totally honest about it. In CineD tests, it beats even the full frame Sony A1.
But even more importantly, if you want to get rid of noise, for some “secret language” reason (as Gerald would call it), it seems that at least noise reduction applied in post is able to clean up noise with an ease he has never seen before.
Also, CineD mentions a strategic advantage Fujifilm has over Sony and Canon. Which one? You’ll find the answer in the short summary down below.