Thank you for pointing out that the full resolution electronic shutter burst rates are backwards at 3:13. The X-H2S can shoot 40 fps, the X-H2 can shoot 13 fps max. Apologies for the mistake!
Have to wonder: Do Chris and Jordan use any sort of teleprompter when recording their excellent videos? There's so much info they share about each camera or lens or whatever the topic is that it seems impossible for anyone to memorize it all before filming. (Unless that's their superpower for each...)
For $1999 this is surprisingly good value considering it has similar specs to a Canon R5 ($3900) but with an APSC sensor. I mean even the XT4 costs $1699 so this is $300 more for a LOT of improvements.
@@1barnet1 First, Canon is a lot better now after the recent update.... and Fuji didn't just make the cooling accessory for fun.... Previous Fuji bodies overheated worse than Canon's
My photography is currently undergoing a long hiatus but I still enjoy your videos, mostly because you do such a good job sticking to the interesting bits and leaving out any unnecessary filler content
All the fancy video specs in the world and people take video of their cats and dogs alike LOL. Good video does not require 8k or even 4k for that matter.
Fuji is doing big things for Video that I did not expect. Hope this inspires the other 3 to make some moves to keep up. Seriously, 2 grand for 8k and 6k? That is unheard of with all those features? Unheard of.
@@MT-eb2dx I am divided. Just like the X-T4 I would not see the point in upgrading from my excellent X-T3. In any case, since the X-T line-up is the hybrid photo/video solution and to keep the price competitive, I think that they will go (at least at first) with the 40mp sensor. If the low light / noise characteristics are good, it may be a very decent choice, with only rolling shutter as a weakness!
Great review guys, thanks! I'm a portrait photographer and I'm still leaning towards the XH2s at this point. Exciting times for us Fuji fans, especially with the XT5 on the way.
I'm curious as to why you'd go with a smaller resolution sensor for portrait instead of the 40 MP of the X-H2? Unless you do videos I would've thought the X-H2 to be a better camera for your needs? Let me know your thoughts!
@@alexandrepiche5609 The only reason I would go with the XH2s is if the AF performance isn't as good in the XH2. If it's as good that would be awesome and even if it's close that's still okay. All things being equal I agree with you that the XH2 is the right choice for a portrait shooter like me. My video work is mostly talking heads lol 🙂
Pre-ordered. I only shoot stills, maybe this will get me into a little video but it's all about the 40mp resolution for me. Considering how gorgeous the shots with my X-T4 can be, I can't imagine the H2.
Very interesting camera. I have decided to switch from Canon to Fuji, but as a landscape stills-photographer in northern Norway where more than half the year is winter and with little or no daylight, and harsh weather, X-h2 noise and performance in low light, dynamic range and weather resistance will be important...also how smoothly will all my EF lenses work with this new X-h2... Thanks for your always grate reviews! Cheers!
I think it would be interesting to compare 6.2k upscaled to 8k from the H2S vs 8k from the H2. I’m willing to bet the detail advantage may not be as high as some think it will be. I think most viewers would be hard pressed to look at upscaled 6.2k video and say hey that’s not really 8k. Even for those crazy reframing fans out there, kidding, 6.2k is still a lot of reframing potential. I personally would rather have 6.2k with super fast sensor readout, 14bit and the potentially better sensitivity. Even from a stills perspective 26MP is not a bad thing to have vs 40MP. Unless one really needs to crop their photos a lot as a normal process I don’t feel the added MP is worth the inferior sensor overall. In terms of over sampling 6.2K and 8k downscaled to 4K should be identical. Without a doubt Fuji is killing it right now. I moved from m43 to Canon R6 and RF mount a year ago but I’m really starting to wonder if that was a wise choice. It’s a nice camera but I really feel like the R6 just isn’t doing for video what Fuji does. I was also rather impressed with the Fuji lens options out there. I still worry about the long term market longevity of Fuji in a rapidly shrinking camera market. It’s hard to believe the market will support anybody but Sony and Canon. Plus FF is all the rage now and one wonders how much the industry wants APS-C much like if m43 still has a place. I don’t really want to invest a lot in Fuji glass if it just doesn’t survive. At least with Canon there is the perfect adapting of EF to RF mount. A lot of Canon DSLR, Canon cinema, BMD cinema and mr3 SpeedBooster users moved to EF glass a long time ago. That’s kind of why I went the Canon R6 route. Made the most sense for my EF lenses and it seemed more market safe.
R6 isn’t doing a lot for pro video but it’s still really good in terms of picture quality. And you can’t necessarily look at a Canon made in 2020 and be like why isn’t it as good as a Fuji made in 2022? Moreover, though they’re at a similar price, Fuji’s XH2s are a premium product, whereas Canon R6 is a midrange product. I feel like Canon always eventually gives people what they want; they just make you wait a bit. I suggest that people be happy with what they have and not worry too much about other systems, especially when every system has plenty of advantages.
R6 still a very capable camera in the right use. I love using the RF 100-400 that hated because the small aperture. It's my favorite other than the adapted EF20-35L and Tamron 35-150mm. Fuji or other systems don't have something close to my current set up. APSC/m43 low light is limited, and that's physics. E mount 35-150mm is too heavy for daily use. RF14-35L is too expensive; and Tamron 17-28 straight out colors are lacking IMO. Thus I stay on current setup for now.
@@zegzbrutal Oh I love my R6. Best camera I ever owned. I wish it could do open gate 5.4K or external raw video but other than that it’s a solid video camera. It gets a bad reputation in the video industry but it’s the only FF camera that can do over sampled 4K 60p without cropping or some crude pixel binning. I now work with only HDR and the HDR PQ on Canon cameras is simply amazing. Much better than HLG. I hardly ever shoot log anymore because the HDR PQ color and dynamic range out of the box is stunning on HDR displays. I get about 780 nit HDR which is close enough to a HDR 1000 workflow. With Clog-3 I can easily get to 1000 nits but it’s more work and it has more noise. I find working with the HDR PQ insanely easy in FCP and a 14” MBP with XDR display. So no matter what cool features Fuji may have I’m not leaving Canon for now.
I would love to eventually buy an X-H3 with a 40 MP stacked sensor. Like many others, the only thing that keeps me from buying the X-H2 are concerns over rolling shutter. Please, when you finally publish your long-awaited in-depth review, please compare the rolling shutter with the likes of the Nikon Z9, Sony A1, Sony A7 SIII, Canon R5, Sony A7R V and, of course, other Fujifilm cameras. Many thanks!
Seems like Fujifilm is going the Sony routes, X-H2 being the a7R route, and X-H2s the a7S route. As a Fuji X-T4 I am just waiting to see what the X-T5 will become. Not that I intend on buying any new cameras for the foreseeable future XD Great preview!
Miss those reviews that you guys shot in the city (XT3, XT30, etc). All those urban backgrounds looked so cool! Please go back and shoot your next review in the city!😎😎😎
This looks like an amazing travel camera. I can use the 50mm f1.0(or the new 56mm f1.2) for portraits. 16-55mm f2.8 is wonderful zoom for this camera. 33mm f1.4 is great 40 megapixel will go a long way for cropping. Can easily use the 150-600mm for wildlife. Really the only short coming I see is no matching card slots. Maybe low light for indoor events? As we don't have something like a sigma 18-35mm f1.8 type lenses.
I'm very excited for this body. I'd love to see how the higher resolution sensor performs in low light and how it's well/poorly it's eye autofocus works.
I wonder how the older Fujifilm lenses, such as the 18-55mm or 55-200mm, will perform on this 40MP sensor or if the x-h2 will just be suitable for the 4 newer prime lenses.
The lenses project the image they do, a higher MP sensor just lifts the headroom. Some lenses have the sharpness to make full use of that, some only a little bit. Most lenses will benefit in the center and not in the corners. *In no case do they perform worse.*
Really the jump from 26 to 40 MP is not as much as it sounds. In order to double your resolution you have to multiply your current MP by 4. So to double the resolution of your photos you would have to have a 104 MP sensor. 40 MP will come in handy when you want to crop or if you are going to print really big and stare at that print from a really close distance. I would not worry too much about the 40 MP out resolving your current lenses unless you plan to do some serious pixel peeping. Personally I prefer to make photographs.
Should have comparison tests with the 2S, the color production from the 5 HR & 40MP is nice. In photo and video, maybe they both produce very different looks.
@@MT-eb2dx There's a list on Fuji Rumours. In short there's plenty, most of the newer primes, the Red Badge zooms and the telephoto XF lenses. I'd also imagine most of the older primes would be fine when stopped down a bit too.
I don't need 8K, or a fast read sensor. What I need is a high resolution sensor, that can do 160mp multi-shot, so I can mount my camera on a tripod and get high-res landscapes. My other use will be senior pictures and weddings. I'm also not worried about rolling shutter, as my video uses never have panning. Hopefully it'll do this well, as I'm not sure how it's going to handle water reflections when the images are combined with they move. But we're gonna find out, I've got one on order. I'm sure it'll be a nice upgrade from my X-T3 which doesn't even have stabilization. For a moment I considered Fuji's GFX system, but this new H2 has 160mp multi-shot mode, if it works well, I can't see why I'd need a GFX and a whole new suite of lenses.
Will you be comparing aspects of the X-H2 to older X-series cameras too? The rolling shutter and dynamic range might be less than the X-H2s but if they are still a significant upgrade over, for example, the X-T3 and X-T4, it would still be a great camera to step up to.
@@mribi I'm a little disappointed that, four months after release, there barely are any comparisons even for thr X-H2s. A friend of mine got one but I'm not a reviewer. I still plan on doing some tests on my own with it for an upcoming project where we pool camera tech.
The comparison with the XS10 is very simple: that one lacks the autofocus capabilities and has a 24 megapixel sensor and less buttons to customise. It is also less than half the money, size and weight. You wouldn’t have bought the XS10 if you shoot a lot of sports or wildlife or if you are heavy into video. The XS10 is the perfect stills machine if you prioritise weight and size without compromising photography quality and when you are not married to separate dials for exposure and iso and if you are not using big telephoto lenses all the time.
Thank you for this early look at a long awaited camera for yours truly here. 👍 A couple of questions: 1. Is there a True 24.00p setting for video, or is it only a fractional frame rate of 23.976 ? 2. Can you shoot ProRes in the 8K video resolution mode ?
So if Fuji is stating you can output 8K Blackmagic Raw at up to 29.97p from a Video Assist recorder, yet none of the current Video Assist models support 8K....does this confirm there will be a new and improved Video Assist coming soon, like a Video Assist+?
I'm curious how good the IBIS is. For instance, can you take a handheld 1/2 second exposure at sunset, to capture it at a fairly low ISO, without an image stabilized lens? Thus, can you take full advantage of the 40 Mp details in low light, handheld scenarios?
400mp at 15fps in jpeg only simply doesn't stop. I LOVE seeing the box actually tracking birds in flight and sometimes also finding the eye!. Being able to set the custom settings to exactly what I need for this kind of shooting is a great boon that I first discovered on the X-S10. Now I have SEVEN slots to fill:) With this burst rate, I see my hard disk needing a LOT more space. Best camera I've ever had in my hands.
Not how it works anymore. Manufacturers have embargo on reviewers telling them how much information they can release and when they can release it. The latest trend is to release information a little bit at a time to try and keep the hype up. I don't like it but it must be working because they all do it.
Thanks guys! It would be great if you could compare this to the X-T4. Why, because this camera has been out for a while (I'm still shooting the X-T3) so the people looking at the X-H2 are probably looking to upgrade from one of the previous models. Personally, I have been considering moving up to a full frame camera for the added resolution and amazing eye auto detect that other systems offer. Since I primarily shoot wildlife and macro those features are important to me. (crop, crop, and crop some more.) However, the cost involved to switch systems is outrageous and unless a full frame camera is 45mp + it doesn't seem to be worth it to me. This new Fuji may just keep me invested in the APS-C format a bit longer... Cheers, Greg
I'm in the same boat as you. Thinking of upgrading to FF but no way I can afford the switch. This 40 MP sensor is very tempting and I could keep all of my lenses.
Why did they take away all the manual controls on the body. That was the greatest thing about Fuji xh1. Crafting images with manual controls is just glorious.
@@gasken2182 I think you'll find they will, lots of Pros don't have large budgets and value-for-money solid/reliable cameras that can get the job done will work for them. Or as a second camera. With the slower/different UI it's too close to where an XT5 will most likely be and the cheaper one would steal sales, which is not what you want in business.
@@JonInLondon they really won’t. Still shooters will buy second hand FF Sony. Video shooters will by the ‘s’ or Panasonic ect. This product is dead at launch.
They still do… except when they are testing something that has not been announced yet (which I assume is the case with this video, other than the shots in the middle which were clearly labeled as being shot on the X-H2.)
Can you please PLEASE do a comparison of this new 56mm lens and the 50mm f1.0 lens? Specifically a comparison about the amount of light they let through? I want to know how close this new 56 comes to the 50. I already own the 50 and the old 56 APD, and based on how bright the new 56 is, I might replace both of them with it.
Good first review. When official body is available, I would appreciate a comparison between the AF performance of the H2 and H2S. For me the 15 fps mechanical is plenty fast. If the AF performance is the same between the two, I'll take resolution over speed I don't really need any day. The fact the H2 non-S is cheaper is the icing on the cake.
There's a lot of cameras out there that people are not aware of. This video gives more information for those who are looking for the latest tech in cameras but for most of us I think we're pretty happy with our IPhones and know that if you don't have a real camera you're not going to be missing out on anything in the real world.
I've waited so long for the XH2. Now its here...... i can see its way too advanced for me in so many ways. 😄 Off for a photo walk in a minute with my XT3..... that'll do me. 😄👊🙂👍
I just came from Camera-Kai's youtubey preview of the H2 to see what the Dpreview boys might additionally add here, but I thought about Kai's parting comment - What is the XT-5 going to add to the lineup apart from a shutter/iso/compo dial? Is that enough? Heck and I don't even like PSAM dials..
Hello from Montreal, thanks for sharing another wonderful video like always, I bought the Canon R7 after I saw your review, now I am very interested in getting a Fuji also 😁👍
Hey guys. Love your content! When you do get to do a full and proper test of the X-H2, I would appreciate (if you have the opportunity to include), testing (or at least investigating) the effective aperture limit due to diffraction given the new 40 megapixel sensor. Thanks again!
This would be the sensor going into the rest of the line up. Not sure why they had to make two XH2 bodies. XH2 could've been the stacked one while XT could've been this one.
@@DeepteshLovesTECH - Ergonomics and the dials I'm assuming. X-T line is definitely the retro look with manual iso/shutters speed/etc dials that fans of the lineup love.
@Random Thought honestly I don’t know that the manual dials on XT series is 100% a vanity/hobby feature. It’s a huge asset whenever I’m in any kind of situation where I’m not 100% full-time photographing, but need to be able to quick-draw to get the shot on short notice. Reportage and naturalist is the primary use case, and that’s where I find the most pro value from it personally. But I can see the same for If I’m a park ranger on the watch for poachers, a spotter on the coast of Ukraine, cop or other community defense professional and need to snap events with photographic detail. If I was on a flight to the war tomorrow it’s a hard choice for me between an XT4 or an A7s3 for which camera does a better job of keeping me alive and not getting me killed when my head’s down at the wrong moment.
Fantastic review as always! Would love to see the X-H2 do some 1:1 macro shooting and cropping down to produce tighter shots. Could be really nice for people who crop a lot (me).
Also curious about macro and stacking capabilities, wonder if 40mpix sensor won't make diffraction to kick earlier at 1:1 and 2:1, with sony 24mpix max aperture without loss of resolution is F8.
I tried the fujifilm Xh-2 in tokyo fujiflm X summit of september 10, the additional setting if you shoot JPEG in this camera fujifilm Xh-2 is for portrait that it can set the subject skin smoother, can be light effect or much more pronounce effect of that skin smoother effect and can edit raw files in camera.
Who else was impressed by the processing speed of the high res 160mp file? That was almost as fast as the OM-1's 50mp handheld high res processing time!
The X-H2 only takes the photos during that time, they need to be combined later on a computer. The OM-1 creates a high res file in camera, which we far prefer.
@@dpreview oh, then that is very disappointing. That is a very long time to just take the photos and do zero processing. So it is like the A7R4, you need to combine the photos afterwards in post. Also, will you guys do an update on the OM-1 review? If you need a unit, I'd gladly lend mine if you guys are in town (BC Vancouver) :)
What an awesome camera for the price. 15 fps is still more than enough for action packed photography. Sure you may miss a shot here or there, but is it worth 500 more? This has more pdaf poins than the xh2s for what it's worth. Rolling shutter isn't an issue for me, I don't record video anyways, this is just everything I want and for 500$ more than the r7, it's a steal for the features
Well... My first impression of this vid was: "o, they really should Think about there outdoor clothing while making it". How we dress for shooting is a matter for a different vid. But I'd choose fast drying outdoor pants, water and stains replent- and not my best pair, for it might get a nasty surprise and be rulend. As for the camera: fuji had always been innovative. Sometimes i feel they are the 'underestmated member' of the photography world. 39 years ago, My first camera was a pen ee-3 that doubled the amount of pics on one film. there shares had mad enormous value over the last years , beating all other companies and highly valued canon & nikon. i belive we are going to see a very good product and it might be my second camera. As for crop definition, its the classic nature photographer wet dream and id love to see its real- world examination.
How do you think this new lens compares to the older 90mm f2? Obviously different FL but both are used for portrait work so curious how they compare. Also the 90mm f2 has LM autofocus so assuming a lot faster AF?
Any info about 1) the use of L bracket with flippy screen ( I would have preferred the tilt screen of X-H1); 2) any breakage history for the flippy screen hinge (with it hanging off the the side, could easily get caught on anything or incompletely stowed) 3) any one step work-arounds for having to menu dive for focus selection for continuous, single, manual (instead of the single step of selector turn). I'm bumbed out by these differences.
Was this whole episode shot on the X-H2? If not, what was is shot on? Also, I wonder, does the BMD video assist even record BRAW in 8k? I always thought it was only 4k...
Looking at the detail in the grass I remember shooting my newly released Canon 5D Mark II in the hills of northern California and wondering why it looked like crap. I knew the lens had the resolution...back then adding sharpness in landscape was a thing. Until you looked at it. Back then I barely knew anything about video, but I managed to fake it.
That rolling shutter! Oof. That answers why it doesn't have (my new must-have) 4K120... because it truly cannot read out fast enough. Bummer. I'll be waiting on the X-H3/X-T6 I guess...
I am going to buy the XT3 since the megapixel count is far less far faster in editing photos....and its probably will be the most useful camera throughout Fuji history...the XT series is getting too big on every upgrade XT1->>>XT5 in terms of size and weight...its becoming a deadweight..the XT3 was the perfect camera in term of size and flexibility not to mention the flip out screen that goes up and down instead of sideways is a pure photo camera...if it tilts sideways (axel) its more like a video camera
This has to be the maximum resolution that can be realistically fit into an APSC sensor with lenses actually able capture all that resolution. May be lens design improvements can bump the res further...
@@captainkirk3000 Well yeah, but those phone sensors don't come close to actually being able to resolve this, due to the limitations of the glass in front of them. High megapixel counts on phone cameras are mainly a marketing tactic to scam rubes.
So for a at home hobby photographer that shoots macro, kids and trips to the zoo this xh2 is the one to go with right? No need for the s? I will be getting the 150-600mm lens after the body :)
For kids the S is more what I'd lean towards. I mean, it really depends on how fast your kids are :P. But for unexpectef moments I'd want a fast camera instead of a higher-res one. Let's see how "bad" the X-H2's rolling shutter and such really is. In the end it's still better than the older sensor and therefore good enough and still an upgrade over the old one.
@@DesertCookie I used to have a xt2 and 3, now I’m on xpro2. So I want to get the xh for the grip. I need something more comfortable to hold on to especially with the 50mmf1
Wonderful new camera. But as a non professional X-T4 owner, do I really need 40MP? Are my lenses good enough for that? I'm happy with my X-T4 for the moment.
What I'm currently most curious about is, will there even be a X-T5? And how will it be different to the X-H line? With the X-H1 and X-T3, I felt like the H was more video-oriented (even though the H literally stands for hybrid) while the T was more photography. Now I feel like both bases are covered so well with these two X-H models, the X-T5 can only really be a downgrade in terms of specs. Is the only difference gonna be the button/dial layout?
Holly Molly! Am I glad I didn't sell all of my fuji glass. Will I end up regretting getting the Sony A7IV? who knows! But it could be that the XH-2 becomes the answer to most of my prayers.
I am kinda thinking the "s" stands for speed. Right now we spend $4500.00 to get the total package because obviously, they know some people will buy one of each.
Just curious......if having a non-stacked filter is so detrimental to fast and accurate autofocus then how are Sony and Canon killing everyone else with their big slow sensors? Maybe Fuji should figure out what sort of witchcraft Sony and Canon are using and just copy that. I suspect it has more to do with processing power than the speed of the sensor readout. Maybe it has to do with the X-Trans CFA? If so they should ditch it in favor of lighting fast autofocus tracking.
Sony has disgusting amounts of cash to dump into AI for autofocus. Canon makes their own sensors and they are veterans with enough resources. The camera/imaging department of Fujifilm doesn't have the same level of R&D budget. Fujifilm has stopped being a camera company long long ago.
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Thank you for pointing out that the full resolution electronic shutter burst rates are backwards at 3:13. The X-H2S can shoot 40 fps, the X-H2 can shoot 13 fps max. Apologies for the mistake!
Have to wonder: Do Chris and Jordan use any sort of teleprompter when recording their excellent videos? There's so much info they share about each camera or lens or whatever the topic is that it seems impossible for anyone to memorize it all before filming. (Unless that's their superpower for each...)
Yes I have the H2S, and this is backwards
For $1999 this is surprisingly good value considering it has similar specs to a Canon R5 ($3900) but with an APSC sensor. I mean even the XT4 costs $1699 so this is $300 more for a LOT of improvements.
Yes and unlike the Canon R5 this camera works.
@@pgtips4240 And what doesn't work on the r5?
The 8k recording in sunny weather. But damn is it an fantastic hybrid camera that is written off too quickly due to overheating issues.
@@1barnet1 First, Canon is a lot better now after the recent update.... and Fuji didn't just make the cooling accessory for fun.... Previous Fuji bodies overheated worse than Canon's
@@loriolus Third-party AF lenses 🫢
My photography is currently undergoing a long hiatus but I still enjoy your videos, mostly because you do such a good job sticking to the interesting bits and leaving out any unnecessary filler content
Not a Fuji user myself, but it is great to see they are giving options top people. That 8K sounds pretty tempting.
All the fancy video specs in the world and people take video of their cats and dogs alike LOL.
Good video does not require 8k or even 4k for that matter.
@@SMGJohn exactly
Seems like Fuji is the only sensible camera maker now! useful updates, good ecosystem. Quality instead of quantity.
Depends on your needs
At 3:12, the frame rates are the other way round ? Or X-H2 (without the S) is indeed the faster bursting camera ?
I think they flipped it yeah
I also noticed it and wondered why on earth they even bothered making the X-H2S if the X-H2 can outburst it 3 times
Fuji is doing big things for Video that I did not expect. Hope this inspires the other 3 to make some moves to keep up. Seriously, 2 grand for 8k and 6k? That is unheard of with all those features? Unheard of.
Crop sensor
@@takoflame4948 means nothing.
@@ChristopherGrantHarvey It does mean something.
It means Tako has penis envy.
@@ChristopherGrantHarvey Yes it does. FF has way more expensive lenses, so the total cost is way higher
WoW that's interesting! If the sensor is capable enough, the XT-5 may be the one we are waiting for... 😊
I wish the xt5 would get the stacked sensor though 🥲
@@MT-eb2dx I am divided. Just like the X-T4 I would not see the point in upgrading from my excellent X-T3. In any case, since the X-T line-up is the hybrid photo/video solution and to keep the price competitive, I think that they will go (at least at first) with the 40mp sensor.
If the low light / noise characteristics are good, it may be a very decent choice, with only rolling shutter as a weakness!
Gimme an X-Pro 4. 😆
@@Nayson Amen!
Great review guys, thanks! I'm a portrait photographer and I'm still leaning towards the XH2s at this point. Exciting times for us Fuji fans, especially with the XT5 on the way.
I'm curious as to why you'd go with a smaller resolution sensor for portrait instead of the 40 MP of the X-H2? Unless you do videos I would've thought the X-H2 to be a better camera for your needs? Let me know your thoughts!
@@alexandrepiche5609 The only reason I would go with the XH2s is if the AF performance isn't as good in the XH2. If it's as good that would be awesome and even if it's close that's still okay. All things being equal I agree with you that the XH2 is the right choice for a portrait shooter like me. My video work is mostly talking heads lol 🙂
this was not review...
Pre-ordered. I only shoot stills, maybe this will get me into a little video but it's all about the 40mp resolution for me. Considering how gorgeous the shots with my X-T4 can be, I can't imagine the H2.
Very interesting camera. I have decided to switch from Canon to Fuji, but as a landscape stills-photographer in northern Norway where more than half the year is winter and with little or no daylight, and harsh weather, X-h2 noise and performance in low light, dynamic range and weather resistance will be important...also how smoothly will all my EF lenses work with this new X-h2...
Thanks for your always grate reviews!
Cheers!
I think it would be interesting to compare 6.2k upscaled to 8k from the H2S vs 8k from the H2. I’m willing to bet the detail advantage may not be as high as some think it will be. I think most viewers would be hard pressed to look at upscaled 6.2k video and say hey that’s not really 8k. Even for those crazy reframing fans out there, kidding, 6.2k is still a lot of reframing potential. I personally would rather have 6.2k with super fast sensor readout, 14bit and the potentially better sensitivity. Even from a stills perspective 26MP is not a bad thing to have vs 40MP. Unless one really needs to crop their photos a lot as a normal process I don’t feel the added MP is worth the inferior sensor overall.
In terms of over sampling 6.2K and 8k downscaled to 4K should be identical.
Without a doubt Fuji is killing it right now. I moved from m43 to Canon R6 and RF mount a year ago but I’m really starting to wonder if that was a wise choice. It’s a nice camera but I really feel like the R6 just isn’t doing for video what Fuji does. I was also rather impressed with the Fuji lens options out there.
I still worry about the long term market longevity of Fuji in a rapidly shrinking camera market. It’s hard to believe the market will support anybody but Sony and Canon. Plus FF is all the rage now and one wonders how much the industry wants APS-C much like if m43 still has a place. I don’t really want to invest a lot in Fuji glass if it just doesn’t survive. At least with Canon there is the perfect adapting of EF to RF mount. A lot of Canon DSLR, Canon cinema, BMD cinema and mr3 SpeedBooster users moved to EF glass a long time ago. That’s kind of why I went the Canon R6 route. Made the most sense for my EF lenses and it seemed more market safe.
R6 isn’t doing a lot for pro video but it’s still really good in terms of picture quality. And you can’t necessarily look at a Canon made in 2020 and be like why isn’t it as good as a Fuji made in 2022? Moreover, though they’re at a similar price, Fuji’s XH2s are a premium product, whereas Canon R6 is a midrange product. I feel like Canon always eventually gives people what they want; they just make you wait a bit. I suggest that people be happy with what they have and not worry too much about other systems, especially when every system has plenty of advantages.
R6 still a very capable camera in the right use. I love using the RF 100-400 that hated because the small aperture.
It's my favorite other than the adapted EF20-35L and Tamron 35-150mm.
Fuji or other systems don't have something close to my current set up. APSC/m43 low light is limited, and that's physics. E mount 35-150mm is too heavy for daily use. RF14-35L is too expensive; and Tamron 17-28 straight out colors are lacking IMO. Thus I stay on current setup for now.
@@zegzbrutal Oh I love my R6. Best camera I ever owned. I wish it could do open gate 5.4K or external raw video but other than that it’s a solid video camera. It gets a bad reputation in the video industry but it’s the only FF camera that can do over sampled 4K 60p without cropping or some crude pixel binning.
I now work with only HDR and the HDR PQ on Canon cameras is simply amazing. Much better than HLG. I hardly ever shoot log anymore because the HDR PQ color and dynamic range out of the box is stunning on HDR displays. I get about 780 nit HDR which is close enough to a HDR 1000 workflow. With Clog-3 I can easily get to 1000 nits but it’s more work and it has more noise.
I find working with the HDR PQ insanely easy in FCP and a 14” MBP with XDR display.
So no matter what cool features Fuji may have I’m not leaving Canon for now.
Wen you get the full review please do some birding with the 100-400 and/or the 150-600mm lenses.
Great options with Fuji! Wonderful work from you guys!
We should also expect the new breed of Fuji cameras, i.e., X1006, X-Pro4, XS2, XT5, and XE5.
I would love to eventually buy an X-H3 with a 40 MP stacked sensor. Like many others, the only thing that keeps me from buying the X-H2 are concerns over rolling shutter. Please, when you finally publish your long-awaited in-depth review, please compare the rolling shutter with the likes of the Nikon Z9, Sony A1, Sony A7 SIII, Canon R5, Sony A7R V and, of course, other Fujifilm cameras. Many thanks!
Seems like Fujifilm is going the Sony routes, X-H2 being the a7R route, and X-H2s the a7S route. As a Fuji X-T4 I am just waiting to see what the X-T5 will become. Not that I intend on buying any new cameras for the foreseeable future XD
Great preview!
Miss those reviews that you guys shot in the city (XT3, XT30, etc). All those urban backgrounds looked so cool! Please go back and shoot your next review in the city!😎😎😎
This looks like an amazing travel camera.
I can use the 50mm f1.0(or the new 56mm f1.2) for portraits.
16-55mm f2.8 is wonderful zoom for this camera.
33mm f1.4 is great
40 megapixel will go a long way for cropping.
Can easily use the 150-600mm for wildlife.
Really the only short coming I see is no matching card slots.
Maybe low light for indoor events? As we don't have something like a sigma 18-35mm f1.8 type lenses.
Isn't it heavy ?? Do you think they will soon release updated compact size camera ?
I use my Sigma 18-35 with the adapter and auto focus fantastic.
@@bitronicc1887 best comment by far.
I'm very excited for this body. I'd love to see how the higher resolution sensor performs in low light and how it's well/poorly it's eye autofocus works.
I wonder how the older Fujifilm lenses, such as the 18-55mm or 55-200mm, will perform on this 40MP sensor or if the x-h2 will just be suitable for the 4 newer prime lenses.
The lenses project the image they do, a higher MP sensor just lifts the headroom. Some lenses have the sharpness to make full use of that, some only a little bit. Most lenses will benefit in the center and not in the corners. *In no case do they perform worse.*
Really the jump from 26 to 40 MP is not as much as it sounds. In order to double your resolution you have to multiply your current MP by 4. So to double the resolution of your photos you would have to have a 104 MP sensor. 40 MP will come in handy when you want to crop or if you are going to print really big and stare at that print from a really close distance. I would not worry too much about the 40 MP out resolving your current lenses unless you plan to do some serious pixel peeping. Personally I prefer to make photographs.
Full resolution open gate on this would have been amazing!
Or at least a 6.2K equivalent - maybe with skipped lines so we at least still can get the 3:2 readout for anamorphic shooting.
Should have comparison tests with the 2S, the color production from the 5 HR & 40MP is nice. In photo and video, maybe they both produce very different looks.
You guys are fast
Probably recorded weeks ago. But yes
Pre-recording my man, prob had it weeks earlier
Will be interesting to see how packing 40MP into an APS-C sensor effects noise performance.
History shows more Megapixel doesn't worsen the noise by ALOT if at all.
More interestingly it will be how many of the lenses will even support 40mp
@@MT-eb2dx There's a list on Fuji Rumours. In short there's plenty, most of the newer primes, the Red Badge zooms and the telephoto XF lenses. I'd also imagine most of the older primes would be fine when stopped down a bit too.
I don't need 8K, or a fast read sensor. What I need is a high resolution sensor, that can do 160mp multi-shot, so I can mount my camera on a tripod and get high-res landscapes. My other use will be senior pictures and weddings. I'm also not worried about rolling shutter, as my video uses never have panning. Hopefully it'll do this well, as I'm not sure how it's going to handle water reflections when the images are combined with they move. But we're gonna find out, I've got one on order. I'm sure it'll be a nice upgrade from my X-T3 which doesn't even have stabilization. For a moment I considered Fuji's GFX system, but this new H2 has 160mp multi-shot mode, if it works well, I can't see why I'd need a GFX and a whole new suite of lenses.
Will you be comparing aspects of the X-H2 to older X-series cameras too?
The rolling shutter and dynamic range might be less than the X-H2s but if they are still a significant upgrade over, for example, the X-T3 and X-T4, it would still be a great camera to step up to.
Add on the XS10 for comparisons as well.
Yep, as an x-t4 shooter I’d love to see both of these new cameras compared to that
@@mribi I'm a little disappointed that, four months after release, there barely are any comparisons even for thr X-H2s. A friend of mine got one but I'm not a reviewer. I still plan on doing some tests on my own with it for an upcoming project where we pool camera tech.
The comparison with the XS10 is very simple: that one lacks the autofocus capabilities and has a 24 megapixel sensor and less buttons to customise. It is also less than half the money, size and weight. You wouldn’t have bought the XS10 if you shoot a lot of sports or wildlife or if you are heavy into video. The XS10 is the perfect stills machine if you prioritise weight and size without compromising photography quality and when you are not married to separate dials for exposure and iso and if you are not using big telephoto lenses all the time.
Was waiting for this during the livestream lol
Morning all, will the Final review be coming for the xh2 I’m waiting for you guys before choosing between the S5ii and this camera
VERY interested in how good/sticky eye AF is with the 2 vs 2S. I personally don’t care about high gps.. just want those glossy wet eyeballs.
You ask this everywhere. Just get better and you don’t have to rely on eye af as bad.
@@DeeRosa haha hero
Thank you for this early look at a long awaited camera for yours truly here. 👍 A couple of questions: 1. Is there a True 24.00p setting for video, or is it only a fractional frame rate of 23.976 ? 2. Can you shoot ProRes in the 8K video resolution mode ?
So if Fuji is stating you can output 8K Blackmagic Raw at up to 29.97p from a Video Assist recorder, yet none of the current Video Assist models support 8K....does this confirm there will be a new and improved Video Assist coming soon, like a Video Assist+?
That's what I've been trying to find out. I hope so. Braw is amazing
I'm waiting for the comparison between the X-H2 and the X-T5 :-)
I will wait for X-T5 and compare these two for photography..better said, my needs
X-H2 is probably the camera I upgrade to from the X-T3 when it dies but I’m still not expecting to change for another 2 or 3 years.
I’m tempted too. Maybe next year. Saving for it but Fuji might put something out that’s better. You never know.
I'm curious how good the IBIS is. For instance, can you take a handheld 1/2 second exposure at sunset, to capture it at a fairly low ISO, without an image stabilized lens? Thus, can you take full advantage of the 40 Mp details in low light, handheld scenarios?
3:13 I think you swapped the fps between cameras on the graphic, yes?
400mp at 15fps in jpeg only simply doesn't stop. I LOVE seeing the box actually tracking birds in flight and sometimes also finding the eye!.
Being able to set the custom settings to exactly what I need for this kind of shooting is a great boon that I first discovered on the X-S10. Now I have SEVEN slots to fill:)
With this burst rate, I see my hard disk needing a LOT more space.
Best camera I've ever had in my hands.
I was hoping to find out about IBIS and autofocus in video
Not how it works anymore. Manufacturers have embargo on reviewers telling them how much information they can release and when they can release it. The latest trend is to release information a little bit at a time to try and keep the hype up. I don't like it but it must be working because they all do it.
@@JHuffPhoto thanks for explaining it
XH2 is a very competitive camera for the features and price at $2k. I'm curious how my old lenses will make use of the 40mp sensor
The 40mp sensor will be very unforgiving of older lenses
Gonna look like mayo smeared on lens
Thanks guys! It would be great if you could compare this to the X-T4. Why, because this camera has been out for a while (I'm still shooting the X-T3) so the people looking at the X-H2 are probably looking to upgrade from one of the previous models. Personally, I have been considering moving up to a full frame camera for the added resolution and amazing eye auto detect that other systems offer. Since I primarily shoot wildlife and macro those features are important to me. (crop, crop, and crop some more.) However, the cost involved to switch systems is outrageous and unless a full frame camera is 45mp + it doesn't seem to be worth it to me. This new Fuji may just keep me invested in the APS-C format a bit longer...
Cheers,
Greg
I'm in the same boat as you. Thinking of upgrading to FF but no way I can afford the switch. This 40 MP sensor is very tempting and I could keep all of my lenses.
Why did they take away all the manual controls on the body. That was the greatest thing about Fuji xh1. Crafting images with manual controls is just glorious.
A body with the 40MP sensor and manual controls will be along (XT5?), but this is more aimed at Pros who want the faster interface...
@@JonInLondon pros just aren’t going to buy this camera. Ppl who bought the xh1 wanted a manual control xt4 with a bigger grip.
@@gasken2182 I think you'll find they will, lots of Pros don't have large budgets and value-for-money solid/reliable cameras that can get the job done will work for them. Or as a second camera. With the slower/different UI it's too close to where an XT5 will most likely be and the cheaper one would steal sales, which is not what you want in business.
@@JonInLondon they really won’t. Still shooters will buy second hand FF Sony. Video shooters will by the ‘s’ or Panasonic ect. This product is dead at launch.
@@gasken2182 I disagree, but let's wait and see...
What camera did you guys use to shoot this video? You guys used to disclose that information at the beginning.
They still do… except when they are testing something that has not been announced yet (which I assume is the case with this video, other than the shots in the middle which were clearly labeled as being shot on the X-H2.)
@@Jeff_St_John Interesting. So that means that gorgeous image is from a mystery soon-to-be-released camera.
welcome back from vacation chris
great review. would like to see more about the body design and usability
Can you please PLEASE do a comparison of this new 56mm lens and the 50mm f1.0 lens? Specifically a comparison about the amount of light they let through? I want to know how close this new 56 comes to the 50. I already own the 50 and the old 56 APD, and based on how bright the new 56 is, I might replace both of them with it.
Great video quality can you tell us what Codecs you shot it in and what AF mode?
Good first review. When official body is available, I would appreciate a comparison between the AF performance of the H2 and H2S. For me the 15 fps mechanical is plenty fast. If the AF performance is the same between the two, I'll take resolution over speed I don't really need any day. The fact the H2 non-S is cheaper is the icing on the cake.
what did you end up going with? Ive heard the xh2s has SLIGHTLY better AF, doesn't seem like its worth the extra $500 to me.
There's a lot of cameras out there that people are not aware of. This video gives more information for those who are looking for the latest tech in cameras but for most of us I think we're pretty happy with our IPhones and know that if you don't have a real camera you're not going to be missing out on anything in the real world.
I've waited so long for the XH2. Now its here...... i can see its way too advanced for me in so many ways. 😄
Off for a photo walk in a minute with my XT3..... that'll do me. 😄👊🙂👍
Where's the full review?
I just came from Camera-Kai's youtubey preview of the H2 to see what the Dpreview boys might additionally add here, but I thought about Kai's parting comment - What is the XT-5 going to add to the lineup apart from a shutter/iso/compo dial? Is that enough? Heck and I don't even like PSAM dials..
Mistake in description at 3:15
Mistake is in the GRAPHIC.
@@tonyadamis4171 You are right. My bad.
Hello from Montreal, thanks for sharing another wonderful video like always, I bought the Canon R7 after I saw your review, now I am very interested in getting a Fuji also 😁👍
Fiji was my first mirrorless. Would take a lot for me to go back from Sony but man this is impressive
Also tempted by FujiFilm, but man I do love my f/1.2 and f/1.4 glass 😭
Fujifilm truly loves us
Hey guys. Love your content! When you do get to do a full and proper test of the X-H2, I would appreciate (if you have the opportunity to include), testing (or at least investigating) the effective aperture limit due to diffraction given the new 40 megapixel sensor. Thanks again!
Any thoughts on what this means for the X-T line of bodies?
This would be the sensor going into the rest of the line up.
Not sure why they had to make two XH2 bodies. XH2 could've been the stacked one while XT could've been this one.
@@DeepteshLovesTECH - Ergonomics and the dials I'm assuming. X-T line is definitely the retro look with manual iso/shutters speed/etc dials that fans of the lineup love.
@Random Thought honestly I don’t know that the manual dials on XT series is 100% a vanity/hobby feature. It’s a huge asset whenever I’m in any kind of situation where I’m not 100% full-time photographing, but need to be able to quick-draw to get the shot on short notice. Reportage and naturalist is the primary use case, and that’s where I find the most pro value from it personally. But I can see the same for If I’m a park ranger on the watch for poachers, a spotter on the coast of Ukraine, cop or other community defense professional and need to snap events with photographic detail. If I was on a flight to the war tomorrow it’s a hard choice for me between an XT4 or an A7s3 for which camera does a better job of keeping me alive and not getting me killed when my head’s down at the wrong moment.
@@The_CGA ever try setting the top dials to the scrolling command dials? A lot faster.
Probably the XT5 will get the XH2 sensor but not the CFExpress card, no 8k, no ProRes and they are good to go.
Fantastic review as always!
Would love to see the X-H2 do some 1:1 macro shooting and cropping down to produce tighter shots. Could be really nice for people who crop a lot (me).
Also curious about macro and stacking capabilities, wonder if 40mpix sensor won't make diffraction to kick earlier at 1:1 and 2:1, with sony 24mpix max aperture without loss of resolution is F8.
when you guys show examples of the video footage, is there any post processing or is it straight out of camera?
I tried the fujifilm Xh-2 in tokyo fujiflm X summit of september 10, the additional setting if you shoot JPEG in this camera fujifilm Xh-2 is for portrait that it can set the subject skin smoother, can be light effect or much more pronounce effect of that skin smoother effect and can edit raw files in camera.
Who else was impressed by the processing speed of the high res 160mp file? That was almost as fast as the OM-1's 50mp handheld high res processing time!
The X-H2 only takes the photos during that time, they need to be combined later on a computer. The OM-1 creates a high res file in camera, which we far prefer.
@@dpreview oh, then that is very disappointing. That is a very long time to just take the photos and do zero processing. So it is like the A7R4, you need to combine the photos afterwards in post.
Also, will you guys do an update on the OM-1 review? If you need a unit, I'd gladly lend mine if you guys are in town (BC Vancouver) :)
@@HokKan Thanks for the offer! We have a production OM-1 on the way to us now so we can complete the final video review.
@@dpreview so exciting!
Which camera did you film this review on, Jordan? Looks super crispy.
GH6 when Chris is talking, X-H2 when I’m talking.
Jordan @ DPReview TV
I really like the footage from this camera.
As always, great video!!
Does fuji have any plan for more compact size body like xs 10 traveler's dream camera. Successor to xs 10 i hope this is also on the line🤞
Do you HAVE to use a CF Express card or can you use two SD cards with this camera?
want to hear more about the new 56mm
What an awesome camera for the price. 15 fps is still more than enough for action packed photography. Sure you may miss a shot here or there, but is it worth 500 more? This has more pdaf poins than the xh2s for what it's worth. Rolling shutter isn't an issue for me, I don't record video anyways, this is just everything I want and for 500$ more than the r7, it's a steal for the features
Well...
My first impression of this vid was: "o, they really should Think about there outdoor clothing while making it". How we dress for shooting is a matter for a different vid. But I'd choose fast drying outdoor pants, water and stains replent- and not my best pair, for it might get a nasty surprise and be rulend.
As for the camera: fuji had always been innovative. Sometimes i feel they are the 'underestmated member' of the photography world. 39 years ago, My first camera was a pen ee-3 that doubled the amount of pics on one film. there shares had mad enormous value over the last years , beating all other companies and highly valued canon & nikon. i belive we are going to see a very good product and it might be my second camera.
As for crop definition, its the classic nature photographer wet dream and id love to see its real- world examination.
Excited for the higher resolution!
All these apsc new bodies have a large gfx type body. I'd rather have the medium format camera. So much for size saving going apsc
In the Braw support, does it support it only in to 30fps or it can be changed to 24 or 25?
For the upcoming photo review: Are you going to have a look at diffraction with the high pixel density?
How do you think this new lens compares to the older 90mm f2? Obviously different FL but both are used for portrait work so curious how they compare. Also the 90mm f2 has LM autofocus so assuming a lot faster AF?
Any info about 1) the use of L bracket with flippy screen ( I would have preferred the tilt screen of X-H1); 2) any breakage history for the flippy screen hinge (with it hanging off the the side, could easily get caught on anything or incompletely stowed) 3) any one step work-arounds for having to menu dive for focus selection for continuous, single, manual (instead of the single step of selector turn). I'm bumbed out by these differences.
Was this whole episode shot on the X-H2? If not, what was is shot on? Also, I wonder, does the BMD video assist even record BRAW in 8k? I always thought it was only 4k...
Looking at the detail in the grass I remember shooting my newly released Canon 5D Mark II in the hills of northern California and wondering why it looked like crap. I knew the lens had the resolution...back then adding sharpness in landscape was a thing. Until you looked at it. Back then I barely knew anything about video, but I managed to fake it.
Fast subjects..... and you show a video of Chris? (Love you both)
I'm carrying a but more luggage these days! 😁
That rolling shutter! Oof. That answers why it doesn't have (my new must-have) 4K120... because it truly cannot read out fast enough. Bummer. I'll be waiting on the X-H3/X-T6 I guess...
I am going to buy the XT3 since the megapixel count is far less far faster in editing photos....and its probably will be the most useful camera throughout Fuji history...the XT series is getting too big on every upgrade XT1->>>XT5 in terms of size and weight...its becoming a deadweight..the XT3 was the perfect camera in term of size and flexibility not to mention the flip out screen that goes up and down instead of sideways is a pure photo camera...if it tilts sideways (axel) its more like a video camera
And it turns out the XT5 is smaller and lighter than the 4, I think about the same weight as the 3, if I remember correctly.
All I can think of is how this will trickle down to the X-T5.
This has to be the maximum resolution that can be realistically fit into an APSC sensor with lenses actually able capture all that resolution.
May be lens design improvements can bump the res further...
There are phone sensors with over 50mp. This isn't even close to maximum.
@@captainkirk3000 Well yeah, but those phone sensors don't come close to actually being able to resolve this, due to the limitations of the glass in front of them. High megapixel counts on phone cameras are mainly a marketing tactic to scam rubes.
Would love to see this camera tested for low light wedding photography against the Canon R6
very cool - thanks for the detailed update…
So for a at home hobby photographer that shoots macro, kids and trips to the zoo this xh2 is the one to go with right? No need for the s? I will be getting the 150-600mm lens after the body :)
@@Roman-zt3fp oh man, glad to see someone is the same situation as me haha
For kids the S is more what I'd lean towards. I mean, it really depends on how fast your kids are :P. But for unexpectef moments I'd want a fast camera instead of a higher-res one. Let's see how "bad" the X-H2's rolling shutter and such really is. In the end it's still better than the older sensor and therefore good enough and still an upgrade over the old one.
@@DesertCookie I used to have a xt2 and 3, now I’m on xpro2. So I want to get the xh for the grip. I need something more comfortable to hold on to especially with the 50mmf1
Video AF is really what I'd like to know about - good enough to use on unrepeatable shots?
Also a number for the rolling shutter please...
All coming once we get a production model.
Amaazing price to performance ratio
Wonderful new camera. But as a non professional X-T4 owner, do I really need 40MP? Are my lenses good enough for that? I'm happy with my X-T4 for the moment.
Isn’t it great when you answer your own questions?
Lmao sick Jordan doing the ADR.
What I'm currently most curious about is, will there even be a X-T5? And how will it be different to the X-H line? With the X-H1 and X-T3, I felt like the H was more video-oriented (even though the H literally stands for hybrid) while the T was more photography. Now I feel like both bases are covered so well with these two X-H models, the X-T5 can only really be a downgrade in terms of specs. Is the only difference gonna be the button/dial layout?
Hope the XT-5 is an X-T4 with the new sensor and other stills improvements.
I would love to see how the production version does with low light performance (photo)
Holly Molly! Am I glad I didn't sell all of my fuji glass. Will I end up regretting getting the Sony A7IV? who knows! But it could be that the XH-2 becomes the answer to most of my prayers.
So this X Trans sensor is supposed to prevent or significantly remove moire? What current fuji lenses can resolve 40mp?
Would love to see the final review!
Did they ever do it? I can't find it.
Ah snap. The H version should've had the tilt screen, not the articulating one.
When are you going to test the X2D?
I am kinda thinking the "s" stands for speed. Right now we spend $4500.00 to get the total package because obviously, they know some people will buy one of each.
Just curious......if having a non-stacked filter is so detrimental to fast and accurate autofocus then how are Sony and Canon killing everyone else with their big slow sensors? Maybe Fuji should figure out what sort of witchcraft Sony and Canon are using and just copy that. I suspect it has more to do with processing power than the speed of the sensor readout. Maybe it has to do with the X-Trans CFA? If so they should ditch it in favor of lighting fast autofocus tracking.
Sony has disgusting amounts of cash to dump into AI for autofocus. Canon makes their own sensors and they are veterans with enough resources. The camera/imaging department of Fujifilm doesn't have the same level of R&D budget. Fujifilm has stopped being a camera company long long ago.