6 Months Later! – Fujifilm X-H2S Long Term Review

Finally got around to reviewing the Fujifilm X-H2S, so decided to make a long term review instead. These are just some of my thoughts about the X-H2S going into 2023, hope you guys enjoy the video. See ya!
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:14 - X-H2S for Photography
1:30 - X-H2S for Filmmaking
1:46 - Open Gate
3:19 - Slow-mo Options
3:38 - Important Settings!!!!
4:05 - Codecs I use
4:31 - Recording Times
5:43 - Using F-Log and F-Log2
6:13 - Low Light Capability
7:29 - IBIS
9:25 - AF & New Firmware
10:06 - Battery Life
11:01 - Overheating
12:25 - Ken's Quick Tips!
12:51 - X-H2S with the Ninja V
13:28 - ProRes RAW
13:49 - Final Thoughts
15:25 - My nitpicks
16:42 - See ya!
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[Donotcareabyouropinion]

absolutely smashed the review! i just ordered the X-H2S and cannot wait haha.

[Ed_Scott]

Appreciate the time and detail you put into this. Happy I came across your channel while looking up info for the xh2s. Keep up the great work!!! #subbed

[christianwmeyer]

Thank you 🙏 Kenneth for your honest review. Much appreciate the BTS of using the XH2S in a real-world scenario. Subscribed right away 🎉😊
Curious about what happens if you incidentally change the battery without turning off the camera. That's my biggest clue with my x-t3 it lost all the settings and turns into a factory reset state. 😲 I didn't had that with Lumix cameras. Sure we have to shut down the cameras, but things can go wrong.
Did you had issues regarding this?

[Ashaya]

Thank you, loved your presentation and found it helpful.

[BTMovieSecondChannel]

Watched it completely. You have nice humor and are down-to-earth in a friendly way, keep up the good work! Were those event shots from a worship session by the way? Greetings from Holland!

[zurrizurzur]

big thing about prores recording as well, is that u NEED a CFexpress card, if u dont already have one, u are gonna have ot spend more than 3 times for the same capacity v30 card, just not worth it

[ghas]

By far the best camera within its price range for me. You can do anything with it.

I foolishly sold it for the Nikon Z9, which honestly is probably too much camera for what I need. It’s also twice the weight and size. I’m going to stick with it for now, but I haven’t been impressed with a camera at its price point as I have with the X-H2S.

[cyb]

Please expand on the Important Settings, I noticed the After shot became a lot softer but it was such a small example

[TwoTimesRmedia]

Great video, I've been thinking of doing a few month review myself.

[Jgheiler]

Hi Kenneth, what is your favorite mid range zoom for the fuji? I am debating between the xf16-55 or the sigma 18-50 or the XF16-80. what do you use?

[klver]

Okay thank you so much for this! I currently have an FX3 and although it's a great camera I'm feeling a bit bored of it (not to sound pertentious or anything!) it's a fantastic camera but the fuji film colours and "film like" look straight out of camera just makes me want to switch, as well as the "grain like noise". the only fear I have is struggling with the af, even tho I don't film sports or cars or anything like that, more so just vlogs, talking heads and narrative I am still worried a bit ahahha but I think it should be fine for what I need.

[rotorfpv]

my english is bad, sorry. did you mention slowmo at 1080p is better than in 4k?

[TomOhle]

Arguably it actually is ahead of Canon and Sony systems in terms of specs irrespective of price. XH2S shoots 40 FPS stills continuous 14 bit raw. Internal ProRes and internal Pro Res LT… without an external recorder and black magic raw with an external recorder. AF with firmware 3 is very close to A1 levels. What it is missing IMHO is some of the video assist features of say GH6 (waveforms) or S5ii (LUT upload). These things that I feel a judicious firmware update could resolve if Fuji is serious about pushing this camera. Outside or that and irrespective of price, I feel it’s one of the most capable creative tools available.

[info-vodice]

Hi I follow your chanel and look at your videos about Xh2s. Im in dilema between xh2s and Panasonic S5II. I mostly make video in low light. What do you recommend?

[justcallmebones]

Just curious. How do you expose for f-log 2? I saw you were +2 in exposure during the AF test.
Also, I'm not sure I'm doing wrong, but my footage definitely looks noiser at the base 1250 ISO for F-Log 2 (Sharpness & Noise Reduction at -4). Your footage looked so clean! Are you using a denoiser?

[apixphotographystudios]

Informative video, interesting for all of us out there who want to invest their money to buy one. Thank you !

[lix]

2:35 lol the guy was actually you. I instantly noticed when the mustache fell off! Must have been a fake mustache.

[maciejbuczkowski]

Hi. Very imformative and well put together video. I am photographer with close to zero knowledgo about videography. That I want to change now. I will be taking first steps while owning an XH2s. Where do I even start? Skillshare I guess :)

[scotthullinger]

1080P suffers quite a bit with the Fuji, huh?
Well ... is it just with the Fuji? Or wouldn't the 1080P also suffer if you had a camera from any other manufacturer which had the same exact video specs?