Hi everyone welcome back to The Fuji Guys channel I'm Gord of The Fuji Guys.
The FUJIFILM X-H1 carries on the tradition of outstanding still image photography from
FUJIFILM but it also expands dramatically the video capabilities.
In this video I'm going to spend a bit at a time talking about some of the top video
features available on the FUJIFILM X-H1 if you're interested about finding out
more stick around.
As mentioned the X-H1 features an improved selection of features compared
to previous models including the fact that shoots in DCI 4k which is a 17:9
aspect ratio it shoots in either 24 or 23.98 frames per second
which are standards for videographers. You can actually adjust the bitrate
right from 50 megabits per second to 200 megabits per second in 4k. To do that you
would go into the video menu, when you're in the video mode, and you choose the
movie mode and then from within there you choose the frame rate as well as the
megabits per second from 50 to 100 to 200 megabits per second. There's also the
ability to record full HD movies and up to 5 times slow motion. To do that you
push the menu button in the movie mode and then jump to full HD high-speed
recording from within there there's about six or seven different choices
from 2x normal speed to 5x slower than normal speed. A quick
way to get into there is to assign that capability to a custom function button
to do that you would push and hold the display back button which brings up all
the menu of all the different custom function buttons that are available. You
choose whichever button you want to assign it to and then from within there
there are 6 pages of different options that you can choose from to assign a custom function.
In addition there's Eterna film simulation Eterna was a
motion picture film that was very well respected by cinematographers and
that same effect is created with Eterna film simulation. When you're shooting
with the dynamic range set at 200 you can get 11 stops of dynamic range. If you
turn the dynamic range to 400 you actually get 12 stops of dynamic range when you're shooting video.
There are a number of different video options when
it comes to the X-H1 including internal recording and external recording.
If you are going to be attaching it to an external HDMI recorder included in the
box is the tether cable lock to be able to attach your HDMI cable securely to the camera.
In addition to the film simulations there's also an F log or
flat profile that's available. If you're using an external recorder it records an
8-bit recording in 4:2:2. If you use now the internal recording which is actually
capable of, you can record it 4:2:0. If you have a multi camera setup and you
want to have the capability to have all of your clips lineup
properly during post-processing you'd want to use the timecode capabilities of
the camera. A quick way to be able to do that is to have all the cameras set for
exactly the same time and to do that you can actually use the Bluetooth®
capabilities of your smartphone and transfer the time from your smartphone
to each of the cameras one at a time. Very quick and easy to do. If you go into
the camera menu you'd want to go to the setup menu and then to
connection setting and then to Bluetooth® setting and then pairing registration.
If you don't already have the app installed on your phone there's a QR code that
shows up on the screen to be able to scan that with your phone which will
take you to the appropriate place to download the app for your device.
I already have the app installed here so I would start the app and then go to
pairing registration there's some communication that happens through
Bluetooth initially I then choose which camera I want to pair up with my smart
phone. There is the additional communication that happens from within here at which
point I push ok and now I have the choice on my camera to be able to select
and accept the time from my smartphone. Just hit OK from within there and I'm
good to go on that side of things once I've done that then I need to go into
the movie setups to be able to go to the timecode setting which is actually on
page 4 and from there there's a few different choices from within.
At which point we'd also then would suggest probably you'd want to go with
either free run or record run free run would be a because of keeping time that
might be the best solution for a multi camera X-H1
setup. So I go to free run and then once I start my recording my movies there's
actually some extra information that's embedded in the clips that allows my
image editor like Final Cut Pro to be able to line all the clips up properly.
The X-H1 offers the ability to record 4k videos utilizing face detection auto
focus to track people's faces when you do that it actually automatically puts
the camera into continuous autofocus mode even if you've got to selector
lever set at single autofocus point. To change and turn on the autofocus for
face detection you would want to go to page 3 of the movie menu. Top item there
is to be able to turn the face detection on or off. A tip would be to assign that
capability to a custom function button so again push and hold the back display
back button be able then to go through my various
choices choose which what I button I want to assign that capability to and
then on page two is where I'll find the face and eye detection. In the case of 4k
movies it's only the face detection that kicks on. If you're wanting to then you
can actually have the ability to change how fast the autofocus will track any
given subject. That's where you'll find on page two, you have the auto focus
custom settings specifically for movies and there are two options within there.
The tracking sensitivity and you actually have five different options
from within the tracking sensitivity as well, you have the autofocus speed, how
quickly it moves from one to the other and there's actually eleven different
choices from within there. There's also the ability to have the auto focus ring
be either linear or nonlinear. Just like with stills you could have it where it
automatically speeds up depending on how fast or slow you turn the autofocus , the
manual focus ring rather. That's actually located within the button dial
setting, and you'll find that on page two is where you'll find either non linear
or linear. Where you'd want to choose linear is if you've got a two position
where you want to choose back and forth between two positions as you rotate the
lens and then rotate back it ends up exactly back where you started when
you're using the linear. For nonlinear again the faster you turn the lens
barrel for focus it will move the focus point faster or slower depending on the
ratio that you're working with.
The X-H1 has in body image stabilization.
That allows you to have handheld situations using a non stabilized lens and getting
up to five stops of image stabilization depending on the lens that you're
working with. There's also a sub monitor on the top of the camera that you can
customize and put exactly the information that you're wanting to.
There's two different settings. One's for stills and one's for video and they work
totally different depending on what mode that you have the camera set into.
To change what information is displayed on the top dial you would want to go to
the settings - screen settings and then you'll find on page three the sub
monitor setting and you can then choose between still mode or video mode and
then from there customize the screen to exactly the way that you would like to
have it setup. It also offers seamless recording so it
does have the two card slots and as you're recording into card slot one when
you're working with sequential you would automatically switch over to card two
without a gap within there. Similar to how the movies are recorded within the
cards. There's also a tally light so your talent can tell whether or not that
you're recording and it actually turns on, in the movie mode, you actually
go to page 4 of the movie mode and that's where you'll find turning the
tally light on or off and you can actually have it where it's set to
either the front or the rear so the operator can then tell. If you're in a
dark situation and the front and the tally lights a little bit too light you can always
put a little piece of tape over top of the light to help to dim that down so it
doesn't affect the exposure. There's also the ability to have a silent operation
so it really, when you've real in a quiet situation, and you can actually turn that
on or off. Turning that on is done through page four of the movie settings
and you turn that on. Once you've turned that on you disables the shutter speed
as well as the aperture and the ISO dials of the camera and that's all now
controlled through the touch screen. You'll notice there's now a secondary
touch portion and you can actually choose many of the different functions
within there very silently to be able to make the changes during the recording
and not have to worry about any noise from the camera operating.
Those are just a few of the new features that are added to the video segment side of things for
the FUJIFILM X-H1. I hope you enjoyed. If you should have any questions about this
video feel free to leave them in the comment section below.
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