The rumors were correct. Fuji did announce the XC 200 along with two
lenses the GF 45 to 100 f/4 and the XC 35 millimeter f/2, and as I predicted the
xt 200 comes with 4k capable of delivering 24 25 and 30 frames a second.
It's also able to deliver 120 frames per second in 1080p for filmmakers this is
good news, but how does this translate to quality it is a much more capable camera
than the XT 100 for sure let's face it the xt 100 was lacking in many ways sure
we got 4k but it was a frame rate that rendered it useless
no one has shot 15 frames per second since though 1928 and a lot of focus was
rough and the preamp was poor and while the preamp and the XC 200 isn't much
better this should not matter if you're mostly shooting outdoors however if you
are shooting inside don't plan on becoming a youtube star any time soon
unless you're investing in some external mics 4k is much improved as I predicted
yesterday we do get those standard frame rates of 24 25 and 30 frames a second
and 1080p gets that silky smooth slow-motion at 120 frames a second I
really love the look of 120 if you have ever played around with it or if you've
never played around with it you really should try it out shoot 120 where you
would normally shoot in 24 or 30 and see the difference it's a great technique
just don't overdo it good detailed video cannot stand up without decent autofocus
and well not as good as Sony or Canon it does deliver a good experience for the
ordinary filmmaker if you set the camera up correctly face and eye detection work
well too but I'd recommend keeping the focus point on your subject to make sure
focus is locked before using the X 200 to capture life take it out and play
around with the settings you want to make sure that the autofocus and other
settings are set up properly so it can deliver the results that you need when
you need it when it comes to the best autofocus experience Canon still leads
the pack turn on face and I detect and can use rarely have to give autofocus a
second but you're not going to find a cannon
that competes with the XC 200 in this price and performance what we have to
remember when looking for a camera is that capabilities really matter more to
us than specifications for every new camera that I review I use a list of
capabilities to help determine what I need out of a camera these are the
capabilities I'm going to use to compare the xt 100 to the xt 200 use these same
capabilities to compare all the cameras that I look at you might come up with
different capabilities but for the purpose of this video let's just focus
on these capabilities right now I don't doubt that your capabilities will be
different from mine and that's the point of this what you're trying to do is
you're trying to build a model that works for you here we can see the same
capabilities with a heat map and what I've done on the left side on the right
side I've got the XT 100 compared against the xt 200 red means excellent
and if we look at the xt 100 for my personal needs the XE 100 just doesn't
show up it's terrible when compared against the capabilities that I need it
only does high detail 1080p well photos and has a flippy screen it performs so
poorly in many other ways that I would look at this camera anymore
now the Fuji XG 200 per forms so much better it performs well in 1080p in 4k
and giving you that lots of detail that allows me to punch in and simulate
multiple camera angles it gives me those basic frame rates so I
can shoot 30 frames or 24 frames a second
it doesn't matter I've got a lot of options of course 25 if you're shooting
in PAL it produces high-quality photos it has a flippy screen and it produces
slow motion at 120 frames per second and full HD I was probably a little bit too
mean with the XT 100 I should have colored it yellow or orange because it
does give us 120 frames per second slow motion but if I remember correctly and
you guys will correct me if I'm wrong I think that was in 720 was it not in the
XT 200 we are getting 120 frames per second in Full HD that's
hey t is this enough is this good enough for me if I was just looking at the XT
100 versus the xc2 100 yes this might be enough to help me make a decision let's
assume that I'm not married to Fuji let's assume I want to look at Canon or
Sony Panasonic Olympus and the list goes on it would be really good to actually
compare the Fuji against several other cameras maybe do a short list of five
cameras that you might consider and then line this up and then things become a
little more difficult to compare because they will all light up and slightly
differently no two cameras will be alike and the best way to help you determine
which is the best camera for you is to provide a priority heat map in this
image we have the capabilities of the XC 200 that we were just looking at on the
left side of the screen on the right side we have my mandatory capabilities
and this has a heat map showing three different colors if it's colored red
it's mandatory if it's colored a yellowish orange it's important to me
but I can live without it but I'd really really like to have it and if it's
colored green I'm not gonna miss it I don't really care if it has it or not
but boy it would kind of make my day if I had these right you know it's one of
those things that you can live without when I compare it to the XC 200 like an
see that the mandatory capabilities look very good continuous autofocus it's not
as good as Canon or Sony so I gave it an okay rating but it's still very good and
if I'm willing to accept that and will you accept that it doesn't have a lot of
lenses with lens stabilization I could say that the XC 200 really does meet my
mandatory capabilities but where the xt 200 let's me down is take a look at the
ones that are important there's several that are absent from this camera that
are important to me when you're missing that many even though you have the
mandatory capabilities it's enough to make you think is this camera right for
me and I know from my own experience as a semi-pro videographer that this camera
isn't sufficient enough for me it's not good enough for me to do YouTube video
and it's not good enough for me for where I am in my life to boost that
run-and-gun work but I kind of already knew that for you guys
maybe you do know maybe you know that the XC 200 is your next camera maybe
you're excited about it or maybe you're thinking well I'll get the ex-chief or
or maybe the XT 3 is gonna be on sale and maybe you've already got a bunch of
Fuji lenses I highly recommend comparing the XT 3 the XT 4 in the XC 200 lining
them up creating a heat map based on what is mandatory what is not and you
might surprise yourself this is a really good technique to help cut through all
that detail those specifications there's a lot of videos right now on the XC 200
I really like DP reviews Jordan does a really good job of cutting through all
the noise but in a lot of other videos you get so much detail they're trying to
produce a really good review they want to tell you everything they want to tell
you what's great but they want to tell you what's bad but very rarely do they
suggest who this cameras for in terms of a use case and what I'm trying to teach
you guys is help you help yourselves determine which is the best camera for
you don't trust me I'm not an influencer I'm not trying to sell you on any one
camera I'm reviewing the information I'm reviewing the DJ's but I want to give
you my opinion and tools and techniques so you can do this yourselves don't
trust other influencers either I want to give you the tools so that you can make
your own decisions many huppah lose and I know I'm saying his last name wrong
but Maddy says the same thing Peter MacKinnon say the same thing you've got
to do your own research yourself and you'll feel so much better about your
purchase and I think and most of the times you're gonna make better decisions
but if you have any questions about anything that I've said and I'm sorry I
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