Hello again! Fuji Guy Michael here holding the beautiful cute little X-T30
camera which as it turns out is a real video powerhouse. Now this is going to be
a quick several minute dive into the menus in general if you want to
comparative video on how this differs from the X-T20 and the X-T3 there's a
longer video that goes into detail separately. Alright so stay with us for a
couple of minutes.
In February of 2019 FUJIFILM introduced the cute dainty X-T30 camera with a 26
megapixel sensor so it's incredible for still photography but they really really
upped the game in terms of what you can do now for video. The video menu now is
like four pages long instead of just one like it used to be on previous models.
So it does the standard HD versions and also does 2k as well and the frame rates
in that go from 23.98 to 59.97
It's basically 24 to 60 in common parlance but it also does 4k in UHD 4k
However the very very cool thing about this camera is it now does real cinema
4k DCI cinema 4k which is 4096 pixels wide instead of 3840. It's a 17:9
aspect ratio instead of 16:9, but that is what you need to shoot
basically if you're going to submit a movie for a festival because that is the
professional screening aspect ratio of these days. So that's very very cool in a
nice small inconspicuous camera now the 4K spec on this is 23.98
up to 29.97 so then 4k this does not do 60P
However or the internal data rate when recording internally the data rate on
this goes up to 200 megabit per second and that is really phenomenally
good quality. What is that good for? Well for something like this with just a
talking head just not much going on in a frame there's not a lot of motion. A low
data rate a 50 megabit per second is fine but when you have action when you
have sports or say fashion with a swirling dress or a lot of hair being
tossed around that's when the compression gets to be really really
stressed and you need a higher data rate for that. So the 200 megabit per second
option on this is fantastic now for moving subjects. But where else does that
come in handy? How about on a drone. This little tiny
package is really easy to sling underneath a drone. So now you've got a
moving platform not just a moving subject. Again that's some place where a
higher data rate is really really important. The internal record on this to
the SD card which is down here underneath, is 4:2:0 8bit.
Which is standard for pretty much all non-professional cameras out on the
market these days 4:2:0 8 bit and which is really really very very nice but we
threw in a new trick with this. On the HDMI out you can now get 10 bit 4:2:2
uncompressed. 10 bit 4:2:2 uncompressed via the HDMI out on the X-T30.
Killer feature! Awesome! Now in a special mode the camera will
allow you to do 100 P and 120P it's 120 frames per second in HD as well to the
internal record.
FUJIFILM has long been known for its
Film Simulations which our customers love and adore and the X-T30 gets one of
our really special ones which is called Eterna.
Eterna is a Film Simulation of our color motion picture negative film stock which is
nicely beautifully low saturation with extremely accurate colors. You don't
need to create it. This gives you a much different look than just regular HD, you
know, TV news, sports kind of high contrast look. This is softer and more
delicate so you get a movie look without having to do any grading at all.
Speaking of grading, the X-T30 also lets you shoot in log we call it F-log, Fuji log.
Now log is a greatly expanded way of encoding the data from shadows to highlights,
that's very similar to the way the eye sees and it gives you much more dynamic
range. However it doesn't look really pretty so this does need to be graded.
Which means color corrected. So if you're not into that, the
log is not going to help you but if you're a pro and need a little
itty-bitty tiny camera that can shoot log, this is your answer. In addition, in
the menu settings, our highlight, shadow, color saturation, sharpening adjustments
just like you can do in still photography as well, and we can also do
dual recording so I mentioned the SD card before well you can record a backup
to the SD card while still recording to 10-bit through HDMI externally so that's
really cool. Dual recording on the X-T30.
Another nice addition on this camera is
much more enhanced audio capabilities. The pre-amp, so with a microphone coming
internally, the pre-amp is much cleaner lower noise you have better settings
more range of adjustability. I should note that the internal mic jack on the
X-T30 is a 2.5 millimeter plug so you'll need an adapter to use the standard 3.5.
Lastly, is we have added a very very nice silent touchscreen control which lets
you adjust settings while you're recording. So if you suddenly need to
change the ISO or shutter speed or white balance or a microphone level while the
camera is recording you don't have to actually handle the physical controls on
the camera. You can just do it all on the touch screen.
So check out an X-T30 at a dealer near you you'll love it!