Hey there, Jake with B&H.
Back and better than ever, It's Justin from Fuji with a brand-new camera the X-T3.
What can you tell me about this guy?
Everything is brand new on it.
So, we got a new sensor, we got a new processor, the housing looks the same.
But, there's lots of changes in there too with buttons and dials and where things are
located.
Everything else, it's all about speed.
Speed is the name of the game.
Let’s start with the sensor.
Tell me about that.
So, it's a 26 megapixel.
So, small jump from the the previous generation sensor.
It's the X-Trans CMOS 4.
It's a 4th generation sensor that were up to.
And its backside illuminated which gives us more speed more flexibility.
Lowers our base ISO down to 160.
It was 200 in the previous-generation sensors now 160.
But then, all that data is fed through the new processors.
So, it's been into the X-Processor 4.
Which is a quad-core processor that has basically 3x more processing power than the previous
generation processor in the X-T2.
So, it's got more capabilities for processing auto-focus, data for passing file data through
the camera.
Everything about the cameras meant to do it quicker, faster, easier.
There's 2.16 million pixels that work as phase-detection autofocus.
The cover 100% of the sensor.
Before we really were, we're pretty broad.
Like 60-80% of the sensor was covered before.
Depending on vertical or horizontal.
Now, we're a 100%.
So, you want to run phase detection and want to run out to the corner.
Yeah, we can do phase-detection autofocus.
Track objects from the corner of the frame.
Does it have to be in the middle.
That's all good.
425 different AF points that you can select.
Also, with the phase-detection algorithms that's all redesigned too.
So, there's new algorithms for face and eye detection.
So, for continuous auto focus tracking that's all improved in this camera.
You were telling me that within the pixel that they can move independently of each other
vertically/horizontally?
Explain how that works?
Well the autofocus system, the actual in a phase-detection autofocus point, the way that
it looks for focus.
It actually has more data points than the previous generation sensor uses, and it can
actually use those points independently.
So, we can search horizontally, vertically or an independent pixel actually hunting for
focus by itself.
But not only that but now, exposure is working independently of the autofocus?
In the past, the sensor actually had to do a autofocus calculation, kind-of stop, do
an exposure calculation, go back to autofocus and do these things together.
Kind of like they were they were together.
They were tied at the hip.
Now, they’re independent.
So, the exposure can be changing while the autofocus is tracking and it doesn't miss a beat.
Sportsfinder mode.
Tell me about that.
Sportsfinder mode is a 1.25x crop.
It actually gives you a bright-line frame on the EVF.
So, you can see what's happening outside your frame.
And it’s 16-megapixel.
But, it allows us to shoot up to 30fps.
First, so It's upping the speed of the camera.
Increasing your focal lengths, a little bit.
But, it's giving you that capability similar to high-speed crop mode.
Kind of a fun, throwback feature on this is the digital microprism?
Yeah, we've added some kind of new little tweaks of features.
We've now added a digital microprism to the camera.
So, in the old days used to have on some SLR cameras that little, like, diamond cut area
that kind of sparkled.
So, you can use that now to just focus if you want to.
Enough about photos, let’s talk about video.
4K internal? Tell me as little about that.
Okay, 4K we can now do 60p.
So, external out to a recorder we're 4:2:2 10-bit and internal were 4:2:0 10-bit.
Still 10-bit though.
It's a 1.18x crop.
At 60p.
So, it's a little bit of a crop.
When you go to 30p, it’s the full sensor readout.
There's no crop there and also having higher megabits per second rating.
So that the 60p is 200 Mbps.
The, 30p is 400 Mbps. 120fps is also on this camera.
120fps is on this camera, yeah.
The previous camera the X-H1 added 120fps.
But it was using upscaling to go to 120fps.
This camera doesn't need that.
So, it's not upscaling anymore.
It's a 1.29x crop.
But, being able to get rid of the upscaling to give us better images, less moiré, less
artifacts.
We’ve got H.264 and we’ve got H.265.
We;ve added those 2 codecs, H.265 looking to the future.
But, also the 10-bit capability of H.265.
Where, H.264 has some limitations internally.
It’s only 8-bit.
Recording internally to the SD card.
External we can run higher out.
But, then internal codec limits us to 8-bit.
We’ve added the H.265 to give us true, 10-bit Internal recording.
You can shoot ALL-Intra or Long G.O.P.?
Or, Long GOP as I like to say.
Explain to me, which one for which?
All-Intra will work up to 30p. 60p has to go to Long-GOP.
You’ve always had peaking but now you’ve added Zebra?
Yes, we’ve added Zebra functionality to the camera.
So, left and right zebras, and also being able to set the percentage.
So, you can pick and choose to fit your needs.
Hybrid log gamma is coming to the camera.
So, it’s coming, just hang tight, hopefully before the end of the year will have some
hybrid log gamma capability to the camera.
To the naked eye, it looks pretty similar.
But, there’s a few different improvements on here.
There’s lots of little things hidden around in it.
Previously, the diopter didn't lock.
So, it is really easy to accidently bump it.
But, now I added it like a watch crown.
So, you could pull out on the diopter ring, turn it and push it back in and it locks that position.
So, you can’t indivertibly just spin the dial and end up with it--feelin' like
you're blind when you look through the finder.
We've also made it that the side door comes off.
So, we can actually detach the side door on the camera.
So, if you’re shooting video and you don't want the door to get in the way.
You know things get knocked around, cables pulling on it.
All kinds of things.
The door pops off easy little slider.
Just pops in, pops off.
We've also you notice there's some different connectors on the here.
We've added a headphone jack.
On the side of the camera.
You’ll also notice a USB-C port on the side of there.
So, for charging the battery in the camera, for some accessories.
But also, if you want to run off an external battery pack, we can plug into that cable
and give the camera additional power.
But also, the new hand grips.
Still charges with the AC adapter.
But, with boost mode now it doesn't need to have the hand grip.
So, we can use boost without the hand grip.
Justin brought a surprise guest: A whopping 200mm f2.
Okay, what is…wow!
What am I looking at here?
Well you're looking at sort of the longest prime focal length lens we’ve made so far.
Be available later this fall.
But yeah, 200mm f2.
Big optic—ships with a 1.4 teleconverter included with it so it's really two lenses
in a box.
5-stops of OIS.
Perfect match the X-T3 I feel.
The first time I shot an X-T3, I was shooting rally cars.
I was shooting them cresting over the top of a hill with a T3 and the 200mm f2.
Surprise!
Another surprise, surprise guest!
The 8-16mm f/2.8.
This table is getting crowded.
What is this I'm looking at?
All right, so it's the new widest-angle lens in our family.
It's an 8-16mm f/2.8.
So, it's a fixed f/2.8 aperture across that range.
Yeah, it's a little bit of a beefy lens.
But, it's kind of a unique little piece of glass.
8mm has got lots of depth-of-field even at f/2.8.
But, giving you more flexibility for low-light shooting.
And yeah, you need to be careful where your feet are with it and how you hold it.
It might see you.
Look at all these things.
All these toys from Fuji.
Justin, thank you so much.
Thank you so much.
Always a pleasure.
Jake from B&H, just keep shooting.