Chris & Jordan: The Battle of Camera Brands – Fujifilm vs Canon, Sony, Nikon and Panasonic

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Stalman+ hosted Chris and Jordan on his YouTube channel. They talk about DRP shutting down, the Sony ZV-E1 and starting from minute 38:24 they also talk about all camera brands in a section called “Battle of the Camera Brands”.

Regarding Fujifilm, this is what Chris, Jordan and Stalman+ have to say (starts 57:05):

  • they talk about the peculiar vintage look that Fujifilm cameras have that can “outlast technology”
  • love of using, holding and being seen with beautiful cameras, that’s still a factor today. Other companies under-appreciated that factor
  • Chris says that a few years ago the talk in the industry was that you have to go Full Frame or you are going to die
  • Fujifilm very bravely said “let’s stick with APS-C and let’s go one better and make some awesome medium format cameras”
  • Chris said they could make a whole podcast on how successful that whole line has been for Fujifilm
  • they delivered lots of amazing APS-C lenses
  • Chris thinks this was a smart decision, especially now that we look at the new sensors on the X-T5
  • Fujifilm is doing a great job giving people what they want and not having to go full frame to do it
  • you get a solid camera that can do many different things, that looks great and that focuses “yeah…”
  • Staleman+ says Fujifilm is the only camera that he would shoot JPEG straight of of camera or do a non-LOG profile and actually use it
  • the X-H2S is a powerhouse for video
  • Jordan agrees and says that the X-H2S image is one of his favourite out of any format of camera, even comparing it to full frame especially in terms of dynamic range it keeps up really nicely
  • they also listen to us in terms of features. They were the first to let videographers do 48th or 96th of a second shutter speed. Shutter angle and waveforms still missing. Hopefully those will come in future
  • Jordan’s biggest issue with Fuji’s recent launches is that a lot of those cameras haven’t felt completely finished (occasional crashes even with production models, punch-in focus not as sharp as it was previously)
  • Jordan wants Fujifilm to go back to where they were, as the company known for giving you initially flaky products but then they would firmware update the hell out of them
  • Fujifilm has the base hardware to make some of the best cameras out there, but Jordan just does not 100% trusts them at this point
  • Staleman+ says he did not experience such huge issues and crashes, but certainly there are some things that could be improved
  • he adds that he appreciates the operability and physicality of the cameras, the dials etc. It’s so clear what you are getting into as you start operating it and he loves that about Fujifilm
  • Chris said that he appreciates that Fujifilm launched the X-S series of cameras that actually departs from the manual controls
  • if you don’t love the manual dial control and you want an alternative, they are offering it
  • Chris prefers the X-S handling
  • Staleman+ just likes the way they are running the company and also leading the way in some ways when it comes to video, for example with Frame.io integration
  • Kudos to Fujifilm for leading from behind, so being in the position of being a smaller company that are still showing real strength and leadership

So lots of great things are said about Fujifilm, and only two significant points of criticism: improve autofocus even more and keep delivering Kaizen firmware updates.

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New Firmware Updates for Fujifilm X-T3, X-T4, X-T5 and X-H2

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New Firmware Updates

Fujifilm has released new firmware updates for the Fujifilm X-T3, Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm X-T5 and Fujifilm X-H2.

You can find all details and download links down below.

Firmware Details & Download Links

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Fujifilm Camera Remote Ver.4.7.2 Released

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Fujifilm has released ver. 4.7.2 of their Fujifilm camera remote App – iOS only!

I am not sure this new update will help the App to get better ratings on the App store.

What we need at this point is a totally new App.

But sadly after almost one years of rumors and leaks, including internal Fujifilm slides that unveil the name of a new App Fujifilm is working on, we still have to deal with the old camera remote App.

It’s kind of impressive that a huge company like Fujifilm needs years to develop a simple App that at least does not break your camera when you use it.

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The Fujifilm X Dream Team: or a Fujifilm X-T5, X-H2 and X-H2S Roundup

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Ah, remember the good times called “2022” when Fujifilm dropped three higher end APS-C cameras within 8 months?

Well, 2023 is still long, so let’s hope in awesome new gear to drop also this year.

But until then, let’s look back at the Fujifilm X awesomeness of 2022 and dedicate a roundup to the Fujifilm X-T5, X-H2 and X-H2s.

The Roundup

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Canon Full Frame vs Fujifilm APS-C for Landscape Photography – Long Live DxO Pure RAW

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The story starts like many other stories: a full frame camera, in this case the high resolution Canon EOS R5 gets compared with a Fujifilm APS-C camera, in this case the high res Fujifilm X-H2.

I hear many of you say now “no, not again!”

But hear me out.

This time it’s a bit different.

This time, the magic of DxO Pure RAW comes into play.

Here is what happened.

Ian Worth used the following gear side by side with the goal to compare the details on large prints:

But he went an extra step. He did not simply load the files into Lightroom to process the RAW files (with Lightroom standard settings) and then print the images.

Nope, he wanted to “help” Lightroom to deal with X-Trans files, and hence used DxO Pure RAW to transform the files into a DNG and only then processed them in Lightroom.

Unfair?

Well, he did the same with Canon files, but DxO did not bring any benefits in terms of sharpness to the Canon files, as opposed to Fujifilm X-Trans files, which definitely saw an improvement if passed through the DxO engine.

The result: the Fujifilm X-H2 and the Canon R5 both delivered very comparable results. Sometimes in certain areas he preferred the details on the X-H2, sometimes on the R5. But overall, both delivered absolutely excellent results.

Not bad for the Fujifilm combo, which costs about half as much as the Canon combo.

Look, RAW files are intended to be processed. And it’s up to everyone to decide how to do that.

But if you own X-Trans cameras and use Lightroom, then using DxO as a plug-in is definitely a recommended step to take into your post processing workflow.

Not mentioned by Ian in the video is the new DxO “DeepPRIME XD” support for X-Trans files, which is clearly superior to the more basic “DeepPRIME”. Now it really handles noise especially in dark areas much better.

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