My Filmmaking Setup (Fujifilm XH2S)

I take you through my full filmmaking setup including my camera rig build, my modded vintage lenses, and filters I use.
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Modded my lenses using: www.simmodlens.com
Camera Rig Build:
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Filters:
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Lenses:
Carl Zeiss Jena Set
Zeiss Classic ZF.2 Set
0:00 Intro
1:23 Camera Build (XH2S)
7:12 Lens Set (Carl Zeiss Jena)
10:47 Lens Set (Zeiss Classic ZF.2)
13:44 Filters (Nisi Swift System)
16:02 Outro
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[@mielezita]

honey wake up serr just posted !!!

[@serr]

❤️

[@GawxArt]

This made my day

[@cooperhaaland]

Incredibly versatile build and your LUTs are so reasonably priced and such a great starting point for trying to get that more filmic look. Great stuff.

[@venzwhittmer]

Yo Serr. I'm a photographer and now studying film making as an ultra beginner. I would like to thank you for your videos man it pushed me to try. You're a great teacher and an inspiration for beginners like me. Been watching your stuff lately and It helped me a lot. Thank you man.

[@patrickispeppa]

Really strong, unique content! Hope you're doing more uploads, I love you video style as well as your in-depth explanations! :)

[@fanimations2363]

You have one of the best footages taken out from Fujifilm XH2S! Just great person behind the cam!

[@CineDailies]

fuji gang on DECK. loved using your luts, thanks for letting me try them out!

[@serr]

Thanks for the feedback on them bro!

[@TheWrongAbdulla]

Here I am looking at a Fujifilm rig build before even getting the XH2S...LOVE IT

[@lookintok]

Keep being the motivation to go out and film something! Looking forward to seeing what you have in store next!

[@sk8rn8thegr8]

love the way you color grade bro. im a stills guy but these videos always inspire me to get out and improve my video skills

[@jtchalatsis]

Such a great video, thanks for sharing your rig details, I've been waiting for the video! Also love the footage, as always, looks fantastic. Thank you for the inspiration, I'm even tempted to grab a 35mm Jena for my X-T3!

[@nigelianzamora]

Bro, your footage is gorgeous. Thanks so much for this video.

[@jboremus]

The best channel on KZbin. Keep up the amazing work serr

[@aaronsapaen]

Inspiring stuff Serr. I just started using Davinci and I’m learning a lot through your powergrades. Keep motivating my friend!

[@WellRfilms]

The Zeiss lenses are great! I have the 35mm 2.4 too and it has a good sharpness at f2.4. These are original Zeiss lenses made in the former GDR. So they are technically real Zeiss lenses. There also was another Carl Zeiss factory in West Germany after the 2.World War, where for example the Planar lenses or the lenses for the Contax cameras were built. After the cold war the two Zeiss companies were reunited.

[@TalesOfTam]

This has inspired me to jump into the Fujifilm ecosystem despite being a GH5 user, thanks!

[@dougmacmillan1712]

Thanks for doing a nuts and bolts video. It's a great complement to your creative video. NISI was smart to send you those filters. I checked them out and it's not a bad price for the set. That would cover my needs.

[@Eyeofkamau]

Been waiting to see your rig set

[@SquiggyWigginz]

Serr. Wife and I really love your channel. I dropped the bomb on an early Christmas gift and bought her this camera and 2 lenses. Now I'll have to get her those cinema stuff you have. Very cool. Liked and subscribed.

[@grainybrews]

Huge inspo for my career! Thanks for doing everything you do mate.

[@Babsdoproductions]

That’s tough, I’ve been slowly getting Zeiss lenses both Jena and Classics/Contax and they’re really competitive with modern options. I don’t think you could go wrong either way but it depends how you shoot, like you said you wanted more wide options and the newer Zeiss lenses are the way to go there but there is a point of the vintage funk of the Jenas. Good luck with that decision but good on you for starting out with some of the best vintage lens options and for great deals too! Personally, I’m looking at getting a set of ZF.2s but potentially mixing with some of the newer Milvus line for lenses that really benefited from the updates, however, it just depends as I could save up and go full Milvus to keep things simple, we’ll see.

[@ChristopherShipe]

Great video Serr, thank you for your insight on a convenient rig, hope you're doing well.

[@serr]

Thanks so much Christopher! Im doing great, I hope all is well with you too :)

[@BartRosfotografie]

Wow inspiring setup. Thanks for this

[@foggymossstudio]

Great work! Love it!

[@iamkayotto]

Nice video, congratulations on the Scoopic. Looking forward to see a video on that.

[@LeonGale06]

idk what it is you do, but your grading is honeslty so so good. every video i'm in awe of your colour grade

[@collinausbury]

great video man - you really sold me the idea of the Jena's

[@QualityVideoService]

Looks great, very nice.

[@francescapaluan4987]

the colour grade is incredible

[@marcellobarbusci]

Congratulations mate. This is special gear

[@acaiv1797]

Nice rig!

[@micah_hamilton]

Love this!

[@jeffmcbeff6084]

Beautiful!

[@theconnorbacon]

Just a heads up to anyone purchasing this rig, the battery hinge now comes with 2 female ends so you'll need 15mm male extension pieces to lock the battery plate into your 15mm rods.

[@MikeGrayFilm]

you work is fire bro!

[@serr]

Appreciate that bro!

[@dragonstone6594]

Very cool setup. Please keep us updated on external BRAW for the X-H2s.

[@CiprianTrip]

Man you should record audiobooks. Great voice! Great content as well, I love that you're applying that anamorphic crop to your work.

[@seanmolloymedia]

Your videos are so informative and helpful for me, stoked I found this channel. Would you mind explaining what process you use for the grain in your work? It looks perfect to me and I'm always experimenting in post with different sizes and such. Thank you and keep the vids coming!

[@ektar_100]

Loved the intro 👌

[@whateverinbetween9444]

I would like to see you walk me through your post-production, and how you play with your nodes and luts.

[@dominika5252]

your videos are always so beautiful and inspiring to me as a fellow creative !

[@serr]

Glad they can serve as inspiration for you! Thanks for watching :)

[@alexalternateacc]

arrival tat goes hard af

[@IvernIvern]

Can you do a video on what camera settings you use? Thank you!

[@MikeEbrahimi]

Give us a heads up man. Love this stuff

[@kevosi]

had the same experience with recording BRAW where it just felt like the highlights were horrible - but realized you have to expose differently for BRAW and started using false color on the video assist and I was surprised to see how much the highlights were clipping even when they looked alright on the monitor - so I exposed to the highlights and I actually am really loving the image that's coming out of it - FLOG2 is still great but for anyone looking to use BRAW, this was something I found interesting

[@lomane_]

Finally get upload

[@SummersSnaps]

Thank you!

[@johny3889]

Amazing video, like always! I’m just very curious as why you changed your BMPCC for the Fuji. I got a BMPCC for the RAW recording. But I’m temped by the XH2S (and the 15 Stops in Flog2) - I have a XT3 and have shot some beautiful things. Big fan of Fuji. Might switch back. Would love to know about what made you decide to get rid of the BMPCC.

[@danijelbogdanic6387]

Hi @Serr thanks for this very informative video. One question why did you get rid of the BM 6k pro, and how does this camera compare to the XH2s?

[@wilbertandrews]

i think sigma art zoom lenses are also good for cinematography, there is a special cinema kit from pchood but for aps-c sensor. just as good planar T from zeiss

[@nosatori]

Great video with so many good ideas! One question: Do you ever use a gimbal? I’m a still photographer just expanding into video using XH2 and XH2s and I’m blown away by your steady footage with the handle-based rig. I’ve also built one and for me it’s a very slow learning process trying to get steady footage from it.

[@juliangigante]

I would love to upgrade my xt4 to the xh2s but I fear the huge problem fujis have with overheating I shoot weddings and rolling for long periods of time causes the fujis to overheat often

[@FTrovatten]

Ugh… *Opening eBay*.. Love the setup! New to your channel as well - quality mate!

[@thomasherman-polloni2967]

Hello Serr, thanks a lot for sharing all your thoughts about your cinematography. I'll be interested by buying some Zeiss Jena lenses for my Xh2s. Did you use a speedbooster or a simply adapter for EF to FX ? Thank you !

[@nthnmtz]

So good 🤌

[@jean-pierrehoude3241]

Super inspiring work. That intro song felt perfect with your footage. Can you please give me the title of this song? Thanks!

[@jojoegge]

could you make a drive folder with 2 or 3 videos of you in flog? I´m thinking bout buying this cam but want to test the coloring process first. would be a great help!

[@braveheart6047]

Some guy on TikTok recommend you. Nice work man 🙏🏾

[@MrMilanina]

Thanks for this. What about batteries on your monitor, do you always keep them in even though you power the monitor from micro V mount battery?

[@joaocunha3546]

Hi Serr. Does that Jena’s lenses compare with Jena II MC macro lenses? Japanese made? Do you know anything about them? Thanks, awesome video 👏

[@Sky.H265]

Just one question! How long do you find the V-mount batteries last? Thinking of switching to that rather then running multiple batteries 😂

[@AlexZapata-]

I am not sure if you are familiar with the LUMIX G7 but any tips you can give me for that?

[@kagantekkaya788]

yes this one

[@leanymunoz]

hola, crees que importa mucho que marca de monitor se usa en caso de usar la fuji xh2s?

[@Hellofriendzzz]

Hi Man, true artist , I was just wondering if the BRAW is now working well , has there been a recent update which solved the problems ? I’m about to invest all my savings in either the bmpcc 6k pro or this camera , please let me know which one you would pick

[@ruisearts]

Hello sir, just walked in on your channel today, instant fan. Did you happen to sell that kit?

[@user-me8dx2fm5y]

Please tell me which adapter do you use?Finding a wide angle on Fuji is a difficult task.If also for shooting a video, then the situation seems impossible.

[@user-oq6de8sd6y]

Ohlala the old 35mm F2.4 is marvellous - What lut or other to you use for the images with this 35mm ? (kids in grass, girl walk in street, …) Thanks

[@Ditto_Film]

한국어 자막 대단히 감사합니다. Thank you very much for Korean subtitles.

[@how2dodis]

thanks for the video bro, can I ask you which lamp you got there? 3:12

[@heyhey5963]

Heads up: your link for the top handle goes to a different handle (non-NATO) than what's shown in the video.

[@ghas4151]

I’m looking to get some Prograde Cobalt type B cards for the X-H2S. What would you say is the ideal card size for video? Is 165GB enough?

[@Project_2501]

Hi Serr, I'm super interested in projects you worked on. I visited your website, but under "cinematography" was only stills and no further information. Can you give me links to stuff you worked on with, I am super interested! Thanks so much!

[@michialharris1850]

How do you feel about the image quality being compared to the bmpcc6k? Do you feel like it has that cinema quality look?

[@vytenisusas3222]

Thank you, man, for the work you do. I just love your style and nature of communication both in video and audio. Q: You said you like to record internally on X-H2s, is it ProRes or Braw? What CFexpress card you use for that? Thanks again ❤

[@nordfresse]

The camera does not record Braw internally.

[@swatrick_payze]

hey serr, thank you for your inspiring videos. may I ask, does the video assist monitor support all resolutions of the xh2s? e.g. if i want to shoot 4k 60fps? thank you so much and keep it up!

[@danielhuang2488]

really wish there was a camera like the xh2s that can shoot 4k braw. 6k takes too much storage, and i don't want to crop

[@mariahezra]

great video! Thanks for this! What memory card(s) do you use?

[@riccardosolis9861]

Hey Serr, i have a doubt. I would like to buy Zena Classic ZF2. How can you connect Nikon F mount to your X-h2S? Do you use metabones? Because in the video you show a Metabones from EF (canon) to FX II, not from NF (Nikon) to FX II. Thanks for the help :)

[@Dennis94913]

Been using the XT3 for a couple months, is the moire on videos caused by the camera not having an OLPF?

[@anirudhtd7193]

Ay yo serr!!! Your videos are pretty Rad!!! Can I please know your thoughts on the Sigma fp?

[@InsertVFX]

do you regret selling the Blackmagic camera? or do you think that the fujifilm is better?

[@LeonGale06]

please can you let me know what song it was at the beginning. been seaching everywhere on music bed and i dont know what it is

[@achdigitalphotography711]

Hey Serr, I watched one of your KZbin videos where you talk about B-Raw not being very good with the XH2-S. Is it still the case? Thank you

[@bluelighthousemedia4538]

Did you test the Fringer Pro II Canon Fuji adapter on this camera?

[@cinematic_monkey]

Hi. Great setup. How do you find the higher iso in terms of noise? I downloaded some samples and it looks like my old gh5 footage noise wise. What are your thoughts on the matter?

[@PALALALALALALA]

Hey @serr Funny to see how your footage from the XH2S cinematic video appears very different and "low quality" on this export. Any idea why ? Regards from France.

[@ericscion5770]

Im about to buy a vmount for my xh2s. With the v mount, Can I power the camera with usbc ?

[@LuciferOldwine]

Great video! Do you use a mist filter on top of the jenas?

[@Danobot11]

How do folks find the Fuji autofocus while using speedboosters?

[@bronzehawk3646]

is speed booster worth it? ive seen people saying it reduces image quality?

[@nigelianzamora]

Could you explain how you add mist in Davinci?

[@hungry_horse2484]

Always love your work Serr, Thanks for sharing, Silly Questions -What would be your fav lens to go on with Fuji camera setup ,what's your thought on using native fuji lenses for video? And finally do you have any recommendation for zoom lenses to go along with this camera for starting out with video.

[@serr]

Thanks so much! Favorite native fuji lens for video would probably have to be either the 16mm 1.4 or 18mm 1.4! For a zoom lens you can’t go wrong with the 18-55. New sigma zooms for x mount are all great aswell 👌

[@hungry_horse2484]

@@serr Thanks for your reply ,appreciate it.

[@snowkombat263]

Hey , which one did you choose on the mod lense website to make your zeiss jena compatible?

[@tamirplatzmann]

How is the AF vs the Xt4? I’m pro, the Xt4 AF isn’t good enough. And how is the quality vs the Xt4?

[@JackAmeen]

does all the shots took on fujifilm .. if yes .. am buying this camera and lens kit ..

[@theXcut.movies]

What v-mount battery do you use for your setup?

[@andr101]

Hey great content and thanks for sharing your knowledge! I have one issue though, what resolution is this video? When I go full screen, the image doesn't really fit to the screen, instead it is seen with black bars on the sides (both top, bottom and left, right).. Previous video doesn't behave like this one, very strange.

[@andr101]

never mind, now it's gone, I can appreciate your video full screen.. cheers

[@modernbassheads5051]

Selling my Sony a7sii for this camera, what do you think good idea ?

[@dhyanverco]

Would love to know the song used at the start