Real field experience with Fujifilm X-H2s & Fujifilm XF 150-600mm

I am glad to be chosen to test this new Fujifilm new Camera and lens.
I bring it to various different environment in Malaysia. Testing mostly concentrate on various main concerns of Bird Photographer for Tropical Forest (which normally lowlight & complex environment)
I am update my blog for some pictures sample .. should be ready in few hours after this video.
Field experience with Fujifilm X-H2S + Fujinon XF150-600mm f/5.6-8
liewwkphoto.co...
**all pictures and video captured by pre-production camera and lens. **
#Fujifilm #XH2S #XF150600

[@pedropulido4570]

this is the first REAL WORLD field test that really shows the new capabilities of the new AF. Thank you! Finally a decent video that shows what we all where looking for.

[@liewwk]

Thanks. Glad you like it . I have some sample jpeg captured share in the blog too

[@robuxfan123]

Nice real world review! Fast AF but most importantly, those Fuji colors are just wonderful 😍

[@liewwk]

Agree.and it can use on video

[@RezaEvol]

Wow so many cool looking birds.

[@liewwk]

Thanks

[@PhotographyTipsHindi]

woow, impressive

[@robconohan3537]

Excellent video! I can't wait for mine to show up, this is the performance I've been waiting for.

[@liewwk]

Happy that u order one

[@garykinard7553]

Absolutely fantastic. I miss Malaysia , Frasers Hill, Camron highlands, Georgetown, Taman Nagara north. All the birds here are wonderful. Thanks for sharing. I am heading back next month, unfortunately my friend that was Malaysian died , so I will be winging it.

[@liewwk]

Welcome

[@VABrowneMDPhD]

These photos and videos are very helpful in appreciating the capabilities of this amazing Fujifilm system. I recently had reconstructive surgery on my shoulder and the combined weight of the camera and lens at 2.38 kg is very appealing to me!

[@liewwk]

Agree . Very suitable and very good reasnobale picture quality and all shoot in jpeg which I share in my blog

[@Michaelmolyneux09]

great video, great photos, great blog! 😀

[@Braapncamp]

Wow, alot of magic moments there. Impressive AF functions and You are the first with a video showing this what I have seen. Would love to have an software upgrade at my XT4 in this direction. That new lens seems like it does good!

[@liewwk]

Don’t think XT4 can have such performance . Firmware won’t make AF faster normally but may hope for provide subject detection with slight slower performance

[@vamshichindaluru5519]

Just fantastic. I got this lens for testing today and will find out

[@sauravpanditcfgrapher]

Great video. It would be even greater if you show some setting you have used for shooting rain forest.

[@liewwk]

All the setting ?

[@sauravpanditcfgrapher]

@@liewwk Mostly shutter aperture and Iso?

[@sauravpanditcfgrapher]

@@liewwk I am using Xh2s and this lens. I have not visited rain forest so far. I have a fear beacuas of slow aperture of this lens.

[@liewwk]

@@sauravpanditcfgrapher for the XH2s as I am using the pre production unit and only jpeg overall I shoot in TV mode iso 1600-6400 which depend lighting I need ~1/160 for 600mm or 1/200 for other slight slower ss ... and overall the picture rsult really good

[@minusinfinity6974]

I hope people don't just watch dpreviews video and write the Fuji off, this looks fantastic. My only complaint, 150-600 f/8 is too slow and too expensive. Same price as Sony's fantastic 200-600 f/6.3, just does not add up. Already ISO's can go sky high with f/6.3, f/8 is for good light only especially on a crop sensor. Fuji make us 400 f/4 or 600 f/5.6 at least.

[@liewwk]

I too agree . F8 is little small . But if they look at the focal 900mm f8(1.8 kg) and 600mmf6.3 (2.4kg) it make quite big different . And as I mentioned in blog . Anything too dark 1/125 S and max aperture with max iso accept level . Please use tripod for me . Iso3200 still very acceptable (jpeg and ore production camera) click on the blog have a look at the pictures with full size

[@Bayonet1809]

@@liewwk But one could crop 1.5x (or use APS-C) with the Sony 200-600 to get 900mm equivalent, while still shooting at a larger aperture than the Fuji.

[@liewwk]

@@Bayonet1809 yes. is another option too but u lost megapixel 33megapixel for a74 will leave ? if a1 . mean u have different class of camera for comparative. and the weight is 20% more ? the weight is for larger aperture reason. so for the spec wise we know . heavy bigger aperture ... but less megapixel for that option. and always can handon the AF eye detection

[@poupou5833]

Beautiful samples thank you

[@liewwk]

Welcome

[@PatrickOSullivanAUS]

Excellent presentation.

[@liewwk]

Thanks

[@JoaquimGonsalves]

This is fantastic!! Came here from Fuji Rumors.

[@liewwk]

Thanks. Hope this provide more info of this amazing setup

[@JoaquimGonsalves]

@@liewwk Welcome:)

[@slacayo]

What a nice lens. The images are so nice.

[@liewwk]

agree

[@Vinterloft]

1:50 WOW

[@liewwk]

Yea.even dark

[@RichartAsia]

Nice nice on buy list

[@liewwk]

update video captured with the setup. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqS2m2SYfaaAl9k I will slowly update more

[@LucaPetraliaPhotography]

Thank you for sharing, it was really helpful

[@WestVirginiaWildlife]

Very nice. Subscribed. You showed that the bird eye af is very comparable to Canon and Sony.

[@liewwk]

Yes it is big improvement for fuji from previous camera

[@eliyadunskyy9185]

nice photos

[@liewwk]

Thanks

[@MOTOJendays]

I am not sure if you still use this setup. But has your opinion changed at all with firmware updates with this combo? I've heard mixed opinions overall with Fuji's af for birds and BIF. But I've heard the firmware updates have helped.

[@liewwk]

I didnt use this .. it is almost same other brand when it is on demo unit .. just need some skil to compesate when BG is not "sky"

[@DawnToDawn]

Wish XH2 is this good at autofocus and subject detection.

[@liewwk]

not too sure in xh2 but it is always not a good idea to have high megapixel camera on wildlife photography

[@DawnToDawn]

@liewwk unless it's a $4-5k camera like nikon z9/8. But that's for people with much more extra money.

[@liewwk]

@@DawnToDawn ​​⁠I don’t think r7, r6m2 is far behind those you are talking and can be better . Would say on market fuji, Olympus not far different from those you talking about..

[@Wave_Drop]

@liewwknature very interesting review. Could you make a dedicated video AF review as well? Thanks

[@liewwk]

I can’t as I am asking to do the picture and other people doing the video but I tried the video what do you want to know may be I can answer some quick questions

[@Wave_Drop]

@@liewwk I wanted to see a real life AF video example of this camera. How snappy and reliable the AF is compared to the competitors.

[@liewwk]

@@Wave_Drop the next 2 videos are by the setup

[@richaneesh]

What's that panning stutter in the few seconds video at 3:50?

[@liewwk]

U mean the misty on boat? Sorry that captured with iPhone . Not really from this camera. Not too sure

[@richaneesh]

@@liewwk yeah there was a vertical video from the phone and that was followed by another video I thought was from the camera. Btw did you test the video as well?

[@liewwk]

@@richaneesh yes but very basic test on bird as my unit pre production is early batch it seem having some problem with the cfast. Keep showing write error . But other units own by video group seem good

[@richaneesh]

@@liewwk okay thanks 👍

[@liewwk]

@@richaneesh I hope I have time share some video captured with the camera . May be next few days

[@conannass1148]

WOW! These birds are... magnificent! Is this Malaysia?

[@liewwk]

Yes

[@xencats]

Thank you for putting this fujifilm combo through its paces in a challenging environment. Does the xh2s have a feature similar to the pro capture mode in OM System cameras?

[@liewwk]

Yes, they even have that feature way on their XT4 . I am using it and it is a must have for wildlife Photographer.

[@fotomonza8612]

@@liewwk way over on X-T3

[@massimobonci6004]

Which the best between Fuji 150-600mm and Tamron 150-600 G2?

[@liewwk]

Sure the fuji

[@Paul_Rohde]

Thanks, very nice.

[@zsoltvaranka9741]

It is very good news the AF of the new gen. Fuji X camera improved a lot comparing to T3/T4. The tracking of the flying bird was even more superb! At the same time, by the videos taken at ISO 1600 and ISO 2500 the noise level is quite high, would say, not nice. Not sure how they look like after post NR. When you show a still slideshow zooming in - many times lost of detail is visible by excessive post noise reduction (viewed on a 4K monitor at 4K resolution), clearly showing the low light limitation of the APSC platform. Overall, nice improvement from Fujifilm, it was high time, but, considering the price of the combo (2500 + 2000 USD), one can get a more usable FF set for less. :) Thanks for sharing!

[@liewwk]

The picture quality can view at my blog link . Click on the pictures the fulls use should show . 1600-2500 is reasonable good . Tracking is not super but improve alot

[@zsoltvaranka9741]

@@liewwk Thanks for your reply! Actually, I am an official beta tester of the TDAI, so I know how the software behaves when the input image is very noisy. Referring to the #9 and 10, especially (assume, severe NR model used, you may confirm, as with Low light model I still can get excellent results with any camera RAW files). I see you used the SOOC JPGs for NR, that does not help either, knowing Fujifilm's strong in camera NR. Would like to see how the RAWs are processed... Believe, Iridient X-transformer will release an update soon, so RAFs could be converted to DNG then tested by proper postprocessing.

[@zsoltvaranka9741]

@@liewwk BTW, just checked yout flickr gallery, enjoyed a lot!

[@liewwk]

@@zsoltvaranka9741 I didn’t update it anymore :( . Mostly now at fb only

[@StudioLD]

for the picture at 3:55 did you use topaz sharpen or denoising softwares? it looks strange.

[@liewwk]

Yes . Use standard

[@colorist_tommy4247]

would you say the AF is clearly better than Canon R7 ? from your video seems that way. It seem confidently look on to the birds

[@liewwk]

The Af licking to subject is good and I would say I yet have long time with r7 but 2 days with it i. The r7 is amazing good Af too

[@fellowcitizen]

Amazing -- subbed!

[@Powerland56]

Think you for this amazing Video! Can you please explain the difference in colors in the dedection of birds: Green ist focus has locked I think, but was is yellow? Losing focus?

[@liewwk]

Which one ?

[@Powerland56]

I mean the sequences from ca. 0:48. The green rectangles switch to yellow sometimes and than again to green. Does yellow mean, the camera has recognized the bird or the birds eye, but is not yet in focus and green is in focus?

[@liewwk]

@@Powerland56 yes . As long not red , even yellow pictures are focus on the eye . But not sure what’s the yellow mean as I do not receive any manual but so far as long as red (mean we can’t press the shutter)

[@Powerland56]

@@liewwk Thank you! Greetings from Germany 👍🏻😃

[@liewwk]

@@Powerland56 just got replied from fuji. Green mean locked focus . Yellow mean it tracking !!! Such a good choice of Color look like warning .

[@guyprolly]

What was that temp warning there?

[@liewwk]

Yes. I shooting under hot sun and trying 4k120p .. after around 15min .. the warning show but I turn off the video recording and continue with still without any problem. But my experiences was if shooting 265 6k . 4K 120p .. especially pro res.. u going to need the fan . :(

[@guyprolly]

@@liewwk Many thanks for the feedback.

[@coolwatera]

Great Field Test! Subscribed! Can you share your location at 3.00 ? Where is there?

[@liewwk]

It is at selangor

[@chubbyface74]

Hi, thank you for sharing. May I know what is the max ISO that the raw files are still acceptable before the image starts to be way too noisy?

[@liewwk]

If you are using xt4 , my acceptable iso is 1600 this 3200. Again I only able to open JPEG while I am making this video and blog.

[@alainkohnu2096]

Good job and nice pics! Congrats! Do you confirm that birds af tracking is only available on xh2s and not on xt series?

[@liewwk]

Both camera with tracking . But xt is like zone tracking mean anything within the zone will be track . But the new xh2s is subject lock focus and track . It is like zone tough the body of the bird it will auto find the head/eye than keep track the head and eye

[@alainkohnu2096]

@@liewwk I have a Xt3, and was considering the 100-400. So you think the 150-600 is better image quality, even with this f8? Or what?

[@liewwk]

@@alainkohnu2096 for me this len is best to have even smaller aperture . But for 400mm it is still 7.1 which not big different from 100400. But u have extra 200mm to reach 600 and price should be almost the same . Image quality I would say definitely better . AF performance is much better

[@alainkohnu2096]

@@liewwk thanks for your answers! :-)

[@kaijiekoh8653]

Great video! Just wondering how does the sharpness of the lens fare across the various focal length? And for the new camera body, how well does it perform at high iso (very grainy images?) Given that the lens is f8, I would expect that I will have to shoot at high iso in such forested area with low light.

[@liewwk]

The lens do provide good sharpness or even details so far from 150-900 . U can click the blog link to have a look . For iso still can easily print a2 in 3200 . By using the IS 1/125 can be easily handling at 900mm so depend yours condition but here mostly ok except in the forest and tripod is recommemded

[@epsonc882009]

Thank you sharing. What do you think X-H2S AF compare with Canon R6?

[@liewwk]

Both are great depend what’s photography u are in and are u into video. R6 have more mutual AF animal detect but lack of better video , lens availability for wildlife (light lens with long reach) but if u are good with 500mm than 100500 should be a slight better AF setup for now(still)

[@epsonc882009]

@@liewwk thank you! I’m a wildlife hobbyist especially in bird photography. I do own Canon 100-500 but I wish it’s a bit longer.

[@liewwk]

@@epsonc882009 if affordable 600mm is the only option now other may not give u better image quality if u want to keep your canon system. Or other system. That’s why I am really impress with the Lens xf150600 it is really sharp and light but f8 really need some skill or tripod to use at that such long focal length 900mm

[@wildlifeandnaturebydtb]

Nice video. What is the aperture at 400mm and 500mm? How was the X-H2s bird eye AF for tracking in flight?

[@liewwk]

400mm is f7.1 and 500mm at f8z the eye detect is fast and good . Tracking working well but I prefer turn off eye detect for animal. And most of other system tracking flying object get fast without eye detect

[@captain-cowboy]

Subscribe done...i'm user fuji camera tooo

[@StudioLD]

man i gonna save up some money to buy the xt5 with this bad boi

[@liewwk]

:)

[@mixeddrinks8100]

tracking is pretty good ehh?

[@liewwk]

Improve from previous xt4 .