Using the Fujifilm XH2S as a Cinema Camera

[@serr]

XH2S Rig + lenses setup video is now live on the channel! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZfUfJdvprmmhaM Also don’t forget to check out my new F-log 2 conversion LUTS, while they’re still on sale. serrvillasano.com/store/p/fujifilmflog2conversionluts

[@cruz6294]

name of the song of scene 2 please, I put the name "nostalgia world nathan martinez" and nothing appears anywhere

[@tomn8276]

This should be in every news attached. (Not working ProRes Raw output, dead pixel not fixable, Ninja V+ not workout correctly, not fixable Compression in chroma channels etc, etc, etc) kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJqyaZaCacmAj8k Color issues not fixable with this generation of X-Trans CMOS 5 HS sensor: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bV61eXt3itp8bNU This are very serious problems and every one should be aware!

[@benjhaisch]

Honestly Fujifilm should just pay you to do all of their sample content from here on out

[@soymezus4637]

100% there content normally is not really good 😅

[@CineDailies]

Facts

[@louislincoln-bottcher6420]

This videos making me want this camera 🙏🏻amazing work

[@neckbeardguru]

This video was so good that I've decided to not sell mine.

[@vincentlee592]

Totally agree it’s beautiful video showing the potential of the gear and for sure a lot of creativity.amazing look in the grading.congratulation it’s nice ☺️

[@FreshWaterLake]

Finally someone who knows how to shoot and grade! So nice to NOT see an entire video filled with gobs of slow motion like seemingly every other channel. Excellent work!

[@re2Core]

Yeah i hate slomo these days too. I only love 25fps cinematics without any slowmo. I love my fuji xt4!

[@nothingtosee226]

Don’t forget the speed ups and blasting annoying music

[@gobjohns]

couldn't agree more

[@schrodinger_kot]

don't forget about too dark and orange color grading

[@johnstamw]

This is an incredible piece of art my man. Demonstrates so well what this camera is capable of, and I’m sure the memories and relationships captured here are even more valuable. Well done and thanks for sharing!

[@serr]

means a lot John, thank you!!

[@Datboyvideo]

Every other test I've seen from this camera is a photographer trying to learn to shoot video. This is someone who KNOWS HOW TO SHOOT video. God bless this test. Photography and Film are very different skill sets. It's easy to go from film to photo, VERY difficult to go from photo to film. It's a breath of fresh air to see someone use this properly.

[@GawxArt]

Beautiful serr

[@Doughnutmanmanman]

Ayy pause

[@serr]

Love you gawx

[@benjhaisch]

Dear lord the color and image quality is unreal in these. Could have easily convinced me that many of these were film

[@serr]

Thanks Benji🙏🙏

[@willmannering]

That skate scene had my jaw on the freaking floor. Bruh the aesthetic is so on point my dood, wide angle, deep dof, summer sunset vibezz brahhh. The dynamic range uhhhhh

[@anthonymollicone]

Absolutely loved every single frame of it. Raw, simple, handheld, and it all turns out to be just magnificent. This is what cinematography really means. Please, just do more of these!

[@KsinKnight]

I keep coming back here from time to time to rewatch Scene 2 with Nathan. It’s just so amazing!

[@OneMinuteWorkbench]

I came here to learn about the camera, stayed to watch the art. It really pulled me in and was wonderfully made. Great job.

[@abc-pz6xp]

Storytelling is so subtle yet strong, with the scenes so succinctly captured. Your film is beautiful.

[@blue5910]

So beautiful! Thank you for this! I watched literally every other x-h2s video on KZbin and was afraid there was something wrong with this camera, despite the great specs. Strange shutter speeds, oversharp images, weird ibis artifacts, unnatural grading...almost all of the videos exhibit some ugly characteristics. Even in the official promo videos. I guess people are getting overwhelmed by all the settings. Now I'm excited about getting my x-h2s, and feel comfortable knowing that if the video looks bad, it's my fault, not the camera's.

[@Dennis94913]

Most of the promo videos arent handled by pros, hence they weren't able grade the files properly.

[@blue5910]

Yeah, bad move on fujis part.

[@_o__o_]

feeling the same about the shutterspeeds. fuji motion always looks like is filmed with too high of a shutterspeed

[@janssenbalneg3752]

me also i thought the image came out of xh2s in some review it looks digital with some artifacts in shadows .

[@TimMarinov]

@@janssenbalneg3752 Maybe is just me, but to me still looks too sharp even in these really great pro level examples , and it seems that vintage lenses don't help much for that . Somehow compared to X-T4 or BMPCC6K pro the image looks sharper and somehow feels more digital .

[@mihsko6687]

I really appreciate someone who shoots without IBIS or AF. Really pure, skillfull, intentional cinematography. Not a bunch of youtuber videography cringe fest stuff made without any taste or technique. Anytime I see someone complain about the capabilities or lack there-of with IBIS or Autofocus, I know they're not a serious shooter / DP / Cinematographer. Thanks for your video. It really shows the capabilities of the sensor and the codecs, different lighting scenarios and beautiful skintones. I love using Zeiss glass with Fuji sensors as well.

[@davidea.7424]

Blown away by the quality of this video. We could digress about the technical mumbo jumbo but that's like talking about the plane when flying. Beautifully shot, graded & edited. You are very talented and I wish you the best for this 2023

[@meowsefer]

That skating bit was insane.

[@jpr-tech]

Ok... we don't need anymore test videos, showcase videos of the X-H2s ... this is it! This is the ONE and only 1 showcase we will ever need! - 6.2K ✓ - f-log2 grading ✓ - lowlight ✓ - cinematic style ✓ - Rolling shutter ✓ - vintage glass ✓ Up until this video, I have never felt pressured to upgrade from my X-H1. A good 80% of the videos in YT are average at best and not a compiling reason to upgrade. You sir, will be the end of many X-H1, X-T3/4 users.

[@smartideas-pedro1690]

Not trying to be a hater but, I think you're putting a lot of your decision to upgrade based on his skills. He would do an amazing video with his previous XT4 as well (as he did before), because he knows at what time is better to shoot, the importance of location, composition, color grading, visual storytelling, etc. He just became good at it, and maybe you're judging by the camera. Cameras are just tools and the XH2s got 15% better at max, from the previous gen.

[@HunterW.Photography]

@@smartideas-pedro1690 you’re definitely right for sure no doubt…. but dude 3:2 aspect ratio for video fucking rocks

[@serr]

@@holefuk7300 no dehancer was used when grading this footage

[@keshetkaridi9428]

@@serr legend

[@creativitystardust5537]

totally agree XT-4 has Great Potential I am Able to get High End Cinema Camera Look with F-LOG And Color Grading @@smartideas-pedro1690

[@paulpuglisi7464]

this wasn’t just sample footage, you told different stories with this camera. beautiful and real. loved every second! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@jonathanpivot164]

The transition to outside on the Go Skate segment is just so satisfying to watch!!!!!!

[@TheLostKuma]

Finally footage that one can actually evaluate the camera with. Exactly how I would use it too, with no IBIS or AF and with manual lenses. As seen with some others. i'm still finding flog2 looks very digital/sharp to me. But great footage man and hope to see more!

[@nordfresse]

I guess if you dont care for IBIS or AF you may be better off with the Pocket 6k. Better codec and actual 6k in 16:9.

[@willmannering]

Brahhhh, you can make any modern log footage look vintage, there's not a single modern hybrid/cinema camera today that looks "digital". Plus you're viewing this downscaled to 4k and watching it compressed online, you can't accurately gauge the 'sharpness' on youtube. If you're personally still getting "digital" looking images use gaussian blur set to 0.112 in Resolve, this is the recommended level to simulate the presence of a OLPF, which naturally softens the image coming off the sensor.

[@alihammad6318]

Default Fuji sharpening is very harsh. I've got amazing, film-like chroma detail results by turning down in camera sharpening and NR to -4, then in Resolve, adding a sharpen node, turning down all other sharpening to 0 and only adding chroma sharpening to approx 2.2. It leaves the Y channel and sharpens the RGB channels, giving a really good color detail increase. ProRes RAW/BM RAW will completely eliminate that look as they are skipping the digital sharpening and processing and are outputting 4:4:4 sensor data with 1:1 interpolated RGB colors to get more detail in the fine textures.

[@77dris]

Great point. There is something about Fujis, especially the new ones, I don't like. They do have a cheap, digitally oversharpened look to me. Bingo.

[@77dris]

@@willmannering This cam, and most of the new fujis, look digital. The new Sonys can be bad for that too... it's something in the moiring of lines that you can't really see until you shoot a chart.

[@brycericci]

Wow this was amazing! I have an XT3 and was looking to upgrade to the XT4 for IBIS to use vintage glass but seeing this showed me that I need to work on my own steadiness and use what I have!

[@swimsterx]

You have the best photography channel on KZbin hands down! Keep up the great work!

[@corvo_flashes]

I wish there's more content creators like you on KZbin

[@igorovsyannykov]

Ever heard of vimeo? All the talented creators are there, not here. Here are all the people who make money from promoting camera gear. This guy is without any doubt in the top 1% of creatives on KZbin, I agree.

[@jazlusion]

@@igorovsyannykovagreed 100%%

[@Grignotin1]

I think you’re my favorite YT channel, every time you make a new video I feel so inspired, thank you !

[@serr]

Appreciate you very much robin, thank you!!

[@ferencbodor]

Wow Serr, your colors are amazing! would love too see a color grading breakdown on this.

[@NYSSAcl]

plssss

[@Wright_on]

Same!

[@nickreichert9794]

Dude I cant put your work into words!!!! The amount of inspiration and excitement I get about photography and filming after watching your work is unmatched!!! Keep it up my man, cant wait to see what you do in the future!

[@cammackey]

Looks freakin great bro. Granted you can make any camera look great haha.

[@serr]

Appreciate you bro🙏

[@finnbjarneee]

WE NEED A COLORGRADING BREAKDOWN ASAP!!! Also man I'd love for you to bring out Sony LUTs if possible...your colors are simply UNMATCHED!!! Beautiful work keep it up

[@forbinfilms]

The style of the video really stood out to me. I like how it was sectioned into chapters demoing different scenarios that felt like stories within themselves. (in addition to the test footage looking amazing!)

[@SF-MCMLXVII]

The mood, vision, music and real life scenes make this so great to watch. 🇦🇺

[@hevnpiran3227]

This must seriously be one of the most beautiful videos I've ever seen on here. keep it up man

[@bLaffix]

It's amazing! I wish for Fuji to put this sensor in all of their cameras!

[@ynanglanis]

You’re seriously my new favourite filmmaker/photographer on KZbin

[@Joyful-Yarn]

Absolutely stunning piece. I have been so on the fence trying to figure out my next camera, and I actually started laughing and smiling with joy at your work, no one else’s work has had this effect on me. Thank you!

[@mxjaemov]

dude i've been bingeing your channel for the last couple of days! i really love your work, its so cool to watch a photographer that lives in your city.

[@map8961]

Man! Love what you've done here. Hoping to see your work on the big screen someday.

[@skepsys]

i was thinking watching this video that you should transition to real movies - the movie industry seems like it could use a talent like yours

[@matthalfremmbertohydrate1672]

Your attention to detail is admirable! Lovely stuff serr!

[@matthewchute5514]

Beautiful! The mood and tone of each one was lovely. THOSE COLORS THOUGH!

[@alex_lgrd]

I must say I am completely amazed by the color correction on this one. This is really the best looking colors I've seen on ytb

[@DayoClinckspoor]

Well done! looks beautiful. Would be nice to have an update dversion of your davinci resolve powergrade, this looks much more fine-tuned

[@serr]

Soon!

[@Dennis94913]

Is F-LOG 2 already updated in Resolve?

[@sonpois]

@@Dennis94913 id also love to know that. I heard prores files need to be converted too?

[@blue5910]

@legitstudios not yet, but you can make your own CST node by generating a f-log to aces or rec709 DCTL using the ACES IDT DCTL TOOL v0.9.7 online, then editing the DCTL in a text editor and replacing the f-log values with the f-log 2 values from the fuji white paper.

[@Dennis94913]

@@blue5910 that seems quite complicated, do you mind sending a link to such tutorial? Thankyou

[@philcofer55]

this is fire man! love it!

[@mikecole4489]

My dude this was spectacular

[@LeeD345]

Worth the long wait! Thanks for sharing

[@ricardoguzman1603]

This is the Best footage taken with a fuji camera I have ever seen. You are really good, masterly.

[@ankaicai]

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!

[@theomonnier7899]

Man i'm such a fan of your work, always have big inspiration coming from your vidéos, wish you all the best my friend 💛

[@joyoffilming9500]

This collection of videos knocked me off my feet. So lovely colors, such a density in atmosphere, so niche mentioning of your models - in my eyes a true masterpices. Have seen so many videos demonstrating the Komodo - your video blows them all away!

[@anthonymollicone]

This video is underrated, that’s a piece of art 🔥

[@Shotbyasgar]

My brother you’re inspiring generations with your videos

[@serr]

means so much, thank you🙏

[@ZachMayfield]

Footage looks so good mate!

[@CharlonSerrano]

FUJIJUICE I miss you!!!!!!

[@ZachMayfield]

@@CharlonSerrano Miss you more!! I'm taking a little break cause I'm getting married in October, but the juice will return soon! Now we just gotta convince Serr to make a vid with me :)

[@CineDailies]

Brilliant grading Serr. You make the XH2S Sing

[@serr]

Appreciate you bro 🙏

[@CamBrowne]

This was…..enchanting 😶😶😶

[@christophkuenster]

That’s just incredible. Wonderful storytelling. I enjoy the X-H2s‘ image quality so much.

[@sabatheus]

Kudos, man. What you've done here, to my eye, is reproduce the analog medium format film look in digital. Amazing! Just the fact that this can be achieved makes me want this camera. Actually, I'm looking at the X-H2 for the higher mega-pixel sensor and video.

[@CasandraContora]

oh wow, i love the color grading in this video and what a lovely street!

[@Goose619]

Just what I needed this Saturday morning. Thanks!

[@alldreamsmedia]

The best footage I have seen in the whole KZbin site from this camera! Amazing work man!

[@Reggiebphoto]

Killed it again, Sergio. So good.

[@serr]

Much love Reggie 🙏❤️

[@jonahlevine]

Wow this is so incredible man, amazing. So peaceful and well done. Also jackie is so gorgeous sheesh

[@sonpois]

My man! We're patiently waiting on your follow up video or really anything related to video and/or Xh2s!

[@wadewhitington7400]

this is some of the nicest footage i have seen out of a theatre

[@landgrenwilliam]

Pure beauty

[@Sodacake]

best video anyone has done so far with this camera.

[@jonathanlennard2472]

Absolutely heart-wrenchingly gorgeous colors

[@joseparra_c]

Amazing work, one of best footage ever of xh2s

[@bert.dude.awesome]

... this is hot fire! great work... Scene 4 was about to make yo boy cry in this piece ... Straight fire

[@slicktoroid]

Wow amazing work! You managed to pull out some amazing colours! Also very steady hands!

[@alex_tybin]

Man, love your vision! I'm actually falling in love with the XH2S

[@delanomoore2977]

By far the best video with this camera on here. Everything seems kind of noisy but this here looks immaculate. I’m completely sold on this cameras capabilities

[@DigitalMotions]

Amazing camera work 🔥

[@SouvikGhoshOfficial]

Your videos cause a certain type of calm inside me. Thank you Serr :)

[@Mousoukyou]

Absolutely beautiful

[@Thjfizo]

Fantástico todo. Vídeo muy chill y es el vídeo con un look más cinematográfico que he visto nunca de una Fujifilm!

[@iamzahalee]

Came here with search "how to burst xh2s", end up stay here and straight sub! This is really a cinematography

[@romankuhler]

Looks like a film of the 80‘s and early 90‘s🔥🔥🔥 so awesome🍿

[@joshuafolsomart2057]

That opengate aspect ratio looks so good. I feel like im peeking through a window.

[@satsu_leitz]

Bro, this want me to change my Sony gear but is not just the camera, you did powerful color grading, excellent framing, nice choice of angular lens, and good taste for directing 👌🏻👌🏻 this video is inspiring.

[@Karlhto]

oh man i feel like the quality of this camera is better than my sony a7iv. very good video make more :-D

[@roxisarobot]

Would you ever consider sharing a colour grade tutorial? Looks amazing! Would love to learn more about it

[@miltonline]

Stunning videography/ I'm a novice in the field, but the emotive and musical use of motion, colour and feel is so evident.

[@davidevalentiofficial]

Amazing work! This really looks cinematic because it looks natural, not depending on IBIS, AF, or other fancy automations. It looks genuine, like a true cinematographer would do.

[@jeffhopperr]

Love these shots man! Your color grade is on point!

[@MilesChatterji]

I love this. This is exactly the reason I got this camera. I have done several videos, and reviews, I have the same view point as you. I cant stress enough the emphasis on image quality, its beautiful for its price range.

[@VideoSchoolOnline]

Amazing colors and dynamic range!

[@fotomaton7852]

By far the best footage I've seen come out of this camera. Especially considering it is h265 at 360mbps! Surely those Zeiss primes and the FF look of the Metabones combined with 6.2K Open Gate makes a great IQ combo. Of course props to the film making skills as well, some beautiful shots period. This got me curious though about the rig and whatever other accessories are being used here..

[@jumpinboi9046]

in the beginning he said he will make a vid about the rig he used and a review on the camera and probably a color grading breakdown of this video

[@fotomaton7852]

@@jumpinboi9046 yeah I read that.. in the description though it says "in the coming months". I really hope he gets that out sooner than later, like many I'm contemplating switching systems for this camera. It's a real hefty investment/process and not that many quality filmmakers giving us feedback just yet. my biggest gripe from my own short test shots at the camera store with XH2S was the oversharpness when shooting 6.2K. I didn't think to turn down sharpness & NR settings to -4 like in this video. Also helps I'm sure to use vintage glass and even the speed booster softens up the image a little. Anyways hope "serr" can give us more insight ASAP. His footage is absolutely stunning, must have watched the whole thing 10 times already!

[@CianMcsweeney]

@@fotomaton7852 yeah fuji's offer great flexibility with the look of SOOC stills and video. Older lenses, Diffusion filters and in camera settings can all be used to give a softer more filmic look

[@thenullco]

He's just uploaded a rig video. 😃

[@itoltd]

Skin tones are absolutely sublime. I don't know to what extent the X-H2S gives such a beautiful rendering at the output or if there is a lot of color grading work but in any case bravo for these beautiful images !

[@cerv-u4q]

you bring comfort to my eyes

[@gregstevenson7401]

What an absolute treat.

[@afhamadli5111]

really love the scenes mate!!! Plz do another version with the XE4!!!!

[@ajthealchemist]

homie getting better everyday. you're extremely talented man.

[@reubengoingbelow]

Beautiful as always brother, the image looks unbelievably clean. Especially in the shadows

[@flfreaks3745]

Thank you for another beautiful XH2S footage you uploaded, Serr. I am enjoying your contents as always. Really inspiring

[@mxdst14k29]

Bro that last scene was helllllla clean!!!!

[@SathyaPeacock]

Looks pretty good in the shadow detail! I’m excited to hear your detailed thoughts

[@craigbaker6382]

Nice stuff. Gorgeous really. Clearly this camera is capable of capturing footage for top notch decent looking cinema. I got an X-S20 and hope to put it through similar paces to check if it too punches well above its weight and costs less than $1600. My rig has wireless focus + a gimbal. The future lens kit will likely be the Sirui Nightwalkers but currently I make due with 7 Artisans, TT Artisans and adapted EF glass from my older Canon system.

[@alberto_franco]

I recently bought the Fuji xh2s, I use the xt3, I am very happy with fuji.

[@antonios3717]

this looks just spectacular, incredible footage and creations

[@TalesOfTam]

This is amazing! You were a let to demonstrate your point so beautifully. I especially loved the format of this, I definitely want to do something similar with the LUMIX GH5 so thank you for the inspiration!

[@hzubovi1]

Best image for the money. Seriously contemplating getting this one

[@fauland_photography]

'AMOR FUGAZ' is simply amazing .... Please let this be the trailer for something big to come soon on this channel !!