Lothar

done.

As requested: Fujifilm X-T2 (UHD 24p, Pro Neg Std, Highlight & Shadow -2, Color & Sharpness -4) https://www.dropbox.com/s/9b4cryqa3b6ohtl/XT210133.MOV?dl=0

They are currently looking into it. Maybe they offer it for internal recording, too. I own the X-E2 now more the two and a half years and due to firmware upgrades it's almost a completely different camera now. So, chances are good that they'll offer F-Log for internal recording. But you are right. I am so happy with the results, so far, that I don't care so much about it.

Well, unfortunately I can't give you F-Log, because I don't have an external recorder (yet). What I can upload now here into my post is an ungraded JPEG (Pro Neg Std, Highlight and Shadow -2, Color and Sharpness -4)

What kind of files were you interested in? SOOC footage? Master files (would be ProRes)? I'm not sure how to share them either, since this is all new to me. I just started sharing some stuff, because I saw just bad footage of the X-T2 on the internet. If you give me some hint, I'll see what I can do. Regarding this particular take, I would more or less cut it, because my intention was to do some bright sunlight test, but then the clouds came and I got angry and messed it all up.

We know it. 4k is a catch 22. On the one hand we love the cinematic look which tries to remove detail which would pull us out of the fairy tail into reality. On the other hand we love detail. Up to now, I don't really need 4k and I sample down to HD. For pixel peepers I provide a 4k still, which has been grabbed from Resolve. But I can tell you, the downsampled HD does almost have the same amount of detail. The following still is out of 4k footage where I just pulled the highlights a bit and applied my FilmConvert lut. No other correction was made (not even WB). The camera settings are the same as the once I posted already. If you ignore the dandruff you can see the detailed texture of the shirt.

Firmware 1.01 should be the update for internal F-log then. :-)

beta firmware 1.42 is equal to production firmware 1.00. The numbering just changed, but all the production X-T2 came with the latest firmware. Oops. We are already on page 18 and it was already answered.

Isn't this a gorgeous camera on that gimbal? I find it very important that the tool suppliers recognize the Fuji X-T2 as a video camera. And he's even trying to flog Johnnie Behiri. :-)

Isn't it remarkable that this camera can flog?

Exactly. But coming back to the Fuji topic. Fuji and Olympus have something in common. Olympus has such a great stabilisation system. Everybody said, "If they could do proper video." Fuji has such great colours, "If they could do proper video". Now, Fuji did a huge step into the right direction. To me, this is good enough, because I also need very good stills. Of course, I would also be interested in slow motion, but every camera has it's downsides. For instance, I wouldn't shoot stills with an URSA mini.

Maybe Samsung discontinued the camera business, because everybody would have expected such a camera. Meeting high expectations means, that if you can't deliver, you're screwed.

I just uploaded a DR test. (Not really scientific.) You should keep in mind, that the camera settings (Shadow Tone: -2) push the shadows already. I then tried to push them again in Resolve. Of course, the result is noisy, but I think that it gives an idea of the limit of shooting with film simulation. F-log should do a better job. I can't try it, because I don't have an external recorder. By the way, there is another test video on vimeo from Albedo Media, which includes F-log snippets.

I love it. But I need to say that I was a Fuji shooter already (X-E2). Regarding video, I started with a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, but I was in the market for a mirrorless camera, which can do both (stills and video). I was looking at the Sony A7 cams, but the higher price and colour issues with slog were making me rethinking. I know that Fuji can produce great skin tones and I personally like the Fuji colours at least for stills. Regarding video, one tries to copy the Kodak motion picture films. I am still trying to figure that out. But so far, I am really happy with the results. Regarding stills, I was shooting a soccer game lately and really hat a lot of keepers. I don't own the battery grip yet, I didn't buy it, because I am happy with the 10 minutes of 4k for now and I couldn't resist buying the 56 f1.2 APD lens, which is a killer lens. I already own the 35 and the 14, and the push/pull focus of the 14 is nice for focus pulling. The 16 and 23 f1.4 do have this focus clutch, too. But, I'm still investigating a speedbooster solution (or maybe Veydra considers making x-mount lenses?). And then there is this personal taste: It's such a gorgeous camera. I admit, that it plays a big roll, too.

An active EF-mount speedbooster would be awesome, so that you can be flexible regarding the body (e.g. share lenses between Fuji and Blackmagic cams). Out of the Fuji-perspective a passive Nikon speedbooster would actually make sense, because of the declicked manual aperture and the focus direction of Fuji and Nikon lenses is the same. In case of AF, X-mount lenses would do a better job, I guess. Maybe, with the new video and AF capabilities of the X-T2 the number of customers who would buy an active EF/X-mount speedbooster would increase in a way that Metabones can't resist making one.

Hi, I just uploaded a little 20 seconds test on vimeo. It's my first publishing of video on the internet. So, I was a little cautious. I hope this helps a little. https://vimeo.com/182682766 Switching back an forth between stills and video: (I really love the dials, but ...) I find it ok how to switch from stills mode to video mode. The video mode is at the last position of the drive dial. So, you don't have to look at it. Leaving the ISO dial on 400 even for stills mode doesn't harm the picture quality (isoless sensor). Switching from auto shutter to T (where I stored 1/50) are only two positions. Compared to my X-E2 this is much better (there, I had to go to the other end of the dial). Switching to a stills mode, just to see the histogram is not a problem, because you can check the histogram in bracketing mode (just the next position on the drive dial). But switching back to the normal single shot stills mode is a little awkward, because this is an inbetween position on the drive dial and you can't do it blindly (maybe with training). All the other settings are stored in a custom profile and in a customized MyMenu you can put some video settings like AF mode, etc. By now, I didn't configure any function button.

Hi, I am a Newbie and I am new to this forum, so, please bear with me. I have a theory, why we see bad footage on the internet. There are two kinds of people out there. Fuji camera owners, who are photographers in the first place and videographers who either are not familiar with Fuji-settings or they had the camera to a time, where the firmware didn't allow those settings. The first kind of people are used to expose to the final result (due to the impressive jpeg-engine of the Fuji cameras). This results in crushed blacks and sometimes blown out highlights (sometimes because no ND-Filter was at hand). In the fist incarnations of the firmware the settings for Highlight Tone and Shadow Tone were disabled. So, the second kind of people could not try it out and didn't know what will happen if it is enabled. I have the camera now since Friday and I am pretty impressed with the footage (of course, I'm a Newbie, so what do I know). I use the following settings. Film Sim: Pro Neg Std. Highlight Tone: -2 Shadow Tone: -2 Color: -4 Sharpness: -4 Noise Reduction: -4 Fixed White Balance Occasionally, I use other Film Simulations like Provia or Classic Chrome. And I use a variable ND-Filter to adjust to the highlights with the histogram in photo mode, then I switch to video mode. I usually focus manually, but I also tried auto focus. Right now I just checked with two lenses. With the 18-55 with OIS the autofocus was kind of ok. With the 56 (which is known for slow auto focus) AF was bad, so I focused manually with it. In Resolve you can get a lot of information out of the footage and grade as you like. My footage is kind of embarrassing (just got out of bed, etc.) so I can't share anything now. I think it's worthwhile to wait for good footage from experts like Andrew to see nice Fuji colors and nice dynamic range. Lothar