As promised earlier in the year, Fujifilm has now announced its ground-breaking X-H2 camera at the New York X-Summit. With a new 40 megapixel sensor, this becomes the highest resolution APS-C-sized sensored camera ever released. Furthermore it offers internal 8K video recording at 30fps - which again makes it compete with many, pro-spec full-frame mirrorless cameras.
The Fujifilm X-H2 looks the same as the Fujifilm X-H2S launched earlier in the year - but the use of a different fifth-generation sensor, X-Trans CMOS 5HR, makes for some important differences. The X-H2 camera will be aimed at photographers who need high-resolution - such as landscape, architectural, and product photographers. The X-H2S, which uses a 26-megapixel stacked layer sensor for faster data readout is designed to appeal to action and wildlife photographers, who want speed over resolution.
Fujifilm X-H2 specifications
Key features of X-H2
- 40MP X-Trans 5 HR BSI sensor with X-Processor 5
- 8K 30p, 4K 60p, 1080 240p video recording, with Apple ProRes internally in 4:2:2 10-bit
- Can act as 4K 60p webcam
- Optional cooling fan (same as with X-H2S)
- Recording limits at 25°C: 8K 30p 160min, 240min with optional fan (R5 20min, A1 30min)
- 13+ stops of dynamic range using Log2 ISO 1000 (12+ stops with F-Log ISO 500)
- Crop factors
- 1.14x for 4K 60p, FHD 60p
- 1.23x for FHD 120p and 240p
- Internal ProRes recording
- Externally record 12-bit ProRes RAW and Blackmagic RAW via HDMI, using on-camera monitor/recorder
- Connections: HDMI Type A (full size), 3.5mm mic, 3.5mm headphone, USB-C, 2.5mm remote release
- 160MP Pixel Shift Multi-Shot - combines 20 images using pixel-shift technology to create an image with four times the resolution of sensor in post-production (with free Fujifilm software) - without any false color issues, we are told, but only suitable for perfectly-stationary subjects
- Up to 7 stops IBIS
- 15fps mechanical shutter
- Electronic shutter up to 1/180,000sec (2.5x faster than previously available)
- Shutter life of 500,000 actuations
- Base ISO of 125 - but can be extended down to ISO64
- 5.76m-dot OLED EVF, 120fps refresh, 0.8x magnification (same as X-H2S)
- 3.0-inch 1.62m-dot vari-angle touchscreen (same as X-H2S)
- CFexpress Type B and UHS-II card slots (same as X-H2S)
- Same NP-W235 battery as X-H2S - providing up to 680 shots in economy mode. 1760 shots with optional battery grip VG-XH
- 8-way AF lever
- Face/eye AF and Subject Detection with Animal, Bird, Automobile, Bike, Airplane, and Train modes
- Backlit Sub Monitor
- Feather touch shutter
- Fn button
- The PASM exposure mode dial offers seven custom positions for different users/scenarios (C1-C7)
- Q button
- Optional File Transmitter Grip FT-XH $999, available mid-October (which will also work with X-H2S)
