Fuji X-T4 | A Solo Film Maker's Review
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
- In this video I review the Fuji X-T4 for its video capabilities. I now use the XT4 as my main vlogging video camera and have done so for the past 2 months. I love this camera, but it's not perfect. If you're thinking about upgrading your video camera to the Fuji X-T4, this video might be helpful.
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"It should be sold with a bow and arrow"..........best quote of the day. Enjoyed the review Thomas, many thanks
yep had to stop the vid on that one loool
My husband was sitting nearby and laughed at that one too. 😁
Same with the GH5 auto focus.
Should have bought a Sony A7S3 I think.....4K, low light & great AF.....
.....or maybe the new A7c, but maybe it’s a tad too early for a verdict on that one.
....that audio digital noise isn’t nice.
Hey Thomas, I actually have a degree in audio, and I was looking through your gear list and saw that the Rode video mic x have a high pass switch (it should be the button in the middle). If you set the high pass filter to 150hz it should reduce the clipping. What you are doing when you engage the filter is cutting out everything below 150hz, and that should help with the wind noise and not stress the preamp in the camera as much. Hope this helps! And sorry if my english is unreadeble, cheers from sweden!
Perfectly readable and probably just helped lots of people. Might just have a look and see if you offer turtorials on CZcams.
That's awesome thank you. I hope Tom sees this. No need to apologize for your English, you write better than most of my colleagues.
@@AccessiblePhotography sorry I don't but maybe I should 😊
Oooh, this could help a lot. I will have a look at my mic 👍
Ah, sorry. I just realised you said video mic X. I actually haven't have the X on this camera. I have so far only used the Rode Video Micro.
That recording issue is well strange. What I tend to do when filming broll on my X-T3 is: 1) Use the autofocus to acquire focus. 2) Use an assigned AF-hold button + hold it when panning. This even works when it is already recording. This way, I don't have to awkwardly flick to manual focus. I have tutorials on my channel if you need visual examples. Happy shooting ✌🏼
actually you can change the button from hold button to switch button! No need to hold anymore!
I'm so glad that you have gone back to the root of this channel its what I love about it ...
Hey Tom, Fuji doesn’t let you change autofocus modes during recording a video. I recommend using back button focusing in manual focus mode. I hope that’s helpful
Yep, this is a great solution for the unfortunate autofocus with this camera. If it had reliable autofocus it would be near perfect!
weird cause on the xt-3 am always changing autofocus modes while shooting video...or else i would have sold this lol...i use to shoot like that for some time now
@@rowbradley it will probably be updated very soon. Fuji has had huge changes in focusing abilities with software updates before.
@@WallSt101 Is the autofocus on 2022 still good?
Absolutely stunning video Thomas. Very inspiring as always.
Awesome real world review I generally switch off when things get too technical so this was awesome. I shot my vlogs on an iPhone for ages I was generally happy then upped my game with the canon M50 I’m constantly impressed with the video from this wee camera audio is my next big work on. Thing about solo film making its not only an incredible creative outlet it’s a huge learning curve keeps the old brain cell twitching. As a Fuji fan the XT4 does look amazing and Fiji are so good at responding to user feed back. Cheers for the vid 📷❤️
I have been taking a drink every time Thomas said Solo Video Creator, now I think I need to stop...
After that many if you still can think this means he did not say that much 🤭😝
He's keyword stuffing. After a few days, the automatic closed captions will tag onto his video and pick up all these keywords - then the keywords rank him higher in searches. Old SEO technique. He has been doing this a lot the last few videos and Tom - if you read this, maybe dial it back a little as it's really not subtle. :-) - But then again, if it works for you... :-P
Thomas, you are actually one of the best camera reviewers I have heard. Thanks, the info you provided was really valuable to me.
I don’t use my XT-4 for video but for photography I think it’s autofocus is amazing. I used it at a motorsport event recently and was amazed at how many “hits” I got where the focus was spot on. It’s performance was better than I expected.
Thomas,
so far you're the only one I know who said anything about this strange intermittent audio feedback interference.
I spent countless hours trying to figure out what caused it, changed cables, mics, returned a mic because of it as I thought it was defective when in fact, and you just confirmed it:
it comes from the X-T4 itself.
That just released tension in my body ;)
So thank you, and great work, as and per always.
Cheers from LA.
If you shut off the face/eye detect and you have it in AF-S it will lock-on where you focused, but also afford you the ability to refocus on another subject with a half press of the shutter. Eliminating most of that back and forth hunting. The Face/Eye traking must be off though. Maybe that helps. ✌️
Thank you! I recently ordered a Sony a7C before discovering the XT4, and was kicking myself for potentially getting the wrong camera, but now I feel a little better! Will still try to get my hands on a XT4 to test out before deciding!
I agree with this Thomas. I pretty much put up with it due to the absolute joy I have shooting with the X-T4 and the stills capabilities being stellar!
I am a huge Fuji fan and love my X-T2. Considering upgrading to the X-T4, but this video is telling me that from a video perspective it's great except for autofocus and audio...pretty important attributes for a video camera. Makes me think more carefully about the upgrade. Great video...one of the best I've watched - to the point and informative!
I love my XT4, especially the old school dials arrangement, but confess I’ve yet to use it in anger for video. Fuji are well renown for listening to their customers and i’m sure they will be working hard to resolve any autofocus issues with their generous firmware updates. In all other aspects I’ve found it to be a superb camera.
Love Fujifilm. Love the XT-4. My dream camera. Thanks for the review 🤠.
You are an utter inspiration. Love your work. Keep going!!!!
Absolutely top review. Weighing up whether to invest in an Xt3 or Xt4 and this has been a huge help. Thanks!
"All I want is a camera that works" exactly!!!
I was so relieved you said “then you are definitely on the wrong video” lol!
Excellent review Thomas . I was having a hard time choosing a 'vlogging' camera. You have made the choice a lot easier for me . Thanks a lot .
Very impressive review, Thomas. I like your open, honest and succinct style of real-world uses.🙏
Very straightforward review. Very much appreciated.
T-heat. XT4 looks amazing, glad you're enjoying.
You just made me realized after watching more than 100 reviews on the cameras on the market, that it is exactly what I need. Flip-out screen, dual sd card slot, 4K 60 fps. Way more important than full frame sensor. Thanks.
Hi Thomas, I like your videos so much! You inspire me to go outside and make good photos and videos!
Thanks a lot, man!
Hi Tom, as some other viewers have suggested, set the camera to manual focus and you can still autofocus using the AF-on button on the back. This is how many videographers and still shooters operate anyway. As for the audio problem, well I hate to say this but using auto level recording control is for amateurs! But if you must record with auto level control then use a separate Zoom or Olympus dedicated audio recorder (mounted on the camera hot shoe for convenience). This will give the best sound quality anyway but a downside is that you will have to manually synchronise the audio with the video in post production (not that hard really).
The AF-On button does not work while you are recording.
You’ve nailed it for the issues on this camera. I hope Fujifilm watches this video. I’m tired of hearing about their AF improvements which don’t deliver on the promise.
Just discovered your channel (friend's recommendation). What a relief, no tech jargon and GREAT sound quality. You've got another subscriber. :)
I'm here because it's a new Thomas Heaton video.
Very detailed, honest and certainly useful review. You should do more of these.
Thanks for all your great content. Been binging your videos 🙂
So good to see your Fuji 617 show up again, look forward to images from it!
I've seen several XT4 reviews and yours is the best. You are the real deal. 👍
Thank you for the honest review. So many reviewers glossed over the autofocus hunting on X-T3/4 (it’s ‘almost there’, they’d say!). I sold my X-T3 and bought the ‘overpriced, with out-of-date video specs’ EOS R. It’s 8-bit 4:2:0 (I know, the horror), but I can leave it unmanned on a tripod and trust the focus when it’s on a gimbal.
Thanks Thomas, really love my X-T4! Being a solo photo creator myself, it's nice to discover it can shoot video also...
Very decent personal review, and entertaining! Almost made me run out and buy a Fuji, lol. Seriously, you made your points, good going.
Fell down the rabbit hole of Fuji XT-4 reviews and I think this review was by far the best and most informative one. Subbed!
I too am a "Solo Film Creator" that enjoys making cinematic travel logs. I love the capabilities and ergonomics of the XT-4 but the autofocus is figuratively the only thing stopping me right now from buying it.
I think Fujifilm would do well to listen to your feedback. Your daily use of the video functionality of the XT4 highlighting areas needed addressing has real merit. Be great if a Firmware update could fix these issues.
Great testament to this X-T4, I should say, "another great testament to my favorite camera gear by Thomas!" most of which I bought (cough...) thanks to your videos!
These user experience reviews are so much better than those set up reviews
Thanks for sharing !!
Love the Chilean T-shirt
New subscriber from Chile 🇨🇱❤️, amazing videos!
Since I bought a fuji camera i found a great pleasure to make photography
A rare thing on CZcams nowadays but I believe everything you say...Thanks for the review.
Don't have a fuji and have no intention of switching to fuji but i really enjoy this type of review compared to the ones heavily focused on technical aspects. Hearing about weird bugs found in the field is always fun.
best and on to the point review of a camera -- great shots too. i subed
I'm pretty sure, that even in manual focus, you can tap the back of the screen once (before you start recording) on the part of the scene you wish to focus on and it will lock focus on that area. That was definitely the case on the X-T3.
Best review ever!! So refreshing to not have a million technical terms shoved into my ears 😂 Thanks so much!
"This should be sold with a bow & arrow, because it loves to hunt" literally made me laugh out loud. Aside from the obvious skill in making both videos and photos, this is the sort of thing that keeps me watching every video of your channel. Including this one, even if I am not and never plan to become a solo video creator 😂
Great review, and fully agree. Regarding the Mic issue, tbh I wouldn't be putting it on auto anyway. I'd combine it with the new VideoMic NTG, it's intelligent enought to deal with clipping and such so you can just set the levels manually and leave them within camera.
Although your preference is auto-level for the mic, try switching to manual and lowering external level to -30db, then boost the audio on your external mic. I found the internal preamp on the X-T4 has noise/interference and this helps attenuate it.
Hi Thomas, I‘m just here to say that I enjoy your gear reviews. I don‘t think they‘ve gone wrong, as you say. I like the fact that it‘s not all positive and perfect, and you‘re not trying to sell me a product. When I watch a review, I want to hear opinions from someone who is financially and emotionally invested in the product. The world needs more honest reviews like this. Also, I enjoy the slow pace of your videos, even though it‘s not what most of the people are looking for on YT. Keep it up.
Hi Thomas, I already own a x-t4 but only for stills. I plan to support my photo series with video sequences therefore your review is really helpful for me 👍🏻 can’t wait to to see you work with the pano camera in the field.. 😊
I am seriously considering buying the Fujifilm X-T3 for its lightness for use on hikes glad to hear your positive views on both the X-T3 and X-T4 Thomas makes me more certain :)
XT3 is awesome and a steal nowadays :)
Excellent review and, I must say, interesting approach to cameras review. Thanks for sharing.
I haven't used the XT4, but used an XH1 before and moved back to Canon. I love the feel and ease of use of Canon camera :). Just starting making landscape photography video with the M50. Anyway, use what works best for you. Keep inspiring us!
As a X-T4 owner, I approve of this video.
This was a great Thomas! Would love to see more on your thoughts and experiences with the XT4. I own one but I got it after 'Rona happened so I haven't gone travelling with it yet to test it in harsher conditions.
Two things I though may help though I know this video is months old:
1) For locking using autofocus but shooting manual: You can use the AF even when in manual mode. Just put it in MF mode then use back button focus to lock focus - plus you can see focus peaking!
2) For audio (I went to uni for music production) I find the preamp on the XT4 pretty good for a camera. I have a really loud voice and don't use an external mic yet, so what I do is leave it set so my absolute loudest isn't peaking, and then apply compression and noise reduction to the audio track in premiere. And if there's any really quiet bits I bring it up using Audition dynamic linking in Premiere. I find the fuji audio files can handle the processing, to my ears at least. Not an excuse for fuji but perhaps a workaround so you don't have to remember the change the levels.
Agree with what you say about the Eterna profile. I’m new to filmmaking but earlier for stills all profiles that I have used has just been gimmicky. With Fujifilm, not so more. The profiles for the GFX is great - but as you say - the Eterna for video is probably the most useful. It looks extremely good. I shot my whole latest video with the same setup. A tip for your audio - put the audio levels on a custom button, it makes it quite easy to change it.
Thanks, that was helpful
It looks like an amazing camera for video too.
I shoot Fuji, Tom both video (CZcams) and photos, These are the best toys anyone can buy, but I feel you about the AF in video. Now, I shoot videos with the XT3 and a work around for the eye af is to shut it off, Just use face detection. If you need my settings in terms of af speed and tracking, let me know, tho I believe you played and understand all of them by now, Great video, very accurate and I appreciate your honesty and skill. Thank you.
As a fellow Solo Content Creator I thought I would jump in here and recommend the Back Button focus for the switch AF-C to AF-M problem but I see I'm not the only one! 😁
Great Review...I joust bought two. Getting them next week!
Hey Tom, you can still back button autofocus while in manual mode. But it only works before you start recording video.
1:19 uuuuh boy :D locking forward to that one
Already got calendar! Superb! Inspiring. Welcome to Fuji! Not perfect. Just all in all the best. Clearly designed by photographers for photographers. Great to hear such blunt honesty. For serious stills I prefer the gfx 50s. GF lens great but canon 85mm f1.8 and canon 40mm f2.8 are superb with gfx, weigh almost nothing and new combined cost under US $550. 85mm vignettes a bit but shot in square format is superb.
Again great, fun, helpful video!
Thomas thank you for all your work and all your videos.
They also ment the world to me. Have been a big fan for a long time, i just wanted to thank you.
Ricky Brin
Recently started making videos for my channel. Beginner level but I appreciate the standpoint of doing it Solo. Challenging and you’re right, lots of balls in the air... cheers for the vid, no intention of buying a Fuji but a great watch nonetheless..
Never record "auto audio levels" on anything. EVER.
Go home Glen, this is not a music related channel!
@@pastilance1 lol 😂
i am an audio guy.. aaaaand i approve this message 🤣🤣🤣
Name checks out.
Lmao didn't expect you here.
Very nice and honest review, thanks a lot!
Can only agree on all accounts. I’ve lost my mind at the XT4 autofocus more than once. It’s maddening.
Auto audio level isn't a good thing for any situation. Even in this video there's a weird 'hisssss' sound which could easily be removed in the post.
Anyway, this video was helpful in many other ways. Thanks.
Thomas, try using the AF-L button to lock focus instead of switching to manual mode. You’ll see a cyan “AF-L” on the screen so you’ll know it’s switched on. Hope this helps.
Nice point haha. AF Lock is a kinda old school way for videographers to control the auto focus. By pressing AF-L button you tell the camera "stop hunting and lock the focus here." When you release AF-L button the camera starts focusing again. I believe people who uses those bulky video cameras are very familiar with this lol.
but nowadays autofocus from sony and canon is just too powerful and smart. basically fully automatic and doesn't require any intervention and people are spoiled. Fuji really needs to catch up on the autofocus.
Flippy screen... perfet! I just purchased a Sony A7II - so far, so good. This past weekend's trip to the Rockies gave me some pretty good images, however heavy smoke from nearby fires really prevented that super-sharp mountains-in-the-distance image. It did, however, give me a golden hour from 3-6 pm!
Great video. After watching this I took the X-T4 out of my amazon shopping cart. bad auto focus is not something I would accept. Thanks.
Best T-shirt ever!... nice Fuji
review!
I have the same focus problems with my XT30, and it drives me crazy. enjoyed the video thanks for sharing.
Seems like a great camera for a "solo film maker". Good thing I'm happy with my Nikon Z50 as a solo film maker, so that I don't have to buy a new camera 😁
Cool tech review Mr H. In fact, I kind of fancy the way you do this - compared to a bunch of tech review CZcamsr’s. The thing is that you have serious heavy in-field experience 👍
EUREKA!! I just hiked the Pinhoti trail, and I could NOT for the life of me figure out that digital interference on my audio. Now I know. Thanks for the info. No longer in autoaudio. Great review!
An extremely useful clip, with some objective assessments of the pros and cons of a camera that has many fine attributes. I certainly hope that the software-fixable issues can be rectified - and smartly. Many thanks for taking the time to do this. My only gripe is that I kept watching what you were doing with the camera, which distracted me a little.
You need to inform Fuji support of this bugs. Great review from a video point.
Always good to be on top of audio levels even when shooting on auto.
Have you tried turning the wind noise reduction off when you’re using the fluffy bunny on your mic? I wonder if it’s causing the issue. I haven’t come across it on my XT4 but now I’m curious
I'm thinking of switching, I'm sick of lugging around a DSLR with a back full of lenses. I kinda just want to go back to my roots and just take a small camera and take some pics
Hello Thomas, very interesting and helpful review and nice T-Shirt. Greetings from Chile !!
It's not often you do a camera review, fair play for telling it like it is from your experience of owning the XT-4. :)
Nice review! Maybe the most real, at least for what I was searching for.
I did the odd switch from full frame to APS-C and this camera replaced my Sony A7iii. Honestly and honestly I love the Fuji. The X-T4 really made me love photography again and try and shoot with 3 or 4 times a week. I'm not much of a video creator but Sony's AF spoiled me completely. I love this camera though the good and the bad. Also it's good to know it tough, mines been in some nasty rain storms (I have a thing for thunderstorms) so I can vouch for its rain resistance at least.
You made me laugh when you showed a clip of your camera and tripod toppling over and said you'd also dropped it onto granite then said "it can handle anything I throw at it". I had a giggle and thought don't you mean it can handle anything you throw it at? 😂
I don't get it.
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Ha! Nice little cameo of the Fuji 617 ;-) Great video as ever Tom...I have the X-T2 and love it. Not such good video as the X-T4, but still a great camera. Shame about the sound problem you're experiencing...let's hope Fuji are watching and get this sorted.
A very honest and in-depth review thank you I am also a CZcams Creator, I am looking to upgrade from my G90 to a X-T4 and this was very helpful, I do hope they sort the focus, the sound I can work around, but the focus I cant, as you say update would sort that out, I will keep looking at other cameras but this really helped thank you
I have also fallen foul of the auto sound level thing as well. Wrecked a ton of otherwise superb video footage I took! It is utterly infuriating and clearly a bug in the DSP chip or sound engine.
Great video Thomas.
Dude I feel for you, there isn't a perfect all round camera for every occasion. As a content creator myself, the G9 is what I went with and is great most of the time. A brilliant stills camera, video spec’s amazing but auto focus is unpredictable to say the least and low light performance isn’t good. I knew all this before I purchased so try to work around all of the drawbacks, which to be fair, aren’t many. I love Canon and Sony’s DPAF but we can’t have it all, I have Canon lenses and didn’t want to switch to another eco-system but have moved to micro 4/3. Tom I’ll be honest, if autofocus and audio issues bothers you, get a Sony A6400, great vlogging camera with a great deal of features for the video centric. I nearly bought one but the G9 ticked more boxes as I wanted to work with one camera for both video and stills. Love your videos, atb, Damian.
Love your style. You have a great sense of humor, so you'll be able to take this in the spirit it's intended: Filming solo, as you say, means you're wearing a ton of hats. You don't have to be an audio engineer, but you have to be able to handle manual audio adjustment for each shot. Same with auto focus. They have dedicated dudes for those jobs on team shoots, and it's not fair that one person would have to keep track of all of this, but I just feel that comes with the territory. Now, I don't even know what Canon or Sony can do for you in these areas, and who knows, maybe their advancements are breathtaking. But somehow I don't think so. I'd rather set my levels and know for sure where they are than have a camera take over and throw limiting or compression at my audio that I can't undo later.
Good video Thomas, keep doing more.. I'm a frustrated outdoor guy.
Thanks, Thomas, for sharing your thoughts . And since you're asking for our content preferences: At 1:19 in that viedo you are mounting something on you tripod, that looks a bit like a Linhof Technorama or something of that kind. Now, THAT would be certainly something to learn more about. Or maybe I'm just mistaken...
Hey Thomas, as an X-T3 user, I suggest that you turn off all the filters for audio - wind filter, Mic Level Limiter and Low Cut filter. Since the wind noise is low frequency rumbles, I think one these filters might be causing the interference in the audio. Please check this out, hope this helps!
Love your T-shirt!