This camera is also the first in my opinion that truly gives us a glimpse of the future with the capabilities of its electronic viewfinder (EVF). Their implementation of the EVF is simply brilliant. It is bright, sharp, big and allows all shooting data to be displayed. When manual focusing, you have the smaller magnified window that appears. Using that in combination with focus peaking, makes getting sharp manually focused images a breeze. And, when you rotate the camera to vertical, the data in the viewfinder changes to vertical orientation too. There's a lot to like about EVFs.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/cameras/living_with_the_fuji_x_t1.shtml
New firmware is available V3.0
http://www.fujifilm.com/support/digital_cameras/software/firmware/x/xt1/index.html
The Fujifilm X-T1 Graphite Silver can record full HD 1080p movies at 60/30fps with stereo sound and a high bitrate (36Mbps), with the option for turning this mode on curiously buried at the bottom of the Drive menu, although at least Fujifilm have finally added a one-touch record button. It's fair to say that the X-T1 Graphite Silver's movie mode isn't overly advanced. You can set the aperture and shutter speed before recording begins, but not during, and you can also set the Film Simulation mode, so black and white footage is possible, and the exposure compensation.
http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/fujifilm_x_t1_graphite_silver_review/
Firmware v3.0 will be available for download on December 18 .
Thanks for replying Vitaliy, I had a Gh1 for the last 4 years and loved the hack
The post above the bit about downsampling, does that sound like a logical assumption or am I tilting at windmills. I just have the feeling that the X-trans could be a great video sensor because of the lack of aliasing but its being let down by poor codec implementation.
I know you should never buy a camera in the hope of firmware being added or a hack being forthcoming and I won't, but I would be slightly gutted if I went with the X-E2 as its cheaper and then the X-t1 turns out to become a video monster :)
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PPS they have also implemented UHS-ii for sd cards which will help with FPS, but also makes me wander if they have plans for higher bitrate video?
No one knows this except them :-)
PPS they have also implemented UHS-ii for sd cards which will help with FPS, but also makes me wander if they have plans for higher bitrate video?
In light of my above post, this raises an intersting question. In my opinion the main issue with the Fuji X-T1 for video is the lack of manual control of shutter speed and 24p/25p this is now resolved by the above. Great.
The other massive issue is that the footage is prone to aliasing. Thing is I think they could fix this in the firmware as well. But I wanted to confirm my thinking with you guys as you are far more switched on that me.
Apparently the beauty of the X-trans sensor is that because of its RGB layout you don't require an anti alias filter because the sensor naturally does not have and Aliasing...........
So why aliasing in video? my conclusion (and if flawed please call it out) is that the aliasing is from downsampling the sensor, either because they have to because it too big i.e 16MPeg APS-C or because the H.264 codec they are using is too small, or probably a combination of both.
So if they a) Implemented 1-1 sampling of the sensor (possibly introducing a crop, but this would probably still be better than a 4/3s crop b) Implemented a better codec AVCHD (not sure if they can or if its cost effective as its propriety to Sony/Panasonic) or I guess something else.
Would that get rid of or diminish aliasing.
The final thing thinking about it that they would need to do is implement a way of 16/9 framing so that you could actually compose properly, there are workarounds, but it would be great if you could set up one of the custom buttons to switch to this view.
So does any of this make sense, as if it does I might put it in as a feature request to Fuji as them seem quite open to user feedback.
Appreciate everyones patience if I am barking up the wrong tree.
Hi, I am sure that everyone is aware of the latest firmware coming in Dec, and that it has 2 interesting upgrades to video performance.
"Video frame rate selection - In addition to the existing 60fps and 30fps selections, 50fps and 25fps, as well as a 24fps selection will become available to users. 50fps and 25fps allow video editing in the PAL region, such as Europe and elsewhere, without converting the frame rate. The 24fps will offer movie-like video capture and play back"
"Video manual shooting – Users will be able to select ISO sensitivity prior to shooting videos, as well as adjusting the aperture and shutter speed during video shooting."
Video sample - http://www.ixbt.com/digimage/fuji/x-t1/video/vid-2.mov
While the X-T1 is a powerful mirrorless camera with an intriguing design, it's difficult to give it an unquestioned recommendation because of that high starting price. It has enough quirks in its design that some photographers may not want to invest the time required to learn how to take full advantage of this model. But, it also has enough great features that if you love the retro design, you may be willing to purchase the Fujifilm X-T1 without concern over the price.
http://www.steves-digicams.com/camera-reviews/fujifilm/x-t1/fujifilm-x-t1-review.html
IQ of the X-T1 (paired with the XF10-24mm and XF55-200mm for the most part) has exceeded my expectations. Whilst it may have fewer megapixels than the 5D3, it seems to me to have better dynamic range and the shadows are less prone to noise. There are differences in colour and tonal rendition but neither ‘wins’, they’re just different and it’s down to personal choice.
X-T1 Firmware Update Ver.1.10
http://www.fujifilm.com/support/digital_cameras/software/firmware/x/xt1/index.html
The new camera earned an Extremely High rating in image quality from ISO 100 through ISO 400. As with other Fujifilm X-series cameras, the X-T1 will let you record only JPEGs when set to the extremes of its sensitivity range, in this case ISO 100, 12,800, 25,600, and 51,200.
http://www.popphoto.com/gear/2014/05/camera-test-fujifilm-x-t1
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