Fujifilm XH2S Setup Guide | For Video 

The Atomos ninja v accepts video range and so it’s great that the H2S allows you to choose the range to send out. If recording to the ninja v, you would want to choose video range otherwise the image will appear very contrasty because it’s interpreting a full signal as video. Ninja v has a legalise option but that does not give the same results as just sending video range signal to the atomos. The problem is also not just with atomos. Different tools might accept a different signal so having the option in the camera makes the camera a lot more versatile

Video Range determines if you want your gamma curve metadata for 0-255 is rec709 or full 0-1023 is bt2020 (best suited for delivery in HDR). Basically in Davinci Resolve when you set your project settings, you can use (and should) Davici Color Managed. This gives you access to HDR timeline features critical for true 10bit HDR or Dolby Vision Delivery. Now when editing in these modes I truly urge a true 10bit monitor or field monitor with at least 1000 nits, preferably higher for Dolby Vision. Once you're in the Color tab you'll see that your histograms/waves have a 0-1023 range ot 0-4000 in Dolby Vision. This is where recording in 0-1023 is important, you now have 0-1000nits of gamma range. versus 0-200 which is Rec709 SDR. Most folks miss this, and are actually stretching Rec709 to fit BT2020. You end up with hilights that look bright greyish almost under exposed. They're not technically, your are just pushing the footage beyond what it can represent. Ideally, recording 10bit is only worthwhile if you're recording a 0-1023 range and editing in that range. Log and HLG shoot flatter to help mimic the lack of 10bit 0-1023, Log and HLG in 0-255 Rec709 can be stretched a little more. Do you need HLG or Log for HDR, well yes and no. I recommend HLG because it's an industry standard for displays, adding the HLG metadata helps your end users display go.. "Hey, your 10bit with 0-1000nits footage and BT2020 colors, we gotcha covered"

Great video. Most in depth/ detailed setup video I've seen for the xh2s that's easy to understand with some educating along the way. Thanks

Great video. Thanks so much!!!

thank you, it was very helpful .

Great guide man. My xh2s will be coming in the mail soon and I’ll definitely be revisiting this guide. I’m just now taking video seriously and this camera seemed like the right choice since I’m already so invested in Fuji having used them professionally for stills for years.

new to fuji. your video was a big help. thx mate!

VERY helpful video!

Thanks for the settings video.

Thanks for the amazing video! BUT! Custom setting 5, shooting 24p using a lower shutterspeed than its framerate, how are you able to do this? I cant go under 1/24th? Thanks, Thomas

thanks for the tutorial. I guess it is also working with the xh-2s. Does it work better via the hdmi port or the usb is enough? usb-vc towards usb-c works as well? - does it work with 4k or would that creat too much lag? And, last but not least, wich softwares are compatible(teams, google meet, zoom skype...)?

Hey man just wana say your content is awesome, very educational and informative! Keep up the good work really appreciated! Side note, in future videos idea, maybe you can talk about how you film your wedding and commercial work, the process and thoughts behind it, like breakdown analysis if that make sense.

thanks for this... Hopefully these settings will make the experience of this camera a bit better

hey, thanks a lot for the video! doesn't the rec button take over the settings you made in video mode? for example, i have flog2 and 1250 iso set in video mode. but if i set the wheel to a photo program (PASM) and then press the red rec button then the recording starts with a different iso number and other settings. Is it possible to set the red rec button to take over the settings made when I press it?

thank you thank you thank you Aaron GIGANTIC HELP for me

Thank you very much for the work done. Going from xt3 as a b camera to this one there are many different things to set. Waiting for cf express to set custom profiles. I tried the sigma 18 35 with the fringer and it works perfectly

I know one use of limiting the video range is for streaming. I've had the issue before where my feed was looking better in OBS than it did live, and from my understanding it was because browsers/streaming services convert to partial anyways.

This is a great video. At 9:46 I see that your Dynamic Range is set to Auto. How did you do that (I don’t see an option in my menu to do this) and what is the advantage to setting it over 100,200, or 400? Thanks!

Hey, man. I prefer MF too, and shoot only video. Fuji has made a giant leap forward with the HX2s. Not a fan of AF in most circumstances, ....but there are some great automatic features everyone needs to take advantage of for run and gun shooting. In specific? Auto exposure lock and AWB-Lock when you're doing run and gun. Program them on specific buttons and set them to toggle on and off as you manipulate those buttons. You'll virtually never shoot in manual white balance and manual exposure again, even for your professional work.

Amazing video! Learned allot. But I got a question. When in stills mode and I press the small movie record button next to the shutter button the video that get recorded is completely different the the setup on movie mode. How do I get that to be the same ?

Hi Aaron, do you know if you can change the video from auto when in photo mode and you hit record?

Bro is there a way to use a dial for ISO instead of the ISO button? I haven't been able to figure out how to set it up that way and I don't like having to press the button to change the ISO.

Hello Aaron , have you struggled into issue while connecting Fuji XH2 with ( CFExpress Prograde card ) directly ( even without hub ) through USB cable to Mac (if you have - Monterey ) , i can't figure out why it not visible ..

Anyone knows why normal SD card works for stills but not Video? I know I can use CFExpress card but isn't Video supposed to work with SD Card too? I've tried different movie modes too but no luck! It says "NO CARD" while it works for stills. Thanks for your help.

Thanx for the tutorials the informative but the is a problem with all fujifilm cameras with blues and yellows normally they have blues in whites and to much green or yellow in the skin tones

Zebras, depends on what you're filming. So 65% is ballpark for skin tones, I'm a wedding videographer, so ai use 70-75% because of the dress. I want a slight over, and dial back in post as needed.

This is going to be my first camera. Can anyone please help me with memory card recommendations please? I will just be shooting video stills mainly and a few pictures here and there. Thanks.

is there any quality degradation using the 1.4x fix movie crop magnification settings? im trying to find out how its done. wrote to fuji but havent heard back yet

AF speed and tracking sensitivity don't seem to affect anything when using the fringer adapter. for fuji lenses it does make a difference.

Is there any digital exposure meter like the sony a6500?

I mapped one of my buttons to the movie crop mode and nothing is happening when I press it. Do I need to be using a certain frame rate or a certain quality? Any idea what i'm doing wrong?

When you set proxy to on, what does that actually mean? That it records in a lower quality proxy mode? Or just for playback? Or what??

Quick Q: isn't 200mb/s too low for 4k 120?

Where are you in Texas? Hot down here, isn't it?

Oh what a trendy video. Look at me choking on a drink. Rubbish.