Big test
PERFORMANCE: EXPOSURE LATITUDE
No concerns with underexposure. Even the -4EV shot recovered well, only with the penalty of a modest amount of digital noise in areas of even tone. Any noise present in the -3EV shot was much finer and smoother, so underexposure performance is impressive.
Overexposure was less capably handled by the X-H2’s Raws. The +2EV stop was just about OK in the highlights, but the sky in this scene gained a cyan cast that would need a little editing to match the correctly exposed frame. However, there was no cast in the +1.6EV shot.
Exposure brackets +/-4EV in 0.3EV steps were shot in a variety of lighting situations. This sunlit scene was captured at ISO 125 and fitted with the XF16-55mm f/2.8 lens. Metered exposure was 1/140sec at f/7.1 and ISO 125. Exposure correction was done in Lightroom.
KEEP INFORMED The X-H2’s top-plate LCD is like that found on GFX cameras and its readout can be customised to suit the user
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WINNING CARDS A CFexpress Type B card with a decent write speed is needed if you want to make the most of continuous high-speed shooting capabilities “THE X-H2 OFFERS HUGE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERB-QUALITY IMAGERY AND CROPPING”
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single press of the shutter release. First, five shots are taken with a one pixel shift in each direction, then the process repeats four times with 0.5 pixel shift after each burst. In our test, we found X-H2’s Pixel Shift Multi-Shot mode very impressive, producing large and incredibly detailed files, just as advertised. It is not a feature most users will need, especially when you consider the potential of the X-H2’s native resolution, or that you need a tripod and static subject. I shot tests indoors, but also ventured outdoors, trying the mode on buildings and a few scenics on a very still evening where, to my eye, nothing was moving. There was a problem with one of the scenics and combiner software merged the 20 shots, but I got a ‘defect detected’ message. The merged shot opened,
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The mode is available through the camera’s Drive menu. Once selected, IS switches off and lossless Raws are the only image quality choice. It works only with the camera’s electronic shutter and within an ISO 125-1600 range. All this underlines its intended use – for ultimate quality and digital archiving purposes. Twenty shots are taken (compared with 16 on GFX cameras) with a
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