Fujifilm’s Can-Do Classic! The X-H2S X Series Flagship
The speed of the camera is another huge selling point. “We’re always trying to include multiple stories and layers in our frames, and for that to work you have to capture the fraction of a second where everyone in the scene spontaneously looks just right, so any edge on that front is really helpful.
“The most notable thing though is the speed of the autofocus, and especially the face-tracking. We’ve used it in a wide range of lighting conditions, including really dark dance-floors, and it locked straight onto faces with no hesitation at all. We don’t use flash or additional lighting, and low-light shooting has consequently become a bit of a specialty of ours over the years, but when focusing in the dark on fast moving subjects you always expect a certain percentage to slightly miss focus. With the new camera though that percentage is so small that we’re getting perfectly focused shots on the dancefloor we wouldn’t even have attempted in the past. The ability to just flick face-tracking on and off at the touch of a button and to have the camera instantly react is amazing.”
The fact that this do-it-all hybrid marvel can cope so well in terms of both stills and video coverage is opening lots of doors for York Place Studios, who can see the distinct advantage of working with just one model of camera throughout the business.
“For hybrid shooters the X-H2S is a dream,” says Dominique. “You can have completely different custom settings saved for photo and video, and then flick between them instantly. Our set-ups for both are quite different, so having each immediately ready to go if we need them is a fantastic back-up to have when we’re working together. It’s also great that, even in stills mode, you can hit the dedicated record button at any time and instantly grab some video without having to adjust anything at all. This is going to be a huge camera for our business.”
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