We are back keeping our social distancing in full effect here in Singapore

With another camera review

This time a camera a lot of you have been asking me to do a review on

I've finally got my hands on it

Not on the market just yet

Will be soon though

It is the Fujifilm XT4

Like always we're not paid or sponsored by anyone but I do want to thank Fujifilm Singapore

For providing the camera and lenses for us and the battery grip

With that, let's talk about the camera

Okay first off, let's talk about design

The XT4 looks just like the XT3

But there have been some design changes to it

Some slight design changes which are welcome

First off, the grip

The grip feels a lot better in the hand

Now has been slightly enlarged, not a lot but

Every little bit makes a difference

Now of course I have the new battery grip on it which I love

I love the battery grip on any of the XT series because

I have larger hands

This really feels good in my hand with the battery grip, plus

You can have three batteries in the camera

A lot of cameras out there with battery grips only let you have up to two batteries

Fujifilm lets you have a battery in the body and two in the grip

So that means you're gonna have a lot of battery usage because

In addition to the larger grip you have now

Larger capacity batteries

That means your battery life is pretty much double that of the XT3

So for those who had a pocket full of batteries or a bag full of batteries when you're on shoot with the XT3

You don't need to carry so many with you now because the XT4 covers that

Also, the dials have been refined a little bit, simplified

It still has that kind of classic look the XT3 had

But for some reason to me, I don't, this just might be a placebo effect

But this feels like it's a little bit better build quality than the XT3

I mean I remember reviewing the XT3

We'll put a link in our description below of that camera

And I liked it but everything feels a little bit more solid, a little bit more clicky

The grooves on the dials feel a little bit better

And the overall build quality of camera just feels a little bit more premium

Don't know what it is exactly

I can't put my finger on it but it just feels that way

One of the improvements has been

The removal of the photometry or metering modes

On the right dial

My right, your left dial right here on the bottom of it

Now instead they have Still and Movie Mode which is very welcome because

It makes it a lot easier

Now Fujifilm likes to stack dials on top of each other

Like shutter speed and then you have Still and Movie Mode, then also

Have your ISO dial with your high speed shooting modes there on the bottom of it

So sometimes you can move the bottom dial without realizing it

So do always just double check

It's not a deal-breaker, it's just one of those situations that you have to understand

That's how Fujifilm makes their cameras

But for the most part, the dials feel a lot better in the hand

And turning them it's a lot more clickier

This camera just feels really really good

Besides that, EVF is still the same

3.69 million dot EVF

Three-inch touchscreen display on the back of it, 1.62 million dots on that

These are not flagship level specs

They work and they work well

But talking about the display in the back

One of the big improvements which a lot of people have been wanting from Fujifilm for a long time

ls the fact that you can swivel the display now

But there is a but to this

I'll talk about that in just a bit

it's a big but for photographers out there

Because it does hinder a certain style of shooting

Anyway, another big addition to the XT4 is of course IBIS

Now when we reviewed the GFX 100

That was some of the best IBIS technology I've seen in a camera overall

I mean all my shots were steady along with the image stabilization in the lenses

You have five-axis image stabilization in this camera that's borrowing

From that kind of technology that was in the GFX 100

It is really welcome because

The camera is relatively lightweight, when you're using a lightweight camera

Sometimes you will get shutter shake especially when you're shooting at lower shutter speeds

This IBIS does alleviate most of that

You sometimes will still get it, it's not gonna completely kill

Any sort of shutter shake or any sort of handshake in it

But it does help especially with video

The video is well, video functionality still there, 4K up to 60 all that kind of stuff

Your autofocusing has been improved slightly, it's all there

This is a really really solid camera by Fujifilm

This is to me, is their flagship camera. I know they have their XH1

But we don't know if there's gonna be a XH2. But overall

That is the XT4 in a nutshell

An evolution, not a revolution

Now, let's talk about some of the lenses

Now, I have the 90mm f/2 which is on the camera right now

Also, the 16mm f/1.4 which everybody raves about

As being a fantastic lens and it is, it is a very very sharp lens

One of Fujifilm's best

As well as I have the 50-140mm f/2.8

Which is equivalent to a 70-200mm when you're converting from APS-C to full-frame

Now for me, what I wanted to do is take this camera out to the zoo, shoot some animals

Get some wildlife, get a feel of the camera, the autofocusing capabilities

To the image quality and thus far

And the autofocusing has improved a bit

Is it the best on the market?

No, but it's in the top five I would definitely say

Sometimes I'm missing here and there, could be the lens

It could be a combination of the lens and body but

The one thing that I did notice right off the bat

Is that the IBIS is fantastic especially paired with a lens

That has image stabilization built into it

You're going to get that five-axis image stabilization through and through

And Fujifilm to me, makes some of the best, one of the best ones out there for photography

Now when it comes to video

Slightly different, maybe not as good as Panasonic from other reviews I've seen out there

And I can confirm that, but overall it is much better than a lot of the other players out there

I would definitely put it in the top 2 or top 3

In terms of image stabilization technology

Image quality as you can see in the photos here is really really good

When you nail it, tack sharp, the images come out great

Now Fujifilm

The thing about Fujifilm is, a lot of their lenses, some are older designs versus others

Some of the newer lenses are much sharper

Have better image quality to them

Fujifilm probably does need to update a number of their lenses but

I mean I really don't see a big issue at all

These are not deal-breakers, these are just observations that I'm making

As someone that reviews cameras versus someone who's buying it but I

Talked to a lot of photographers that use Fujifilm through and through

And they are very very happy with the XT4 when they got their hands on it

Now one of the big things a lot of people have been wanting changed on the XT3

Or any of the Fujifilm cameras was the ability to swivel a display out

Especially if you want to do video or vlogging

Fujifilm listened to everybody, they have now done that with the XT4

But, there is a but to this for photographers

You are missing one thing that a lot of you loved especially me

That is the ability to shoot waist level

Before on the XT3, I could just flip the display out

Shoot waist level like this

Get my shot

It was great

Now I have to flip the display out, swivel it

To do the same thing

Makes it a little bit more cumbersome, this is a big thing for a lot of photographers out there

Who are not into videography and some of them have told me

You know what, I'm not going to go up to the XT4

Because I need that waist-level shooting

And you know what, I can't fault them for that

A fully articulated display in 2020 is essential, especially with the video capabilities

And the photography capabilities this camera has

But besides that

There's no really other fault I can find on the XT4

This is a phenomenal camera to use

Now the lenses I had with me of course the 90mm f/2, the 16mm f/1.4 and the 50-140mm

With my friend Ivan Joshua Lowe who's a Fujifilm X ambassador

I did a photoshoot with his Supra

I used the 90mm f/2 and I used the 16mm f/1.4 for that

Got some great shots, we used Broncolour lighting

Was a set-up

Really cool, inside of a car park

I love the images that came out of it the

The images are sharp, the camera performs beautifully with it, no issues at all

Then, I decided to take the 50-140mm to the zoo

Because I want to shoot animals with the XT4

I wanted to see what it was like with the autofocusing

Has it improved?

What's it like to track animals and thus far

And I got some really incredible results from this

This lens and the camera together, are a phenomenal combo

So let's talk about some of the things I wish were improved on the XT4

First off, I wish there was a better sensor

This is the same sensor that is in the XT3

The X-Pro3, the X100V or 5 however you want to say it

You know I mean it's the same sensor throughout

So why didn't Fujifilm give us, let's say a, maybe a 30-megapixel APS-C sensor

They could have

I mean because this is essentially their flagship camera now

But they didn't, they kept it the same

Not a deal-breaker but I wish they would have done that

Another thing is for videographers out there

Your headphone jack is gone, that's right they took it out

I don't know why they would do that because this camera's more

In a way, you could say this is more a videographer's camera than the XT3 is

But there is an option to use a headphone

You have to use the USB-C dongle that you can attach to that

Or if you get the external battery grip which I have on the camera

There is a headphone jack there

But that is a very bit odd to put a headphone jack here

For your video, do you know I mean?

It kind of just makes sense that everything would come out right here

Especially if you're using, let's say, a SmallRig cage or something like that

But they didn't do that

So it's almost like they realized after the fact

Oh whoops we didn't put a headphone jack in

Let's put it in the battery grip, kind of a thing

No come on Fuji, you guys are better than that

That should have been included but at least you got the USB-C option there for you

So I can't fault you for that

But a headphone jack in a camera like this

It needs to be there

What else

I would have liked to seen a higher-res EVF

3.69 million dot EVF is not flagship level

Now it's five point something now and above

So I wish they would have included something in there like that

It would have been nice because well the image is clear

And it's sharp in the EVF

It does look a lot better when you use a higher resolution version

That I've used in, let's say, the Sonys and the Leicas and the Panasonics

So maybe we'll see it in the XT5 or maybe the XH2, if that ever comes out

Sort of like a one of those legendary cameras that we don't know will ever make it to the market

But if it does maybe we'll have that there

Otherwise, the XT4 is a solid camera

I've enjoyed using it

Really one of my favorite Fujifilm cameras to date

Really that good

So overall, while this video is not as long as our XT3 review we had initially a few months back

The reason for that is because this is essentially an XT3 plus

As I mentioned this has IBIS, the flippable display

Better batteries, a more refined buttons and dial system

But besides that it's an XT3

It's the same sensor, the same processor, same image quality that's coming out of the camera