look at Fujifilm's latest mirrorless camera, the X-T4. Now this is Fujifilms

most capable mirrorless camera today offering incredible photo and video

features and we're going to talk about that today.

The X-T4 continues to take the same design concept as previous generation.

It still has similar form factor, although it is slightly bigger and

slightly heavier and that's due to some new hardware that's now implemented

making this a super capable of camera both photos and for videos. The camera

is available in two color options; you got the all-black finish as well as a

two-tone silver and black that I have here. The camera is available in three

options you have the body only, the XF18-55mm f2.8-4 lens and you also

have the weather resistant kit which is the XF16-80mm f4 lens and

that's gonna make this camera completely weather resistant just like its

predecessor. Looking quickly at the camera,

it retains a lot of the dials and controls of its predecessor. You got

your ISO dedicated dial, your shutter speed dial you exposure compensation

dial and your front and rear command out on the back of the camera, you

still have your AF joystick and the camera still retains the directional pad,

which can be configured for additional function buttons. The placement of some

of the buttons have changed, and they've added things like an AF-ON button.

They've also changed the metering dial to be a quick switch between movies and

stills. In addition to that they revamped the drive dial to make it a little bit

easier to use some of the functions. On the side of the camera you have your

various connection ports. You have your mic, your remote, your HDMI. as well as

your USB port. The USB port is used to charge as well as to transfer

images to the computer when it's connected, or to tether with the camera.

To monitor your audio the USB-C also doubles up as your headphone connection,

with the included adapter. On the side of the camera you have your dual SD card

slot and they do support UHS-II cards. what's new what the door

is that it can be removable if you want to. Other improvements to this camera

include things like the eye-piece latch mechanism being updated, the Q menu has

also been re positioned, and making it harder to accidentally

press the button. Of course it is fully customizable and you can change the

function to whatever you like.

One of the biggest updates to this camera is a new in body image

stabilization, that supports up to six and a half stop with the majority of Fujifilm

lenses. It's quite incredible and the new IBIS system is designed to be

smaller and more lightweight than previous generations. One of the major

benefits of IBIS is that it effectively makes all FUJIFILM XF

lenses stabilized, including my favorite the XF 35mmF1.4.

With the addition of the IBIS unit, the focal plane shutter has also been

updated and newly improved. It's more silent. It's more durable and it's going

to allow you to shoot much faster; up to 15 frames per second in mechanical

shutter. You don't have to use the focal plane shutter on this camera

it does offer a silent, electronic shutter that can shoot up to 30 frames

per second blackout free which is quite incredible.

another major update to this camera is the rear LCD screen it is a touch screen

it's high resolution but it's now fully articulating meaning that you can now

flip it front completely to monitor your video or if you're shooting stills and

you want to be in the shot to ensure that you're properly framed. Now, if

you're using this camera for photos one of the benefits of this new screen

is that you can flip it inwards to protect the LCD screen. Now, if you're

shooting video like me it is very beneficial to have this new articulating

screen. You can monitor your footage ensuring that the framing is

correct and making sure that the camera is recording and is focused on you.

Now, the X-T4 carries on the great electronic viewfinder that the previous

generation had it's a 3.69 million dot organic LED display, so

it's, you know, high contrast very bright with a frame rate up to a hundred frames

per second. So, again, looking through it it's gonna be as if you're looking in

real life. There's now three boost modes for the EVF. You have low light priority,

resolution priority and frame rate priority. So, you can choose the right

settings for the different situations that you'll be in with this camera. The

upgrades keep coming for this camera it now utilizes a new high-capacity and

lithium-ion battery it's the NP-W235 and it offers up to

2200 milliamp hours. In addition to that you can charge the camera via the USB-C

port and it includes a 15 watt 3 amp charger. The menu has also been updated

so that you can check the age of the battery. Now, if you're looking to take

more pictures in that without swapping out the batteries the camera does offer

an optional vertical grip that grip holds two additional batteries for a

total of three; giving you up to 1,700 shots per charge in total with the grip

attached. It also includes a dedicated 3.5 mm headphone jack to monitor

your audio; so you don't have to use a USB-C connection adapter. You can also

charge all three batteries via the USB-C connection; and this makes it very

convenient for the very first time. If you prefer to charge your batteries

outside the camera FUJIFILM does offer an optional BC-W235V charger that

allows you to charge two batteries at once. It even has a little LCD display to

display the percentage of charge while it is charging.

At the heart of this camera lies a 26 megapixel X-Trans CMOS IV sensor and

a quad-core cpu X-Processor 4 with the latest firmware and starting this camera

it adds improvements in autofocus both in continuous as well as single

autofocus, face and eye detection and also improved low-light focusing down to

-6.0 EV. There's even in improvements in the wide

tracking autofocus capabilities of this camera allowing you to lock in the

subject much easier and much better throughout the scene. Like most recently

announced Fujifilm cameras, it does incorporate some of the latest features

and functions. You have two new film simulations classic negative as well as

a new ETERNA profile call ETERNA Bleach Bypass. From an image quality standpoint you

have improve adjustments in the tone curve; at one-third stops. Now you have a

clarity scale, you do have some improvements in the in-camera RAW

capabilities that allow you to create TIFF files that are either 8 or 16 bit.

In addition to that, the camera now has a new compressed RAW option that makes

the files even smaller. The time lapse feature has been improved you have

things like exposure smoothing for time-lapse shooting which allows you to

keep the footage very consistent and just like previous cameras you got

things like grain effects that have been updated to that you have color chrome

effects for standard as well as for blue to create more definition in those

channels of color. You have expanded multi exposure modes that allow you to

shoot up to nine frames you have things like focus bracketing that makes it a

lot easier to create more depth of field in your shot if you're doing things like

macro work. And for greater dynamic range you have the HDR mode that's now built

into the dial itself it takes three shot handheld or on a tripod and it will create

that RAW file for later on so that you can get the most out of that shot. If you

dive deeper into the updates, you also got things like the auto white balance

that has been updated you have things like white priority or ambience

priority, so you can choose how that scene plays out in turn

of the white balance. And, for function buttons you got eight pages of

things that you can assign to one of the many function buttons on this camera.

There's even a reset option that's an independent for photo and for video

allowing you to reset one or the other. You now have dedicated dials to switch

between still and video mode the video menus are now independent from the

stills menu so when you go into the menu options they show up differently now

versus in the past where certain things get blacked out. So, this is going to be

great for any hybrid shooters or anyone looking into buying this camera

specifically for video it does offer the incredible, you know, 4:2:2 10-bit

through the HDMI out as well as 4:2:0 10-bit bit up to 4k 60 fps,

which is, of course, incredible. With this camera the slow motion feature has been

updated. You now have up to 240 fps at 1080p and that would give

you about 10 times slow-motion footage. If you're doing some unique shots that's

gonna be seen right in the camera once you finish recording. What's also exciting is

that if you're shooting in F-Log mode, you now have an F-Log assist function.

That gives you a film simulation preview so that it makes it easier to see what

your final output could look like and it's going to make it easier

when you're adjusting things like white balance for a filming video. There's also

improvements in the audio side. You got an option for either mic or line input.

So, again, if you're using a mixer you might want to select the line input for

the best possible quality. You have now the ability to shoot MPEG-4 footage if

you wanted to but you can also stick with the MOV files that give you the

best audio recording from this camera. Just like the X-T3,

you have the ability to shoot F-Log internally F-Log externally or HLG,

which is your Hybrid Log Gamma Function. That's gonna give you more dynamic range

the base ISO for that is 1,000 ISO. But, shooting in daylight

it's going to allow you having to more latitude in pulling more details in

the highlights back in.

Now, if you look at stabilization for video there are a couple options that

you can turn on or off. You can turn off the in body image stabilization

if you wanted to if you are filming with a camera on a tripod. You

also have the ability to use IBIS and also the combination of IBIS and the

electronic image stabilization so it actually pairs, you know, electronic

conversion of that as well using the IBIS unit to create even more steady

footage. When you're using electronic image stabilization, its gonna

have a slight crop to allow it to move the frames and align those frames again

in conjunction with the gyro sensor that's built in. Now, if you're filming

handheld and you're not panning or you're not moving there's also an IBIS

boost mode that allows the the IBIS unit to be much more stronger to ensuring

that the subject that you're filming is super steady. Like most Fujifilm cameras

you have the ability to use both face and eye detection you also can configure

that for AF tracking as well as the AF speed so that it suits you know what

type of footage you're trying to film. Because the camera has independent

settings in video compared to the photo side of things, you have now the ability

to do custom profile settings that you can set and rename yourself so that if

you're shooting in Velvia where you're shooting with log you can kind of

configure that and quickly switch between the various profiles the Q menu.

Also is independent from the photo side of things so you again you can configure

the Q menu specifically for video features so that it's not cluttered with

any other functions and there's a lot other customizable options.

You got tally lights on it. You also have things like timecode and

improvements in the audio that I mentioned earlier. Now, digging deeper in

the menus for the video as well they've changed the movie silent mode to movie

control settings which means it just allows you have somewhat independent

settings from the dials on the camera you can configure the exact shutter

speed for the frame rate that you're shooting.

And, of course, it's touch control you can also use the joystick or even the

command dial to make those adjustments. A nice addition, of course, is the ability

to backup your footage so if you're filming on one card you can have a

secondary card and film the exact same footage on the other just in case. That

makes it very convenient. If you're filming at 4k and up to 30 fps,

there's no crop in the footage. If you're filming at 4k 60 frames there's a

very slight crop. And, if you're using the IBIS and electronic image stabilization,

then there's a slightly bigger crop in that, in total. Now, the camera has a new

feature where you can kind of preview the the greatest crop which is at 1.29

that's with the electronic image stabilization and that means that when

you're filming for mixed footage from 30 frames 60 frames and other you'll get

that crop so that later on all the footage can be put together and you have

them all you know aligned to the same look and feel so

that when you merge it it becomes more consistent.

Wow! This camera is really featured packed! You got things like IBIS, a fully

articulating LCD screen, a new high capacity battery, a new focal plane

shutter, firmware that's now been updated to improve things like low-light

focusing as well as tracking autofocus. You also got operability updates from

you know different dial placements to the dials themselves and even separate

menus for videos and photo it really is a featured packed camera. Now, is this

camera the right camera for you? Will you be using it more for photos or more for

videos? Let us know in the comment section down below. Subscribe to our

YouTube channel. Until next time, I'm Billy of the Fuji Guys.