I am gladly giving a chance to test the newer Fujifilm camera XT4 to capture pictures and videos using either
A. FUJINON XF200mmF2 R LM OIS WR
B. FUJINON XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
another special test on XF70-300mm
600mm setup… only ~1.4KG ! Fujifilm XF70-300 | liewwk Nature
I will slowly update some of my concern features which related to Tropical forest birding requirement e.g. ISO performance (we have many lowlight condition environment), lowlight Autofocus, Image Stabiliser (handheld shooting minimum shutter speed)
Pending update
– Testing 1a: Image Quality FujinonXF100-400mm
– test this handheld with a various shutter speed
– Testing 1: Image Quality FujinonXF100-400mm + 1.4x teleconverter
– refer same post below
– Testing 2: Handheld Video
– refer same post below
– Testing 3: Continuous Focus Tracking
– Video AF
– refer same post below
– Testing 4: Slow motion video 240p feature
– refer same post below
– Testing 5: Shadow & Highlight recovery Test
– Refer to the link below
Fujifilm X-T4 | Shadow & Highlight recovery Test | liewwk Nature
– Lowlight Single point Autofocus
– ISO performance
– Image Stabiliser – Shutter Speed
– Overall Operation
Update 20210106 –
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– Testing 1a: Image Quality FujinonXF100-400mm
– test this handheld with a various shutter speed
update 202103
– another good moment with this active bird
– 非常活躍的鳥。他在看我在做什麼。
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update 202103
– one of the world’s smallest woodpecker
– making loud high pitch call and drum sound
– 世界上最小的啄木鳥之一。可是非常大的啄木聲。
update 202102
– a beautiful Paradise-Flycatcher, male with long-tail and come either white-morph or rufous-morph
– this is a beautiful male passing with another male (not full tail and another female
– they make a lot of noise when moving inside the forest
– 馬來西亞非常漂亮的鳥。他與其他兩只一起追逐也叫很多。
Testing 1: Image Quality FujinonXF100-400mm + 1.4x teleconverter
– with the longest focal length 400mm with 1.5x crop (crop body) it is equivalent to 600mm 35mm focal length. So this may be a major concern for birding where 600mm is the maximum reach and always too short.
So I am trying to shoot this lens with 1.4x tc, which gives 400mmx1.4x=560mm and this equivalent 560mmx1.5=840mm (35mm focal length equivalent)
update 20210107
same day test as 20210106
Focal length: 400mm+1.4x tc ISO: 1600 F number: 6.4 Shutter Speed: 1/50 Handheld
Update 20210106
A cloudy day inside along trail, this bird perch low.
Focal length: 400mm+1.4x tc
ISO: 1600
F number: 6.4
Shutter Speed: 1/50
Handheld
Focal length: 400mm+1.4x tc ISO: 1600 F number: 6.4 Shutter Speed: 1/60 4k 16:9, 59.94p, 200 Mbps MOV/H.265 (HEVC) LPCM, 4:2:0 10bit Manual Focus
update 20210107
Focal length: 400mm+1.4x tc ISO: 1600 F number: 6.4 Shutter Speed: 1/60 4k 16:9, 59.94p, 200 Mbps MOV/H.265 (HEVC) LPCM, 4:2:0 10bit Manual Focus
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Testing 2: Handheld Video
– a must test for me, as my job most of the time I can’t carry 2 tripods (one for spotting scope). So my camera 100% using handheld when I am working.
– all videos share here are captured handheld
update 202102
– lucky moment to meet 3 of this beautiful Paradise-Flycatcher
– they make a lot of noise while moving around
– 幸運遇上3只這麼漂亮的壽帶 – 很吵，一直都跳不停。
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update 20210112
– post-processing video stabilizer applied
Focal length: mm+1.4x tc ISO: 320 F number: 9.0 Shutter Speed: 1/60 4k 16:9, 59.94p, 200 Mbps MOV/H.265 (HEVC) LPCM, 4:2:0 10bit Zone AutoFocus
Focal length: mm+1.4x tc ISO: 640 F number: 8.0 Shutter Speed: 1/60 4k 16:9, 59.94p, 200 Mbps MOV/H.265 (HEVC) LPCM, 4:2:0 10bit Zone AutoFocus
Focal length: mm+1.4x tc ISO: 640 F number: 8.0 Shutter Speed: 1/60 4k 16:9, 59.94p, 200 Mbps MOV/H.265 (HEVC) LPCM, 4:2:0 10bit Zone AutoFocus - can see with the lowlight condition and mess environment the Autofocus will trying to confuse by the nearby moving objects (eg leaf)
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Testing 3: Continuous Focus Tracking
– a test I am using mainly to test Bird in flight
– Continuous Focus, Zone
update 202102
– another good moment before last light the bird just flying out from roosting
– the fast focus lock of the X-T4 and tracking make me able to have many keepers of this bird flying just in short distance
– 這鳥在天黑前突然飛出來。X-T4 對焦很快與準。
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update 202101 - another day testing with X-T4 and 200mmF2 - mainly trying on AF lock speed and tracking for raptors flying - and this is an example using AF Zone in Video record 4k, 60p
update 202101 - lucky to encounter this bird, but it flies away immediately found I get close to it... - with the Fujifim X-T4 fast AF I managed to capture the flying moment
update 20210114
– very strong wind day, there are Barn Swallow, Pacific Swallow, House Swift, Silver-rumped Needletail, German’s Swiftlet, etc flying fast near the water dam.
– I mainly want to try the focus locking speed and tracking speed for the X-system
Fujifilm X-T4 Focal length: 00mm+1.4x tc ISO: 1600 F number: 8.0 Shutter Speed: 1/1600 Handheld
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Testing 4: Slow motion video 240p feature
– it is not really testing but rather a feature
– with the 240 fps, this gives a good way to present the object in slow motion
– the movie is smooth
update 202101 Fujifilm X-T4 High-Speed movie 240p
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