Fujifilm X-H2 and Electronic Shutter

Powerdoc wrote:

Sgt_Strider wrote:

From what I gather so far, it seems like the e-shutter is nowhere close to being as fast as the X-H2S so rolling shutter will be a problem. However, I'm now reading that some people still intend to buy this camera for shooting movies? Whoa? Am I missing something here? After using an e-shutter, I hesitate to go back to the mechanical shutter for fear of shutter shock despite the supposed improvement Fujifilm made. What do you guys think? I really wish DPR and everyone else will go in-depth about the e-shutter in their eventual review.

You are speaking of readout time, that translate into rolling shutter.

The electronic Shutter of the XH2 is 2,5 stop faster than the XH2S : 1/180 000 instead of 1/32000. By comparison the Canon eos R3 is 1/64 000

Shutter speed is not what creates rolling shutter. Shutter speed is related to the time the sensor is exposed. A mechanical shutter can cause rolling shutter at higher shutter speeds as the mechanical shutter becomes a slit illuminating the sensor with the top of the sensor illuminated a little before the bottom. A good indication of rolling shutter potential is flash sync time not shutter speed.

The flash sync time on the XH2S is 1/250 mechanical and 1/250 electrical. That is about the same as the Nikon Z9 which eliminated the mechanical shutter.

For the XH2, the mechanical sync is 1/250 and electronic is 1/125 which is twice that of the XH2S. So the XH2 will have more potential for rolling shutter.

https://fujifilm-x.com/en-us/products/cameras/x-h2/specifications/

As a reference, the Nikon Z9 has a shutter sync speed of 1/200 and Nikon felt that good enough to eliminate the mechanical shutter.

Only time and usage will determine how and when rolling shutter shows up in the XH2 when it doesn't in the XH2S under the same conditions.