2023 big year for Fuji?

dgbarar wrote:

It is not just the X-H2S video autofocus that is now at the bottom of the pack, it is the overall ergonomics of the camera.

Fujifilm is a Japanese company and should well steeped in the manufacturing culture of Japan. One of these concepts is lean operations and attempting to eliminate as many wasted steps as possible. The Japanese even have a name for this--muda or waste.

Yet, there are so many double and triple steps one needs to make in order to perform basic functions. For example, ISO is difficult to change. If you want to change ISO you need to do the following:

1) Press the ISO button.

2) Us the up/down buttons to find the ISO that you want.

3) Press the OK button.

This is three steps. All the while you are doing this, the histogram is obscured so you are unable to set the ISO.

You can eliminate one of these steps by programing the up/down buttons to change ISO. But you still have to press the OK button to select--two steps. And the histogram is still obscured.

I could go on and on about what used to be one step that is now two or three.

Did FujiFilm engineers even try this product before they put it on the market? I doubt it. I get the impression that this camera was designed by committee without even thinking about usability.

Because of the poor ergonomics and its poor video autofocus--despite all the hype about computational photography I say the X-H2S is shameful. And it is FujiFilm’s shame for releasing it to the market. They need to this fix now! Otherwise they have lost all credibility.

BTW. I do like the PSAM dial. That was a step in the correct direction.

Forgive me, but I never cease to be amazed at the things people choose to whine about here. So, hitting the ISO button, stepping through the ISO levels, and then pressing OK feels like too complex a set of operations for you? Wow. I can’t disagree that there might be some overall ergonomic improvements that could be pursued with X-H2S, but “shameful,” “poor ergonomics,” “lost credibility” feels like a lot of overpositioning to me. I can’t speak to video AF, since I’m strictly a stills shooter, but sorry, I’m not buying it.

Keep looking… I’m sure the “perfect” camera is out there somewhere for you.