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The Fujifilm X-H2 High ISO Noise vs the X-T2

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baobob
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Noise with the XH2 ?
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yes the XH2 can be noisy. And can be not noisy

In brilliant light there is no issue at all

BUT

The 40 mpx sensor does need more light than the  26 Mpx. So in dim light it is essential first to set exposure to get aperfectly centred histogram, then push exposure with +2/3 to 1 EV(ETTR) and control the position of histogram on the right. In RAW recovering highlights is easy and you have prevented noise in shadows

After a debut of controversy about this question I have conducted trials indoors with ETTR and got excellent JPEGS where the moderate noise was easily mastered with NeatImage. If ypu use DPR studio scene files you will see that the difference in noise between XH2s and XH2 is really moderate till 6400. After 6400 the denoising process starts to smear very fine details in XH2 files but photos are perfectly usable up to A4

Again using DPR studio scene files up to 3200 ISO the difference in IQ is minimal between XH2 and aFF with the same  res. After 3200, of course the FF is really better.

Below read noise comparison showing the very moderate diff between XH2 and some FF

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