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Will X-T5 video quality be worse than X-T3/4?

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jdominh Forum Member • Posts: 58
Re: Will X-T5 video quality be worse than X-T3/4?

Bumping up this topic as I am quite interested to hear the feedback as well as I am hesitating between the two for my B-Cam for light traveling with say 60/40 photo/video split.

Essentially the 40Mpx is a nice upgrade, along with better AF/IBIS for the X-T5 but I will dearly miss the flip screen and don't necessarily need to print large or crop that often.

I did some research and maths and would like to see how the two cameras compare for video especially.

From my understanding,

For 4k up to 30p, the X-T4 already oversamples from 6.2k without naming it "4KHQ" and that is without a crop versus the X-T5 which crops at 1.23x giving the used sensor the size of a (slightly larger) MFT sensor.

For 4k60p, I am not entirely sure if Fuji uses Line Skipping or Oversampling but from Gerald Undone's review of the X-H2 (which might be comparable to the X-T5 process), the camera line skips from 6.7k sensor size (1.74x total crop factor) which also affects dynamic range and seems to crush the blacks by almost 1-2 stops. The sensor size for the X-T4 is very much the same for 4k60p but would cover only 5.3k with its smaller resolution.

Do you guys know if that 4k60p from the X-T4 is line skipped or oversampled ? Is this loss of dynamic range/crushed blacks also an issue there? I reckon if it is instead oversampled then the X-T4 would be better than the X-T5 for video IQ (assuming similar sensor tech and the fact that not everybody needs 6.2k)

Happy to hear your thoughts there!

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