Quick Start Guide FUJIFILM X-H1
Congratulations on your new FUJIFILM X-H1! This quick start guide introduces your camera’s features and functions and will help you get more creative with your photography.
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Personalising your camera
Many aspects of the X-H1 can be customised to suit your preferences, such as controls, displays and shooting modes.
Controls, swipes and dials
Customise the behaviour of the camera’s function buttons and touchscreen swipe gestures.
- Press and hold the DISP BACK button to go straight to the FUNCTION (Fn) SETTING screen.
- Scroll through the various Fn buttons, T-Fn swipes and other controls, scrolling right to change the control’s default behaviour.
Customising viewfinder and viewscreen information
The information you see when you compose a scene can be changed so only the data you need is shown.
- Press MENU OK and scroll down to the SET UP menu tab.
- Choose SCREEN SET-UP and scroll to DISP. CUSTOM SETTING.
- Choose the items you’d like to see in the viewfinder and on the camera’s screen.
Customising the Q Menu
The Q Menu gives you information at a glance and quick access to camera settings. You can also change what’s on the Q Menu screen to suit your way of working.
- Hold down the Q button for a couple of seconds; the customisation screen will appear.
- Choose the menu item location you want to customise and press MENU OK.
- Find the function you’d like to appear in this menu and press MENU OK.
- Repeat the above steps for each menu location you want to change. Press DISP BACK to finish.
Customising Film Simulation modes
You’ve probably discovered your camera’s Film Simulation modes by now, but did you know you can customise these to your own tastes?
- Hit the Q button to display the Q Menu.
- Adjust highlights, shadows and colour saturation with the H Tone, S Tone and Color options using the rear command dial.
You can save these new settings as a custom preset for instant recall.
- Press MENU OK, navigate to the IMAGE QUALITY SETTING menu and choose EDIT/SAVE CUSTOM SETTING.
- Choose a custom preset number and scroll right.
- Scroll left on SAVE CURRENT SETTINGS to save. The camera will ask you to choose OK to confirm your changes.
Focusing modes
Focus point place and size
The size of the active focusing area used by your X-H1 can be changed in size and moved around the frame. In the camera’s Q Menu, choose from Single Point (highly selective), Zone (for erratically moving subjects) and Wide/Tracking (uses the whole frame) using the rear command dial. To move the active point or zone, or change its size:
- Move or press the Focus Lever.
- Move the Focus Lever to shift the focus point/area up, down, left or right.
- Rotate the rear command dial to change the size of the focus point/area.
- Press MENU OK or half press the shutter release button.
Did you know you that pressing the Focus Lever while adjusting the focus point moves it back to the centre of the frame?
Custom AF-C modes
The X-H1 tracks and focuses on moving objects differently, depending on the kind of focusing behaviour specified in continuous AF-C mode.
- Put the camera in AF-C mode using the focus mode selector then press MENU OK and navigate to the AF/MF SETTING menu.
- Choose AF-C CUSTOM SETTINGS, then choose a preset from 1 to 5 based on the action you’re shooting.
- You can also construct your own custom focusing mode by choosing preset 6 and adjusting the TRACKING SENSITIVITY, SPEED TRACKING SENSITIVITY and ZONE AREA SWITCHING options as necessary.
Making the most of manual focus
When you’re focusing manually, the X-H1 offers all kinds of focusing aids to help you nail critical focus.
- Put the camera in M focus mode using the focus mode selector then press MENU OK and navigate to the AF/MF SETTING menu.
- Scroll down to MF ASSIST and choose from DIGITAL SPLIT IMAGE or FOCUS PEAK HIGHLIGHT.
- Switch on FOCUS CHECK from the AF/MF SETTING section and the camera will enlarge a central portion of the scene when you begin to focus manually.
Switch on AF+MF from the AF/MF SETTING menu and you’ll be able to focus manually just by turning the lens focus barrel – no change of focus mode necessary.
Back to topIn-body image stabilisation
The X-H1 features in-body image stabilisation (IS), which helps reduce image blur due to accidental camera movement. By default, the camera stabilises the image all of the time, when you’re composing as well as when you’re shooting. You can change this behaviour so that stabilisation is switched on only in the instant you shoot (or when you half press the button in AF-C mode).
- Press MENU OK and scroll down to the SHOOTING SETTING menu.
- Choose IS MODE and select either CONTINUOUS or SHOOTING ONLY as desired.
If you’re using a lens that features optical image stabilisation (OIS), try using IS and OIS together for the best stabilisation performance.
Back to topShooting video
Picking the right settings
The first thing to decide is which resolution and frame rate settings to use. You’ll find these options in the MOVIE SETTING > MOVIE MODE menu.
- 4K 2160p resolutions offer the best quality on the X-H1.
- Full HD 1080p resolutions are a good compromise between quality and storage size.
- HD 720p resolutions take up less room on the camera’s SD card.
- Frame rates of 24p, 25p or 29.97p are fine for most normal applications. 24p is sometimes favoured by creative filmmakers for its Hollywood look and feel.
- Footage shot at frame rates of 59.94p or 50p can capture motion more smoothly. Plus, when played back at normal speeds (29.97fps or 25fps) during editing, it delivers silky-smooth slow motion.
Did you know 25p and 50p frame rates are best for European countries, while 29.97p and 59.94p are more suited to the USA? This is because of the different frequencies of mains electricity in these territories, which can cause lights to flicker slightly at 50Hz or 60Hz respectively.
Exposure settings for cinematic video
Here’s a set of standard settings you can use in manual (M) shooting mode that will create great-looking, cinematic style video.
- Choose a frame rate – 24fps is a standard used in the movie industry and has a very top-end look and feel.
- Select a shutter speed that is roughly double the frame rate you’re using, so each frame is exposed for 50% of the time. For example, if you’re shooting at 24fps, pick a shutter speed of 1/50sec.
- Select the aperture you need for the required depth-of-field.
- Adjust the camera’s ISO sensitivity to get the proper exposure.
Continuous focusing with video
Switch to AF-C using the focus mode selector and the X-H1 will adjust focusing as you film, tracking people around the frame if the face detection is switched on. You can turn this on from the AF/MF SETTING > FACE/EYE DETECTION SETTING menu. (You can also assign this to the Q Menu.) You can choose from two focus areas: MULTI, which uses the whole frame, and AREA, which lets you be more selective. Find this in MOVIE SETTING > MOVIE AF MODE.
ETERNA and F-Log
To protect highlights and allow video to be colour graded during editing, videographers often shoot very low contrast footage, with muted colours. You can do this in two ways on the X-H1.
- Set ETERNA as the Film Simulation to recreate the look of this classic FUJIFILM emulsion, used widely in the film industry.
- Set F-Log RECORDING to ON (you’ll find this in the MOVIE SETTING menu). F-Log produces flat-looking footage straight from the camera, which can be colour graded with very good results in post-production.
Connecting to your smart device
Your X-H1 can communicate wirelessly with your smartphone or tablet computer via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, so you can transfer pictures to your device where they can be edited and shared with friends and followers online. You can also use your smart device to shoot remotely, controlling the camera and even seeing what the camera sees with remote live view.
Linking to the camera for the first time
- Install the free FUJIFILM Camera Remote app on your iOS or Android device.
- Turn on the camera, press MENU OK and navigate to the SET-UP menu. Choose CONNECTION SETTING > Bluetooth SETTINGS > PAIRING REGISTRATION. The camera will begin searching for your device.
- In the FUJIFILM Camera Remote app, tap PAIRING REGISTRATION. You’ll see the camera’s name on your smart device – tap this to complete the pairing process.
Transferring images to your device
- Press the PLAY button, then press the Fn button on top of the camera.
- Scroll through your images, pressing MENU OK to tag any for transfer.
- When you’ve finished, hit DISP BACK. Image transfer should begin.
If your device is already connected to a Wi-Fi network, the app may ask to switch to the camera’s own Wi-Fi before transfer can begin.
Remote shooting and control
- Launch the Camera Remote app from your smart device and tap the camera name to connect.
- Tap the Live view shooting option to begin controlling the X-H1.
If your device is already connected to a Wi-Fi network, the app may ask to switch to the camera’s own Wi-Fi before remote shooting can begin.
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