Interesting test! So I just came back from a week long intensive video production with multiple 30min interview takes throughout the day during a very hot summer week and I never had any overheating warnings. But I was also using an external recorder and never filmed 4k 60p. Only 4K DCI 25p 10-bit 4:2:2. But I have shot 6K for 25min with the camera being in the sun with 37° celcius temperature and there was also no issue. One time I even filmed a 1,5 hour long guided tour (in three takes) on a gimble without an external recorder (4K 25p) and no issues there as well. I think your results would have been very different if you would have either flipped the screen out or turned the LCD off. For me the X-S20 proved to be a camera capable of working in demanding situations if you treat it right (meaning you use an external recorder and turn off the LCD, turn the camera off when not needed and so on). So for me perosnally there is no overheating issue at all.

@Iamtongue

10 ай бұрын

That’s amazing to hear! If you read through the comments some ppl are having it overheat while taking photos!

@captainspirou

10 ай бұрын

Thanks. I wondered if there was a difference with an external recorder and that seems to be the case. A lot of the heat generating issues is probably from the processing necessary to save the video, which doesn’t happen if you just stream through the HDMI port. Equivalently if you configure the camera with live streaming (Twitch, Zoom) I also wonder how long it would last

@larrydiaz7156

10 ай бұрын

So you are saying you need to use a 400$ external recorder (600$ if you want to take advantage of the camera’s 6K open gate feature) in order to avoid overheating? Because mi X-T3 can record several 20 min, 4K@60 10-bit, 200mbps clips back to back for 80 mins before the battery died. No overheating at all. With an external recorder it could do ProRes 4K 4:2:2 10-bit without having to press record, so this hardly reads like a compliment. It’s absolutely outrageous that the camera meant to compete with the a6700 and provide next level content creation capabilities has worse thermal performance than a 6 year old camera.

@SamuelStreetlife

10 ай бұрын

​@@larrydiaz7156 I never had any overheating warning so far with and without external recorders. And I shoot in 6K open gate and 4K 10-Bit 4:2:2 360mbps a lot. But that is my personal experience. You are comparing a tiny entry level camera body to a bigger camera with less demanding codecs. For people who want a small camera with pro specs, the X-S20 is a win.

@Jasterrrr

8 ай бұрын

@@larrydiaz7156 I read a lot of complaints about a6700 overheating as well so there's that. Both a6700 and this model are not good in this regard.

I am so thankful for doing this test.

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

i appreciate that friend

Thanks for doing this test. I have yet to change the setting from regular. I did buy the fan and it does make a difference. I have been doing mostly tests so I haven't shot much real world video. I'm an enthusiast exploring video after trying it with my H1. I bought the S-20 for travel so my shooting style won't require long takes. BTW, I started shooing movies when I was 10 when Santa brought me a Kodak Brownie 8mm camera. My high school job was shooting and editing film for a local TV station and went on to minor in film in design school. I've used Bolex, Beaulieu, Arri, Eclair, Canon and Auricon cameras.

I’ve noticed the overheating as well when recording at 60fps - no issues when using 24 or 30 so far. Really helpful video and this confirmed my assumptions about the 60fps.

Very helpful video. Thanks. I tried a test on my X-S20 running it at 1080, 24fps, Flog, around 65-68 degrees in a room. It ran for 1 hr and 35 mins and that's when the battery gave out. I never experienced a yellow warning light just a couple of beeps to say the battery life had expired. At this time I shoot mostly in 1080 so that's all I needed it to do. So far, so good.

Thx for this vid. When shooting 4K 60p I also found that changing the fan speed to always be on high helped too.

@Iamtongue

8 ай бұрын

That's good to know thank you!

That was the first setting I changed because even only doing the initial setup it got me a heat warning. What also helps to dissipate the heat better is to flip the screen out. But it‘s definitely not a dealbreaker. Most of the times youwon’t shoot for 30 minutes

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

I hear people were going crazy about the overheating on REDDIT.. but i hoenslty don't think it's an issue 😂

@lexwashington6992

11 ай бұрын

How’s your experience with the x-20 so far? Has it hinder you on any of your shoots?

@laurentschauls

11 ай бұрын

@@Iamtongue No not at all. Especially in a run and gun situation during my travels, where I only shoot shorter clips

@laurentschauls

11 ай бұрын

@@lexwashington6992 I didn’t have a warning once so far after setting it to high

@youngalwyn1124

11 ай бұрын

My experience was exactly the same. After the initial unboxing and after charging the battery, I began messing around with the camera, taking test shots around the house etc., and the heat warning appeared after 30-40 minutes. 😧 This phenomenon was completely new to me!

Hi ! Nice video 😊 I don’t shoot videos at all but I had the overheating warning after maybe a 2 hours walk in moderately warm conditions (perhaps 20° C) and not continuously shooting stills... The setting was on normal though... I have changed it to high and no overheating sign since then... but the camera gets warm pretty quickly and I fear that could become an issue, should it shut down at the wrong time... I’m wondering what I should do... (not a Pro photographer, only casual toyphotography and macro enthusiast...) thanks anyways for your great content !

Thanks for this! Torn to buy xh2s because of this issue but seems per your testing, its tolerable. Agree with you regarding on the size of this cam! Very portable!

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

thanks for watching, good luck deciding ahha

@janzelhill7234

11 ай бұрын

@@Iamtongue don't have enough money to buy the xh2s and possibly I will outgrow the xs20 for another 2-4 years. then there might be a more mature camera Fujifilm has to offer. Xs20 suits my need right now.

Thanks for this video. Dealing with overheating is never fun.

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I honestly don't think it's bad...

What about overheating with external recorder, e.g. Atomos 5 Ninja? e.g. with ProRes.

Thanks man! I was at an event and this overheating issue came up, I was shooting 4K 60FPS thinking it's a good idea, but turns out It starts to overheat in just 15mins, also I noticed XS20 battery won't last long enough for events, I would recommend carrying powerbank along bcoz their battery charger has very small wire soo you wont be able to charge anywhere usually

@Iamtongue

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@larrydiaz7156

10 ай бұрын

It’s a good idea as long as you need it. It’s the camera that doesn’t seem to handle any serious work.

Thanks for the video, very nice that you do some reviews in the field! One question: I have XT5 and XS10 (I'm not a professional), I would like to take the XS20 for the new processor, battery and focus. Does it change a lot between XS10 and XS20? .... I don't make videos. Thank you!

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

What do you mean by change a lot?

@massimobernardoni8741

11 ай бұрын

​@@Iamtongue As performance, I'm not very satisfied with the resolution of the XT5 and I think the new 5 processor combined with the old sensor will be better.

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

@@massimobernardoni8741 You are correct in thinking so. I think this camera is awesome!

@massimobernardoni8741

11 ай бұрын

thank you! @@Iamtongue

Correct me if I don't understand, but it's worth opening the screen when shooting video. Then the heat will be a little different.

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

yes you are correct.

My X-S20 did not overheat at all for HD 24p. But for 6.2K 24p , it did immediately almost. Then I changed the temperature settings to high and voila! No problem whatsoever thereafter. 6.2K, 4K, HD 30/60/240p, all buttery smooth. All because of, may be, I shoot at max 20-25 secs in bursts. The camera is excellent I felt. But the build quality is much better for XT4/5 and XH2/S than this one.

Thanks for your video. What about 4K/30?

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

I don't shoot 4k30 unfortunately

I wonder what the point of the setting in camera is then (Normal > High). Why release it like that? I'm imagining there has to be a negative for choosing High, risk sensor damage or something. If there's no real risk then why have Normal at all?

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

I wonder too..

@dougmacmillan1712

11 ай бұрын

I would be concerned about the stress on the processor. I plan to keep the setting at normal whenever possible. I have the fan and will use it at every opportunity.

The font you used throughout this video is very nice. Mind sharing what font you used?

@Iamtongue

4 ай бұрын

Lemon milk

@Daniel-rj6rx

4 ай бұрын

@@IamtongueAmazing, thank you very much :)

Can you make a video giude on (wide speture) vitage lenses for fuji? (Xs10 ets..)

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

I don't have vintage lenses to make a guide.

@urifrei

11 ай бұрын

@@Iamtongue Thank you anyway. I want to buy a fuji camera+ lens, and your video guides is very helpful. 🙏

thanks for the test! but if you have a limitation in the size of the memory card, why not put a bitrate of 100mb and then you would be able to record for many hours in a row and it would be a real check for overheating

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

It's because I like filming at the highest bit rate just to insure a high quality footage...

interesting. do you have a ninja / external recorder, does it change anything? thank you!

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

If i have some more time I will test that out to see if it makes a difference

Even with my setting set to high , mine is overheating at less than the 10 mins mark , and I have a professional card in it . Any suggestions ?

@aronsatqynbai780

17 күн бұрын

I also encounter the same problem, what card do you have?

What lens did you use for the portrait auto focus test ?

@Iamtongue

7 ай бұрын

33mm f1.4

Question. Would ECO mode help with overheating?

@Iamtongue

10 ай бұрын

I don't have that answer for you. I had to return the xs20 back to Fujifilm

Do you also find it interesting how popular overheating videos are? They are totally worth doing, as people want to see them, but I have never had a camera overheat in my own personal use.

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

Never have I!

Hey that’s a great camping camera! We can use it as a grill! 🤪

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

please fry me an egg!

@josecolon8143

11 ай бұрын

@@Iamtongue🍳🥓

Would overheating still be an issue if you use external HDMI recorders like Atomos?

@Iamtongue

10 ай бұрын

I wasn't able to test that so I can't tell you.

@captainspirou

10 ай бұрын

I understand. But if you need any ideas for other tests I’d like to see this

Can you recommend a camera that doesn't heat up? Which brand and model of camera would you recommend that is equivalent to this camera?

@Iamtongue

2 ай бұрын

XH2s

How odd how every camera recently released has been having overheating problems, A7IV on release, the A6700 and now the XS20?? Huh... Wonder if they should start implementing small internal fans into all of these smaller enthusiast cameras like the S5II??. They really shouldn't be charging extra for that fan... imaging getting the XH2s at retail ANND the fan? That's a ridiculous price $2500 + $199... Just for the body and a fan...

@Eyeofkamau

11 ай бұрын

Yup, this is because the technology has advanced immensely, but not the construction of the bodies. We went from shooting 4k 24 at 4:2:0 8bit to 6k 24 Opengate at ProRes 4:2:2 Internally. And with others like sony making 4k120 in 10bit a norm, yup, overheating is bound to occur. Have fans built directly into the camera is a must, I would say.

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

this seems like a discussion for camera conspiracies ahha

I only take couple seconds of clips in a mini market and the yellow sign appeared. the temperature is already set to high. what should I do? 😢

@Iamtongue

10 ай бұрын

That sucks.. where do you live

@maikelsatya

10 ай бұрын

I live in Indonesia... already tested at 6.2k 24p it runs for 28 minutes in temperature room before the memory runs out. 30 minutes after that I tested 4k 24p and it did overheat in 15 minutes then automatically shut down. it is strange right?

@Iamtongue

10 ай бұрын

@@maikelsatya I don’t know.. we both live in different climates. Indonesia is hot and humid.. here in the algarve it just gets really hot and dry… and it was fine during my use..it seems like the people who are affected by this the most are the people living in and around Asia..some other people I talk to don’t have this problem. I’m Hoping fujifilm can address this in a firmware update.

@Iamtongue

10 ай бұрын

@@maikelsatya also read the pinned comment on this video. Sammy street life has his thoughts he owns the xs20

@maikelsatya

10 ай бұрын

yeah I hope so... thanks for the information!

I own this camera. The overheating of the camera depends very substantially on the ambient temperature AND air flow. The issue is how quickly the heat can be dissipated from the camera body. I found that the fan can make a massive difference, but again, it depends on the ambient temperature and air flow in your room. I shoot in 4K 60fps, and without the fan, the camera will overheat and shutdown in roughly 15 minutes. With the fan, it never shuts down and recording length is determined by the battery and memory card.

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

I agree, i saw jordan drakes testing on 4k60.. and he said he got 30mins which is pretty good. For me in the Algarve during a heatwave it cut that in half. So it all depends on where you are. Sucks for people in warmer countries though ahha

@larrydiaz7156

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for letting us know, that’s worse performance than the X-T3, which can last up to 80 min without overheating while recording 4K@60. It makes absolutely no sense to me to have worse thermal performance, no matter how much certain users go out of their way to hide that fact: it’s not good performance. And It’s unacceptable for it to be so lacking compared to one of the brand’s very own camera from 6 years ago.

@chessnoob64

10 ай бұрын

@@larrydiaz7156 - it is substantially smaller. Thermals are more challenging in a smaller body.

Just need ur suggestions regarding overheating, should i go for xs20 or a6700

@Iamtongue

10 ай бұрын

what's your heart tellint you?

@ironfur9150

4 ай бұрын

May be late but I did tests on both the XS20 and the A6700, the A6700 overheats easier. In a room at 28 degrees C filming at 4K30 The sony overheated in 1hr 11min and the XS20 lasted until the battery dies at 2hr20min. I'm still deciding but leaning towards the SX20.

My camera heats even during photo taking. I have sandisk extreme pro uhs I 90mb/s writing speed card. What Should I doo😢

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

Did you change your auto power off temp to high?

@mehmetalikaplan7386

11 ай бұрын

@@Iamtongue yes, it is on the High.

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

@@mehmetalikaplan7386 ohh shit no way.. I haven’t had it happend to me in a few hours of shooting here in the algarve

@tombor3538

10 ай бұрын

Glad I'm seeing this comment and the answer of Tongue. Because mine also heats taking only photos. It's 30•C outside but I think it's not normal to see the red alert taking only photos. Gonna take it back. It annoys me because I like it.

@Iamtongue

10 ай бұрын

I'm hoping, fuji addresses this soon perhaps in a firmware update... The algarve was hot the past few weeks. And the only time where it overheated for me was filming 4k60. Photos wasn't an issue. @@tombor3538

Just use a lower bitrate. Never overheated at 50mbps at any resolution. You really can’t tell the difference with H265.

I got the xs10 and I got this message all the time, I’m surprised these cameras overheat that fast , what if I wanna record 3 or 4 hr performance of me playing guitar and singin , or filming a band playing for a couple hrs, not possible…. And I bought the ninja v plus and external battery , I guess I went too fast buying these things…. Gonna have to use it in and off then , maybe changing the settings like you did will help I’ll look at the video again and try to do the same and see if it works

@Iamtongue

9 ай бұрын

You can try recording via external recorder to see if that helps.

@dannyveras

9 ай бұрын

@@Iamtongue that’s how I record via ninja V , but after 20 minutes the temperature sign is showing up

@RETROSPEKCJAFILM

7 ай бұрын

and how did changing the settings help?

@dannyveras

7 ай бұрын

@@RETROSPEKCJAFILM what I did I turned off the video recording on the camera and just record vid with ninja V, so the camera doesn’t overheat using and external battery of course, I think it overheated with the xs10 small battery…. So yeah the Ninja v is worth it

The flip screen should be out if you're filming with this camera.

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

noted!

I so wanted to use this camera for shooting weddings but that 10-15 min 60 FPS at 4k Shut of time is a massive no no.

@Iamtongue

Ай бұрын

looks like the xh2s is the way to go...

Bro, what main camera uses in this video?

@Iamtongue

9 ай бұрын

It was the fujifilm xs20

@kost1k_k

9 ай бұрын

@@Iamtongue на которую ты себя снимаешь, не тестовая

Pulling the screen away from the body, and opening the battery door wile shooting video will help quite a bit.. Having the fan helps a lot too of course.

@Iamtongue

8 ай бұрын

Yup!

Is this a dealbreaker for you?

@lexwashington6992

11 ай бұрын

I don’t do much video, SO NO! 😊

@TwoTimesRmedia

11 ай бұрын

Nope! Not at all. For what it is. This camera is impressive.

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

@@lexwashington6992 yessir!

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

@@TwoTimesRmedia I agree it’s such a great value!

Despite your test and statement about the Reddit forum, claiming that people are overreacting, this is a major issue for me. I've just bought this camera and was navigating the menu, taking about 20 photos when the heat warning occurred. I was at home in about 23°C. Your test was on a tripod, but when handheld, you can definitely feel that the camera is getting hot. For me, it is not acceptable that semi-professional equipment has such drawbacks. Many people with the same issue are also on the official Fuji forum. The support response was to invest in a dedicated cooling system or to set the camera in power saver battery mode... really? This is not a budget camera. I think that this issue is a game-changer regarding choosing different gear.

@mtthwnrn

3 ай бұрын

Does it overheat just scrolling through the menu? And how about when you just take photos?

I don’t have to worry because I don’t do video 😂

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

Ayo!

so.... not bad I should say .or even rly good for camera which cost 1300$

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

i would say not bad.

Would you choose X-S20 or X-T5?

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

Hard to choose right now. That's saying something about the XS20.

You even didnt flip the screen. Thats recommended to get rid of the heat.

@Iamtongue

10 ай бұрын

you don't say?

@mandrael

10 ай бұрын

So why?

People claim that the XT5/XS20 tend to overheat during stills shooting, and this is unacceptable.

@Iamtongue

9 ай бұрын

This seems like it's location dependant. It seems like the tropical climate are the ones that are affected the most.

@FilmScape4K

7 ай бұрын

It doesn’t. People are making stuff up.

5:28 it's a tiny little baddie 😂

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

My mind was elsewhere thanks for exposing me 😂🫠

@TwoTimesRmedia

11 ай бұрын

@@Iamtongue lol no problem. Hey we all do it .

Now do Sony

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

Sir I’m a youtuber I’m not made of money.

The FUJIFILM FAN-001 accessory exists so this is a non-issue

@Iamtongue

11 ай бұрын

Still overheats with the accessory unfortunately. But it did improved the record time

Use cooling fan 🪭! Change settings.

@Iamtongue

9 ай бұрын

ok