Been using BBF on my XT20 for two years but your tip about the MF method just made my day! It's been a real pain to hand off the camera and explain how to take the picture. Thank you. I'll go outside and try this out tomorrow in the snow.
@pal2tech Now i have for you an inposible task :D Fuji X-H2s, burst mode and i need exposure metering with every frame, so page 112 of the manual. "To vary exposure with each shot, select OFF for BUTTON/DIAL SETTINGS > SHUTTER AE." But unfortunetly with this settings, after half pressed shutter i dont know which ISO settings will be used with first photo. So I don't know how much "space" I have to go further. Manual mode, SS on my needs, and Auto ISO. If i turned ON "SHUTTER AE", with half pressed shutter button i can see what ISO will be used, but the same ISO for every shoot in burst will be used. So is there any posibility to have SUTTER AE on OFF for metering on any frame together with half pressed shutter which will show used ISO ?
I've been using the rear shutter speed dial as the back button focus. I've a question regarding the BBF on manual focus only. That is probably using only AF-S, not AF-C right?
@@MacBookUser100 In the AF-MF menu, set INSTANT AF SETTING to AF-C. While you hold down your back button to focus, you are now in AF-C mode, but when you lift your finger, focus is locked on the last thing you focussed on.
I just want to tell you that you are probably responsible for 90% of fujifilm community knowledge of fujifilm menu and settings. I love your videos, you go in so deep into the fine details that, quite honestly, I wouldnt have learned by myself even in 5 years of using my fujifilm. Thank you so much for all of your hard work and dedication to this channel - and all of the fujifilm community.
It's the combination of settings which make these videos so valuable to me. You'd never figure those out on your own without spending hours going through settings. I'm used to normal auto focus, but I'll for sure be enabling AF+MF, I've been missing that option and wasn't aware it existed.
This. Is. Exactly. What. I. Was. Looking. For.!!! I wanted to be able to back-button focus in manual mode (when I shoot), but also have the option of half-pressing the shutter button in AFS and AFC when my wife is using the camera. Thanks so much!!!
I just want to say thanks! I tried method 2 today with some wildlife and WOW, I got an incredible hit rate! Like never before! I’m going to back button focus forever, but still have the normal focus option for when my wife takes the camera. Thanks Chris, you are awesome!
I never tire of these great reminders- 2024 is a great year to refocus (pun intended) on priorities of all sorts. Well done Chris, and as always thank you.
I hadn't thought about using manual focus with a back focus button. This is an excellent tip and I just made the changes to my X100V setup. I like it. I've had just that experience of handing my camera to another person for a photograph of a buddy and me and had to explain back-button focusing. No more!
I use the back button focus for video on my X-S10 to avoid breathing and al sorts of focus search. Simply put it to manual focus and hit AFL for acquiring focus. The red focus peeking is quite useful.
merci pour les tips! j'attendais ce genre de video spécial pour fujifilm depuis tellement de temps! j'en ai vu passé pour canon, sony ou nikon. rien d'aussi précis pour fujifilm! tellement de merci!
Great video Chris. I solve all these focus problems by using manual focus lenses. It's so much faster most of the time. I will try some of the things you showed today with my autofocus lenses. Thanks!
I have a GFX 50SII and your technique of MF back button focus has made this camera so much more enjoyable to use. I only have the GFX from Fuji but I have found many of your ideas work on it also.
That's outstanding. I've been using BBF for years and it's been a trade off of convenience versus control. Your MF Method is brilliant and is my new go-to method for BBF. Thank you.
Appreciate the very good explanation that made it easy to follow the steps required, and also making the benefits clear. The 2nd solution was totally new for me, while the 1st solution had eroded from my memory, even though I have it on my X-H2S
Your channel is so helpful. Thank you so much. Do you ever do 1-1 tutoring? If you do I would be very interested. You are amazing. Thank you 🙏 From England x
im using xpro3. I use rear wheel as my af on button and front dial as my ae lock button. I put my camera on AF-M, so I can focus on button and adjust manually, thus, i can lock my exposure and re-compose. its very useful when i do street photography and playing with shadows.
Great video Chris! Wish I could visit the channel more often! Having into consideration the comments below you are a significant part of so many Fujifilm shooters (including myself) and I am sure for newcomers as well. There isn't a single person that I see new to Fuji that I immediately recommend the channel. It has been a while and there isn't no commercial interest, just you utmost quality of content and entertaining as well. Where can it get better than this?!!! Cheers Btw working regularly with XH2S and the standard AF ON button works great. Both AF-C S shutter button unable.
I used to have my back dial set for BBF, but I realized the dial is better to use for magnifying the image during manual focus. So I use the AF/ON button for BBF, allowing me to magnify as needed.
You are genius ! Since i only want to use BBF in some special situations and sometimes need manual focusing because of the lens anyway, the MF-BBF-method how you call it or the pal2tech-focusing-technique how i will call it from now on is perfect for me. I do photography for more than 45 years and i am into the Fuji-System for approx. 10 years, but i always find new and useful stuff on your channel. Thank you so much for your work.
Hi Pal I am a photojournalist and I am using your method and your advice, with my Fujifilm X-T5. This about focusing is really very very useful. Thanks, you're amazing. The only flaw, if I may say so, is that you speak too quickly and I, who know little of the language, have difficulty keeping up with you, even the subtitles scroll too quickly.
Thats not a big of a deal. In youtube you can set the play speed to 0.75 or 0.5 and it will slow down. Just click on the gear icon on the bottom right of the video and adjust the speed to your liking.
The instant AF menu setting seems pretty important here, too. My preferred method is the MF method, and setting instant AF settings to AF-C. That way I can get the best of all worlds: if I want effective AF-S, I tap the AF ON button in MF mode, and hold it if I want effective AF-C. Having the Instant AF settings set to AF-S doesn't grant such flexibility. I'm a noob, though, so there's a good chance I don't know what I'm talking about!
I use the MF BBF method for anything other than when I want to use subject detection .Thanks for your Fuji content it's been a great resource other the past couple of years with my XT4 and XT5.
I don't think you mentioned this addition to your MF method. In the AF-MF menu, set INSTANT AF SETTING to AF-C. Now, while you hold down your chosen back button to focus, you are effectively in AF-C mode, but when you lift your finger, focus is locked on the last thing you focussed on. I find that useful.
HUGE thanks to you.....I have the T5, never liked back button focus in S, C, modes. I did up the M mode changes like you said works GREAT. WHY don't Fuji just add a software change so if you hit back button focus button it also disables shutter focus, having to go into menus no good
Great video as always - thank you! I have been using BBF on my XT-5 because I found the shutter to be a little too sensitive - I was snapping a pic before I was fully ready!
Thanks for another great informative video. I’ve been using the MF method for some time as it’s so easy to flip a switch before handing off the camera to someone who doesn’t need to understand BBF.
Give FBF a try! I use the F2 button for focus. I find it is the easiest button for my finger to find. I know you (and others) use it for display, but I do usually look at the LCD if I am viewing my photos, so it is easy for me to keep the use the DISP button as set.
I appreciate these tips. I used BBF on my Nikon but never messed with it on the Fuji. Going out for a Eagle shoot in a few days and will make these changes.
This was extremely helpful! thank you! I'm glad that you explained the benefits of back button focus as I've heard of it but never really understood why one would use it! I definitely want to try out the MF method and see how that goes!
I used the first method when I was shooting Fuji. The benefit of BB focusing is to be able to go seamlessly from continuous to single AF(without having to use the front toggle and potentially miss the shot) which the second method does not allow. The thing with most Fuji except the XH body style is that the buttons are really crap and it’s hard to have a good feel using those buttons. Even Sony makes better buttons and control wheels ! Not a Fuji haters. 😊
@pal2tech do you have a beginners guide to the xs20? I got that body as a Christmas gift from my wife and I am trying to get a good handle on the platform before we go to Greece this summer! Thank you, I appreciate all your videos so far!
Love BBF and set all my bodies to use it. I have BBF set up for manual focus as well. The only issue I have with using manual focus as my "BBF Mode" is that you miss out on previewing your DOF with electically compatible lenses. The camera forces the lens open for focusing and only closes it down when the shutter button gets pressed half way. Haven't figured out a good workaround yet, maybe exposure locking would work but then it's another button. On an only slightly related note, it's a little triggering seeing all the covers and close-outs missing from your camera 😂
Great tutorial as always, can't wait for the AF-S and AF-C tutorial you mention in the end ! I got a question regarding the Back Button Focus in Video Mode , i'm using a Fujifilm X-S10 and this don't have a physical Autofocus mode switch but instead only adjustable in Menu or Q button ( if assigned ), and for that the AF-S is grey out if i switched from Shooting mode to Video mode so can't do the trick you mention in 6:36, i don't know why the AF-S option its not available in Video mode. Does that mean it is only possible for the XT series or one that have Physical Autofocus switch to do that? Thanks alot, keep up the work, big fan of Pal2Tech especially when its come to Fuji stuff !!
On my X-T3 I've always used the AE-L button as back button focus. It's in a more comfortable spot for me that the AF-L button. I do get confused with AF-C sometimes though. If eye/face detection is enabled once it acquires the subject's face/eye it will continue to attempt to track that subject. But, what happens when eye/face detection is disabled? BTW, I'm talking about photography here, not video. Does it continuously attempt to acquire focus if I keep the button depressed? But, if I do a single press will the focus be set and not change even if I pan around?
Well done. Related to this is whether this is the cause of the Release/Focus Priority which can be used to restrict to taking shot only when in focus? Something is disabling this hence I can shoot when the image is not in focus?
Always love the BBF works well all the time....I have a question Chris, Do the new Fuji cameras XT5 & XS20 have wireless tethering capabilities? I saw someone on Instagrame doing it with a Sony even though I cannot try it on my XT2 😂and am slowly but surely saving for any of the mentioned above and would like to find out if that is possible with a Fuji camera to tether shoot!
I am going on a trip to the South Pacific soon. Can you please do a video on presets setting to same time when you really have no time to take. the shot.
As alway, informative and understandable. I've use BBF on my Cannons for years. So far I havent on my X100V simply because I use it mainly for street photography and can't always get to the viewfinder and spend time there. But your excellent tip about doing the MF's way, does indeed give you best of both worlds! As an aside, if you have an X100 with an aftermarket thumb grip (or you just have a big thumb!) you might find it easier to use the Front button on the focus lever for "back" button focus. You probably already have your middle finger on it already :-)
this was really helpful to understand back button focus but still not sure I get the allure. If I keep focus on the shutter button I can use my thumb to move the focus area with the joystick. But if I use back button focus it's not as smooth changing the focus point because my thumb needs to be two places at once. FWIW I'm in single point focus.
Thanks for your excellent videos for us Fuji owners. I enjoyed this one, however, I don't think you mention AE that also happens with shutter release half-way down. What is happening with BBF technique when it comes to AE detection? I also tried configuring a BBF button and the the Traditional approach. Yet when I half-press the shutter, I see focus change but not to the point of the subject being in focus. I expected focus to have have no change on half-press, so I'm wondering what is going on?
Thanks a lot for these great tips, and for your videos in general. I've got a XT-3 and it's look like different for video parameters. I can't shoot with this BBF. Is it normal or it's me? 😉 Thanks in advance.
hi there many thanks for your great videos I have recently gone back to the fuji xt5 .as I found I wasn't using my Nikon z8 as I was overkill and the weight was getting to much .im looking at a zoom lens now not really worried about the 50-140 as I don't need the lowlight facility .was looking at the 70-300 or would you recommend anything else I also have the 10-24 18-50 2.8 and the 18-55 2.8-f4 any help would be very useful ty John from the cotswolds in England also looking at a compact tripod I have the befree carbon from mannfrotto but it seems a little wobbly thanks again John
Chris - I have an X-T4 and have always used bbf on continuous - just releasing the bb to freeze on subject. My question and your thoughts on using wide area tracking to focus then release to assist with reframing for composition.
Thanks for this great description of BBF. I've used the traditional way on my previous X-T2 and now on my X-T5. I'm heading to the Pacific Coast in a week to shoot waves. This year I was thinking I might use the Fuji RR-100 Remote Release. After testing it, it appears I need to have the focus set to the shutter button in order for the remote to focus when half pressing the remote. Wondering if you know of a workaround to let me use the RR-100 with BBF enabled? No problem switching back and forth between shutter button focusing and BBF, but would be nice if I didn't have to make that switch. Thinking I can't have it both ways!
On my X-T3, I have the front button programmed for BBF. When I hold my camera, my finger naturally falls where that button is. If I accidently press and release it when taking my camera out of the bag it's no problem because it won't change anything.
Thanks for this great video Chris! Any suggestion what might be the best technique for surf photography / sport photography (bursts of fast moving subjects)? Does the manual bbf technique make sense with a Fuji 100-400mm? Thanks!
Great info and am using it; however, I can no longer "punch in" using the rear command dial while using my manual Nikon 55mm macro lens for fine focusing.... I want to have that option back. Please advise. Best Regards, Jay
My AF functions (Need to enable it from the settings) are on the touch screen on the X-S20. Seems to be doing well. I can click on the object I want to focus on the screen and it immediately focus on that. I have not tried moving objects yet, not sure how efficient that would, probably not so much :-)
Question - on my X-T4, the AF ON button on the camera back is already there for this purpose, correct? If not, what is its purpose? Thanks, good video.
A little bit different, but It'd be cool to see you do a plane spotting session with a fuji 100-400 or something, show the steps you'd take for fast moving distant objects but still getting sharp balanced photos :) ✈️
Interesting! I use the AF ON button on my Panasonic S5II and sometimes it's quite awkward to try to hold it while trying to press the shutter button. I'll see if there is a similar option on my camera.
Should operate the same on your Panny. You don't need to hold the AF ON (BBF) down the whole time. Just press it once to get focus and take your finger off it. Focus stays locked as long as the subject or your camera doesn't move.
Curious Question. Why use BBF method if you can use the shutter button only with the half press button to focus? I can half press on a specific subject and re-compose my composition again. much easier specially with one hand operation
Hi Chris, I use the traditional back button method. I think the MF method is great, but unfortunately the face recognition doesn't work and I can't switch it on. Is there a solution? Thank you very much!
Just watched the video again and have installed and used your second option on my XH1 successfully. However, have been trying to set it up on my XS10 and can do so however the manual focus ring does not work at all once I have hit the AF on button even though it's set to manual focus. So, either I'm doing something wrong (most likely) or as the XS10 doesn't have the MCorS switch, (yes is done via the menu), maybe this doesn't work. Any thoughts welcome.
Do you have any different (or better) methods for BBF for Fujifilm?
Been using BBF on my XT20 for two years but your tip about the MF method just made my day! It's been a real pain to hand off the camera and explain how to take the picture. Thank you. I'll go outside and try this out tomorrow in the snow.
@pal2tech Now i have for you an inposible task :D Fuji X-H2s, burst mode and i need exposure metering with every frame, so page 112 of the manual. "To vary exposure with each shot, select OFF for BUTTON/DIAL SETTINGS > SHUTTER AE." But unfortunetly with this settings, after half pressed shutter i dont know which ISO settings will be used with first photo. So I don't know how much "space" I have to go further.
Manual mode, SS on my needs, and Auto ISO. If i turned ON "SHUTTER AE", with half pressed shutter button i can see what ISO will be used, but the same ISO for every shoot in burst will be used. So is there any posibility to have SUTTER AE on OFF for metering on any frame together with half pressed shutter which will show used ISO ?
last thing I would ever do when travelling -- let someone you don't know have hold of the camera you own but might no longer.@@RipeOldBanana
I've been using the rear shutter speed dial as the back button focus. I've a question regarding the BBF on manual focus only. That is probably using only AF-S, not AF-C right?
@@MacBookUser100 In the AF-MF menu, set INSTANT AF SETTING to AF-C. While you hold down your back button to focus, you are now in AF-C mode, but when you lift your finger, focus is locked on the last thing you focussed on.
I just want to tell you that you are probably responsible for 90% of fujifilm community knowledge of fujifilm menu and settings. I love your videos, you go in so deep into the fine details that, quite honestly, I wouldnt have learned by myself even in 5 years of using my fujifilm. Thank you so much for all of your hard work and dedication to this channel - and all of the fujifilm community.
Pal is the best out there for us Fuji guys.
It's the combination of settings which make these videos so valuable to me. You'd never figure those out on your own without spending hours going through settings.
I'm used to normal auto focus, but I'll for sure be enabling AF+MF, I've been missing that option and wasn't aware it existed.
This. Is. Exactly. What. I. Was. Looking. For.!!! I wanted to be able to back-button focus in manual mode (when I shoot), but also have the option of half-pressing the shutter button in AFS and AFC when my wife is using the camera. Thanks so much!!!
I’ve always found back button focusing confusing. This is the best explanation I’ve seen. Thank you.
I just want to say thanks! I tried method 2 today with some wildlife and WOW, I got an incredible hit rate! Like never before! I’m going to back button focus forever, but still have the normal focus option for when my wife takes the camera. Thanks Chris, you are awesome!
That crosswalk scene made me cackle so loud! 😂
Great video good Sir! 👍
I’ve never fully understood the purpose of back button focus. Now I do! Thank you.
Saw the Back Button Focus video 2yrs ago. Since then I used the second method (manual focus + BBF with dedicated button) and it works great for me.
Thanks for explaining it very clearly ❤
I never tire of these great reminders- 2024 is a great year to refocus (pun intended) on priorities of all sorts. Well done Chris, and as always thank you.
I hadn't thought about using manual focus with a back focus button. This is an excellent tip and I just made the changes to my X100V setup. I like it.
I've had just that experience of handing my camera to another person for a photograph of a buddy and me and had to explain back-button focusing. No more!
Chris it is so good to have you back another helpful video!!!!
This was a fabulous explanation of back button via manual mode - thank you!!
it just new to me using af on on manual mode. thank you chris. you still the best teacher on fujifilm gear ever.
Wow I've never known that my camera has that back button focus until I watch this clip. This is a game changer for me. Thanks for sharing.
I use the back button focus for video on my X-S10 to avoid breathing and al sorts of focus search. Simply put it to manual focus and hit AFL for acquiring focus. The red focus peeking is quite useful.
merci pour les tips! j'attendais ce genre de video spécial pour fujifilm depuis tellement de temps! j'en ai vu passé pour canon, sony ou nikon. rien d'aussi précis pour fujifilm! tellement de merci!
Great video Chris. I solve all these focus problems by using manual focus lenses. It's so much faster most of the time. I will try some of the things you showed today with my autofocus lenses. Thanks!
I have a GFX 50SII and your technique of MF back button focus has made this camera so much more enjoyable to use. I only have the GFX from Fuji but I have found many of your ideas work on it also.
Thank you! Very helpful! I’ve always had video focus issues and now I won’t have any issues
That's outstanding. I've been using BBF for years and it's been a trade off of convenience versus control. Your MF Method is brilliant and is my new go-to method for BBF. Thank you.
Appreciate the very good explanation that made it easy to follow the steps required, and also making the benefits clear. The 2nd solution was totally new for me, while the 1st solution had eroded from my memory, even though I have it on my X-H2S
Your channel is so helpful. Thank you so much. Do you ever do 1-1 tutoring? If you do I would be very interested. You are amazing. Thank you 🙏 From England x
im using xpro3. I use rear wheel as my af on button and front dial as my ae lock button. I put my camera on AF-M, so I can focus on button and adjust manually, thus, i can lock my exposure and re-compose. its very useful when i do street photography and playing with shadows.
Excellent video. I had to do a factory reset on my X-T5 due to a write error issue and I'd forgotten some of these set up ideas. Thank you.
Cheers Chris. Slowly learning how to use my camera thanks to you. Absolute legend. ❤❤❤
Great video Chris! Wish I could visit the channel more often! Having into consideration the comments below you are a significant part of so many Fujifilm shooters (including myself) and I am sure for newcomers as well. There isn't a single person that I see new to Fuji that I immediately recommend the channel. It has been a while and there isn't no commercial interest, just you utmost quality of content and entertaining as well. Where can it get better than this?!!! Cheers
Btw working regularly with XH2S and the standard AF ON button works great. Both AF-C S shutter button unable.
I used to have my back dial set for BBF, but I realized the dial is better to use for magnifying the image during manual focus. So I use the AF/ON button for BBF, allowing me to magnify as needed.
Amazing teaching, thank you Chris.
Really enjoyed this video. Looking forward for the next one.
You are awesome…. I can’t tell you how much you have helped me!!
You are genius ! Since i only want to use BBF in some special situations and sometimes need manual focusing because of the lens anyway, the MF-BBF-method how you call it or the pal2tech-focusing-technique how i will call it from now on is perfect for me. I do photography for more than 45 years and i am into the Fuji-System for approx. 10 years, but i always find new and useful stuff on your channel. Thank you so much for your work.
Hi Pal
I am a photojournalist and I am using your method and your advice, with my Fujifilm X-T5. This about focusing is really very very useful. Thanks, you're amazing.
The only flaw, if I may say so, is that you speak too quickly and I, who know little of the language, have difficulty keeping up with you, even the subtitles scroll too quickly.
Thats not a big of a deal. In youtube you can set the play speed to 0.75 or 0.5 and it will slow down. Just click on the gear icon on the bottom right of the video and adjust the speed to your liking.
Amazing tutorial as usual. I'm so glad you're renewing some of the dated tutorials!
The instant AF menu setting seems pretty important here, too. My preferred method is the MF method, and setting instant AF settings to AF-C. That way I can get the best of all worlds: if I want effective AF-S, I tap the AF ON button in MF mode, and hold it if I want effective AF-C. Having the Instant AF settings set to AF-S doesn't grant such flexibility.
I'm a noob, though, so there's a good chance I don't know what I'm talking about!
This is a great idea and (at least to me) it seems very intuitive. Thanks for sharing, i'll definitely try it out
Thank you Chris.I will try the MF method,great work.
Excellent tip. Thanks for your videos. I learn so many tips
Love you Chris. Happy New Year.
Hope this year affords you your wildest dreams. Really.
I love you little cutaways like to the pulp fiction seen :)
Very helpful video, Chris. Love the options Fujifilm has.
I use the MF BBF method for anything other than when I want to use subject detection .Thanks for your Fuji content it's been a great resource other the past couple of years with my XT4 and XT5.
On my x-t30 I have repurposed the Q button for back button focus. The Q button was nothing but trouble and now it is useful.
I don't think you mentioned this addition to your MF method. In the AF-MF menu, set INSTANT AF SETTING to AF-C. Now, while you hold down your chosen back button to focus, you are effectively in AF-C mode, but when you lift your finger, focus is locked on the last thing you focussed on. I find that useful.
HUGE thanks to you.....I have the T5, never liked back button focus in S, C, modes. I did up the M mode changes like you said works GREAT. WHY don't Fuji just add a software change so if you hit back button focus button it also disables shutter focus, having to go into menus no good
Great video as always - thank you! I have been using BBF on my XT-5 because I found the shutter to be a little too sensitive - I was snapping a pic before I was fully ready!
Thanks for another great informative video. I’ve been using the MF method for some time as it’s so easy to flip a switch before handing off the camera to someone who doesn’t need to understand BBF.
Give FBF a try! I use the F2 button for focus. I find it is the easiest button for my finger to find. I know you (and others) use it for display, but I do usually look at the LCD if I am viewing my photos, so it is easy for me to keep the use the DISP button as set.
Thanks for this video very much...this is very useful for birding and wildlife.. Thank u very much sir
Thanks for information Chris, I will try it
Thank you... I might like to try the Manual back button method for stills... 🙂
Thanks for this vid, new shooter and was wondering what people meant by back button focusing!
I appreciate these tips. I used BBF on my Nikon but never messed with it on the Fuji. Going out for a Eagle shoot in a few days and will make these changes.
Awesome information Chris, thanks so much!
This was extremely helpful! thank you! I'm glad that you explained the benefits of back button focus as I've heard of it but never really understood why one would use it! I definitely want to try out the MF method and see how that goes!
thanks pal2tech... big help for me
I use the 2nd method almost de 80% of my shoots. I love it.
Thanks bud, very useful tips!
Best Fuji BBF video by a country mile … thanks! 📷 (X100V) 😀
Again , great video , thank you !!! one problem solved for me. !!
I used the first method when I was shooting Fuji. The benefit of BB focusing is to be able to go seamlessly from continuous to single AF(without having to use the front toggle and potentially miss the shot) which the second method does not allow. The thing with most Fuji except the XH body style is that the buttons are really crap and it’s hard to have a good feel using those buttons. Even Sony makes better buttons and control wheels ! Not a Fuji haters. 😊
I agree about the buttons, not easy to get at. You might want to try a front button if your model has one.
This is amazing content. Thank you!
Great video Chris.. thank you.
@pal2tech do you have a beginners guide to the xs20? I got that body as a Christmas gift from my wife and I am trying to get a good handle on the platform before we go to Greece this summer! Thank you, I appreciate all your videos so far!
I am a BBF person till I die! I just find it so much easier for off/on need to focus.
As always Chris! Thank you so much.
Really useful, thank you!
Love BBF and set all my bodies to use it. I have BBF set up for manual focus as well. The only issue I have with using manual focus as my "BBF Mode" is that you miss out on previewing your DOF with electically compatible lenses. The camera forces the lens open for focusing and only closes it down when the shutter button gets pressed half way. Haven't figured out a good workaround yet, maybe exposure locking would work but then it's another button.
On an only slightly related note, it's a little triggering seeing all the covers and close-outs missing from your camera 😂
Great tutorial as always, can't wait for the AF-S and AF-C tutorial you mention in the end !
I got a question regarding the Back Button Focus in Video Mode , i'm using a Fujifilm X-S10 and this don't have a physical Autofocus mode switch but instead only adjustable in Menu or Q button ( if assigned ), and for that the AF-S is grey out if i switched from Shooting mode to Video mode so can't do the trick you mention in 6:36, i don't know why the AF-S option its not available in Video mode.
Does that mean it is only possible for the XT series or one that have Physical Autofocus switch to do that?
Thanks alot, keep up the work, big fan of Pal2Tech especially when its come to Fuji stuff !!
On my X-T3 I've always used the AE-L button as back button focus. It's in a more comfortable spot for me that the AF-L button. I do get confused with AF-C sometimes though. If eye/face detection is enabled once it acquires the subject's face/eye it will continue to attempt to track that subject. But, what happens when eye/face detection is disabled? BTW, I'm talking about photography here, not video. Does it continuously attempt to acquire focus if I keep the button depressed? But, if I do a single press will the focus be set and not change even if I pan around?
What are your thoughts on using "On when Pressed" vs "On when Pressing"? (This question also applies to AEL). X-S10 user
Well done. Related to this is whether this is the cause of the Release/Focus Priority which can be used to restrict to taking shot only when in focus? Something is disabling this hence I can shoot when the image is not in focus?
Always love the BBF works well all the time....I have a question Chris, Do the new Fuji cameras XT5 & XS20 have wireless tethering capabilities? I saw someone on Instagrame doing it with a Sony even though I cannot try it on my XT2 😂and am slowly but surely saving for any of the mentioned above and would like to find out if that is possible with a Fuji camera to tether shoot!
I am going on a trip to the South Pacific soon. Can you please do a video on presets setting to same time when you really have no time to take. the shot.
As alway, informative and understandable. I've use BBF on my Cannons for years.
So far I havent on my X100V simply because I use it mainly for street photography and can't always get to the viewfinder and spend time there.
But your excellent tip about doing the MF's way, does indeed give you best of both worlds!
As an aside, if you have an X100 with an aftermarket thumb grip (or you just have a big thumb!) you might find it easier to use the Front button on the focus lever for "back" button focus. You probably already have your middle finger on it already :-)
this was really helpful to understand back button focus but still not sure I get the allure. If I keep focus on the shutter button I can use my thumb to move the focus area with the joystick. But if I use back button focus it's not as smooth changing the focus point because my thumb needs to be two places at once. FWIW I'm in single point focus.
Thanks for your excellent videos for us Fuji owners. I enjoyed this one, however, I don't think you mention AE that also happens with shutter release half-way down. What is happening with BBF technique when it comes to AE detection? I also tried configuring a BBF button and the the Traditional approach. Yet when I half-press the shutter, I see focus change but not to the point of the subject being in focus. I expected focus to have have no change on half-press, so I'm wondering what is going on?
Thanks a lot for these great tips, and for your videos in general.
I've got a XT-3 and it's look like different for video parameters. I can't shoot with this BBF. Is it normal or it's me? 😉 Thanks in advance.
hi there many thanks for your great videos I have recently gone back to the fuji xt5 .as I found I wasn't using my Nikon z8 as I was overkill and the weight was getting to much .im looking at a zoom lens now not really worried about the 50-140 as I don't need the lowlight facility .was looking at the 70-300 or would you recommend anything else I also have the 10-24 18-50 2.8 and the 18-55 2.8-f4 any help would be very useful ty John from the cotswolds in England also looking at a compact tripod I have the befree carbon from mannfrotto but it seems a little wobbly thanks again John
Chris, this was great. I like the MF option..best of both worlds.
That was awesome !
Chris - I have an X-T4 and have always used bbf on continuous - just releasing the bb to freeze on subject. My question and your thoughts on using wide area tracking to focus then release to assist with reframing for composition.
very helpful, even when you're using a X-S!0 with a PASM wheel!
Thanks for this great description of BBF. I've used the traditional way on my previous X-T2 and now on my X-T5. I'm heading to the Pacific Coast in a week to shoot waves. This year I was thinking I might use the Fuji RR-100 Remote Release. After testing it, it appears I need to have the focus set to the shutter button in order for the remote to focus when half pressing the remote. Wondering if you know of a workaround to let me use the RR-100 with BBF enabled? No problem switching back and forth between shutter button focusing and BBF, but would be nice if I didn't have to make that switch. Thinking I can't have it both ways!
On my X-T3, I have the front button programmed for BBF. When I hold my camera, my finger naturally falls where that button is. If I accidently press and release it when taking my camera out of the bag it's no problem because it won't change anything.
Great review, Chris. I've been a BBF guy for a very, very long time. almost since when I began taking photography seriously. I use the MF method, BTW.
Thanks Florian! Yeah, once you start using it, you never go back!
Thanks for this great video Chris! Any suggestion what might be the best technique for surf photography / sport photography (bursts of fast moving subjects)? Does the manual bbf technique make sense with a Fuji 100-400mm? Thanks!
For surf, why not to use de AF-C? Think the BBF doesn't worth to all situations.
Great info and am using it; however, I can no longer "punch in" using the rear command dial while using my manual Nikon 55mm macro lens for fine focusing.... I want to have that option back. Please advise. Best Regards, Jay
My AF functions (Need to enable it from the settings) are on the touch screen on the X-S20. Seems to be doing well. I can click on the object I want to focus on the screen and it immediately focus on that. I have not tried moving objects yet, not sure how efficient that would, probably not so much :-)
Question - on my X-T4, the AF ON button on the camera back is already there for this purpose, correct? If not, what is its purpose? Thanks, good video.
Yep. A dedicated BBF button are the norm for modern cameras.
Useful, thanks.
I have always used the MF method, I thing I learned that on you channel a long time ago. Cheers!
Hi Chris, this method is fine. But using MF the eye recognition is no longer available. Is there a way in using it in MF with back button focus?
A little bit different, but It'd be cool to see you do a plane spotting session with a fuji 100-400 or something, show the steps you'd take for fast moving distant objects but still getting sharp balanced photos :) ✈️
Interesting! I use the AF ON button on my Panasonic S5II and sometimes it's quite awkward to try to hold it while trying to press the shutter button. I'll see if there is a similar option on my camera.
Should operate the same on your Panny. You don't need to hold the AF ON (BBF) down the whole time. Just press it once to get focus and take your finger off it. Focus stays locked as long as the subject or your camera doesn't move.
Curious Question. Why use BBF method if you can use the shutter button only with the half press button to focus? I can half press on a specific subject and re-compose my composition again. much easier specially with one hand operation
Hi Chris,
I use the traditional back button method. I think the MF method is great, but unfortunately the face recognition doesn't work and I can't switch it on. Is there a solution?
Thank you very much!
I’m really curious about using bird mode with AF-C or back button. Bird mode tracks the bird eyes right? Is that better then back button ?
Wow! Simple and Awesome. Thank you. I'm going MF!
To lock AF does the AF-ON (BBF) button have to be held down or can it be pressed & released?
Just watched the video again and have installed and used your second option on my XH1 successfully. However, have been trying to set it up on my XS10 and can do so however the manual focus ring does not work at all once I have hit the AF on button even though it's set to manual focus. So, either I'm doing something wrong (most likely) or as the XS10 doesn't have the MCorS switch, (yes is done via the menu), maybe this doesn't work. Any thoughts welcome.