@@Reggiebphoto my first lens was the tiny 16 2.8 and I actually have a used 90mm coming soon. I am currently torn between the 35 1.4 and 35 f/2. I see that comparison has been done to death but I was hoping with the xt-3 the af is not as bad with the 35 1.4, as everyone claims it to be. I would like the lens to be flexible enough to shoot a variety of things from my kids playing, to the occasional low light action (basketball, roller hockey, roller derby). It doesn’t have to be the best for the job, just doable lol. If that makes sense?
Okay so no hate please but I’m a Nikon shooter and took your tips and terms and applied it to my camera and wow!! The amount of keepers I’m getting now is easily 6 times more. I was too busy relying on my camera instead of taking control. You and John B are teaching me so much. I thank you Reggie B.
Dear Reggie, I recently bought my first Fujifilm XS10. I bought three lenses: 16-80, 70-300 and your favorite 16 F1.4. I would like to thank you for your informative videos. I learned a lot from them. Keep up the good work. Many thank. Mohammed, Dubai UAE.
This was very helpful. I just got a TX5. I'm mainly going to use it for filming still objects (my action figures reviews). I find focusing in in AF-S better than AF-C. The camera was focusing more on my hands than my action figures when I was in AF-C. Anyway, this help me understand a little more. Thanks again dude.
Very detailed, very good explanation. I really feel like I know now how it would be if I was to buy this camera or a similar Fuji camera. The majority of the reviews leave you wondering how it would be to use the presented camera. Thank you again and I really really like that for everything you said how you use it, why you use it and you advised us why we might want to use something else!
@@Reggiebphoto I think many of us enthusiast and wanna be pro photographers underestimate what it takes to do what you do as pro wedding photographer. I’d like to see a video that summarizes the wedding day prep you go through, and the the day itself, plus the post work. I can only imagine the sheer effort involved. I’m sure it would be an eye opener.
@@Reggiebphoto within a 20-25 min video, I would divide it into 3 sections. 1) pre wedding prep, scoping out location(s) with possible shots in mind, good versus poor weather locations. 2) day of wedding with extra focus on the shots from the prep locations. 3) post wedding processing of the images from the prep locations, out of camera versus final images for the clients.
Very helpful advice Reggie. I have the X-S10 and have been experimenting with the various AF modes/areas. The problem I have is that when shooting 4K video the focusing options are more limited than when shooting photos. It seems you can only choose between Multi or Area and then AF-S or AF-C but no tracking option. I make videos of erratically moving wildlife so any ideas of what AF settings I should use for that (e.g. a swan/goose moving across water)?
Nice video Reggie. I set my AF-S/C to back button focus (AFON) and leave the focus mode in the front of the camera ALWAYS on C. This way, I can use my back button focus as AF-S by just clicking once and focusing at the subject and recomposing if needed without having to focus again since focus is locked and press the shutter button to take the pic or can also use it as AF-C simply by pressing and holding it and following my subject as it will continously focus and just press the shutter button when ready to shoot. You can also have face/eye detect on for portraits. You have the best of both worlds. I learned this technique from a TH-camr a few years ago and it has improved my focusing greatly. It does take a little while getting used to but once you do you will never go back (at least for me lol). For macro, food and product photography I change it to manual focus as i can take my time to fine tune where I want the focus to be.
I also set the joystick on my xt4 when pressed to show the focus area and am able to change it to single, zone or tracking by using the back dial, this way I have total control of my focus options in a quick way.
Just a-b test the acquisition between true af s and afc. You’ll notice a difference. Xt3 and xt4 and xs10 all have the same af algorithm so it should be consistent. I wish the af-c on Fujifilm was good, but the af-s is really that much better and more accurate if something is stationary
Great video, thanks. I want to know if the focus check option drains battery life as pre AF option or if it's not a significant aspect for battery life.
Thanks again for that great roundup and sharing your experience! AF-C drove me mad so often. So many great shots were out of focus so I rather use AF-S now. When I started digital photography with a Casio Exilim EX-S1 I never used AF-C and very seldom had focus problems. Sometimes options make you even struggle more so back to basic unless the situation is really challenging.
I set my AF-S/C to back button focus (AFON) and leave the focus mode in the front of the camera ALWAYS on C. This way, I can use my back button focus as AF-S by just clicking once and focusing at the subject and recomposing if needed without having to focus again since focus is locked and press the shutter button to take the pic or can also use it as AF-C simply by pressing and holding it and following my subject as it will continously focus and just press the shutter button when ready to shoot. You can also have face/eye detect on for portraits. You have the best of both worlds. I learned this technique from a TH-camr a few years ago and it has improved my focusing greatly. It does take a little while getting used to but once you do you will never go back (at least for me lol). For macro, food and product photography I change it to manual focus as i can take my time to fine tune where I want the focus to be.
Great job Reggie. I have the 90mm f2, 23 1.4 and the good ole kit lens and I don’t have an issue with either one with the focus speed on the x-t4. On the 2nd of September they launch the new 23 and 33 1.4 WR but I won’t give up mine with the clutch mechanism =))…
@@lewis7394 easy, fujirumors website and their event website source code confirmed it. ✌🏻. Can barely wait, but it will be bulkier than the 35 and probably around 400 grams
Reggie, thanks for this video! I am going to rewatch this the next time I wonder what my Fuji x100v settings mean. Off topic, has anyone told you you look like Ogie Alcasid?
Thank you for this video. I have the Fujifilm XT4 and I was wondering what settings you would recommend for street photography? M, S or C plus, what focus settings eg single point, zone and what about tracking and face detect? Sorry I'm just a little confused. I guess I need settings so when walking around, I see a scene, say group of people, where I want to bring the camera quickly up to the eye and take a shot without much time adjusting and potentially missing the shot. People could also be moving of course. Many thanks.
Thank you for posting this and sharing. This helps a lot! I still have a question if you don’t mind helping. I’m coming over from Canon. It seemed like on my Canon camera, I could point it at any scene and it would guess which “point” needed to be auto focused on, no matter where it was in the frame, and if it got it wrong, I could just touch the LCD screen to make it auto focus on the correct spot. With my Fuji, it seems like the only way to get it to “guess” where the autofocus needs to be is on Wide tracking mode, but there’s no way for me to then go and tap the screen to select the correct “point” it should focus on if it gets it wrong. Does that make sense? How can I apply the settings to get it to guess where auto focus should be, but still have the option to tap and adjust the spot if I need to? Thanks a lot in advance for your help and expertise!!!
@@Reggiebphoto Thanks I have touch screen on, but it only allows me to pick the point on single point or zone focus mode, and in those modes it doesn’t guess where the auto focus is first, only in Wide mode, but in that mode I can’t select a point if it’s wrong. Does that make sense? On point mode it just sticks to trying to focus on whatever is in the point I’ve chosen, it doesn’t first try to auto focus on something outside the point. I should be able to pick up my camera in any mode, and aim it at a baseball bat, and it should try to auto focus on the tip of the bat first, and if it doesn’t I should be able to tap the tip of the bat to then get it to auto focus on that. I may have to call Fuji. Thanks.
Reggie- I was shooting B&W candid photos of a couple the other day. They were seated in front of me, but on slightly different planes or distances from me. Some of the images were sharp for one individual (the one I focused on?), but the other was softer. I shot some of the images at f54.6. Is this a dof issue or a focus issue? What settings would you use to get both subjects. This is not unlike a wedding shoot with different distances. Thanks! Always enjoy your videos! Geoff
Hey great video Reggie love your work. Maybe you should send this video over to Matt Granger who has no idea how to focus and XT5 his latest video on the XT5 is straight out of the I'm from Nikon I will bash Fuji film. His video just questioned everything about the XT5 and he couldn't get a photo, and then I looked at the way he was using the camera, and he didn't use any of the tips that you've given, here. The guy is clueless and a Nikon fanboy.... Thanks for your video and it's always insightful and useful. Cheers mate
@@Reggiebphoto I recently had very tough moment with group shot with family members and the kid running all across the frame and the camera focus got confused ended up with grainy & out of focus pictures but I took many so I am just hoping to find some good one from 1000s of images . It's very sad that at iso 1600 fuji xt3 results were nightmare.
Great video man. Can you suggest the best autofocus settings for a talking head video? I'm simply sitting at my desk talking about concepts with not too much movement at 2.8 aperature, 24fps and 48SS. It seems it's hunting too much now so what would you suggest AF single and single point?
Question Reggie: when u set af-c custom tracking sensitivity to 5 and using af mode zone. shouldn’t the main subject remain locked and in focus even if another subject enters frame in front of main subject ? If so, mine doesn’t. If another subject passes in front of main, camera takes its focus off main and focuses on 2nd subject.
Very informative and thorough video. I’m actually amazed at how well the face + eye detection are for AF on the XT4. I’ve just had dicey situations when there’s so many faces and I’m not super zoomed into one person specifically.
Do you use eye autofocus for weddings and portraits? It's quite reliable in opinion, but the downside is that photometry/metering mode settings are not available when using eye/face detection setting.
Hey do you mind to give me an opinion between XS-10 and Sony ZV-E10, since i am just a hobbyist photographer, trying to make portfolios for Product photography, while also planning to make youtube content (mostly cafe's and restaurant vlog)
Great tutorial, Reggie! I have a question that is unrelated to it, though. My Xt4 histogram often shows that my blacks are expectable but when I look on my computer it shows that I lost some details in shadows. Clearly, I need to change something there (curves?) but I don't know what. Would you help me? Thanks/
@@Reggiebphoto thank you but doing that makes your speech sound slurred . The content is excellent in your YTS but could you just slow down a little bit ..15pct ?
Watched this whole video, but didn't answer my main question about how face detection interacts with the focus modes. Like does it just override focus mode?
I know this is an old video now but I just got my Fuji XS10 and use it mostly for video, do these AF settings still apply for video and does it have to be shot on the video setting? I’m not super techy with cameras so feel as though I’m starting from scratch!
why can't I get to digital micro prism or digital split image color? Im trying to get it so the image magnifies when I'm in manual focus. would appreciate any help, thanks.
Hi Reggie and thank you for the video. I'm a beginner and decided to go with the X-S10 combined with the 16-80 as my first camera/lens combo. I started off in full auto mode and gradually moving towards manual. I mostly take photos of my kid running around but even with continuous auto focus a lot of them don't come out as sharp, even in good lighting conditions. Could you share any tips? I imagine shutter speed is where I should start experimenting...
I would personally go to aperture priority so you dont have to worry too much about settings and may miss a nice moment because you were fiddling with your camera settings. I also have the 16-80mm and love this lens. Since your kids are running around, I'd use the lowest F number possible, that is f4. Then I'd set the dial for ISO and Shutter speed to A (auto) and go to your camera menu and set the AUTO ISO to a minimum shutter speed of 500s and maximum ISO 6400 (for shooting outdoors or even indoors as a guidance since the camera will eventually overwrite the maximum ISO anyway if it needs more light to reach that minimum shutter speed). Fujifilm cameras (the latest ones at least) can handle high ISO like a pro so dont worry too much about the pics being grainy (better have a slightly grainy pin sharp picture than a clean blurry one lol). I have an xt4 and did a photoshoot at a gym the other day and used ISO 12800 for a couple of pics and was really impressed how clean the pics turned out. So shoot away and enjoy the moment!
Also turn on BOOST mode, the focus improves a lot (yes, battery will drain a bit faster but who cares lol) and set to focus mode C and focus zone AREA (the biggest of the 3). hope this can be helpful.
I agree that using single focusing gives the speediest results. The biggest problem I’m having is when I shoot vertically if the contrast isn’t very good it’s hunting desperately! 😟
@@Reggiebphoto I don’t always have that option with street photography. I like to shoot a lot of unpredictable scenes, and that means I have to be quick! 🖖
@@Reggiebphoto I guess you don’t really understand my kind of photography, I’m walking around and when I see something I swing my camera quickly because it will disappear in a split second! Hopefully I have a moment to prefocus, but more likely than not I won’t. I’m not your typical Street photographer, using a 35mm equivalent on APC. My fingers on the trigger most of the time and my cameras in my hand ready to go. Most photographers I look at having a camera hanging down their neck or on their shoulder and they wouldn’t even get close to getting what I get. You have to be ready and the concentration is at an extreme level. I use an 18 1.4, 50 F2 and 90 F2. I use an XT4.
Hi, friend! I have a question, to be able to focus automatically do I have to have a lens that has the automatic aperture option? or simply with any lens that does not have that option and with the corresponding configuration could it be? Would u help me please? thanks!
Not saying that this video wasn't useful. It was. But the problem for people new to the Fujifilm camera will be that you are moving too fast through your explanations. It is nearly impossible to find videos where experts REMEMBER what novices don't know or keep in mind, and leave out something that is obvious to a more experienced user. You find the same thing in all tech talks on computer use. It seems the expert will always leave out some info that the novice needs to make sense out of the instruction. It isthat I don't almost a given, like Murphy's Law, that the person explaining something to a novice will leave out that one thing that he/she assumes incorrectly will be known to the novice. That's the problem with rushing through a topic like this. I keep looking for a slow paced tutorial that doesn't try to cover everything about all focus modes, and will go slow enough to insure comprehension by a beginner. You come close, but I feel you are still rushing through it. Would consider making a tutorial for first time users who are less familar with these types of features.
Thanks for the feedback. What would you like covered in such a video? If you can learn 1 thing at the end of the video, what would you want to come away with?
hi! thanx for sharing! a quation: recently i bought a fuji XF 70-300 lens for my XT-3 body. i've rather been pretty disappointed to see about 40-50 precent of the shots (KITESURFING) from the beach are out of focus. i'm using cont. focusing and zone focus. any suggestions? thank you in advance! jordan
Make sure your shooting at at least 1500 shutter speed or 2000 and change the tracking speed in the settings to fast appearing subjects and don’t be afraid to use a higher iso like 1600 or 3200 if needed
It would be even more helpful if you could attach a recorder so we could see what you see during a wedding shoot or action shooting. Nobody is doing it with Fuji. Would give us a better idea of how each mode works. I'm honestly getting discouraged with my xt4 af.
@@Reggiebphoto a few people do it. Taylor Jackson. Jared Polin. It's just a screen on top. I get it would be bulky but would make for better understanding of what you see.
Yeah Taylor Jackson didn’t do it until he’s had quite a following on TH-cam and makes revenue from it. And Jared polin uses it in controlled shoots. I’m not going to risk my actual clients weddings for the sake of recording my evf at the moment.
@@Reggiebphoto I was just making a suggestion. I also notice a lot of Fuji shooters don't talk about the xt4 much. It seems not much confidence is in the Fuji AF system. Which is why I'm wanting a "pro" to show me in real time how it works for them. Anyone can talk about menus. Maybe someone will some day.
I know. And I was answering why it’s not a consideration for me. The xt4 and the xt3 have the same exact af system and image quality, sk there really isn’t any reason to compare them. If you like one you’ll like the other as long as you like the ibis. As far as trust in the af system, with weddings you have to be realistic with the limits. If it can’t be trusted it can’t. Doesn’t mean you can’t use the camera for weddigns or demanding situations, just means the photographer has to have better decision making
Please help me. I just bought Fujifilm X-S10 but the Carema doesn't record Audio when I do playback after recording. I also tried to send it to my phone and tablet but also no Audio. Does anybody know what happend to my Camera?
Should I make a video comparing the af speed between all the Fujifilm lenses I’ve owned and/or tried?
Yes!!! I am brand new to the Fuji system and would love this. I am running an xt3 alongside my a7iii and af is important to me when choosing lenses.
@@philmace5247 what lenses are you considering?
sure
@@Reggiebphoto my first lens was the tiny 16 2.8 and I actually have a used 90mm coming soon. I am currently torn between the 35 1.4 and 35 f/2. I see that comparison has been done to death but I was hoping with the xt-3 the af is not as bad with the 35 1.4, as everyone claims it to be. I would like the lens to be flexible enough to shoot a variety of things from my kids playing, to the occasional low light action (basketball, roller hockey, roller derby). It doesn’t have to be the best for the job, just doable lol. If that makes sense?
@@philmace5247 I wouldn’t really reach for the 35 1.4 for sports tbh
Okay so no hate please but I’m a Nikon shooter and took your tips and terms and applied it to my camera and wow!! The amount of keepers I’m getting now is easily 6 times more. I was too busy relying on my camera instead of taking control. You and John B are teaching me so much. I thank you Reggie B.
Awesome to hear
Just bought a T-30 Mark II
Your videos deserve more views! Thank you
Dear Reggie, I recently bought my first Fujifilm XS10. I bought three lenses: 16-80, 70-300 and your favorite 16 F1.4. I would like to thank you for your informative videos. I learned a lot from them. Keep up the good work. Many thank. Mohammed, Dubai UAE.
Awesome great to hear!
Sir, have u tried shooting with 120fps? Is it really slow mo in cam immediately or do I need to edit it to slow it down? Thank you.
In cam slow mo
@@Reggiebphoto thanks mate, does it mean that I cannot view 120fps on its real time cause its already slowmo?
You’d have tk speed it up to watch in real time
Thanks Reggie, I struggle with the AF on my X-S10 sometimes and this video was incredibly helpful.
Seriously mate - another awesome video, Thanks again :)
Thanks Colin !
This was very helpful. I just got a TX5. I'm mainly going to use it for filming still objects (my action figures reviews). I find focusing in in AF-S better than AF-C. The camera was focusing more on my hands than my action figures when I was in AF-C. Anyway, this help me understand a little more. Thanks again dude.
Great video! Definitely deserves more recognition! 🙌🏼
Very detailed, very good explanation. I really feel like I know now how it would be if I was to buy this camera or a similar Fuji camera. The majority of the reviews leave you wondering how it would be to use the presented camera. Thank you again and I really really like that for everything you said how you use it, why you use it and you advised us why we might want to use something else!
Great video as usual. You will always be a reference! Cheers
Thanks Carlos!
@@Reggiebphoto with pleasure! Best always!
Thank you so much, i was struggle a lot during the shoots with focus, now it gives much better understanding what for what!
This really helped me with my XT4. Thanks!
Awesome!
This vid saved my life
Amazing!
Galing Reg! Ganda ng explanation. Thanks!
Thank you my friend!
Thanks Reggie. Really useful.
Glad to help!
I just got my 35mm 1.4 on the XS10 and I love it. Yes AF is a bit noisy but the quality is pretty damn good!
Sweet!
Thanks, very helpful explanations.
I’m glad! Anything else you’d like a deeper explanation on?
Wow this is a good explanation!!
This was great! Thanks for posting.
Thank you for the fuji camera set up video. Do you have any tutorials about bird or wildlife photography?
I don’t. I don’t have much experience with that :(
nice job very helpful
Thanks Bill!
I really need to digest this video!!
Great presentation! thanks!
Great video and subject, thanks Reggie
Thanks Joe. Any future requests?
@@Reggiebphoto I think many of us enthusiast and wanna be pro photographers underestimate what it takes to do what you do as pro wedding photographer. I’d like to see a video that summarizes the wedding day prep you go through, and the the day itself, plus the post work. I can only imagine the sheer effort involved. I’m sure it would be an eye opener.
How would you want that presented?
@@Reggiebphoto within a 20-25 min video, I would divide it into 3 sections.
1) pre wedding prep, scoping out location(s) with possible shots in mind, good versus poor weather locations. 2) day of wedding with extra focus on the shots from the prep locations. 3) post wedding processing of the images from the prep locations, out of camera versus final images for the clients.
This is great .When you say focus on shots from prep locations , what do you mean?
Thanks! Made things clear. 😁
Awesome
Thank You so much for this video.
You’re welcome
Very helpful advice Reggie. I have the X-S10 and have been experimenting with the various AF modes/areas. The problem I have is that when shooting 4K video the focusing options are more limited than when shooting photos. It seems you can only choose between Multi or Area and then AF-S or AF-C but no tracking option. I make videos of erratically moving wildlife so any ideas of what AF settings I should use for that (e.g. a swan/goose moving across water)?
Excellent! thanks!
Woohoo! Thanks for the support!
Nice video Reggie. I set my AF-S/C to back button focus (AFON) and leave the focus mode in the front of the camera ALWAYS on C. This way, I can use my back button focus as AF-S by just clicking once and focusing at the subject and recomposing if needed without having to focus again since focus is locked and press the shutter button to take the pic or can also use it as AF-C simply by pressing and holding it and following my subject as it will continously focus and just press the shutter button when ready to shoot. You can also have face/eye detect on for portraits. You have the best of both worlds. I learned this technique from a TH-camr a few years ago and it has improved my focusing greatly. It does take a little while getting used to but once you do you will never go back (at least for me lol). For macro, food and product photography I change it to manual focus as i can take my time to fine tune where I want the focus to be.
I also set the joystick on my xt4 when pressed to show the focus area and am able to change it to single, zone or tracking by using the back dial, this way I have total control of my focus options in a quick way.
Af-c on Fujifilm is pretty inaccurate and jumpy tho in comparison to af-s. So I personally wouldn’t recommend it
@@Reggiebphoto my personal experience is otherwise, at least on my XT4.
Just a-b test the acquisition between true af s and afc. You’ll notice a difference. Xt3 and xt4 and xs10 all have the same af algorithm so it should be consistent. I wish the af-c on Fujifilm was good, but the af-s is really that much better and more accurate if something is stationary
Do you have a video about AF video and samples? How to set it up?
Great video, thanks. I want to know if the focus check option drains battery life as pre AF option or if it's not a significant aspect for battery life.
Thanks again for that great roundup and sharing your experience!
AF-C drove me mad so often. So many great shots were out of focus so I rather use AF-S now. When I started digital photography with a Casio Exilim EX-S1 I never used AF-C and very seldom had focus problems.
Sometimes options make you even struggle more so back to basic unless the situation is really challenging.
Yeah af-s is where it’s at for Fujifilm
I set my AF-S/C to back button focus (AFON) and leave the focus mode in the front of the camera ALWAYS on C. This way, I can use my back button focus as AF-S by just clicking once and focusing at the subject and recomposing if needed without having to focus again since focus is locked and press the shutter button to take the pic or can also use it as AF-C simply by pressing and holding it and following my subject as it will continously focus and just press the shutter button when ready to shoot. You can also have face/eye detect on for portraits. You have the best of both worlds. I learned this technique from a TH-camr a few years ago and it has improved my focusing greatly. It does take a little while getting used to but once you do you will never go back (at least for me lol). For macro, food and product photography I change it to manual focus as i can take my time to fine tune where I want the focus to be.
great video - thank you:)
Great job Reggie. I have the 90mm f2, 23 1.4 and the good ole kit lens and I don’t have an issue with either one with the focus speed on the x-t4. On the 2nd of September they launch the new 23 and 33 1.4 WR but I won’t give up mine with the clutch mechanism =))…
🙌🏽
How do you know there's a new 33 mm 1.4 coming out?? Send sources!!!
@@lewis7394 easy, fujirumors website and their event website source code confirmed it. ✌🏻. Can barely wait, but it will be bulkier than the 35 and probably around 400 grams
Thanks
Reggie, thanks for this video! I am going to rewatch this the next time I wonder what my Fuji x100v settings mean. Off topic, has anyone told you you look like Ogie Alcasid?
Thank you for this video. I have the Fujifilm XT4 and I was wondering what settings you would recommend for street photography? M, S or C plus, what focus settings eg single point, zone and what about tracking and face detect? Sorry I'm just a little confused. I guess I need settings so when walking around, I see a scene, say group of people, where I want to bring the camera quickly up to the eye and take a shot without much time adjusting and potentially missing the shot. People could also be moving of course. Many thanks.
Thank you for posting this and sharing. This helps a lot! I still have a question if you don’t mind helping. I’m coming over from Canon. It seemed like on my Canon camera, I could point it at any scene and it would guess which “point” needed to be auto focused on, no matter where it was in the frame, and if it got it wrong, I could just touch the LCD screen to make it auto focus on the correct spot. With my Fuji, it seems like the only way to get it to “guess” where the autofocus needs to be is on Wide tracking mode, but there’s no way for me to then go and tap the screen to select the correct “point” it should focus on if it gets it wrong. Does that make sense? How can I apply the settings to get it to guess where auto focus should be, but still have the option to tap and adjust the spot if I need to? Thanks a lot in advance for your help and expertise!!!
Just turn on the touch screen af
@@Reggiebphoto Thanks I have touch screen on, but it only allows me to pick the point on single point or zone focus mode, and in those modes it doesn’t guess where the auto focus is first, only in Wide mode, but in that mode I can’t select a point if it’s wrong. Does that make sense? On point mode it just sticks to trying to focus on whatever is in the point I’ve chosen, it doesn’t first try to auto focus on something outside the point. I should be able to pick up my camera in any mode, and aim it at a baseball bat, and it should try to auto focus on the tip of the bat first, and if it doesn’t I should be able to tap the tip of the bat to then get it to auto focus on that. I may have to call Fuji. Thanks.
Fujifilm af doesn’t work that way
Good stuff. Thanks. 👍👍
Reggie- I was shooting B&W candid photos of a couple the other day. They were seated in front of me, but on slightly different planes or distances from me. Some of the images were sharp for one individual (the one I focused on?), but the other was softer. I shot some of the images at f54.6. Is this a dof issue or a focus issue? What settings would you use to get both subjects. This is not unlike a wedding shoot with different distances. Thanks! Always enjoy your videos! Geoff
This was such an awesome video. Helped me learn alot!
Xt3 plus 70-300. Fast moving subject and panning shots for motorsports.... what wld be the best setting?
Probably af-c zone.
is there a way to lock the focus point in the center ?
Put it in the center and hold down the joystick to lock the point
Reggie buddy how did the past weekend go? If you’re heading the the Fuji X event in NYC have a safe flight.
Haha I’m not that cool to be flown out for stuff 😂
Hey great video Reggie love your work. Maybe you should send this video over to Matt Granger who has no idea how to focus and XT5 his latest video on the XT5 is straight out of the I'm from Nikon I will bash Fuji film. His video just questioned everything about the XT5 and he couldn't get a photo, and then I looked at the way he was using the camera, and he didn't use any of the tips that you've given, here. The guy is clueless and a Nikon fanboy.... Thanks for your video and it's always insightful and useful. Cheers mate
Feel free to send it over to him. I don’t need to tho haha
@@Reggiebphoto so diplomatic ha ha
For interior photography is af-s and all the best option? To get everything sharp? I'm new, so I have no idea if I'm right or wrong.
What are the settings for group shot? In terms of dark area and focus settings?
Thank you.
Focus settings for group shots are more about posing the groip in a single plan of focus and not the focus settings
@@Reggiebphoto I recently had very tough moment with group shot with family members and the kid running all across the frame and the camera focus got confused ended up with grainy & out of focus pictures but I took many so I am just hoping to find some good one from 1000s of images . It's very sad that at iso 1600 fuji xt3 results were nightmare.
I shoot iso 6400 and 12800 with no issue. Could be a matter of the type of lighting direction
Great video man. Can you suggest the best autofocus settings for a talking head video? I'm simply sitting at my desk talking about concepts with not too much movement at 2.8 aperature, 24fps and 48SS. It seems it's hunting too much now so what would you suggest AF single and single point?
If you're using anything X-T3 or newer, just use af-c face detect. I use that at 1.4 with the 16mm 1.4, 18mm 1.4 with no issues.
@@Reggiebphoto will do thanks man.
If you’re a landscape photographer, how would you set up focus zone on XT4? Thank you
Question Reggie: when u set af-c custom tracking sensitivity to 5 and using af mode zone. shouldn’t the main subject remain locked and in focus even if another subject enters frame in front of main subject ? If so, mine doesn’t. If another subject passes in front of main, camera takes its focus off main and focuses on 2nd subject.
Very informative and thorough video. I’m actually amazed at how well the face + eye detection are for AF on the XT4. I’ve just had dicey situations when there’s so many faces and I’m not super zoomed into one person specifically.
Thanks for the comment
Do you use eye autofocus for weddings and portraits? It's quite reliable in opinion, but the downside is that photometry/metering mode settings are not available when using eye/face detection setting.
Hey do you mind to give me an opinion between XS-10 and Sony ZV-E10, since i am just a hobbyist photographer, trying to make portfolios for Product photography, while also planning to make youtube content (mostly cafe's and restaurant vlog)
The x-s10 can definitely do the job. I don’t know much about Sony stuff tho, so can’t comment on that
Great tutorial, Reggie! I have a question that is unrelated to it, though. My Xt4 histogram often shows that my blacks are expectable but when I look on my computer it shows that I lost some details in shadows. Clearly, I need to change something there (curves?) but I don't know what. Would you help me? Thanks/
What film sim, dr setting are you on?
@@Reggiebphoto I shoot in RAW.
The histogram on the camera is based on the film simulation selected as well as the dr setting
@@Reggiebphoto Are you saying that I should not be looking at the histogram when I taking photos? I'm not sure what you mean.
Im asking what film sim and dr setting are you set to. If you give me this answer I can advise if you need to adjust to have w more accurate histogram
Thank you Reggie . Would you please slow down a little in your YTs
There’s a way to reduce the playback speed in TH-cam to .5 or .75 percent
@@Reggiebphoto thank you but doing that makes your speech sound slurred . The content is excellent in your YTS but could you just slow down a little bit ..15pct ?
Can’t make any promises but thanks for the feedback
Watched this whole video, but didn't answer my main question about how face detection interacts with the focus modes. Like does it just override focus mode?
I know this is an old video now but I just got my Fuji XS10 and use it mostly for video, do these AF settings still apply for video and does it have to be shot on the video setting? I’m not super techy with cameras so feel as though I’m starting from scratch!
No they don’t. Video af behavior is different
why can't I get to digital micro prism or digital split image color? Im trying to get it so the image magnifies when I'm in manual focus. would appreciate any help, thanks.
Hi Reggie and thank you for the video. I'm a beginner and decided to go with the X-S10 combined with the 16-80 as my first camera/lens combo. I started off in full auto mode and gradually moving towards manual. I mostly take photos of my kid running around but even with continuous auto focus a lot of them don't come out as sharp, even in good lighting conditions. Could you share any tips? I imagine shutter speed is where I should start experimenting...
I would personally go to aperture priority so you dont have to worry too much about settings and may miss a nice moment because you were fiddling with your camera settings. I also have the 16-80mm and love this lens. Since your kids are running around, I'd use the lowest F number possible, that is f4. Then I'd set the dial for ISO and Shutter speed to A (auto) and go to your camera menu and set the AUTO ISO to a minimum shutter speed of 500s and maximum ISO 6400 (for shooting outdoors or even indoors as a guidance since the camera will eventually overwrite the maximum ISO anyway if it needs more light to reach that minimum shutter speed). Fujifilm cameras (the latest ones at least) can handle high ISO like a pro so dont worry too much about the pics being grainy (better have a slightly grainy pin sharp picture than a clean blurry one lol). I have an xt4 and did a photoshoot at a gym the other day and used ISO 12800 for a couple of pics and was really impressed how clean the pics turned out. So shoot away and enjoy the moment!
Also turn on BOOST mode, the focus improves a lot (yes, battery will drain a bit faster but who cares lol) and set to focus mode C and focus zone AREA (the biggest of the 3). hope this can be helpful.
@@viagensebabados thank you so much for this! Much appreciated! 🙂
I share my af setups for toddlers here: th-cam.com/video/y9CeyTd7VSc/w-d-xo.html
@@Reggiebphoto thank you so much!
I agree that using single focusing gives the speediest results. The biggest problem I’m having is when I shoot vertically if the contrast isn’t very good it’s hunting desperately! 😟
Find a spot on the subject with good contrast
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I don’t always have that option with street photography. I like to shoot a lot of unpredictable scenes, and that means I have to be quick! 🖖
For that I prefocus on someplace in the scene where the subject would be
@@Reggiebphoto
I guess you don’t really understand my kind of photography, I’m walking around and when I see something I swing my camera quickly because it will disappear in a split second!
Hopefully I have a moment to prefocus, but more likely than not I won’t.
I’m not your typical Street photographer, using a 35mm equivalent on APC. My fingers on the trigger most of the time and my cameras in my hand ready to go.
Most photographers I look at having a camera hanging down their neck or on their shoulder and they wouldn’t even get close to getting what I get. You have to be ready and the concentration is at an extreme level. I use an 18 1.4, 50 F2 and 90 F2. I use an XT4.
Hi, friend! I have a question, to be able to focus automatically do I have to have a lens that has the automatic aperture option? or simply with any lens that does not have that option and with the corresponding configuration could it be? Would u help me please? thanks!
it would have to be a lens with autofocus
@@Reggiebphoto So if I don't have an autofocus lens, is there no possibility of autofocusing?
Nope. The lens needs to have an autofocus motor for that to work
Not saying that this video wasn't useful. It was. But the problem for people new to the Fujifilm camera will be that you are moving too fast through your explanations. It is nearly impossible to find videos where experts REMEMBER what novices don't know or keep in mind, and leave out something that is obvious to a more experienced user. You find the same thing in all tech talks on computer use. It seems the expert will always leave out some info that the novice needs to make sense out of the instruction. It isthat I don't almost a given, like Murphy's Law, that the person explaining something to a novice will leave out that one thing that he/she assumes incorrectly will be known to the novice. That's the problem with rushing through a topic like this. I keep looking for a slow paced tutorial that doesn't try to cover everything about all focus modes, and will go slow enough to insure comprehension by a beginner. You come close, but I feel you are still rushing through it. Would consider making a tutorial for first time users who are less familar with these types of features.
Thanks for the feedback. What would you like covered in such a video? If you can learn 1 thing at the end of the video, what would you want to come away with?
hi! thanx for sharing! a quation: recently i bought a fuji XF 70-300 lens for my XT-3 body. i've rather been pretty disappointed to see about 40-50 precent of the shots (KITESURFING) from the beach are out of focus. i'm using cont. focusing and zone focus. any suggestions? thank you in advance! jordan
Make sure your shooting at at least 1500 shutter speed or 2000 and change the tracking speed in the settings to fast appearing subjects and don’t be afraid to use a higher iso like 1600 or 3200 if needed
It would be even more helpful if you could attach a recorder so we could see what you see during a wedding shoot or action shooting. Nobody is doing it with Fuji. Would give us a better idea of how each mode works. I'm honestly getting discouraged with my xt4 af.
That wouldn’t be possible. Nobody does that because it’s really bulky and slows down actual shooting
@@Reggiebphoto a few people do it. Taylor Jackson. Jared Polin. It's just a screen on top. I get it would be bulky but would make for better understanding of what you see.
Yeah Taylor Jackson didn’t do it until he’s had quite a following on TH-cam and makes revenue from it. And Jared polin uses it in controlled shoots. I’m not going to risk my actual clients weddings for the sake of recording my evf at the moment.
@@Reggiebphoto I was just making a suggestion. I also notice a lot of Fuji shooters don't talk about the xt4 much. It seems not much confidence is in the Fuji AF system. Which is why I'm wanting a "pro" to show me in real time how it works for them. Anyone can talk about menus. Maybe someone will some day.
I know. And I was answering why it’s not a consideration for me. The xt4 and the xt3 have the same exact af system and image quality, sk there really isn’t any reason to compare them. If you like one you’ll like the other as long as you like the ibis. As far as trust in the af system, with weddings you have to be realistic with the limits. If it can’t be trusted it can’t. Doesn’t mean you can’t use the camera for weddigns or demanding situations, just means the photographer has to have better decision making
Please help me. I just bought Fujifilm X-S10 but the Carema doesn't record Audio when I do playback after recording.
I also tried to send it to my phone and tablet but also no Audio.
Does anybody know what happend to my Camera?
Fuji should enable continuous face/eye tracking so you can have self portraits.
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Congrats 🎉
i just watched the all video and realised i will never get sony performance from this camera :D
and still i love the colors and all the custom film sims
great breakdown!