Wow, very informative. I have been just taking pictures with my XT-3 for about a year and never tried filming. I want to start making some nice b-roll of my car and motorcycle and this video actually helped me a lot. I know nothing about filming. Thanks for the video brother.
When I switch the mode from camera to video shooting, the display suddenly becomes very dark, but with the same setting, the display for camera mode is very bright. Is there something wrong with my camera, or do I need to do something with the setting? thanks!
Hi Wai. Thanks a lot for all the interesting Fuji TH-cam movies you create and share with us. Keep it up! But can you do me a favor? Please clean your glasses before starting the recording :-) I always want to take your glasses, clean them and give them back when i start watching a new episode :-)
+1 on Thomas Taylor's comment. Starting with the studio environment which is 'controllable' makes sense ... but I like doing a lot of outdoor videos too and I'd like your inputs. Tried some on the beach where I go kiteboarding and brightness levels are a challenge ... pls consider such in your video. Thx!
@@dsv I know it’s an old post, but I’m going to reply because someone else might be having the same issue today. You might’ve set the silent control for video. I know the dials stop working in such a situation. If the dial is damaged, try assigning a command dial as an is dial, but it might not work,because if I remember correctly you have to put the dial in A. I’m not sure about that, but there is an option to control ISO with one of the command dials. First check if you enabled silent control via touch screen, because if it works in photo but not in video, that is the most likely reason.
Hi Wai! I enjoy your videos. Your tips on using AE-L and AF-L are very helpful. Do you use these settings both in Video and photo modes? Does the AF-L tip work with a non AF lens? Thanks for all your efforts in putting out this content.
Thomas, that is a tough one to answer in text, ill have to make another video on that one. I definitely have some suggestions and options but there is no best what to do it.
Hi and ty for your Videos i got a Qeustion: I did alreddy See your Video and the use of a "Anker PowerCore+ 26800 PD with 30W Power Delivery Charger" to extend the Battery life to 4h + in Video. The importent part what i understand is the PD is 30W but what if i us "USB C Charger, Anker PowerPort II UL Certified 49.5W Wall Charger" will it work the same? Did you mabey test this alreddy? i dont wanna buy the Grip cheers Jay
I have not tried connect my camera directly to the charger, mostly because i dont want to damage my camera. I'm not sponsored or anything so I dont do test that can potential damage my equipment. Sorry
why does the xt3 have such harsh exposure changes when in aperture priority mode...i cant even video a sunset to speed it up later in post like i do with my sony A7rii without it flashing so badly as the sun set and the light got progressively dimmer....i was using the 16mm f1.4
are you doing video or timelapse. If you are doing video, yes the exposure stepping can be seen and there is little you can do about it. Timelapses should not have that problem
if theres nothing i can do about it in video then the fuji gets sold and i go back to Sony lol. Because the sony can handle a video sunset without this needless flickering when set to aperture priority. you dont even see any of it in the sony sunset videos. i only bought the fuji because it had the 10bit 4.2.2 and that eliminates banding. but if this thing cant do what the sony can do and not turn a sunset into a flicker show then its going back lol
Thanks from Australia mate I'm just exploring the possibilities of video coming from the old commercial school of full manual (film background so highlight, exposure dmax concept of zebra etc are well learnt) but your button /menu explanations are well presented so its now a little clearer for me to how to get started ,great help for photographer beginning to capture moving images ! Any recommendations out of the Atomos range to capture 4k on the X-T3 without breaking the bank but with the ability to see LUT settings on screen ? Cheers
I dont have experience with Atomos devices but everyone loves the Ninja 5. For this case I recommend renting before buying. External recorders are great but you will surprised how much more effort is needed to use them constantly.
Hi, Thank you for the great informative video. Do you need a specific external powerbank like anker or any other power bank will be ok to use? I have a duracell powerbank but i am not sure if it will be suitable, Thank you.
Mario, it's most likely your sd card is bad or too slow. You can try reducing your data rate to a smaller number or get a new sd card and try it out. I would recommend the sony sd card with 300mb read/write speed.
You always have great useful info in your videos. Thank you for that. I have a question about this one. What do you mean by "one of the biggest downsides to shooting this way is that you can't control your shutter?" I'm scratching my head here, thinking, "Of course you can control your shutter"
when you have your shutter dial on "A" for auto. The camera will decide what shutter speed you use. For example, I like to shoot my videos on 4k 30 frames per second. The most common shutter speed for that is 1/60 of a second. When you have it on auto, a lot of time it will choose 1/30 of a second. Which means thing in motion will show more motion blur.
@@WaiYingLam I understand that. Yes, the camera will decide because you are telling it to decide for you by setting the shutter dial to A. You are telling it that you don't care what the shutter speed is. I guess my confusion started because you described it as "something annoying I wish Fuji would fix". What's there to fix? You basically want Shutter Priority mode, which you already have. You just set the Shutter to 60 instead of A :) The whole point of Auto is for the camera to take control and in some scenarios it might need to drop the shutter to below 60 for a correct exposure. Basically, if you want control don't give it to the camera and say that it is annoying that it didn't set it to your preference.
Peace guys Wai i just got an x-T3, the shutter button seems not to be working because I've followed all the settings. I need to know if it is faulty so that i may send it back if I must. Has anyone else had that experience please?
hi wai! have u tried using a non PD battery bank and shoot 4K? did u see the power drop? i tried it a couple of times and battery still drop when i shoot 4K or even 1080
@@WaiYingLam lol im trying it on a XT3 that i bought with my own money too .. i don't have a PD power bank laying around. lol... But do your XT3 battery drop when u are recording 4K （plugged into a PD powerbank)?
Great info. Thanks for sharing. How are you getting your AE-L and AE-L indicators to stay on screen when you press them? When I press mine they just flash and go away. Thanks.
You need to go into the menu -> set up -> button/dial setting, on page 2, there is AE/AF LOCK MODE and AWB-LOCK MODE. Both of those need to set on "S" for switch. The default is "P" for press.
Wai Lam Thanks. One another note, have you noticed that when in auto ISO and auto shutter for video at 24FPS that the shutter defaults to shutter speed 24th of a second ignoring the 180 degree shutter rule and at 120fps the default shutter is 60th of a second?
Hey Wai, thanks as always! I've been trying to see the audio levels when I'm recording a video. I already checked what I want to display, but I cannot see it.
there could be a number of reason, check to see if you have the camera set to manual focus. If it is not and you dont know why, I recommend resetting you camera and see if that fixes the problem.
FANTASTIC video! Thank you so much for taking the time to create it. It was very helpful for me. Great work. :)
your welcome Micheal, thank you for leaving a comment
Wow, very informative. I have been just taking pictures with my XT-3 for about a year and never tried filming. I want to start making some nice b-roll of my car and motorcycle and this video actually helped me a lot. I know nothing about filming. Thanks for the video brother.
Glad it was helpful!
How to enable manual mode? It works in stills mode, but video is always AUTO. Tried everything, but cant get that M letter next to the camera symbol.
I have 4k video that i can see on the camera screen but i can't transfer it to a computer. Photos on a iMac doest see it?
I went through this video, lots of good stuff... Im new to this camera.. my audio is not working at all with internal or external mic. can you help?
Lots of good tips and settings!!! Thanks for sharing WL!!
You bet, good to hear from you again. Hope you're having a good day!
Wai Lam yep a great DoD day! 🌟
When I switch the mode from camera to video shooting, the display suddenly becomes very dark, but with the same setting, the display for camera mode is very bright. Is there something wrong with my camera, or do I need to do something with the setting? thanks!
Thanks!
Hi Wai. Thanks a lot for all the interesting Fuji TH-cam movies you create and share with us. Keep it up! But can you do me a favor? Please clean your glasses before starting the recording :-) I always want to take your glasses, clean them and give them back when i start watching a new episode :-)
Totally agree Peter, I actually need to get new glasses, these are wore out. Just gotta find the time.
really gooooood video! thank you for sharing
Thank you for watching zuoxiao lyu
+1 on Thomas Taylor's comment. Starting with the studio environment which is 'controllable' makes sense ... but I like doing a lot of outdoor videos too and I'd like your inputs. Tried some on the beach where I go kiteboarding and brightness levels are a challenge ... pls consider such in your video. Thx!
I will definitely put something together on this Don, it a really good idea
Great explanation, but I am just curious how did u set these zebras in your viewer ?
Thank you, great video !!! Help me alot !!!
Glad I could help Nicholas, thank you for feedback
I am trying to shoot on fully manual settings but it looks like ISO stays at 200 no matter what I choose. What might be the problem with this? :/
The iso dial does not work. I would reset the camera and see if that solve the problem
@@WaiYingLam is it possible that dial works in photo mode, but doesn't work in video?
@@dsv I know it’s an old post, but I’m going to reply because someone else might be having the same issue today.
You might’ve set the silent control for video. I know the dials stop working in such a situation. If the dial is damaged, try assigning a command dial as an is dial, but it might not work,because if I remember correctly you have to put the dial in A. I’m not sure about that, but there is an option to control ISO with one of the command dials.
First check if you enabled silent control via touch screen, because if it works in photo but not in video, that is the most likely reason.
Thanks it’s very helpful
Glad it helped Nelson, appreciate the comment
Wai. Great video. Any reason why the AE-L and AF-L doesn't seem to lock? I've tried setting up my X-T3 but it doesn't seem to work.
did you go into the setting menu and change it to a toggle?
Thank you for video. I have X-T30 and it only records for 10 minute. Can I change it to the longer time. Thank you.
Thank you very much for taking your time in explaining all this so nicely :)
your welcome Julio, thank you taking the time to leave this comment
I swear to God I heard "While I'm Here".....wow.
Really cool name.
Hi Wai! I enjoy your videos. Your tips on using AE-L and AF-L are very helpful. Do you use these settings both in Video and photo modes? Does the AF-L tip work with a non AF lens?
Thanks for all your efforts in putting out this content.
Thanks Wai. Excellent video. What would you change in the settings for the XT3 if vlogging outdoors?
Thomas, that is a tough one to answer in text, ill have to make another video on that one. I definitely have some suggestions and options but there is no best what to do it.
How to record video means how to switch camera to video.mode I'm always in photo mode I want to record a video but I can't
Hi and ty for your Videos i got a Qeustion: I did alreddy See your Video and the
use of a "Anker PowerCore+ 26800 PD with 30W Power Delivery Charger" to
extend the Battery life to 4h + in Video. The importent part what i
understand is the PD is 30W but what if i us "USB C Charger, Anker
PowerPort II UL Certified 49.5W Wall Charger" will it work the same?
Did you mabey test this alreddy? i dont wanna buy the Grip cheers Jay
I have not tried connect my camera directly to the charger, mostly because i dont want to damage my camera. I'm not sponsored or anything so I dont do test that can potential damage my equipment. Sorry
why does the xt3 have such harsh exposure changes when in aperture priority mode...i cant even video a sunset to speed it up later in post like i do with my sony A7rii
without it flashing so badly as the sun set and the light got progressively dimmer....i was using the 16mm f1.4
are you doing video or timelapse. If you are doing video, yes the exposure stepping can be seen and there is little you can do about it. Timelapses should not have that problem
if theres nothing i can do about it in video then the fuji gets sold and i go back to Sony lol. Because the sony can handle a video sunset without this needless flickering when set to aperture priority. you dont even see any of it in the sony sunset videos. i only bought the fuji because it had the 10bit 4.2.2 and that eliminates banding. but if this thing cant do what the sony can do and not turn a sunset into a flicker show then its going back lol
Thanks from Australia mate I'm just exploring the possibilities of video coming from the old commercial school of full manual (film background so highlight, exposure dmax concept of zebra etc are well learnt) but your button /menu explanations are well presented so its now a little clearer for me to how to get started ,great help for photographer beginning to capture moving images !
Any recommendations out of the Atomos range to capture 4k on the X-T3 without breaking the bank but with the ability to see LUT settings on screen ?
Cheers
I dont have experience with Atomos devices but everyone loves the Ninja 5. For this case I recommend renting before buying. External recorders are great but you will surprised how much more effort is needed to use them constantly.
Hi, Thank you for the great informative video. Do you need a specific external powerbank like anker or any other power bank will be ok to use? I have a duracell powerbank but i am not sure if it will be suitable, Thank you.
The anker brand is what Fujifilm recommends so that is the brand I go with. I have not really tried any other brands.
I have the X-T3
Hi bro,when i am making video on x-t3 recording is saying write error after 40s or so..whats the problem it is brand new..
Mario, it's most likely your sd card is bad or too slow. You can try reducing your data rate to a smaller number or get a new sd card and try it out. I would recommend the sony sd card with 300mb read/write speed.
You always have great useful info in your videos. Thank you for that. I have a question about this one. What do you mean by "one of the biggest downsides to shooting this way is that you can't control your shutter?" I'm scratching my head here, thinking, "Of course you can control your shutter"
when you have your shutter dial on "A" for auto. The camera will decide what shutter speed you use. For example, I like to shoot my videos on 4k 30 frames per second. The most common shutter speed for that is 1/60 of a second. When you have it on auto, a lot of time it will choose 1/30 of a second. Which means thing in motion will show more motion blur.
@@WaiYingLam I understand that. Yes, the camera will decide because you are telling it to decide for you by setting the shutter dial to A. You are telling it that you don't care what the shutter speed is. I guess my confusion started because you described it as "something annoying I wish Fuji would fix". What's there to fix? You basically want Shutter Priority mode, which you already have. You just set the Shutter to 60 instead of A :) The whole point of Auto is for the camera to take control and in some scenarios it might need to drop the shutter to below 60 for a correct exposure. Basically, if you want control don't give it to the camera and say that it is annoying that it didn't set it to your preference.
Peace guys
Wai i just got an x-T3, the shutter button seems not to be working because I've followed all the settings. I need to know if it is faulty so that i may send it back if I must. Has anyone else had that experience please?
Pax, what like shutter button does not do anything?
hi wai! have u tried using a non PD battery bank and shoot 4K? did u see the power drop?
i tried it a couple of times and battery still drop when i shoot 4K or even 1080
I have not tried a non-PD battery because this is my own equipment that I bought with my own money, so I dont really want to break it.
@@WaiYingLam lol im trying it on a XT3 that i bought with my own money too .. i don't have a PD power bank laying around. lol... But do your XT3 battery drop when u are recording 4K （plugged into a PD powerbank)?
Great info. Thanks for sharing. How are you getting your AE-L and AE-L indicators to stay on screen when you press them? When I press mine they just flash and go away. Thanks.
You need to go into the menu -> set up -> button/dial setting, on page 2, there is AE/AF LOCK MODE and AWB-LOCK MODE. Both of those need to set on "S" for switch. The default is "P" for press.
Wai Lam Thanks. One another note, have you noticed that when in auto ISO and auto shutter for video at 24FPS that the shutter defaults to shutter speed 24th of a second ignoring the 180 degree shutter rule and at 120fps the default shutter is 60th of a second?
Hey Wai, thanks as always!
I've been trying to see the audio levels when I'm recording a video. I already checked what I want to display, but I cannot see it.
Do you have large icons turned on? That might make audio levels disappear because its too big to fix the screen.
@@WaiYingLam Yes Wai! That was the reason! Everything is visible now! Thank you so much!
@@JuanKis this was a VITAL find after loosing audio on a shoot. NEVER AGAIN!
Why my focus box doesn't show in my camera?
there could be a number of reason, check to see if you have the camera set to manual focus. If it is not and you dont know why, I recommend resetting you camera and see if that fixes the problem.
Again, thanks for sharing Wai, will you make a follow up video?
I was not planning on it Eric, is there anything specific I should go more in depth into?
Thanks Wai, you talked about a beginners review, but I‘m fine to kick off with this version, still a beginner....
Mine is stuck in slow mo and no sound ( i don’t have a mic)
Have you tried resetting you camera?
Just looking at the camera setup like that makes me want to get out and shoot
Do it! that was fun picture to take
Can u tell me more slow motion Video settings ? Thanks
Nelson Sze mine is stuck in slow mo and I need help