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great video, and i use my xh2s for cinematography of rc cars. and i agree, its hit or miss with the autofocus tracking. But when it focuses, with the viltrox 27mm f1.2, wow amazing images/videos. But yeahs its a big shame this AI implementation of focusing is trash. For still photography, and its so good. Hence i cant sell it. Again, thanks for the great video and im a new sub :)

Sold my Fujis for a Canon 6dII. The Canon DSLR has better AF than Fuji. 😂

Fuji has been very comfy with the success of the X100V that they’ve basically alienated the consumers that loved using their products. The Kaizen updates that has been the pride of the company is basically forgotten now and most firmware updates are just mostly bug fixes that is supposed to be a bare minimum to all companies.

Happy to have stuck to my X-T4 then haha

I considered getting the GFX 100sii but I think I'll just get the X2D instead.

It's sad to see that Fuji still has problems with their software. My last camera from this company was the X-T3 in 2019, which always froze when the aperture selection was set to the front dial and there was a backlight situation. I was always able to reproduce this error. The service department replaced the camera, but the error persisted. This one error and a few other unpleasant experiences with the hardware were the last straw, so I sold everything.

I do bird photos and videos with the H2-s and the xf 150-600 mm. Yes, the autofocus has gone worse with the various firmware updates, to such an extent that it regularly wrecks my work. I no longer trust Fuji equipement. I use Canon or Sony for reliability. It seems Fujifilm software engineers have no clue how autofocus works.

You should try to interview Phase One Ambassador Sails Chong

I bought into the Fujifilm system with an XT-3 years ago together with several lenses. The issues being aired now became clear to me in use very quickly. I sold everything Fuji, took the loss, and haven't looked back. The trouble is that I saw every RUclips I could find back then on the system before purchasing and nether a hint of this issue which has clearly existed for a long time. Why now?

How is the Fuji focus? They are supposedly having focus issues?

just commenting here to spread this video as far as possible!

I just don't like Fuji Film as a company.

I work piece of subscribing to your channel because ninety percent of what you talked to was winging and complaining and utterly negative..typical whinging Pom

im glad people are now telling the Truth about Fujifilm, I have just swapped from XT-5 to Lumix s5II and its been a great experience

So just to be completely clear, these issues are mainly found in AF-C mode in both video and stills correct? Has anyone had issues in AF-S on the new firmware update? My XT5 is still on firmware 2.10 lol and I don't know if I should update it or not. I mostly use AF-S as there aren't many tracking subjects that I shoot as a hobbyist other than my dogs from time to time. Fuji was the first brand I bought when I first started (X100F) so interestingly enough I'm not really used to having great tracking software in a camera. Recently I've wanted to get into wildlife - but I will most likely go with another brand if I go that route and keep my XT5 as a point and shoot when I'm not heartbroken about something being out of focus.

Has anyone tried it with the stabilisation turned off? Could be something to do with the sensor moving?

Canon R6II is the best camera right now under US$3000. I recommend anyone to buy it. The biggest problem is 3rd party lens selection. I dislike the grip of the Zf, but I would pick it any day over Fujifilm. The best apsc camera for me is the Sony a6700. Largest selection of lenses, great autofocus, acceptable IBIS.

For video I chose Sony and Panasonic. I slightly prefer the Panasonic look (including colors and stabilization), but maintaining focus is Sony's hallmark.

What really bugs me is that my fujifilm xt3's af is better and reliable than my xt5. The new update Ver 4,00 for the xt5 is still buggy theer is a bad pulsing issues where the af goes in and out with the Af-c, selective area mode and slight movements. With the Fuji 23mm f2 and 35mm f2. Also sometimes the Af goes completely off trying to focus if another subject enteres the frame and in the same point as the selected af area box. I hope fujifilm fixes this. Because we are in 2024 now such issues shoulds not occur in cameras at all. Tracking with fujifilm is BAD and now event the area AF is not reliable.

This is a catastrophic problem from Fujifilm and yet quite a lot of users are ignoring this. If they cant keep up with AF-C, then f*** them.

Why would I want a camera that doesn't focus on level with their competitors for the same $$$? I left Fuji over 4 years ago. Yes - they have fun jpegs, but I don't consider them for pro work. Personally, I don't like Canon, but you do you. I'll take Sony and Nikon all day long. BTW, if bullet proof AF tracking, easy to color grading and a huge ecosystem is something you want - IMO Sony would be best.

The way Fuji is handling this firmware issue is a big disappointment... For years they've been winning over photographers hearts with their strategy and now where they've reached a unique position in the market with the X100VI they seem to be resting on their laurels a little. I have already sold my XH2S because it made my life difficult on several jobs and my new Lumix S9 outperforms the autofocus of my XT5 😢

Thanks for having on to discuss this issue! One thing I forgot to mention regarding video AF along with having to hire a camera operator; a lot of clients choose us to gain high quality production value but at the same time think that our cameras can track like an iPhone. This is unfortunately not possible with fuji cameras. I get very very nervous if a client said: "please focus on that hand holding a burger and follow it around". I would only trust Face tracking if the background is not busy and only 1 person is in the frame. So overall, if you shoot simple things. It's not worth switching. However, if you are looking to progress with the times and create dynamic content that is moving with the industries: 1) I hope you are patient like me to wait and see what Fuji does to fix this issue. 2) Or maybe rent a range of other brands and see fits your style before committing. Thanks again Tom! 👊🏼❤

It’s funny because my GFX 50s is too slow to use autofocus with anyway.

To be Honest, if u Shooting stills-Landscape or anything else with little to no moving objects fuji is fine. for everything else get away from fuji. im using my xh2 and xh2s and im going to sell my xh2s asap when sony announcing their alpha 7 mk5. Ill keep my xh2 for my everyday shooting or street photography but everything like weddings or some other events i will look forward to more reliable like sony. Canon is no option for me because their lense-policy is IMO not customer Friendly.

My goodness the unit you're testing could be defective. I have been testing my Fuji XT 30 ii XT5 XH2S XS 20 up until yesterday I could say that the autofocus tracking is the same as my Sony A7IV a7C2 a7600 a6400 and my Nikon ZF.

Fujifilm build is just crap. My camera broke

Tracking AF and Fujifilm dont fit in the same sentence we all know that. But Fuji has his own vibes it can be a love and hate relatioship.

I have the x100vi and have not updated the firmware. no need for me its been fine since day one. Two years ago on my x100v a firmware update was done and it took it out. Fortunately, I had the extended warranty, Sent it in and Fuji found the motherboard was toast. After 2 weeks came back perfect. So the x100vi Stays as is.

Pal2tech says the other way round

Great to see you back Tom!! Massive shame Fujifilm hasn’t fixed this issue, seemingly making it significantly worse since v1 firmware… really poor from them. I’ve stopped updating my X-H2 for the last year - although fortunately for me I mainly shoot video with manual focus so it’s not as big of an issue for me as it is for the vast majority people. But even I’m disappointed that if I wanted to shoot in a different way I couldn’t trust it.

Still can remember when I got the X-T5 brand new, my first try was shooting my son going down the hill with his sleigh. With the new 33mm, a new lens with linear motors. Almost none of the shots had even soft focus, most of them were totally out of focus. Now we are on firmware 4 and it is still almost as bad, thankfully not as bad as with the previous firmware. I’m thankful I don’t rely on it for work and that I don’t do video. But even as a passionate hobby photographer, I take my Sony A7IV with me when I don’t want to have to think about autofocus. It’s a shame, cause the Sony doesn’t inspire to go out and shoot. But sometimes it’s more about reliability than passion. Even as a hobbyist.

Almost the same journey as yourself. X-T20, X-H1, X-T4, and until just before firmware 7 I sold my X-H2S for a Canon R6MII. I bought the X-H2S for the promised autofocus that never came. I shoot stills and anything that moved was rarely in focus no matter the lens or setting used. LOVE the results from the R6MII, miss a lot of what the Fuji offered.

AF should not be a problem nowadays at all. Sony a6700 af capabilities are better than their A1 and a6700 costs less than 1500 usd. That is why it is so frustrating for Fuji lovers, because with good af Fuji would be almost perfect system.

good, i hope they remove it completely in future updates so we give birth to more thoughtful photographers

I updated to the latest firmware 7.0 on the XH2s and the results from yesterday’s wedding were not very good compared to what I remember previously, don’t get me wrong i got the job done but I had to take extra shots while changing from face detection to single point to cover for the inabilities if either wasn’t spot on. But there are action shots which you only get one take and some were ok but others were terrible and the problem is I don’t know how or why the algorithm goes wrong? Its so frustrating i am now looking at the Nikon ZF as well. I have really had enough of Fuji its not worth the grief, wedding photography is already stressful enough without having gear issues on also.

Super info...thx!♡

I sold all my Fuji stuff over a year ago due to the poor AF in the xh2. I thought they would have improved it by now rather than make it worse. They still sell a lot of cameras so I guess they are in no rush to fix it.

How long will I have to wait for an actual fix? I want to buy a Fuji camera, but????

I just changed to Nikon. I shoot sports mostly and af was a hit and miss most of the time, Had to use single AF.

I'm on the X-S10, my first Fuji system, and I was looking to update the X-H2s based on the early reviews, which said the autofocus was very usable. However, after these catastrophic firmware updates, it seems to be way worse than on my old X-S10, and that's not acceptable. I started to look elsewhere, sadly. I love Fuji colors, dynamic range, and easy noise reduction in Resolve with F-log. If Fuji can't fix the issue when I'm in a position to upgrade, I'm probably a future Lumix user.

I bought the XH2S thinking it would let me sell the R5 system but absolutely not. I’ll use Fuji for personal stuff but Canon for wedding photography. If the R6iii releases before Fuji can fix this I’m out. Or maybe id go an R3 not sure.

I shoot Canon but I also have Leica and Fuji. My Fujis don’t have any of these so mentioned issues! Am I the only lucky one?

How are you liking the nikon colors and editing? Wanted the xh2s but im thinking z6iii now from your vids. Never shot nikon

I must be missing something because my XH2 works great for vid or stills, I shoot a lot of wildlife when I am not doing my commercial work. The update improved it a bit.

I do shoot professionally with 2x XH2S's, both video and stills, and I do live in AF.C with Subject Tracking (Face/Eye). I have sat on f/w 5.03 for quite some time now, old enough to know it is risky to simply jump on the latest f/w, sadly the consumer is the beta tester in todays modern tech climate. What I will say is I tend to be able to deliver what the client wants and in doing so see repeat business. My local theatre I am pretty much the go to now for much of their work be it orchestras or drama. In practical terms what I do need to do is take A LOT of images. My default is AF.C, ES, 10fps. The culling takes the most time but because the colours and styles are pleasing and I do not find I spend long on the actual edits, literally sometimes 10-15secs per still (other times a little longer like a minute or two). I think my line of work lends itself to being a little spammy with the shutter anyway. Anyone that has shot public speaking, trying to find a pleasing talking moment will know how difficult that is to time with a single shot, faces can look contorted often, more is better and helps guarantees keepers. But that doesn't mean I enjoy the process of reviewing the work and finding some moments spoiled by the AF hunt. It feels like Focus Priority is becoming more and more like Focus Release, ringing the shutter prematurely at the expense of not really having proper focus (false positives). I completely agree with you. It's about serviceability, I'm scraping by at the moment, and in my line of work I genuinely need that 9ms read out to avoid banding at shutter speeds I require (I would be interested to hear how the R6II behaves in this regard as that is the camera that has piqued my interest also, being 14ms it seems to be the fastest readout camera from a single non-stacked camera floating around?). The biggest problem as I see it is the attitude of the company, taking way to long to address 6.0 and the fix not really a deep enough fix. If Edvard can prove 1.03 is better, then they have a lot of work to do to get us back to (at least) THAT performance level without losing the features that came along the way. My trust with the brand is shaken, and I do not feel like continually investing into a company that seems to have a roadblock to AF. I've been here before with another brand and it doesn't end well. The brand must be able to make genuine strides in AF performance to stay relevant. I think Fuji are sitting right at the back of the pack and they are riding on the success of their colours and designs to stay relevant, something I see as being a bit of a fad and short term momentum. I think my investment with the brand is done. I intend to roll my units back to 1.03 and then just shoot the things till they die. But my research now lies looking at other cameras and that always feels a bit of a shame..

Fujifilm seems to have lost all of its “mojo” over the last few years and does not seem to be terribly interested in seriously addressing these issues. I spent 40+ years shooting with Canon for both pro and amateur alike, switching to Fuji in 2016. Being a film shooter from the 70s up until my first DSLR (1D) in 2006, I fell in love with the retro designs of their offerings so I was willing to overlook their flaws, namely AF, assuming that in time, Fuji would fix these issues. Sadly, this does not to seem to be the case, to me anyways. While I am still getting a decent hit rate of 75%, this is still much below the 90% keeper rate of my now-gone Canon DSLRs. While I am not planning to jump ship at the moment, if this trend of “so-so” firmware upgrades and simply ignoring the biggest issue facing Fuji, I can not discount the possibility of moving back to Canon or even Nikon in the next few years.

I am about to buy a XH2S and 150-600 for bird photography (stills only) are the firmware issues impacting the bird auto focus ?

I dont get what everyone is complaining about, I have no issues with autofocus and it's actually improved with this latest firmware... Multiple videos also backing this up... Maybe you have a lemon

This is why I’m sticking with my xe4 for now