I 100% agree! I use ISO 12800 max. People put too much thought into High ISO performance. As long as you can see the expressions on peoples faces that expresses the moment, I and the people are perfectly happy with it. Graininess should be viewed as a style rather than a failure. What really sucks is missing the moment!
Chris, your channel is a must-go for anybody starting with (Fuji) photography, like myself a year ago. I bought the X-T4 1 month ago, and I devoured your videos! They’re not only extremely useful information wise, but your enthusiasm makes me really heart pumping to know my camera inside and out. It’s really inspirational! If I were Fuji, I would hire you immediately. A big thank you from The Netherlands!
Thank you for the wonderful explanation Chris, I got an X-T4 recently and your video actually allowed me to use the camera in Auto ISO mode instead of avoiding that mode altogether because of the issue with minimum SS, which as you said was the big gotcha. The other gotcha (for me at least) is shown at 11:02. Specifically, if I took control of the SS and Aperture, and decided to leave the ISO up to the camera, then that means I'd like to *monitor* the ISO on the fly. But I cannot do that, because Fuji decided to display the *maximum* value I had for the setting all the time, unless I half-click the shutter and lock focus /exposure which is the only time the *real* or current ISO that will be recorded on my photo is shown. Maybe I don't want to lock everything and half press the shutter just to read the ISO value, instead it would be much more useful to show ISOA1 12800 somewhere at the top of the EVF so that I know what setting I'm in, but show the current ISO updated on the fly at the bottom, so that I can see what the camera does with it all the time. That way I can adjust my SS/aperture on the fly and press the shutter when I mean to lock focus and shoot the photo, instead of to check my current ISO. Sadly, I was not able to find a way to achieve this no matter what I do.
Sorry to be so offtopic but does any of you know of a method to get back into an Instagram account? I stupidly forgot my account password. I appreciate any help you can give me!
@Jaxx Wade Thanks for your reply. I got to the site through google and Im trying it out now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
I had watched your ISO invariance video, loved it, and your video on how to set the command dial for ISO was super useful. Didn't know that was possible. I learned a few things on this too, but if I can add a suggestion. I use ALL 3 AUTO ISO settings, and while I can't rename them, I call them DAY, DUSK, and EVENING. So AUTO ISO 1 is for bright conditions, with a higher minimum shutter speed, lowest ISO, etc. AUTO ISO 2 is for Lower Light situations, with ISO 400 as minimum, a lower minimum shutter speed like 1/60, and a top speed of about 1600. Then ISO 3 I let go to 12800 ISO, and I do use AUTO for the minimum shutter speed. AND, to change these SUPER QUICK, I use the right directional button to change AUTO ISO. Not only is it super fast, I can push again to the right to quickly adjust these settings. And while I normally shoot Aperture Priority, as you mention, I can quickly grab the shutter dial to change the minimum shutter speed to a fixed setting if need be. I do have a 5 min video here on RUclips on how I do this, but you get the idea. Thanks to YOUR video, I learned today that I can quickly change AUTO ISO with the front command dial, but I don't like the fact that it would be super easy to accidentally roll that dial and suddenly be using an ISO I may not want. Light may change, but usually not dramatically enough that one of the 3 settings won't handle it, but by using the right directional button (works best because another push in the same direction gets you to be able to adjust these without going to the menu), I can change things quickly at weddings and events, and instead of OK I can just gently tap the shutter button to set it. THANKS AGAIN! I subscribed!
Absolutely terrific. Saved me an enormous amount of time trying to figure this out on my own. For wildlife, I find it best to shoot wide open (smallest f- number for given lens), and Auto settings: default sensitivity: 200; max sensitivity: 12,800; min shutter speed 1/60. Your tip to override the shutter speed using the SS dial solved the mystery for me. I use an XT2. Thank you very much for your understandable tutorials.
Auto-ISO is especially nice for street photography. The light changes by the second with shadows and such. Things are changing and happening quickly in that environment, so I don't want to be fussing with settings. I want to get the shot. The other thing is that I shoot aperture priority most of the time. So that limits the camera to just two things for good exposure: shutter and ISO. Also. I want the shutter at a minimum speed so as to prevent blur. Auto-ISO allows me to do this. Great feature.
0:22 The film simulations on my Fujifilm X-T4 actually got me BACK into film again. I shoot both film and digital now. Also, your all ISO videos are great explainers!
The reason for lowest shutter speed of 23mm is 1/34 is because safe shutter speed formula for handheld of 1/focal length is based on 35mm equivalent focal length, which 23x1.5 is 34.5.
Thanks Jon! And you are 100% correct for sure because I just want back and it's interesting how it's doing the crop factor calculation and then rounding down. I'd love to mention that more -- damn I wish RUclips would allow us to EDIT our videos!!!!
3 auto ISO settings seems like a solution looking for a problem. I use your technique that I discovered on my on, the hard way. I wish I had seen this video 2 years ago. I think it is the best solution.
This video was extremely useful! Thank you!!...I thought I was going crazy with the "min shutter speed" setting for the Auto ISO! Now I understand! and know what to do about it! Thank you very much your Fujifilm XT3 reviews!
Applause from China. Because my poor English I kinda never leave any comment. But your videos are the most helpful and infomational videos not only on photo taking videos, but all videos on RUclips so I must say something. I use all your tips on my new X-H2s and works great! Thanks a lot!
For me, I usually have my camera set to auto ISO and I take control of Aperture and Shutter. If my ISO is too high, I’ll either open up my aperture more or slow down my shutter, depending on the situation. Some people don’t like that, but everyone shoots differently. Great video as usual!
the best explanation i found for this option especially that sentence ( min shutter is more of a suggestion ) . it was a great confusion issue for me that it won't lock a min shutter
Thank you so much for all that Information about the Fuji-Cameras. I just want to share my experience in terms of Auto-ISO and Auto-SS: Auto ISO and Auto-SS works like this: First the camera will try to regulate the exposure by regulating the SS. (ISO stays at the default value) When the camera reaches the min. SS and the image is still underexposed, the camera starts to regulate the ISO If the camera reaches the min/max-values for SS and ISO and the image is still underexposed, then the camera will try to fix the exposure by going beyond the min-value for the SS. Thats why i have the same max ISO-Values for all 3 Auto-ISO-Profiles (max 6400 ISO). Instead of setting different ISO-Values for the Auto-ISO-Profiles, i set different min-SS-Values (In my case 1/125, 1/80, 1/60)
Great video, really informative, I'm getting an XT4 tomorrow, my first Fujifilm ever, haven't properly been into photography since my college days, and that was real film camera's/darkrooms etc etc, very excited and this will help/refresh no end
I recently discovered your Fuji XTx videos shortly after ordering my first Fuji...the XT3. Just wanted to thank you for the excellent presentations/content and easy to follow tutorials! Cheers
Love ,love, love this channel my photography is improving and fun especially increasing so much! never thought I'd love a channel this much seriously. like having a personal teacher. With the money I spend can't tell you how much I appreciate your work....Guess I just did. Valuable content for sure recommending to all my enthusiast/ semipro Photographers. Please keep up the great content.
You're right, there should be hard lock on SS instead of ISO. Spending time testing your camera could really pay off in better shots. Thanks for the great info!!
I was setting up AP on X-T30 and was wondering about min SS. Thanks ! Amazing video and explanation. I'm binging your Fuji Camera Training playlist. One suggestion: Grouping video from basic to advanced would be awesome ! I'm currently skipping advanced ones and will revisit later !
The only problem with your DWATI mode is that you can easily over expose your photo in case you set the shutterspeed on the dial to low. The camera can then not choose higher shutterspeeds anymore and you might not notice it in that moment. I think the 3 auto ISO modes are great. I just have different min shutterspeeds for each, while min/max ISO I keep the same for all (just use the cameras max/min possible ISO). Still, thanks for your videos! I didn't know there was an auto min shutterspeed option yet, I like that. Keep up the good work!
I'm a recent x100v owner, not an xt-something owner, but this is useful all the same. Particularly your suggestion to keep the shutter speed in manual mode (or DWATI, as you call it :P), as I'm able to control my shutter speed through the back dial if I stick the top dial to T. You just made my life one stop easier, thanks!
haha... same! got offended by my fuji too. I grew up on manual shooting. thanks to the two holidays (which corona is the main one), I decided to learn to enjoy the benefits of auto features on my fuji. and I stuck in the same "Min SS" dilemma, I couldn't understand why the camera ignores my "min ss". I gave up digging the menu or google for fuji bugs. I just did the same, use it to border only the ISO. now I found your video about! I guess it's still, an "AUTO Priority" feature after all. it will be really nice to have Min SS feature that actually bounds the SS as expected.
I had the same issues with Canon's minimum shutter speed. I found out the hard way that the camera takes liberty with your shutter speed...no bueno. But great fix! Thanks pal2tech!
Back when this video came out, I had set my Auto ISO Button Dial to COMMAND, then a month ago when I was shooting in conditions where it would have been best to use auto ISO, I could not for the life of me figure out how to set it back to auto, I went absolutely nuts, and of course now that all my photos and videos from that shoot have been published, this video pops into my recommended and low and behold, its the one tab I did not check in the options
I get what you are saying but I have never been comfortable using auto ISO. The times I have used it on my Nikons it seemed to always default to the maximum ISO and therefore introduce to much noise into my image. When using my X-T3 I have my ISO and shutter speeds set to my back and front dials and it's so easy to change settings and I feel that I am more in control and telling the camera what to do instead of it deciding what it thinks it should do. I guess we all have our different ways of shooting and there is no set hard and fast rule which makes photography so much more interesting. Great channel by the way and love your tutorials
Yeah, it can be mind-boggling how many different preferences/ways people have to get the shots. At the end of the day, the #1 King of all of this is the STORY. Tell a good story in your photos/videos and you've nailed it. Cheers and thank you!!!
damn this video helps me a lot. After using my X-T30 for more than half a year, I still missing something. The auto ISO would be really helpful, cant wait to try it out. btw your explanations are easier to understand than other videos I came across. Keep it up!
Please disregard my initial comment.....I know why the MY portion of the MENU was not available. When I get a few moments I will hopefully be able to set up DWATI. Thanks so much for your video.....very helpful as always.
@pal2tech great video, very well presented. Im very much a beginner taking up photography as my retirement hobby, so you can imagine vulnerable to camera shake!! Im using a Nikon camera but found pretty much everything you said to be very applicable. I have found that manual mode with auto ISO to be the best for me. Having control over shutter speed and aperture is fairly easy especially when you don't have to worry about ISO.. cheers
Thanks for the video, and especially for calling out the difference in how Fuji interprets "max ISO" and "min shutter." I agree that's a very weird decision on their part to treat min shutter as a harder limit than max ISO.
This is a fantastic video. Thanks so much for posting it. I've always felt confused by the Auto ISO settings in my Fujifilm camera. This helps tremendously. I'm now a subscriber. You make some great videos. Please keep up the great work.
Thanks for the video. What's the point in having three different Auto settings? OK I can understand why but how do you make the best use of them and is there any way to select among them without getting into the menu?
I shoot aperture priority a lot, and find the XT3 can occasionally be all too excited to go straight to the max ISO I allow, and choose shutter speeds that nothing but a tripod could support - and even then, everyone better hold still. So, manual intervention is very often called for. That said, I find that, when you have good light, even the higher ISOs look very good and very sharp - even at 3200/6400 (for example, when I close down the aperture outdoors but have strong light). When you have poor light, it doesn't matter much if I run low ISO/high ISO - it will look pretty bad. BTW, I discovered that I can select shutter speed manually on the dial, and then using the back wheel, move the shutter speed up or down by several notches. Previously, it would annoy me when I wanted, say, 1/100, but the dial only allowed 1/125. Finding this was a great upgrade. As was learning to use a flash, since indoor light a high percentage of the time is often just bad even with a wide aperture lens.
Very helpful summary. Thank you. If you choose to use auto ISO, how do you know what ISO the camera has picked for you in a particular shot ? I only see the maximum ISO SETTING displayed in the view finder
Question for X-H2 users re: button dial setup: I'm curious how users setup exposure compensation when shooting auto ISO in manual mode. Specifically, how to you effect exposure compensation if your front command dial is set up for aperture and the rear dial for shutter speed? Thanks in advance.
YES.. THANK YOU. I have been really kind of looking for an explanation for how this works since I do Street with my XT3 Aperture priority. But I use the Auto setting. I also don’t understand why it doesn’t say minimum ISO and maximum ISO. Great video. Thank you.
Aha! Thanks for confirming I'm not going mad. I was wondering why the minimum shutter speed setting wasn't working. I suppose Fujifilm decided it's better to ignore the setting occasionally and take a photo than having the camera lock up
5:00 Maybe 1/34 takes in to account the crop rate of the sensor. Like on a FF camers it would choose 1/23. but if you multiply 23mm with 1,52 which is the Fuji crop ratio - you'll end up at 1/34 sec-.
I think you’re a genius! This camera is definitely quirky and you are the only person who has explained this ISO nonsense so I can understand what’s happening. Now I need to know why that green square jumps all over the screen and would love to make it stay in the middle!!!! Any ideas? Thank you x
I did do a quick, non technical, test on what you said about OIS and shutter speed; I have the XT4. I had a desk lamp on with a dollar bill. I focused on the eye of Jackson and took one shot with OIS on (1/125, f11, ISO 3200 camera set with auto ISO and auto shutter). When I turned OIS off the settings changed to 1/120, f11, ISO 3200. So the camera is taking into account OIS in the XT4. Or, are you talking about something I didn't understand correctly? Love your videos I keep coming back for more. Thanks for the help with Auto ISO!!
That is very interesting. I didn't check that out on my own and I was Thinking that the MINIMUM shutter speed would be the MINIMUM. So, thank you for explaining.
awesome, your explanation of these 3-settings (Auto1, Auto2, & Auto3) ... always wondered when they came into play -- in Program, Aperture, or Shutter priority ... you have a method of instruction that even the inept can understand, thanks so much for the insight .. am now a better photographer (keep the good work coming).
Also when using a foreign manual lens and setting it's focal length in settings, the camera will also use this value to calculate min shutter speed for the manual lens.
Hi On my xt4 with the latest firmware I can't find the iso dial setting A or H or Evan L Has it been taken out or moved elsewhere deep in the menus Thanks Danny
As always, great content sir. Im new to fuji cameras and i have only started to shoot again, so picking up where i left-off kinda thing. Ive been scratching my head on this auto ISO settings since the day i got the camera. Thought im making some mistakes in setting it up. Fuji needs to really have a good firmware update to correct the min shut speed thing else just rename the darn thing.. hehehe.. thanks again for this wonderful content sir.
Once again a fantastically constructed and very useful tutorial. I have often wondered where I was going wrong with auto ISO, and now I know! Thanks again Chris! Still looking forward to the studio / drawer labelling tour tho. 😜
pal2tech Just a gentle nudge... I need all the help I can get with being organised, you should see my office just now! Although, actually you can’t really see it, due to the clutter! Are you looking forward to the X-T4? I hope I’ll be able to justify the upgrade. I’m sure your review when it comes will help with the justification.
Love your channel! I am really confused because I have two Fuji xt3’s where I can adjust my iso in the front dial. Not the dial on the top. Did they take that feature away ? Why can I not setup this new to me used Fuji xt3 like my old ones ?
Can you test your AFL and AEL buttons? You'll find that AFL works fine but AEL button seems to be not working in this mode! Meanwhile, half press the shutter button can still lock exposure... I know it because I've been shooting in this mode since I got my XT3. It's a little bit annoying because I shoot street photography and I would love to control exposure through AEL button. But I can't. Hope fuji will fix this inconsistency bug!
I did some google digging on this problem. It seems that fuji is calling this mode "Manual Mode". Since it's "Manual" mode, there's nothing to be locked when you press the AEL button, because you're control it manually. They seem to forgot that ISO is still in Auto mode...X/
Auto minimum ss would be set to 1/34 for a 23 mm lens on an APS-C camera because the reciprocal rule actually goes off of the full frame equivalent for focal length, NOT the APS-C focal length. Since 23 mm ~ 35mm full frame equivalent, that is why. :)
Great info, I have an X-E2s. Set the ISO to auto, but the ISO doesn’t move from the highest value. I move the camera around and it stays at 3200. It seems to be shooting a different and correct ISO but it never changes in the screen. Thanks.
I doubt you will see this comment BUT when using a zoom and calculating minimum shutter speed, for reasons I can't explain to you, you use the zoom at its longest focal length in the calculation regardless of where the zoom is actually set at. So the zoom at 55mm should still be set for 1/200th. BUT, the formula existed before cropped sensors (days of film) so the calculation should include the crop factor. So a Fuji 50 mm should be 1/75 secs (or rounded to the closest shutter speed) as a minimum rule BUT according to the photo school I attended you should really double the speed to ensure sharpness, so 1/75 now becomes 1/150 second.
I have an X-T2 have set up all the dials as you have explained (I think) and my ISO does not change with lighting conditions. It shoots EVERYTHING at 3200 ISO. It it me or do I have a camera problem. Thanks for any insight you can give me.
I have fuji 16-80mm OIS lens. If im zoomed in full at 80mm, would the recommendation be shutter speed of about 1/80 to have decent handheld shots? Thanks pal2tech
I 100% agree!
I use ISO 12800 max.
People put too much thought into High ISO performance.
As long as you can see the expressions on peoples faces that expresses the moment, I and the people are perfectly happy with it.
Graininess should be viewed as a style rather than a failure. What really sucks is missing the moment!
Unfortunatly high iso is not only related to soft detail and grain, but also a lower dynamic range
Chris, your channel is a must-go for anybody starting with (Fuji) photography, like myself a year ago. I bought the X-T4 1 month ago, and I devoured your videos! They’re not only extremely useful information wise, but your enthusiasm makes me really heart pumping to know my camera inside and out. It’s really inspirational! If I were Fuji, I would hire you immediately.
A big thank you from The Netherlands!
Thank you for the wonderful explanation Chris, I got an X-T4 recently and your video actually allowed me to use the camera in Auto ISO mode instead of avoiding that mode altogether because of the issue with minimum SS, which as you said was the big gotcha. The other gotcha (for me at least) is shown at 11:02. Specifically, if I took control of the SS and Aperture, and decided to leave the ISO up to the camera, then that means I'd like to *monitor* the ISO on the fly. But I cannot do that, because Fuji decided to display the *maximum* value I had for the setting all the time, unless I half-click the shutter and lock focus /exposure which is the only time the *real* or current ISO that will be recorded on my photo is shown. Maybe I don't want to lock everything and half press the shutter just to read the ISO value, instead it would be much more useful to show ISOA1 12800 somewhere at the top of the EVF so that I know what setting I'm in, but show the current ISO updated on the fly at the bottom, so that I can see what the camera does with it all the time. That way I can adjust my SS/aperture on the fly and press the shutter when I mean to lock focus and shoot the photo, instead of to check my current ISO. Sadly, I was not able to find a way to achieve this no matter what I do.
such an underrated channel.
Thank you so much!!! :-)
Sorry to be so offtopic but does any of you know of a method to get back into an Instagram account?
I stupidly forgot my account password. I appreciate any help you can give me!
@Crosby Malcolm Instablaster ;)
@Jaxx Wade Thanks for your reply. I got to the site through google and Im trying it out now.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
@Jaxx Wade it did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy!
Thank you so much, you saved my account!
I come back to this video often. For me, it's priceless!
I had watched your ISO invariance video, loved it, and your video on how to set the command dial for ISO was super useful. Didn't know that was possible. I learned a few things on this too, but if I can add a suggestion. I use ALL 3 AUTO ISO settings, and while I can't rename them, I call them DAY, DUSK, and EVENING. So AUTO ISO 1 is for bright conditions, with a higher minimum shutter speed, lowest ISO, etc. AUTO ISO 2 is for Lower Light situations, with ISO 400 as minimum, a lower minimum shutter speed like 1/60, and a top speed of about 1600. Then ISO 3 I let go to 12800 ISO, and I do use AUTO for the minimum shutter speed. AND, to change these SUPER QUICK, I use the right directional button to change AUTO ISO. Not only is it super fast, I can push again to the right to quickly adjust these settings. And while I normally shoot Aperture Priority, as you mention, I can quickly grab the shutter dial to change the minimum shutter speed to a fixed setting if need be. I do have a 5 min video here on RUclips on how I do this, but you get the idea. Thanks to YOUR video, I learned today that I can quickly change AUTO ISO with the front command dial, but I don't like the fact that it would be super easy to accidentally roll that dial and suddenly be using an ISO I may not want. Light may change, but usually not dramatically enough that one of the 3 settings won't handle it, but by using the right directional button (works best because another push in the same direction gets you to be able to adjust these without going to the menu), I can change things quickly at weddings and events, and instead of OK I can just gently tap the shutter button to set it. THANKS AGAIN! I subscribed!
GREAT suggestions Nathan!!!! Thank you so much man!!! 👍
Absolutely terrific. Saved me an enormous amount of time trying to figure this out on my own. For wildlife, I find it best to shoot wide open (smallest f- number for given lens), and Auto settings: default sensitivity: 200; max sensitivity: 12,800; min shutter speed 1/60. Your tip to override the shutter speed using the SS dial solved the mystery for me. I use an XT2. Thank you very much for your understandable tutorials.
I watched this when it came out. And now I'm back because I forgot things. Good to have these videos waiting when I need them.
The ten seconds from 1:25 to 1:35 solved the major issue that was stopping me using Auto ISO (I had it set to "Command"). Thanks!
Auto-ISO is especially nice for street photography. The light changes by the second with shadows and such. Things are changing and happening quickly in that environment, so I don't want to be fussing with settings. I want to get the shot. The other thing is that I shoot aperture priority most of the time. So that limits the camera to just two things for good exposure: shutter and ISO. Also. I want the shutter at a minimum speed so as to prevent blur. Auto-ISO allows me to do this. Great feature.
0:22 The film simulations on my Fujifilm X-T4 actually got me BACK into film again. I shoot both film and digital now. Also, your all ISO videos are great explainers!
The reason for lowest shutter speed of 23mm is 1/34 is because safe shutter speed formula for handheld of 1/focal length is based on 35mm equivalent focal length, which 23x1.5 is 34.5.
Thanks Jon! And you are 100% correct for sure because I just want back and it's interesting how it's doing the crop factor calculation and then rounding down. I'd love to mention that more -- damn I wish RUclips would allow us to EDIT our videos!!!!
Picked up the x-t4 a couple days ago, learning so much from this channel! Huge thank you!
3 auto ISO settings seems like a solution looking for a problem. I use your technique that I discovered on my on, the hard way. I wish I had seen this video 2 years ago. I think it is the best solution.
It was a well-constructed, well-presented, and well-inspiaring tutorial on Setting Auto ISO on the fleet of Fujifilm X-T systems. Well done, Chris.👍
Mate I absolutely love your energy in videos. You literally convinced me to get an X-T4 and If I am having a drama my first stop is your channel!
Wow! Thank you so much!!! 🙏 🙏 🙏 You totally make my day!!!
This is the reference video everybody needs to watch for Auto ISO in fuji cameras
This video was extremely useful! Thank you!!...I thought I was going crazy with the "min shutter speed" setting for the Auto ISO! Now I understand! and know what to do about it! Thank you very much your Fujifilm XT3 reviews!
Applause from China. Because my poor English I kinda never leave any comment. But your videos are the most helpful and infomational videos not only on photo taking videos, but all videos on RUclips so I must say something. I use all your tips on my new X-H2s and works great! Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much! I seriously thought I was going crazy when I'd set a minimum limit on my shutter speed and the camera completely ignored it.
FANTASTIC KNOW HOW. THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT. YOU ARE VERY NICE.
You are the Fuji king! Always watch your vids from across the pond in the UK! You’re a natural for a TV show
For me, I usually have my camera set to auto ISO and I take control of Aperture and Shutter. If my ISO is too high, I’ll either open up my aperture more or slow down my shutter, depending on the situation. Some people don’t like that, but everyone shoots differently. Great video as usual!
Awesome... Love learning when teacher is teaching in a fun way.
the best explanation i found for this option especially that sentence ( min shutter is more of a suggestion ) . it was a great confusion issue for me that it won't lock a min shutter
Step 1 at 1:20 is crucial. So many RUclips channels tell you everything else. Thanks pal2tech
Thank you so much for all that Information about the Fuji-Cameras.
I just want to share my experience in terms of Auto-ISO and Auto-SS:
Auto ISO and Auto-SS works like this:
First the camera will try to regulate the exposure by regulating the SS. (ISO stays at the default value)
When the camera reaches the min. SS and the image is still underexposed, the camera starts to regulate the ISO
If the camera reaches the min/max-values for SS and ISO and the image is still underexposed, then the camera will try to fix the exposure by going beyond the min-value for the SS.
Thats why i have the same max ISO-Values for all 3 Auto-ISO-Profiles (max 6400 ISO). Instead of setting different ISO-Values for the Auto-ISO-Profiles, i set different min-SS-Values (In my case 1/125, 1/80, 1/60)
Great video, really informative, I'm getting an XT4 tomorrow, my first Fujifilm ever, haven't properly been into photography since my college days, and that was real film camera's/darkrooms etc etc, very excited and this will help/refresh no end
The Kat in the hat meets photography. Fantastic, I love it.
Love your videos! You are really good. I just bought a Fujifilm X-T4 because you have the best instructional camera videos on RUclips!
Fantastic thank you so much. I really struggled with this yesterday… but no more 😊
I recently discovered your Fuji XTx videos shortly after ordering my first Fuji...the XT3. Just wanted to thank you for the excellent presentations/content and easy to follow tutorials! Cheers
Love ,love, love this channel my photography is improving and fun especially increasing so much! never thought I'd love a channel this much seriously. like having a personal teacher. With the money I spend can't tell you how much I appreciate your work....Guess I just did. Valuable content for sure recommending to all my enthusiast/ semipro Photographers. Please keep up the great content.
since i follow your youtube videos Chris i have learned a lot about my fujifilm x-t4 camera.... i want to thank you very much
Important settings for me, don't know how I missed this video. As always, thanks for another invaluable lesson :)
You're right, there should be hard lock on SS instead of ISO. Spending time testing your camera could really pay off in better shots. Thanks for the great info!!
I was setting up AP on X-T30 and was wondering about min SS. Thanks ! Amazing video and explanation. I'm binging your Fuji Camera Training playlist. One suggestion: Grouping video from basic to advanced would be awesome ! I'm currently skipping advanced ones and will revisit later !
this guy is good! Fuji’s can be quirky! this guy is knowledgeable and helped me solve a couple of ISO confusing moments! thanks!
The only problem with your DWATI mode is that you can easily over expose your photo in case you set the shutterspeed on the dial to low. The camera can then not choose higher shutterspeeds anymore and you might not notice it in that moment.
I think the 3 auto ISO modes are great. I just have different min shutterspeeds for each, while min/max ISO I keep the same for all (just use the cameras max/min possible ISO).
Still, thanks for your videos! I didn't know there was an auto min shutterspeed option yet, I like that. Keep up the good work!
I appreciate the time, energy and passion you put into every and every post.
Cheers mate.
Another super useful vdeo. I was going crazy seeing my SS go down. Good news, there is still more room for improvement with Fuji menu and options.
I'm a recent x100v owner, not an xt-something owner, but this is useful all the same. Particularly your suggestion to keep the shutter speed in manual mode (or DWATI, as you call it :P), as I'm able to control my shutter speed through the back dial if I stick the top dial to T. You just made my life one stop easier, thanks!
Top tip!
I always learn stuff watching your videos (most of it is applicable to my xt-20). Thank you.
I also use the DWATI method but I have never heard it called that. In addition you can still use the exposure comp dial to dial in your final exposure
haha... same! got offended by my fuji too.
I grew up on manual shooting.
thanks to the two holidays (which corona is the main one), I decided to learn to enjoy the benefits of auto features on my fuji.
and I stuck in the same "Min SS" dilemma,
I couldn't understand why the camera ignores my "min ss".
I gave up digging the menu or google for fuji bugs.
I just did the same, use it to border only the ISO.
now I found your video about!
I guess it's still, an "AUTO Priority" feature after all.
it will be really nice to have Min SS feature that actually bounds the SS as expected.
I had the same issues with Canon's minimum shutter speed. I found out the hard way that the camera takes liberty with your shutter speed...no bueno. But great fix! Thanks pal2tech!
Back when this video came out, I had set my Auto ISO Button Dial to COMMAND, then a month ago when I was shooting in conditions where it would have been best to use auto ISO, I could not for the life of me figure out how to set it back to auto, I went absolutely nuts, and of course now that all my photos and videos from that shoot have been published, this video pops into my recommended and low and behold, its the one tab I did not check in the options
I get what you are saying but I have never been comfortable using auto ISO. The times I have used it on my Nikons it seemed to always default to the maximum ISO and therefore introduce to much noise into my image. When using my X-T3 I have my ISO and shutter speeds set to my back and front dials and it's so easy to change settings and I feel that I am more in control and telling the camera what to do instead of it deciding what it thinks it should do. I guess we all have our different ways of shooting and there is no set hard and fast rule which makes photography so much more interesting. Great channel by the way and love your tutorials
Yeah, it can be mind-boggling how many different preferences/ways people have to get the shots. At the end of the day, the #1 King of all of this is the STORY. Tell a good story in your photos/videos and you've nailed it. Cheers and thank you!!!
Love the dog and absolutely agree about being able to rename ISO 1, 2 and 3!
Brother you dissected the XT3! This video is very insightful!!!
damn this video helps me a lot. After using my X-T30 for more than half a year, I still missing something. The auto ISO would be really helpful, cant wait to try it out. btw your explanations are easier to understand than other videos I came across. Keep it up!
11:36 Really great constructive feedback for Fujifilm.
Does the ISO Dial setting look different in the XT4? I can't seem to be able to find it in the button/dial setting.
Nailed it as usual.. I'd love to see something on focus modes for wedding photography.
To add on to your tactic, I Think exposure compensation dial should also play a role and be useful
Please disregard my initial comment.....I know why the MY portion of the MENU was not available. When I get a few moments I will hopefully be able to set up DWATI. Thanks so much for your video.....very helpful as always.
Thanks Chris, D.W.A.T.I. mode is my new best friend !!
Love your videos. I always learn something new even though I have been using my Fuji X-T2 for some time now.
@pal2tech great video, very well presented. Im very much a beginner taking up photography as my retirement hobby, so you can imagine vulnerable to camera shake!! Im using a Nikon camera but found pretty much everything you said to be very applicable. I have found that manual mode with auto ISO to be the best for me. Having control over shutter speed and aperture is fairly easy especially when you don't have to worry about ISO.. cheers
Thanks for the video, and especially for calling out the difference in how Fuji interprets "max ISO" and "min shutter." I agree that's a very weird decision on their part to treat min shutter as a harder limit than max ISO.
Thanks Eric! Yeah, it confuses the heck out of me!
Actually, it's the opposite - max ISO is the hard limit, min shutter speed is a soft limit
This is a fantastic video. Thanks so much for posting it. I've always felt confused by the Auto ISO settings in my Fujifilm camera. This helps tremendously. I'm now a subscriber. You make some great videos. Please keep up the great work.
You're very welcome!
Great video and really good suggestions for f/w upgrades at the end of the video. I just plunked down for an X-S10.
Thanks for the video. What's the point in having three different Auto settings? OK I can understand why but how do you make the best use of them and is there any way to select among them without getting into the menu?
Same question. Is there an easy way to toggle between Auto ISO 1 2 and 3?
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I shoot aperture priority a lot, and find the XT3 can occasionally be all too excited to go straight to the max ISO I allow, and choose shutter speeds that nothing but a tripod could support - and even then, everyone better hold still. So, manual intervention is very often called for.
That said, I find that, when you have good light, even the higher ISOs look very good and very sharp - even at 3200/6400 (for example, when I close down the aperture outdoors but have strong light). When you have poor light, it doesn't matter much if I run low ISO/high ISO - it will look pretty bad.
BTW, I discovered that I can select shutter speed manually on the dial, and then using the back wheel, move the shutter speed up or down by several notches. Previously, it would annoy me when I wanted, say, 1/100, but the dial only allowed 1/125. Finding this was a great upgrade. As was learning to use a flash, since indoor light a high percentage of the time is often just bad even with a wide aperture lens.
Very helpful summary. Thank you. If you choose to use auto ISO, how do you know what ISO the camera has picked for you in a particular shot ? I only see the maximum ISO SETTING displayed in the view finder
Thank you, that was really helpful.
Question for X-H2 users re: button dial setup: I'm curious how users setup exposure compensation when shooting auto ISO in manual mode. Specifically, how to you effect exposure compensation if your front command dial is set up for aperture and the rear dial for shutter speed? Thanks in advance.
YES.. THANK YOU. I have been really kind of looking for an explanation for how this works since I do Street with my XT3 Aperture priority. But I use the Auto setting. I also don’t understand why it doesn’t say minimum ISO and maximum ISO. Great video. Thank you.
I can assign Auto ISO settings in the camera, but I do not see an "ISO Dial Setting" on my xt5.
Simple, clear and efficient. You're the best!
Thank you so much Dan! 🙏
Aha! Thanks for confirming I'm not going mad. I was wondering why the minimum shutter speed setting wasn't working. I suppose Fujifilm decided it's better to ignore the setting occasionally and take a photo than having the camera lock up
5:00 Maybe 1/34 takes in to account the crop rate of the sensor. Like on a FF camers it would choose 1/23. but if you multiply 23mm with 1,52 which is the Fuji crop ratio - you'll end up at 1/34 sec-.
Good point. And another fact: I learning real fast that I STINK at math! :-)
Yes the Auto SS will set to 1/(FLx1.5)
@@pal2tech No worries. I don't think most people remember to take in to account the crop factor anyway. But we have to I think :)
@@JHuffPhoto Exactly, or more like 1.52 / 1.53, but that's nitpicking.. :)
Wonderful information. Thanks again.
Thanks for the very useful video! How can I quickly change the exposure while I'm shooting and I notice that the images are over or underexposed?
This really helped me out. Thank you so much!
I think you’re a genius! This camera is definitely quirky and you are the only person who has explained this ISO nonsense so I can understand what’s happening. Now I need to know why that green square jumps all over the screen and would love to make it stay in the middle!!!! Any ideas? Thank you x
Aww, thank you so much!!! Regarding green square, sounds like you may have face/eye turned on? Check that. Also, are you in Zone AF-C?
Thanks and what is connection between Auto ISO performance and dynamic range?
Very well explained. Greets from Germany
Great Video!👍🏼 Thank you!
One question: Do you Set the Aperture for every Objective? Like 1/60 for the 23mm, 1/320 for the 55-200mm?
I don't see the three iso dial setting items in the menu. Any idea why ?
I did do a quick, non technical, test on what you said about OIS and shutter speed; I have the XT4. I had a desk lamp on with a dollar bill. I focused on the eye of Jackson and took one shot with OIS on (1/125, f11, ISO 3200 camera set with auto ISO and auto shutter). When I turned OIS off the settings changed to 1/120, f11, ISO 3200. So the camera is taking into account OIS in the XT4. Or, are you talking about something I didn't understand correctly? Love your videos I keep coming back for more. Thanks for the help with Auto ISO!!
Thank You. Spend a WE to find out why I wasn't able to set Auto ISO the way I wanted. ( No front dial setting ). Now I know...
Thank you, your videos are incredible.
Muchas gracias, tus videos son increibles!!
That is very interesting. I didn't check that out on my own and I was Thinking that the MINIMUM shutter speed would be the MINIMUM.
So, thank you for explaining.
awesome, your explanation of these 3-settings (Auto1, Auto2, & Auto3) ... always wondered when they came into play -- in Program, Aperture, or Shutter priority ... you have a method of instruction that even the inept can understand, thanks so much for the insight .. am now a better photographer (keep the good work coming).
You're welcome!
Also when using a foreign manual lens and setting it's focal length in settings, the camera will also use this value to calculate min shutter speed for the manual lens.
Thanks, excellent video, as usual 👍
Hi On my xt4 with the latest firmware I can't find the iso dial setting A or H or Evan L
Has it been taken out or moved elsewhere deep in the menus
Thanks
Danny
As always, great content sir. Im new to fuji cameras and i have only started to shoot again, so picking up where i left-off kinda thing. Ive been scratching my head on this auto ISO settings since the day i got the camera. Thought im making some mistakes in setting it up. Fuji needs to really have a good firmware update to correct the min shut speed thing else just rename the darn thing.. hehehe.. thanks again for this wonderful content sir.
Once again a fantastically constructed and very useful tutorial. I have often wondered where I was going wrong with auto ISO, and now I know! Thanks again Chris!
Still looking forward to the studio / drawer labelling tour tho. 😜
OK OK OK!!! Will do one on that for sure.... I love the idea.
pal2tech Just a gentle nudge... I need all the help I can get with being organised, you should see my office just now! Although, actually you can’t really see it, due to the clutter!
Are you looking forward to the X-T4? I hope I’ll be able to justify the upgrade. I’m sure your review when it comes will help with the justification.
Love your channel! I am really confused because I have two Fuji xt3’s where I can adjust my iso in the front dial. Not the dial on the top. Did they take that feature away ? Why can I not setup this new to me used Fuji xt3 like my old ones ?
Can you test your AFL and AEL buttons? You'll find that AFL works fine but AEL button seems to be not working in this mode! Meanwhile, half press the shutter button can still lock exposure... I know it because I've been shooting in this mode since I got my XT3. It's a little bit annoying because I shoot street photography and I would love to control exposure through AEL button. But I can't. Hope fuji will fix this inconsistency bug!
I did some google digging on this problem. It seems that fuji is calling this mode "Manual Mode". Since it's "Manual" mode, there's nothing to be locked when you press the AEL button, because you're control it manually. They seem to forgot that ISO is still in Auto mode...X/
All of these suggestions are sensible. Fuji make it happen.
Auto minimum ss would be set to 1/34 for a 23 mm lens on an APS-C camera because the reciprocal rule actually goes off of the full frame equivalent for focal length, NOT the APS-C focal length. Since 23 mm ~ 35mm full frame equivalent, that is why. :)
Great info, I have an X-E2s. Set the ISO to auto, but the ISO doesn’t move from the highest value. I move the camera around and it stays at 3200. It seems to be shooting a different and correct ISO but it never changes in the screen. Thanks.
I doubt you will see this comment BUT when using a zoom and calculating minimum shutter speed, for reasons I can't explain to you, you use the zoom at its longest focal length in the calculation regardless of where the zoom is actually set at. So the zoom at 55mm should still be set for 1/200th. BUT, the formula existed before cropped sensors (days of film) so the calculation should include the crop factor. So a Fuji 50 mm should be 1/75 secs (or rounded to the closest shutter speed) as a minimum rule BUT according to the photo school I attended you should really double the speed to ensure sharpness, so 1/75 now becomes 1/150 second.
I love the technical depth in these vijeos! Any info on how Auto ISO behaves in vijeo mode on an X-T3?
I have an X-T2 have set up all the dials as you have explained (I think) and my ISO does not change with lighting conditions. It shoots EVERYTHING at 3200 ISO. It it me or do I have a camera problem. Thanks for any insight you can give me.
I have fuji 16-80mm OIS lens. If im zoomed in full at 80mm, would the recommendation be shutter speed of about 1/80 to have decent handheld shots? Thanks pal2tech