The depth you go into to demonstrate how features work on certain cameras is really unique, and provides a level of detail that I wish was in more RUclips channels. You're meeting a real need in the RUclips camera/photography/video space. Thank you for your work. It's greatly appreciated by myself, and based on the comments, many others here as well.
Stumbled across this video after having a X-T 3 for about 2 years now. And now I feel really dumb because I learned so much new stuff. Thank you very much Maarten 😊
Well now that was a stupidly helpful video! This video explains how fujifilm focus works and after having just bought an x-t4 I found it incredibly helpful. Thank you so much Maarten. Your videos are fantastic.
Your speech is clear and well-paced, it makes watching these videos very pleasant. Thanks for making this all quite easy... I'll continue watching all your videos. Getting the most outta my new X-T4!!!
Ha! I started my career with Nikon. Used manual focus for everything in the film days! Jumped to Canon and never could get my brain to manually focus the canon lenses the opposite direction that of Nikon. Now shooting Fuji, had no idea I had both focus options! Thank you!
just got my xt30. this video enlightened many ways to handle the focus in my XT30. Thanks for providing these illustrative helpful tips, it's very useful and informative to all beginners like me.
Maarten, Thank you for taking the time to enlightening us on the many ways to use the Fuji focus a better way' you are one of the best teachers. Thank you.👍
I've been looking for detailed tutorials like this about AF since I got my Fuji X-T20. This really helps me use the most out of my camera. Thank you so much
Maarten, Your style of speaking, in the age of typical way too relaxed, and unpolished youtuber speech style, is initially jarring, BUT in the end you deliver all your knowledge in way more sharp and precise way. I ended up learning and enjoying it a lot!
I recently shot an awards ceremony with the lens fairly wide open. On some shots, the focus was on the award giver, rather than the recipient. I wanted it on the recipient ideally. (I think they were happy with the photos, but I could tell…) I’ve since found out that the easiest way to make it do this is to set the touch screen mode to ‘area’, then press the area of the screen nearest the particular face you want to focus on. You can then compose and shoot, using the viewfinder if desired, but select the area with the touch screen prior.
I saw a tip somewhere that I find useful when using back button focus on Fujifilm cameras : don’t uncouple focus from the shutter in the menu but flick the focus mode button to M, now you can back button focus and fire the shutter without resetting focus. Flip the focus mode switch back to S or C and the shutter half press controls focus again. Saves having to remember to reset the shutter mode in a menu. I’ve learnt a lot from this video - and your other Fuji videos, thanks Maarten!
I've been pretty good at using focus modes, but I occasionally forget the more basic thing of setting correct shutter speed and use aperture priority too much. This has made seemingly good looking photos actually look blurry up close because of small movements. I did learn a few things about continuous focus mode that I'll have to try though, thanks! Great, clear and precise video as always!
Hi Maartem, Nice video, just bought a TX4 a week ago, after my Eos M died after 9 years. These cameras have a bit of a learning curve, however your nice easy sessions are helping alot. Many thanks
Thank you for this video. The way you spoke was really easy to follow and understand. I just bought a xt30 and I'm a complete beginner trying to figure out the settings! Although this video wasn't specifically for the xt30, I still found it helpful!
Spectacular tutorial! I received a XT-30 for Christmas and haven't been able to get the camera to focus the way I wanted. It had become quite frustrating but your video made things crystal clear.
@@frankthissen3338 I didn't say that. I owned the X-H1 and didn't feel that for my practice there was enough additional value to warrant the upgrade to the X-T4. Also, I prefer the larger body and the full set of manual controls (including meter mode).
this is the nerdies most juciest video on the subject i've seen. awesome content. this is what somebody needs, that wants to buy this mainly for video, but for that photography plus of the mechanics, dials and manual modes. great stuff.
Great tutorial - Thank you. Coming from medium format film with no automation, these new digital cameras (actually computers that take pictures) can be a bit overwhelming. I appreciate your helpful video.
Again, very good! 👍 I should have checked this tutorial to avoid focus pumping between three objects while filming. I was afraid of using manual focus due to lack of knowledge. And Autofocus was a very bad idea... 🙈 Now I need to understand, how I can ensure that none of the new three objects sitting next to each other, but filmed from the side, keep focused altogether.
Great vid Martin and thanks a lot. I've been shooting exclusively with Fuji since 2011, with lots of different Fuji models, but I still learned lots of things!
Thank you for you video! I recently switched from Nikon to Fuji and within my first 1000 shots I had about 30-40 photos where the focus completely failed. Especially in portrait format. Never had that with my old Nikon camera. So I guess I either have to practice more or that's normal (what I don't believe). Maybe my nose interfered with the touch screen or something else happened. I find the Fuji menu and handling to be very good, much better than some people say. Only the focus in video was a bit confusing but it's also easy to understand.
Easy tiger - AF-S is extremely useful in video! With noisy focus motors and using on board mics its great to have it get focus on half press then lock for the shot. If you’re shooting handheld you just keep it in focus by moving with your subject. Also stops the AF potentially deciding to focus somewhere else too.
@@MaartenHeilbron No need to apologise! The rest of the video is excellent - thanks for your hard work putting it all together! That just leapt out at me :)
One topic not covered is the custom settings for the AF-C. There are six custom settings (at least for my X-T2) that can help with tracking a subject. There are five presets such as for ignoring obstacles, suddenly appearing subjects, accelarating subjects, ... and one setting that you can set yourself. I have assigned this functionality to one of the FN-buttons and it's quite useful for photographing birds in flight or other wildlife.
Thanks for your notes. In practice I’ve not found these settings to be useful - either using the defaults or the custom settings. I’m happy to hear that they may be useful in some situations.
Thank you! This was so helpful. I’m trying to find the best settings to catch my three year old son in focus but I’m too slow. Just when he’s in focus he starts moving. Hopefully I will get the hang of it.
Try opening the aperture slightly by using a higher ISO so he doesn’t go out of focus as quickly, also try manual focus and snap only when he’s in the preset focus area. Third suggestion - in manual mode, use the AF-On key to focus and then snap. When you do that, the camera won’t refocus when you press the shutter.
Thank you Maarten for another exquisite video. I really liked the topic of today's video and, as usual, you guided us through it in a calm and understandable pace. We have seen that train several times and become quite familiar to see you use it in your demonstrations. See you next time.
I just got my first vintage manual focus only lenses, a canon FD 50mm f1.4. I'm excited to get better with manual focus. My fuji lenses have spoiled me into mainly using autofocus, especially the 35mm f2.
Thank you for a very clear tutorial! I use the back button focus method for video shooting, too. It is a very quick and reliable way to grab focus, instead of using the focus wheel.
Great tutorial and fantastic teaching manner of talking. Would you be kind and point to specific recommendations for focus settings when shooting a football/soccer match with X-H1 and 100-400 mm ? I appreciate your detailed settings suggestion on any of the menus that has to do with focus. Thank you for your time.
AFC with tracking - lock on the subject, them compose. Probably best with back button focus and burst. either the sportsfinder or pre-burst would be useful, if you can live with the limitations.
Always a pleasure to watch your videos/tutorials Maarten, and it is true, you can teach an old dog new tricks, I just got a better understanding on how to use the face/eye detect function. My favorite hack for my X-T4 is to watch your tutorials. Stay safe.
Thanks! The only thing I missed: There is a setting to control the AF's tracking behaviour, e.g. when a new object appears before the currently focused one. You can set this to five or so different behaviours.
Thanks so much-not just for *this* video, but for *all* of your Fujifilm-related videos. It's partly because of you and the clear explanations you provide in your videos that I recently purchased a Fujifilm X-S10 and the 18-55mm f/2.8-4 lens, and I'm now working my way through the online manual and rewatching your videos so that I can get a good feel for everything I'll be able to do with my new camera. I hope you don't mind, but I have question that I hope you can answer for me about Fujifilm's AF Distance Indicator and MF Distance Indicator that you mentioned in your video, and that can be turned "on" by going into Set Up > Screen Set-Up > Disp. Custom Settings. The way I understand it, the function of those indicators is to show me how far away from the camera the object or person that I'm focusing on is, but I'm getting remarkably different results depending on what focal length I've set my lens to. For example, I'm currently sitting on one side of my study, focusing my camera on a doorknob that's on the other side of the room, about 9'-10' away. If I focus on that doorknob while my lens is set at 55mm, then, as expected, the distance indicator at the bottom of the screen shows a little white square just slightly to the left of the 10' mark on the indicator. If, however, I stay where I am but change my lens's focal length to only 18mm and then refocus on that same doorknob, the little white square now appears on the distance indicator somewhere between the 3' and 4' marks ... and that happens regardless whether I'm focusing manually or auto-focusing. So, my question is ... What the heck am I doing wrong? Shouldn't the indicator show me the same camera-to-subject distance regardless what focal length I've set my lens to? I realize that the depth of field will be shallower at 55mm than it will be at 18mm, but that should only affect the length of the blue lines that appear on both sides of the little white square, not the location of the white square on the indicator, right? Thanks in advance for explaining what's going on!
Thanks for your note, I understand that's a confusing result. Have a look also at the blue bar, which indicates the depth of field. A wider angle will have a wider focus field than a narrow one. I'm assuming that at the wider angle, the doorknob is in focus even though the actual focus distance is closer because it is inside the focus field. I'm also assuming that if you move the focus point to 10', the doorknob is still in focus?
@@MaartenHeilbron Thanks for the prompt reply, but I think that I may not have expressed my question clearly enough. I'm not confused at all by the blue bars that indicate depth of field, as I understand that my depth of field will be shallower at 55mm than it will be at 18mm. What I *am* confused about is the little white square that's supposed to indicate the camera-to-subject distance. When I set my lens at 55mm and autofocus on the doorknob by half-pressing the shutter button, the camera's distance indicator tells me that the doorknob is about 10' away. If I then zoom out to 18mm and autofocus on the doorknob again, the camera tells me that it's only 3'-4' away. (You can see what I mean at tinyurl.com/58z262pp) The resulting pictures were perfectly sharp at both focal lengths, so I know that the camera's autofocus capabilities are working correctly-it's only the distance indicator that's wrong. I see the same results when I'm in manual focus mode: the distance indicator gives accurate results when my lens is set at 55mm but wildly inaccurate results when it's set at 18mm, yet the resulting photos are sharp in both cases. Do you have any idea what's going on?
@@MaartenHeilbron Good to know! FYI, some members of DPReview's Fuji X forum have suggested that the problem isn't uncommon, and that it occurs more frequently in wider and older Fuji lenses. Based on the fact that the 18-55 was released in 2012, and that the problem I was seeing occurred only when I was using it at the wide end, I'm going to assume that they're correct.
Thanks for that Maarten - I never got interaction of focus joystick and front wheel from the manual - although autoexposure is simple, autofocus seems really complicated
Thanks for your video, i very like it! I usually use an another hack: the back button focus in manual mode. So in s and in c the focus is on the shuttet button, when i put in m i can use continuos focus by the back afl button (on xt3) 😉
Thanks for a very very informative video. If only I kept to one camera system things would be so much easier but alas, I can't bring myself to getting rid of either of the ones I use. I was delighted to hear that Fujifilm does indeed have a reset. Can you please explain where it is? It would be greatly appreciated. I love Fuji but some things really aggravate me, like when I got and used the Instax printer. The next time I tried using it for teleconferencing or image review I ran into all kind of issues until I discovered I have to change the connection settings. There have been other little frustrations I've found that I'm sure would be solved with a full reset. Thanks.
Enjoyed! Good reminders and also showing how FujiFilm cameras function. I'm glad your not caught up with the use of hack only referring to tips for click bait reasons. If I can find something in a menu or owners manual, it is not a hack. Yours may have border on technique but I find it acceptable calling it a hack. I was worried I would have to give you a thumps down. Sorry I ranted. Always enjoy your content!
@@MaartenHeilbron 😮 I felt you had a Dutch or maybe a German background based on how you spell your first name. Looking up your last name that you may have a Jewish background. Then the possibility you may know French in Canada. You really got my curiosity. 😀
I am in love with your teachings. I think, after 8 years of having a camera, now I got my 2nd real teacher in photography and after seeing your videos, I am feeling that I need to learn more and this learning phase will continue through out my life. I have a Nikon D80 and a 50mm f/1.8D lens which I think, I have to replace with this Fuji X-A7 as I don't have a big budget for a XT-100 or XT-200. Another question, is the kit lens 15-45mm f/3.5-5.6 good? Or, I have to replace it with another? I mainly love street and wedding photography. So, sometimes I shoot in low light, like under streetlights or in multiple coloured light as in a club and I always shoot in RAW. In those type of conditions a fast shutter and fast focus and wide aperture is needed. My Nikon D90 has very fast shutter but in low light it has high noise. Plus, it has no video capabilities. Another question, if I go for X-A7, which other lens (3rd party included and cheap is preferable) you recommend ? If you please advice me, it will be very helpful. I am very happy and fortunate that I have found you here otherwise many things in photography would be out of my grasp. Please have my heartfelt regards. 🙏🏻
Sir I really videos, you're so relaxing to listen at! Been a fan of yours for quite a while now and you convinced me to dive into Fuji! Also it's my birthday! 😆
Maarten, you are a national treasure! I don't own a Fuji camera yet, but i love your videos. You seem to have the patience of a saint Also, did you ever make an X100V video, would love to watch your take
I am just about to start college this month, and luckily mine is located in a beautiful setting with lush green forests, hills and the best lake in my country and thus the first thing that comes to mind is to get a camera. A fuji seems to be my best option, I will be sure to apply these tips when I get one. -ps what lenses would you recommend for the x t-200( I mainly want to take landscape shots telephotos, bokehs And some flora+fauna. Thanks in advance !
I just purchased an XT-30 because i heard so many good things about fuji cameras and my last camera was a nikon d40 of 13 years old. I have 2 random questions. -Is there a good setting to make color really strong, stronger than natural... i like to see that digital vibrance cranked up -What is the best prime lens for every day use ( portraits mostly ) with high light sensitivity in the XF range
Not Even Fujifilm provides us with such a good tutorial... thank you kindly
My pleasure! Always nice to read that my viewers appreciate my videos.
Absolutely.
The depth you go into to demonstrate how features work on certain cameras is really unique, and provides a level of detail that I wish was in more RUclips channels. You're meeting a real need in the RUclips camera/photography/video space. Thank you for your work. It's greatly appreciated by myself, and based on the comments, many others here as well.
What a pleasure to read your very kind comments, thanks for taking the time, appreciated.
The best demonstration of the Fuji autofocus system on the internet, especially the focus racking part! Thank you!
Wow, thanks! A pleasure to read your kind words.
Maarten, you are one of the most pleasant youtuber's you can find on this platform. Thanks for all your videos.
A great pleasure to read your very kind words, thanks for taking the time.
Stumbled across this video after having a X-T 3 for about 2 years now. And now I feel really dumb because I learned so much new stuff. Thank you very much Maarten 😊
That's very kind of you to say, always nice to know my videos are helpful.
A really clear explanation of something that at first sight seems complicated - the best youtube I have watched of the Fuji focusing system.
Wow, thanks! A pleasure to read your kind words.
As a beginner, this is SO helpful! Thank you for such a great tutorial. Now I can just focus on practicing. :)
I’m always pleased to read that my videos are helpful and appreciated, thanks very much. Please also practice on focussing! :-)
Well now that was a stupidly helpful video! This video explains how fujifilm focus works and after having just bought an x-t4 I found it incredibly helpful. Thank you so much Maarten. Your videos are fantastic.
Always a pleasure to read such kind words, thank you!
Your speech is clear and well-paced, it makes watching these videos very pleasant. Thanks for making this all quite easy... I'll continue watching all your videos. Getting the most outta my new X-T4!!!
A pleasure to read your kind words, thanks for commenting.
I keep on coming back to this segment to refresh my memory. Wonderful work! Thank you!
Always my pleasure. I watch it to refresh my memory too!
Recently bought a Fuji XT-200 and was intimidated by all the settings. Your video made my life so much easier.
Great to hear, thanks for your kind words.
Ha! I started my career with Nikon. Used manual focus for everything in the film days! Jumped to Canon and never could get my brain to manually focus the canon lenses the opposite direction that of Nikon. Now shooting Fuji, had no idea I had both focus options! Thank you!
Always nice to know that I've helped you find a setting that simplifies your photography.
just got my xt30. this video enlightened many ways to handle the focus in my XT30. Thanks for providing these illustrative helpful tips, it's very useful and informative to all beginners like me.
Great to hear! It's always nice to read that my videos ar appreciated.
You are a true professional. Thank you for the great quality in your work.
Wow, thank you! It was a pleasure to read your kind words.
Just wow. An excellent teacher. Such a clear flow of information.
Thank you, always nice to read that viewers appreciate my work.
I think this is the best Fuji Focus video I have ever seen and I’ve seen more than my fair share. Thanks Martin 🎉
Always nice to hear from a viewer who appreciates my videos, thanks!!
Maarten, Thank you for taking the time to enlightening us on the many ways to use the Fuji focus a better way' you are one of the best teachers. Thank you.👍
I thank you for your very kind words, they are appreciated.
I've been looking for detailed tutorials like this about AF since I got my Fuji X-T20. This really helps me use the most out of my camera. Thank you so much
Glad it was helpful! And thanks for commenting, appreciated.
This was a Masterclass about focusing with Fuji. Thank you!
Glad to know it was helpful, thanks for your kind words.
Maarten, Your style of speaking, in the age of typical way too relaxed, and unpolished youtuber speech style, is initially jarring, BUT in the end you deliver all your knowledge in way more sharp and precise way. I ended up learning and enjoying it a lot!
Thanks, I guess. Yes, I realize that my broadcast background isn't exactly common RUclips style these days.
I recently shot an awards ceremony with the lens fairly wide open.
On some shots, the focus was on the award giver, rather than the recipient. I wanted it on the recipient ideally. (I think they were happy with the photos, but I could tell…)
I’ve since found out that the easiest way to make it do this is to set the touch screen mode to ‘area’, then press the area of the screen nearest the particular face you want to focus on.
You can then compose and shoot, using the viewfinder if desired, but select the area with the touch screen prior.
Good tips, thanks for sharing.
Such a helpful video! Thanks! With all of this tech, I still find myself using single point with focus, recompose
Understood, I often default to that also. Just too familiar from previous cameras to let that one go.
I saw a tip somewhere that I find useful when using back button focus on Fujifilm cameras : don’t uncouple focus from the shutter in the menu but flick the focus mode button to M, now you can back button focus and fire the shutter without resetting focus. Flip the focus mode switch back to S or C and the shutter half press controls focus again. Saves having to remember to reset the shutter mode in a menu. I’ve learnt a lot from this video - and your other Fuji videos, thanks Maarten!
Thanks for adding that note - yes, I'm always confused when the AF-On key doesn't work in manual mode. Why not?
I enjoy the accurate way you speak. Very informative. Thanks
I appreciate that! Thanks!
Outstanding, calm and composed methodical demonstration of the focus modes 👍
Many thanks! Always nice to know viewers appreciate my style!
I found this to be one of the most helpful videos I've seen about the Fuji system. Thank you!
Thanks kindly for your comments, they are appreciated.
Great instruction, Maarten. I've been a lazy Fuji shooter and never really got some of these fine points down. Now I will.
Always nice to know that I've added to your understanding of your camera, thanks for commenting.
Thanks Marteen for taking the time to prepare this. As always your explanations are so spot-on, easy to understand, and foremost 100% useful!!
That's very kind of you to comment, thanks!!!
I've been pretty good at using focus modes, but I occasionally forget the more basic thing of setting correct shutter speed and use aperture priority too much. This has made seemingly good looking photos actually look blurry up close because of small movements. I did learn a few things about continuous focus mode that I'll have to try though, thanks! Great, clear and precise video as always!
Thanks, always nice to read that I've encouraged you to improve your skills.
Hi Maartem, Nice video, just bought a TX4 a week ago, after my Eos M died after 9 years. These cameras have a bit of a learning curve, however your nice easy sessions are helping alot. Many thanks
I do appreciate your kind words, and am always pleased to read that my videos are useful.
Most awaited video for FujiFilm Users!! Thanks a ton!
Thanks, I appreciate your kind words.
Thank you for this video. The way you spoke was really easy to follow and understand. I just bought a xt30 and I'm a complete beginner trying to figure out the settings! Although this video wasn't specifically for the xt30, I still found it helpful!
Great to hear! Thanks for commenting with your kind words.
Spectacular tutorial! I received a XT-30 for Christmas and haven't been able to get the camera to focus the way I wanted. It had become quite frustrating but your video made things crystal clear.
Glad it helped! Always nice to read comments like yours.
Recently got an X-T3, loving it, this has been very helpful :)
Thanks, always nice to read that viewers appreciate my work.
Just got my X-T3 and this helped tremendously. You deserve for views and likes
Thanks for your kind words.
Thank you for this, Maarten! Just got my X-T4.
Excellent, glad to hear you enjoyed it.
Are you happy with the XT4...?
@@FluFilmPro I returned it after the review. I'm happy with the X-H1.
@@MaartenHeilbron Hi Maarten, why do you think the X-H1 is better than the X-T4?
@@frankthissen3338 I didn't say that. I owned the X-H1 and didn't feel that for my practice there was enough additional value to warrant the upgrade to the X-T4. Also, I prefer the larger body and the full set of manual controls (including meter mode).
this is the nerdies most juciest video on the subject i've seen. awesome content. this is what somebody needs, that wants to buy this mainly for video, but for that photography plus of the mechanics, dials and manual modes. great stuff.
Thanks, always nice to read kind words from a viewer who's enjoyed my content.
Excellent tutorial. Clear unambiguous instruction . A joy to follow and very informative.Thank you sir.
Thanks, a pleasure to read your kind words.
Great tutorial - Thank you. Coming from medium format film with no automation, these new digital cameras (actually computers that take pictures) can be a bit overwhelming. I appreciate your helpful video.
Always nice to read that my videos are appreciated - thanks for taking the time to comment.
Again, very good! 👍 I should have checked this tutorial to avoid focus pumping between three objects while filming. I was afraid of using manual focus due to lack of knowledge. And Autofocus was a very bad idea... 🙈 Now I need to understand, how I can ensure that none of the new three objects sitting next to each other, but filmed from the side, keep focused altogether.
A smaller aperture (F11 and smaller) is usually the best way to increase your depth of field to have a larger focus area. Thanks for your kind words.
@@MaartenHeilbron Thank you for this tip, Maarten. I will try it out today. BTW, does your last name come from the German City Heilbronn?
@@lifestyle3000 I can only assume that it's somehow connected, but I have no confirmation.
Great vid Martin and thanks a lot. I've been shooting exclusively with Fuji since 2011, with lots of different Fuji models, but I still learned lots of things!
Thanks for taking the time to post your kind words, they are appreciated.
Thank you for you video! I recently switched from Nikon to Fuji and within my first 1000 shots I had about 30-40 photos where the focus completely failed. Especially in portrait format. Never had that with my old Nikon camera.
So I guess I either have to practice more or that's normal (what I don't believe). Maybe my nose interfered with the touch screen or something else happened.
I find the Fuji menu and handling to be very good, much better than some people say. Only the focus in video was a bit confusing but it's also easy to understand.
Thanks, always nice to know my work is appreciated.
Easy tiger - AF-S is extremely useful in video! With noisy focus motors and using on board mics its great to have it get focus on half press then lock for the shot. If you’re shooting handheld you just keep it in focus by moving with your subject. Also stops the AF potentially deciding to focus somewhere else too.
Sorry, thanks for the update.
@@MaartenHeilbron No need to apologise! The rest of the video is excellent - thanks for your hard work putting it all together! That just leapt out at me :)
I appreciate your kind words, thanks!
Very informative and great for helping me be more focused ... on being focused.
Hehe, thanks for your kind words, always appreciated.
You are very nice. Thanks for your support on us to increase our interesting in photos.
It's my pleasure, thanks for your kind words.
One topic not covered is the custom settings for the AF-C. There are six custom settings (at least for my X-T2) that can help with tracking a subject. There are five presets such as for ignoring obstacles, suddenly appearing subjects, accelarating subjects, ... and one setting that you can set yourself. I have assigned this functionality to one of the FN-buttons and it's quite useful for photographing birds in flight or other wildlife.
Thanks for your notes. In practice I’ve not found these settings to be useful - either using the defaults or the custom settings. I’m happy to hear that they may be useful in some situations.
Thank you! This was so helpful. I’m trying to find the best settings to catch my three year old son in focus but I’m too slow. Just when he’s in focus he starts moving. Hopefully I will get the hang of it.
Try opening the aperture slightly by using a higher ISO so he doesn’t go out of focus as quickly, also try manual focus and snap only when he’s in the preset focus area. Third suggestion - in manual mode, use the AF-On key to focus and then snap. When you do that, the camera won’t refocus when you press the shutter.
Your tutorials are excellent and helping me a lot. Thank you!
Happy to hear that! Thanks for commenting.
I am from India and thanks sir for this amazing review
Thanks for your kind words. Please say hello to all my friends in India.
This is great stuff, such a good teaching style :)
Glad you think so! Always nice to know viewers appreciate my work.
All the tutorial was crystal clear. I have learn a lot. Thank you Marteen.
Thanks, hopefully your photos will also be crystal clear!
Thank you Maarten for another exquisite video. I really liked the topic of today's video and, as usual, you guided us through it in a calm and understandable pace. We have seen that train several times and become quite familiar to see you use it in your demonstrations. See you next time.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Very informative, thanks. Definitely created a couple of Eureka moments for me.
Wonderful! Always nice to read that my videos are appreciated.
Thank you for such an informative and concise video on fuji focus. I've just upgraded from XT10 to XT3 and really appreciate your amazing channel.
Thanks for your kind words!!!
I just got my first vintage manual focus only lenses, a canon FD 50mm f1.4. I'm excited to get better with manual focus. My fuji lenses have spoiled me into mainly using autofocus, especially the 35mm f2.
It just takes a little more time and practice. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks to you, I learned many features of my camera that I do not use.
Always nice to know my videos are appreciated, thanks!!
I very much appreciate and hope you continue videos like this for the Fuji system. I took a lot out of it and thank you for making it. Well done!
Thanks, will do! I appreciate the kind words.
Hi Maarten,
Very good demonstration! Simple and clear. Thank you very much!
You are welcome! I appreciate your kind words.
Thank you for a very clear tutorial! I use the back button focus method for video shooting, too. It is a very quick and reliable way to grab focus, instead of using the focus wheel.
I appreciate your kind words.
Thanks for pointing out the continuous focus tip of selecting wide/turning into tracking. Hadn't worked with that before.
Thanks for taking the time to let me know, kind words are always appreciated.
really well explained, I just switched to Fuji, and it was a great help ! Thank you !
Great to hear! Always nice to know my videos are useful and appreciated.
OMG You are brilliant. There us so much to learn from you. Still getting my head around a XT3. Thank you.
A pleasure to read your very kind words, thanks for commenting. Probably easier to get your hand around it.
Super didactic. Thanks a lot!📸😊...i'm a Sony user and now a fuji xt3 user! 2 cameras 2 diferent ways for shoot👊
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the kind words.
Absolutely clear.Good teacher you are.
Many thanks! I always appreciate kind words from my viewers.
Oh my! Thank you very much! i think I am in love with your voice!
Wow, thank you! Always nice to know that viewers like what I do.
Great tutorial and fantastic teaching manner of talking.
Would you be kind and point to specific recommendations for focus settings when shooting a football/soccer match with X-H1 and 100-400 mm ?
I appreciate your detailed settings suggestion on any of the menus that has to do with focus. Thank you for your time.
AFC with tracking - lock on the subject, them compose. Probably best with back button focus and burst. either the sportsfinder or pre-burst would be useful, if you can live with the limitations.
Always a pleasure to watch your videos/tutorials Maarten, and it is true, you can teach an old dog new tricks, I just got a better understanding on how to use the face/eye detect function. My favorite hack for my X-T4 is to watch your tutorials. Stay safe.
hehe, thanks, always a pleasure to see your avatar in the comments.
Yep Maarten! as ever great material yet again! Thanks so much!
My pleasure! Thanks for your kind words.
Super helpful, just what I needed! Thank you so much 😊
Glad it was helpful! Always nice to read kind words from my viewres.
Excellent demonstration.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic! This really cleared up a lot for me on all the focus options available. Appreciate the efforts on this one. Cheers!
Thanks, always nice to know my videos are helpful and appreciated.
Thanks Maarten ! Helps a lot to get used to all my Fuji’s X-T3 settings
Glad to hear, always nice to know my videos are useful.
Thank you Maarten,always a pleasure to watch your videos....
Thanks for posting your kind words, they are appreciated.
Great video, How to focus several people in a video ?
By using a smaller aperture, or by making sure they're all about the same distance from the camera.
@@MaartenHeilbron thanks 😉
Thanks! The only thing I missed: There is a setting to control the AF's tracking behaviour, e.g. when a new object appears before the currently focused one. You can set this to five or so different behaviours.
Thanks for your kind words. Yes, I overlooked that - primarily because, unlike the similar video settings, I find them difficult to use.
Monica Flanagan. This is super helpful. Thank you very much
Always nice to read kind words from viewers who appreciate my work, thanks!!
Good job!! Can you just do an expanded video on just manual for macro. Thx.
I don't see that as materially different from other manual focus - please let me know what issues you're having.
Wow..... Thank you so much for this. You are totally professional.
You're very welcome! Thanks for taking the time to comment with your kind words.
Thanks so much-not just for *this* video, but for *all* of your Fujifilm-related videos. It's partly because of you and the clear explanations you provide in your videos that I recently purchased a Fujifilm X-S10 and the 18-55mm f/2.8-4 lens, and I'm now working my way through the online manual and rewatching your videos so that I can get a good feel for everything I'll be able to do with my new camera.
I hope you don't mind, but I have question that I hope you can answer for me about Fujifilm's AF Distance Indicator and MF Distance Indicator that you mentioned in your video, and that can be turned "on" by going into Set Up > Screen Set-Up > Disp. Custom Settings. The way I understand it, the function of those indicators is to show me how far away from the camera the object or person that I'm focusing on is, but I'm getting remarkably different results depending on what focal length I've set my lens to.
For example, I'm currently sitting on one side of my study, focusing my camera on a doorknob that's on the other side of the room, about 9'-10' away. If I focus on that doorknob while my lens is set at 55mm, then, as expected, the distance indicator at the bottom of the screen shows a little white square just slightly to the left of the 10' mark on the indicator. If, however, I stay where I am but change my lens's focal length to only 18mm and then refocus on that same doorknob, the little white square now appears on the distance indicator somewhere between the 3' and 4' marks ... and that happens regardless whether I'm focusing manually or auto-focusing.
So, my question is ... What the heck am I doing wrong? Shouldn't the indicator show me the same camera-to-subject distance regardless what focal length I've set my lens to? I realize that the depth of field will be shallower at 55mm than it will be at 18mm, but that should only affect the length of the blue lines that appear on both sides of the little white square, not the location of the white square on the indicator, right?
Thanks in advance for explaining what's going on!
Thanks for your note, I understand that's a confusing result. Have a look also at the blue bar, which indicates the depth of field. A wider angle will have a wider focus field than a narrow one. I'm assuming that at the wider angle, the doorknob is in focus even though the actual focus distance is closer because it is inside the focus field. I'm also assuming that if you move the focus point to 10', the doorknob is still in focus?
@@MaartenHeilbron Thanks for the prompt reply, but I think that I may not have expressed my question clearly enough. I'm not confused at all by the blue bars that indicate depth of field, as I understand that my depth of field will be shallower at 55mm than it will be at 18mm. What I *am* confused about is the little white square that's supposed to indicate the camera-to-subject distance. When I set my lens at 55mm and autofocus on the doorknob by half-pressing the shutter button, the camera's distance indicator tells me that the doorknob is about 10' away. If I then zoom out to 18mm and autofocus on the doorknob again, the camera tells me that it's only 3'-4' away. (You can see what I mean at tinyurl.com/58z262pp)
The resulting pictures were perfectly sharp at both focal lengths, so I know that the camera's autofocus capabilities are working correctly-it's only the distance indicator that's wrong. I see the same results when I'm in manual focus mode: the distance indicator gives accurate results when my lens is set at 55mm but wildly inaccurate results when it's set at 18mm, yet the resulting photos are sharp in both cases. Do you have any idea what's going on?
@@davidfechtor8274 Wow, that's strange. I don't have the 18-55, but that doesn't happen with the 16-55.
@@MaartenHeilbron Good to know! FYI, some members of DPReview's Fuji X forum have suggested that the problem isn't uncommon, and that it occurs more frequently in wider and older Fuji lenses. Based on the fact that the 18-55 was released in 2012, and that the problem I was seeing occurred only when I was using it at the wide end, I'm going to assume that they're correct.
@@davidfechtor8274 Thanks for the update.
I'm still work with old XT10 but it is great video, thanks
Great to hear! Thanks for your kind words.
Thanks for that Maarten - I never got interaction of focus joystick and front wheel from the manual - although autoexposure is simple, autofocus seems really complicated
I prefer to think of it as very capable, even under challenging circumstances.
Thanks for your video, i very like it! I usually use an another hack: the back button focus in manual mode. So in s and in c the focus is on the shuttet button, when i put in m i can use continuos focus by the back afl button (on xt3) 😉
Thanks for sharing that tip, and for your kind words.
Thanks for a very very informative video. If only I kept to one camera system things would be so much easier but alas, I can't bring myself to getting rid of either of the ones I use. I was delighted to hear that Fujifilm does indeed have a reset. Can you please explain where it is? It would be greatly appreciated. I love Fuji but some things really aggravate me, like when I got and used the Instax printer. The next time I tried using it for teleconferencing or image review I ran into all kind of issues until I discovered I have to change the connection settings. There have been other little frustrations I've found that I'm sure would be solved with a full reset. Thanks.
It's in the set up menu, one of the user options. Thanks for your kind words.
What an excellent and helpful video. Thank you!
Thanks for taking the time to post your kind words.
Thank you so much for such a good tutorial.
Always nice to read that my videos are appreciated, thanks!!
Enjoyed! Good reminders and also showing how FujiFilm cameras function. I'm glad your not caught up with the use of hack only referring to tips for click bait reasons. If I can find something in a menu or owners manual, it is not a hack. Yours may have border on technique but I find it acceptable calling it a hack. I was worried I would have to give you a thumps down. Sorry I ranted. Always enjoy your content!
I appreciate your kind words. As English is not my first language, I do try to be accurate with my terminology. Thanks.
@@MaartenHeilbron 😮 I felt you had a Dutch or maybe a German background based on how you spell your first name. Looking up your last name that you may have a Jewish background. Then the possibility you may know French in Canada. You really got my curiosity. 😀
@@RobShootPhotos I was born in the Netherlands, so my first language was Dutch. Thanks to my Canadian education, I also speak French.
Thanks for sharing your valuable info on focus
My pleasure! Glad you found it helpful. Thanks for commenting.
"When your subject is a smarter fool" best qoute ever. 😂
I do very much appreciate it when viewers catch my dry sense of humour. Thanks!!
Excellent lesson,bravo !!
Thanks, I appreciate the kind words.
very helpful and pedagogical , thanks a lot
Glad you took the time to comment, thanks for your kind words.
I am in love with your teachings. I think, after 8 years of having a camera, now I got my 2nd real teacher in photography and after seeing your videos, I am feeling that I need to learn more and this learning phase will continue through out my life. I have a Nikon D80 and a 50mm f/1.8D lens which I think, I have to replace with this Fuji X-A7 as I don't have a big budget for a XT-100 or XT-200. Another question, is the kit lens 15-45mm f/3.5-5.6 good? Or, I have to replace it with another? I mainly love street and wedding photography. So, sometimes I shoot in low light, like under streetlights or in multiple coloured light as in a club and I always shoot in RAW. In those type of conditions a fast shutter and fast focus and wide aperture is needed. My Nikon D90 has very fast shutter but in low light it has high noise. Plus, it has no video capabilities. Another question, if I go for X-A7, which other lens (3rd party included and cheap is preferable) you recommend ? If you please advice me, it will be very helpful. I am very happy and fortunate that I have found you here otherwise many things in photography would be out of my grasp. Please have my heartfelt regards. 🙏🏻
The 15-45 kit lens is not very good. Take the 23mm prime instead.
@@MaartenHeilbron Thanks a lot. ❤️
Thanks for this helpful video!
You're welcome! Always nice to know my videos are appreciated.
Sir I really videos, you're so relaxing to listen at!
Been a fan of yours for quite a while now and you convinced me to dive into Fuji!
Also it's my birthday! 😆
I appreciate your kind words, thanks. Happy Birthday, celebrate in style but safely.
Wow great job, what lens is the best for groups shooting please, thanks for sharing
Thanks, a pleasure to read your kind words. I'd use a wider angle (depending on how close you intend to be to the group. 23mm would be my suggestion.
Maarten, you are a national treasure! I don't own a Fuji camera yet, but i love your videos. You seem to have the patience of a saint
Also, did you ever make an X100V video, would love to watch your take
I did not review the X100V. Thank you for your kind words.
I am just about to start college this month, and luckily mine is located in a beautiful setting with lush green forests, hills and the best lake in my country and thus the first thing that comes to mind is to get a camera. A fuji seems to be my best option, I will be sure to apply these tips when I get one.
-ps what lenses would you recommend for the x t-200( I mainly want to take landscape shots telephotos, bokehs
And some flora+fauna. Thanks in advance !
Thanks for your kind words, good luck with your studies.
I'd suggest the 23mm prime - a good all purpose lens, particularly for landscapes.
@@MaartenHeilbron Thanks for the wishes, I will be sure to look at some 23 primes!
Thank You... Easy to understand and very informative..
You are welcome, very nice of you to take the time to comment. Thanks!!!
Thanks! really helpful for fujifilm users.
Thanks for letting me know, appreciated.
This is one of the most useful video I have seen for Fujifilm cameras. Thank you for sharing this!
Glad you think so! Thanks for taking the time to comment.
I just purchased an XT-30 because i heard so many good things about fuji cameras and my last camera was a nikon d40 of 13 years old.
I have 2 random questions.
-Is there a good setting to make color really strong, stronger than natural... i like to see that digital vibrance cranked up
-What is the best prime lens for every day use ( portraits mostly ) with high light sensitivity in the XF range
Use the Velvia film simulation, but you can also increase the colour saturation.
XF56mm F1.2