Fujifilm Autofocus Hack: Improve Your Focus Game

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[@pal2tech]

GREAT video Pete! I love the bonus tip! 👍 Very useful for group shots and excellent explanation of this. Your channel continues to ROCK all things photography and I can't want to w/b here and wish you congratulations on 100K, which, mark my words, I'll be doing very soon!

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Chris! This comment means so much to me, thank you! Your support is so very appreciated! 🙏📷💪

[@TungstenOvergaard]

Last hack is GOLD. Pete channel is GOLD.

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Thank you! That's very kind.

[@pal2tech]

And Pete is gold too! Nicest guy you could ever meet. 👍

[@TungstenOvergaard]

@@pal2tech Thanks for letting us know him!

[@nate_thenotso_great]

Usually ya click on these types of videos and they aren’t bad just very basic, but your tips in this video were, um…eye-opening! Seriously, thank you!!!

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Ahh thanks so much! Appreciate this feedback.

[@lionheart4424]

Love videos like this: short and concise. Keep up the good work and thanks for these tips!

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Thank you!!! Love the feedback!

[@acciaremy]

Fantastic!! Thanks SO much ❤

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

No problem 😊

[@brucesorrell3647]

Super helpful ! Great job, Pete. Slainte !

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cow77cow]

That’s great, thanks Pete!

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

My pleasure!

[@kenschallenbergphotography7139]

Good stuff Pete...Thanks for sharing.

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Glad you enjoyed it, Ken!

[@charliejg]

I have always had a button mapped to turn eye detect on and off, but never considered mapping a button to select which eye. Cool idea! I haven't done any portrait shooting in quite a while. Now I have to do some and give this a try. Have a great weekend Pete!!

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Glad it was helpful, Charlie!

[@sigurdrille9693]

Thank you!

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

My pleasure!

[@klaus_s]

Great tip! It‘s very helpful and please go ahead with some more tips. Thx

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Thank you! Will do!

[@nunosaraivaphotographer]

Top! Thanks again 👌

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

No problem 👍

[@dan.allen.digital]

Great video Pete. I use this technique too. I also use the button on the front of my x100v to turn the flash on and off. That's pretty much everything you need.

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Thanks, Dan! That's a smart trick to, mapping the flash on/off button.

[@sfeigh]

Thanks Pete

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

You got it, Scott!

[@destinybond]

I've been using that face detect on and off switch for a while now but my brain blew up with the eye selection switch. I got so upset on my last shoot because 90% of the shots I took got the wrong eye! but now I know better. Thank you Pete Coco!

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

My pleasure, glad it was helpful!

[@PhotogenicProperties]

Good Stuff Pete

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Thanks, Ken!

[@NotAnotherChannel_Channel]

I’ve been doing the eye switch hack but the joystick in AF-S is new to me. Definitely a struggle with group shots. Thanks for the tip!

[@nevvanclarke9225]

This is a great tip and I agree I could've definitely used this the other day when I was doing that shoot that I was telling you about and I was able to navigate my way through it but something like this would've been really handy on my GFX camera, I wish that I could have a similar set up, but I will probably have another play with the GFX this afternoon because I definitely would like to be able to do the same on that camera and the GFX cameras auto focus is a little sluggish. It actually still works okay especially when the light is okay... thank you for the very insightful video

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

I couldn't find a way to map the left/right eye to a button on the gfx. Lemme know if you find a way.

[@nevvanclarke9225]

@@PeteCocoPhoto I'm just having a play this afternoon with the XT5, so I will let you know if I can do that. It is actually useful because sometimes the model or person your photographing might be slightly angled to the left or right in fact, I often shoot people not straight on, I know that's not traditional, but sometimes it can be really cool just to offset somebody slightly

[@stuartriley4976]

I have my Fn button set for IS control, my AFON button for back-button focus BBF (I use the dial to magnify for manual focus), AE-L for face detection on/off, and my Fn3 D-pad button to L/R. I did it this way, because I need that BBF button and the dial for manual focus magnify.

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Cool setup! Thank you for sharing.

[@benejpocock]

Grabs X-H2 and sets this immediately. OK so I always had face detect on/off set, but hopefully the L/R eye switch setting will stop the AF mucking about like it can do when it can't quite work out which eye is closest to camera. Looking forward to more tips as new Fujifilm user. 👍

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Nice! Let me know if it helps out! Having the camera pick the eye automatically is terrible haha

[@mikeb187]

Nice run through. I have been assigning a button to toggle face detect since the cameras first allowed it but there are some subtle variations between models. The X-T5 doesn't turn off face detect on power off, unlike my previous T3/T30 bodies and it catches me out time and again. Either i hit the button and it unintentionally disables it, or i start shooting non-portrait subjects and it picks on "false faces". The only quibble I have with a camera that otherwise handles beautifully intuitively.

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Thank you! One of the thing that frustrates me about Fuji is that they make these weird small changes to each camera.

[@mikeb187]

@@PeteCocoPhoto it's particularly irksome if you pair up differently bodies as I like to do, looking at a T50 to add to the T5 and expecting a learning period to get used to the little differences. Still, on balance this is a great way to go for a non-pro shooter with all prime lenses. I always carry one or other body, giving me the choice of the more compact one if I want to travel really light, or can take both when on a proper "photography day". In film days I used a Contax RTS 2 plus an M6 in the exact same way. Hated the weight and handling clunk of full frame DSLRs after that but then switched to Fuji X and haven't looked back since

[@fredschmidt8609]

Awesome tips! I really like the ability to map the custom buttons to whatever I want. Do you know if any other camera makers provide as much button customization as Fujifilm?

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

I use Canon as well and they are also very customizable. Not sure about the others

[@OkwyUgonweze]

I also have z8 and Z9 and they are well customizable. In nikon the af is very simplified you just move the joystick to switvh eyes.Also you can assign an af pattern to a button without eye/subject detect and another with those features to another button completely eliminating the guess work. They also have 3D af pattern that picks just what you point it at in a crowd.

[@MichaelFrederickPhoto]

I have my AEL button for eye AF on off then the 1st small unmarked button infront of ISO on top as the eye swap button.

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Nice!

[@jaegerschtulmann]

Sigh.....you know despite indicating that I want the closest eye in focus (whether right or left depending on the situation) my xt5 tends to focus on the wrong eye even when the focus confirmation box is placed on the correct one (with Fujinon lenses). It happens nearly 50% of the time....I am seriously tired of getting so many false positives with the camera that I might just call it quits with fuji if the summer firmware update doesn't fix things. Oh yeah an this is for stills! on video is not even worth mentioning.

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Crazy. I am glad I have not had this issue, but so many people tell me they are dealing with this. It's just not acceptable in 2024 imo

[@murlidhr]

funny, it's the exact same thing i do. same button mapping too.

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

I never use the AE-L button so that was the best choice for me.

[@murlidhr]

@@PeteCocoPhoto for AF-ON i mapped subject recognition animal on/off. i wanted to try back button focusing but using it when not using the EVF is tough. i mean i don't find it useful when i am not looking from EVF.

[@kimw994]

as a pro portrait shooter: the automatic choose always the closest eye- not necessary to choose manually...it works well in my case...

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

I've had very mixed results trying it that way, which is why I use this workaround. Also a pro portrait shooter 😉

[@martymarkenson3671]

FYI there isn’t a right / left eye selection on xt30ii

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

good to know; why fuji does this is beyond me

[@Mo2008di]

I watched some videos about fujifil autofucs...but they said that the boxes are fake...because after checking the photos the eyes out of focus ...especially when hand come closer to face.... can you confirm this ??? thanks

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

My boxes work fine on the xt5

[@hevaldelal9890]

Sadly Left/Right Eye Switch doesn't exist on my X-T4. I'm on the latest firmware 2.1. Seems like a X-T5 feature only 😢

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

It's such a handy feature hopefully they will add it to the 4

[@mongini1]

i got a problem with the last tip... on my X-H2 there is Wide/Tracking - which gives me a pretty small box - which has to be above a face to even get into Eye AF. So in order to switch faces, i need to position that little square right above the face. Once locked it says with that face, which brings back old DSLR "focus - recompose" vibes... Haven't found a way to just use wide without that tracking box...

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Yes, this is just the way tracking works on Fuji. Try the same method in WIDE instead. I will do this sometimes as well. Hopefully Fuji will make further tweaks to the AF interface.

[@AiSavvy]

make sure you are in single af and not in afc. you'll have wide only option in afs, and in afc mode it'll be wide\tracking.

[@Mgtowfreedom]

😅 I haven't even set my custom buttons yet, been having too much fun with the camera

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

LOL enjoy!!

[@sushi_donut]

Why can't the camera just choose the closest eye?

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

It can, but sometimes it doesn't choose the one I want it to lol

[@Al60ish]

a lot of AF problems with XT5 : Fuji cameras never again; don't waste your money

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Did you experience this yourself? I have used the XT5 for over a year and the AF has been fine for portraiture.

[@Al60ish]

I personally used the XT 5 for six months, continuing to have problems with the AF, unpredictable and inaccurate. I have tried all possible configurations and made updates without having clear improvements. I professionally photograph both landscape and animals. personally Fuji NEVER AGAIN

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

@@Al60ish wow sorry you've had such a bad experience with it!

[@madfinntech]

Way too much is out of foucs in this video. It's distracting. At least foreground elements should be in focus.

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Did you try watching with your eyes closed?

[@Mn-xh9ps]

Fuji AF hack...buy a Sony ....

[@PeteCocoPhoto]

Oh man that's savage 😄

[@Mn-xh9ps]

@@PeteCocoPhoto reality check can be hard ;D

[@Jen-oo8ss]

Had a Sony Alpha when they first came out… bought a Fuji again and never looked back. 😂