Fujifilm X-T4 Birds in Flight Review and Tutorial

[@TheSkyenet]

This video is probably the best on KZbin for explaining the various autofocus settings for the Fujifilm X series of cameras, particularly for wildlife shots.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Thanks!

[@hambone4402]

I completely agree. This was better than half of the videos dedicated to autofocus.

[@ridgefield]

THE BEST PERIOD.

[@glentoran04]

Tks for your help I will try your settings.Great tuition.

[@tobiaslutzner7966]

Pre Shot ES 🤯 thanks for this information 👍

[@garymanning4578]

This is the most useful video I have ever watched. Thank you for your amazing efforts to analyse which settings to use and when. The normal styles of photography are easy, generally, to work out but the level of experimentation here is exemplary. Brilliant.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Kingjay814]

As someone who's a beginner at bird photography and a X-T4 this video is perfect!

[@cdown]

This is such an incredibly useful and well produced video. Thank you!

[@fujimanxt-3420]

Hands down this is the BEST video I have ever seen for the various functions of the Fuji and when to use them for fast moving objects - especially birds. Totally practical and wonderful to see actual examples of the results of the various settings. Otherwise, there is a ton of guesswork involved and you did a brilliant job of showing how each of the settings have their own advantages and disadvantages. This took some serious effort as well for the graphic information and post-production. Great work and I appreciate your time and effort! Subscribed.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Thank you so much for the kind comment!

[@johannestan6878]

This is simply the best of the best tutorials! Thank you for preparing the video and text version which are quite helpful!

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

You're welcome. Glad you find them helpful!

[@TamasVarga-VatartPhoto]

I have an XT3 and waiting for my 70-300 to be delivered. I want to try BiF photography. Very good level of detail, especially that you show lot of images while testing, even live view. Thanks a lot

[@MGrose407]

This really helped, although I have the XT3 the settings are the exact same except the native MS being 15 fps vs 11 fps. Thank you!

[@seamydobbsno1]

Also I feel more content now with my 100-400 after seeing little difference in the comparisons with the 200 f2.

[@robintully9742]

Mathieu Thank you. Just got the XT4 and i was lost but you have helped me find a way.

[@patrickhoran2675]

the best video on bif i have seen regarding the xt-4 100-400 combo

[@NeluCiorba]

Mathieu this is really helpful for me just before to plan my travel to Namibia! I'll review and watch again and again this video as is just perfect moment for me especially having 2 xt4 cameras + 50-140 / 100-400 lenses + 1.4 TC! Thank you very much for this tutorial!!!

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Happy to help!

[@chris5355]

Great; detailed and concise, thank you for posting this.

[@fjzingo]

Great review and very usable for the xt3 since it uses the same autofocussystem. To add to your final comments on grip, I use the batterygrip on my xt3 together with the 100-400 and it makes an enormous difference holding the camera. I also recently got the 70-300 lens and the 1.4tc and that is my carry arou d lens for bird photography. If I am stationary I would use the 100-400.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Thanks for the feedback. I haven't had the chance to test the 70-300mm yet but I'm looking forward to it.

[@AcraniusCH]

Thank you for taking the time and the detailed explanation! I‘m waiting for my 70-300mm to arrive and go out and test your suggestions.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Let me know how do you find the settings. And the 70-300mm too! ;-)

[@seamydobbsno1]

Such an amazing Bird! The 200mm f2 images looked amazing!

[@Jartisann]

You are magic. Are you a professional lecturer? What you have made is very precious. I am just about to buy the Xt4 and I will be your student from now sir. Thank you so much.

[@thereapersperch]

I don't have the X-T4 but a lot of the settings and techniques apply to other Fujifilm cameras such as my X-Pro2 so it was very useful. Great video.

[@newsigmundfreud3023]

*WOW! Thank You. This is super helpful and so well done! THANK YOU!*

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

You're very welcome!

[@brnorman33]

Thanks. Going to photograph at bird sanctuary tomorrow. Very helpful.

[@florianasche7795]

Thanks for your work, really helpful video. I learned a lot and saved a lot of time by avoiding trial and error. Thank you!

[@ponymoore6140]

Very informative, thank you. I wish Fuji had concentrated more on improving focus tracking with the X-T4, as it stops me from giving up my Nikon and going full on with Fuji. Hopefully, the next camera (X-T5 ?) will address the issues. Then I'll swap all my Nikon for Fuji. I have the X-Pro2 which I love, bit it's not an action camera

[@trevor9934]

I agree with the comments before me that your videos are the most useful I have so far come across for evaluating the X-T4. I have never used Fuji before, so this is a new camera and interface to me. Your reviews, especially this one, have been extremely helpful to me in considering the configuration and settings I choose. For improving grip, for larger lenses, I got a SmallRig L-shape hand grip for the X-T4. It provides a deeper hand grip and the base has an Arca-Swiss plate mount. It feels very robust, being all-metal. It was about 10% of the cost of purchasing the MUCH deeper battery grip -which I don't think I need. It has a hole in the base for access to the battery and two screw thread for other mounts. It even has its own screwdriver magnetically attached to the plate.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Thanks. Yes, L-shape grips are a good (and affordable) solution.

[@danb4093]

Very well done! Thank you so much!

[@richardperlin8958]

This is an excellent video. The best one I have seen about birds in flight and probably autofocus settings in general. Very easy to follow and understand.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@conpulse]

Congratulations.my best education video on my X T4 for birds shooting...

[@R8135003]

Cracking video and information. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@JustRideAdelaide]

This was a very handy video! I've been trying to research whether the X-T4 can handle action sports and there's so little out there talking about focus performance for fast and randomly moving subjects. Thanks!

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Glad I could help!

[@juleshorse9056]

A really useful video as I have just bought the 100-400 for my XT4. Many thanks.

[@absolu222]

Great! You will be very happy with it!

[@coffee.muggle]

Thank you for making this. I think yours is the best on the subjects like metering and mechanical/electronic shutter.

[@SkylarkFields]

I've only just found this, but I can't tell you how enlightening it has been to help me to understand my camera so much more. I don't have the XT-4 and probably never will, but I have the XT-2 and I am pretty sure a lot of what you have said on here will help me with that as some of the settings are similar or the same. It is appreciated how much time, effort and thought it must have taken you to make this excellent tutorial.Thank you! Gigrin Farm in Wales is one place I would like to visit, once Covid-19 has abated. I am going to watch your tutorial again, and hopefully my birds in flight photography will improve with your help! :)

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Thank you, glad the video is helpful. Some of the settings I mentioned like the AF-C Custom Settings are also available on the X-T2.

[@sleepyshanghaikid]

Thank you for your tutorial, I did learn something today!

[@balajiHN24]

Very detailed and well researched piece about birds shooting. Thanks

[@johannestan6878]

Thank you very much Mathieu. Obviously you are an excellent explainer! Will bookmark your tutorial.

[@proactiveguy85]

I hardly comment but this video is the bomb. Detailed and supported by data. I enjoyed this!

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stefanhansen5882]

Absolutely amazing tutorial. Thanks a million!

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

You're very welcome! Thanks for commenting.

[@christianpetersen1782]

Excellent data, information and production. Well done and thanks 👏. Subscribed!

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Thank you!

[@peace8958]

I just loved the video. Best in depth explaination and testing I have seen till date. Waiting for the sony a74 on that list as it comes with bird eye autofocus

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Thanks! I’m currently testing the A7 IV ;-)

[@thirolf]

Amazing tutorial, thank you!

[@oriwo99]

Btw.: Fuji's 2/200mm is the only Fuji Tele lens which supports panning mode. This is very helpful e.g. in Motorsports photographie. For me this gap was the reason to leave Fuji. It's a great system and if you don't need IBIS with a panning mode, it's a pleasure to use.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Yeah I wish the 100-400mm has a panning mode.

[@oriwo99]

@@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons ... and the 2,8/50-140mm :).

[@RVNmedic]

Spectacular video. Thank you so much for the amount of work you put into this. Definately a subscriber.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Awesome, thank you!

[@EkoPurwanto]

Amazing tutorial, really helpful to learn BF Shooting

[@billbrinkhorst1400]

Thank you so much. You gave me reasons for the settings and that made all of the difference.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Glad I could help!

[@carlosd.997]

OUTSTANDING! Thank you.

[@SeanMiller318]

Great video, and thanks so much for all of these tips and explanations. 👍👍

[@jamesbilsbury9443]

Thank you for this video. It's exactly what I was looking for. 👊🏻💪🏻

[@shutterbuginfinity]

Amazing shots with this camera thanks for the tips

[@paularutherford8684]

Thank you so very much.You explain clearly and in depth. Most appreciated.

[@esppics21]

best tutorial hands down. Thanks

[@carolbates74]

Such a helpful tutorial. Thank you so much!

[@andreagreco2068]

Great video! You combined camera review with photography technical tips which is awesome...

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Glad you liked it!

[@andreagreco2068]

@@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons other videos with this tutorial-review style would be nice for beginners-medium photographers

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind :-)

[@fotobill]

Mathieu, it is awesome, how you share and explane everything. I realy learned a lot. The cream on the cake is the written pdf. Thanks so much.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@DwaipayanPradhan]

I have watched hundreds of hours of content covering Fujifilm cameras on all kinds of subjects. All said, this is one video I thoroughly enjoyed and learnt from. Thank you for doing so many thorough tests on auto focus and sharing them in such a clear and beautiful manner. Keep producing these videos. Fujifilm needs to uplevel their auto focus game. The Sony auto focus algorithms make the Fujifilm look like a joke. That said, I wonder why so much professional photographers and reviewers still love and consider Fujifilm even an option vis a vis Sony. I own an XS10 myself.

[@mrrobbienh]

Excellent explanations, very helpful. I could live with being forced to watch fewer ads !

[@tomleo4670]

Thank you very much for your terrific work, Mathieu!

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Glad you like it!

[@AlexShamraev]

Thanks a lot for such detailed explanation!

[@maxmattoon8318]

This is a very detailed analysis - I took notes! I would love to see this same analysis done on an X-H2 or X-H2S with the same 100 - 400 mm lens. I would imagine the settings would be optimized differently.

[@Ivorberry]

Fantastic, great analysis, great presentation. thanks a lot

[@yasmin1036]

Excellent and details review! Thanks for sharing! 👍

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Thanks for watching!

[@primal_aperture_photo]

I have an X-S10 which has many of the same settings as the XT-4, so I set one of my custom settings to your bird settings and I'm looking forward to see what results I get. Thank you for a comprehensive tutorial.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Let me know how it goes!

[@deepaksamani]

Awesome video for a bif novice. Thankyou

[@ingimundurstefansson1220]

Excellent review! Allthough owning a Fuji X-E3 camera with somewhat more limited options, I learned a lot about the purpose of varioius settings, and of course, from your "mistakes". Most appreciated!

[@carlosdias1940]

Well done and great video. The content is so exquisite that I have to look it again for detailed notes to betaken. You have the ability to show and test it on the field. Which is excellent. I personally find BIF an excellent field practice as to my favorite photography topic - sports! This 30 minutes + video must gave you a ton of work! Always humble and modest to asking subjects to be addressed, however updating sports settings for the X series and lens I'm always wishing for a detailed video such as this one. Congrats on the content!

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Thank you for the kind comment! Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@carlosdias1940]

@@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons I'm the same guy with the XT3 that uses mainly for sports and have been dealing with a few challenging issues of getting the athlete's face in focus, specially shooting windsurf. Got better results after you tips, but I think that above a certain level of fast action sports...yes is the gear...but the photographer makes...50% of the final result como to really. Maybe? ;)

[@dennismeadowcroft7099]

excellent video by the way. hope you continue with more. your have done the work, that is quite clear.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Thank you!

[@adamaj74]

Great video! Thanks for sharing this information.

[@summaximus]

Excellent job, very informativ Professionally done, two thumbs up thank you

[@grahamowen4336]

Very good video Mathieu. I like the way you have presented this and the detailed analysis sections. I've sent the link to others i know who will certainly benefit from it.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Much appreciated!

[@jakobschneeberger3965]

Great shoots.👍👍👍

[@ashishtiwari1912]

Great video. Although I don't have this camera. But I am planning to buy it soon

[@andreylabutin8353]

Thanks a lot! Very useful tutorial.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dougjochims7491]

Thank you for this detailed information.

[@AndreiMihneaRaileanu]

Very well done video! Congrats

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

thanks!

[@mountainhobo]

Outstanding.

[@MadEnglishTV]

You're awesome.

[@AndyGlavac]

a great video with lots of great info

[@xiaochengpeng2581]

wow the images shot with 200 f2 really show the power of money

[@jiffp5679]

excellent video thanks.

[@BobbieBA]

Bonjour Mathieu, I enjoyed your video very much. I liked the precision, objectivity, completeness and factualness. I felt like a scientific, logical approach vs. a sales pitch or entertainment video (not that learning is not entertaining). It was important to me as a fuji user since it is so seldom that I meet anyone in workshops or in the field who shoots with fuji. LOTS of Canon, Nikon, Sony, etc but not many people to share and exchange and learn with on fuji. Anyway, I know the intent was equipment review focused and it did a good job. It would be interesting if you could do some technique videos also. Especially for Fuji and BIF. I think people would enjoy learning more from you. Thanks again.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Thank you for the feedback and suggestion!

[@colinhoward2200]

The x-s10 actually has the best AF focus system - improved over the xt-4. It is why I chose it over the X-t4.

[@amitkrupal1234]

Awesome tutorial

[@frankseophotos9633]

Very informative video! 👍

[@SerafimSmig]

Thank you! Very helpful and informative!

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

You're very welcome!

[@yanniskorsavvidis7111]

The difference between 100 400 and 200mm is like their price. The images from 200 are wow!!!

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

It is an impressive lens.

[@robertmercure1740]

Fantastique vidéo ❤️🙏

[@volkerarminhafner8530]

Thank you. Very good tutorial.

[@ksnmurthy4476]

The best and most comprehensive and non-compromising , evidence based video tutorial lesson. An amazing video never made by anyone like this. Thanks to you for enlightening in depth review. 👌🏾🤩. I have a question for you. I am using Fuji XT4 camera. I have XF 70-300 mm lens. I don’t want to buy 100-400 mm lens because of the weight and cost. Please advise can I take sharp wild life photos with this lens? How about the reach of this lens? Do I need to use X 1.5x TC WR to extend the range? How is the sharpness and clarity of this lens? I trust your review. Please reply. Thanks 🙏🏽

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

I believe you’ve already found my video about the 70-300, but in short, yes, the lens is sharp and you can take good wildlife photos with it. The quality is very good with the 1.4 converter too.

[@ksnmurthy4476]

@@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons yes after writing the above query I found your review on 70-300 lens. Yes it’s convincing.Thank you so much for your valuable reply. 🙏🏽

[@HigherJr]

really good! thanks

[@Mirror245]

Excellent examples. Thank you.

[@matthitchins4525]

Nice, thorough video Mathieu and you got some amazing shots at the Red Kite feeding station! Need to visit there at some point... Did you find the IBIS useful at all when tracking BIF? I know the 100-400mm already has daily good stabilisation.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

I kept the IBIS / OIS off. With shutter speed of 1/2000s and faster, it’s not necessary.

[@peterpol1971]

Thanks for great explanation! I have a question about AF-C custom: At 14:00, you explain that for birds you use the settings 0 - 2 - Auto. But under the test results at 21:42, you showed that you got the highest keeper rate with settings 0 - 2 - Front (!) with AF 7x7. So do you advise Auto or Front?

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

Sorry for the confusion. To be honest, I had good results with both Front and Auto settings. I'd choose Front if the subjects are closer to me, otherwise Auto will work too. Feel free to try them both and see which one gives you the best result.

[@TonyLawlorBWM]

Thank you. Very informative. Do you have or could you give a review on the low light performance of the xt-4. Specifically wildlife/bird photography in low light woodland.

[@ksnmurthy4476]

Fantastic explanation 👍

[@TimvanderLeeuw]

Thanks, interesting video! On a side note, I'm very interested to see what would be your score for the new Canon R6 (or R5).

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

I have the R6 and I'm planning to do a BIF test soon!

[@guruthallikar6877]

very informative . Do you find any difference between IS modes continuous and shooting only. Which do you prefer ?

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

I set it to continuously because that way I get the stabilisation effect while composing the shot.

[@cameraman655]

Great video.I was shooting waterfowl at a nearby wildlife refuge a few weeks back when I noticed another shooter with Sony gear shooting with a 200-600 as well as 400mm 2.8 G Master glass (rented), frankly put my X-T2 and X-T3 armed with a 50-140 1.4x tele and 100-400 to shame. Fuji really needs to step up their game in the Long/Fast glass dept.

[@MathieuGasquetMirrorLessons]

It would be nice to gave a few more telephoto options I agree.

[@71co0k]

Fantastic video. Could you quickly recommend the best autofocus settings for fast moving mountain bikers on a trail?

[@entertainment2372]

Fantastic tutorial! Are you planning to review Fujifilm 70-300?

[@KG-ey1ng]

it's obvious but I'd like to mention that the 7x7 gives the worst results compared to 5x5 etc.. 3x3 gives the best results for perfect focus. Other than that I think this is the most informative video on the XT4 Af system when shooting BIF.

[@janis679]

Good one. :) Any idea of should OIS be disabled on the telezooms, when burstshooting flying birds? I mean, will it fight the movement and cause even more blur......?

[@sjmedia_official]

wow, great shots