How I take travel & street photography - Fujifilm X-T4 settings

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00:00 My 7th year using Fujifilm
00:40 Basic camera setup
01:25 My Fujifilm film simulation recipe
02:18 Setting exposure on Fujifilm
03:48 Auto ISO and white balance settings
06:18 Autofocus settings for Fujifilm
08:43 Custom button setup
10:07 Street photography tips and usability
11:37 Where to see more
Best Fujifilm X-T4 settings for travel & street photography - Bangkok, Thailand
I've been using Fujifilm cameras for about 7 years now and I've become very comfortable with the camera setup and various settings. In my latest video, I'm running through all the settings I use to take my urban and street photography whilst travelling.
I previously did a similar video when I first got my Fujifilm X100F. Camera technology has advanced and a few things have changed as I've adjusted my style. If you're also looking to do more urban and street photography, this video might help give some insight into being faster and more accurate with your camera.
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[@joeallam]

Thanks again to everyone who filled out my audience feedback on the last video 🙌 It's been incredibly helpful and the sheer number of responses has been brilliant! If you'd like to submit a quick 5-minute response, you can do so at allam.co/feedback

[@RobSmithL5]

Fantastisch settings for streetphotography. It works for me to take pictures on the move and without being to visible. Do you have settings for filming with the x-t4 also?

[@joris5116]

I shot pictures everyday for about 2 weeks in that area. The scenes were gorgeous, especially around 4PM: great light and a more relaxed atmosphere as people are shutting down their workshops.

[@PhoenixDali]

We used to work in Covent Garden together and so glad to see you here!

[@guibrilus141]

As usual, thanks for sharing these beautiful travel videos !

[@charliejg]

Joe, really enjoyed this video. You're not the only one to do settings videos, but you do have a nice style that is slower and easy to digest. Looking forward to more from Thailand! Have a great week.

[@iiieb4]

One of the greatest videos I’ve seen in this topic! Thanks for sharing!

[@SJ_shinkansen]

This video made street photography easy, thank you so much, someone new to street photography and I only do (railways photography im train spotter) this video very informative and learned alot, this is like cheat sheet for Fujifilm users who wants to get into street photography. Amazing video keep up the hard work.

[@ibrajimenez2098]

I just got my first Fujifilm the xe1 and i love it. i love all the controls and simplicity of the camera

[@SandbagBouldering]

What a punchy thought out video. Love these tips / settings / tricks / the Joe Allam magic videos

[@tomjugginsuk]

Great video, I love my Fuji X-T3 and I'm always learning new settings. At the moment I am really into film simulations and I have been shooting JPEGs most of the time. It allows me to be in the moment more and not worry too much about my settings. I haven't thought about using aperture priority but I will give that a go! Thanks!

[@paul_gercog860]

Great setup. Great shoots! 👍🤝👏

[@paulatkins4968]

Great videos Joe! Cheers 👍👍👏👏

[@herwarthaug]

love the way you explain! ❤

[@timhicks4816]

Really enjoyed it, excellent tips. Now to make it work I must practice practice practice.

[@Tiagopbc]

Amazing tips!!!

[@jaredadams3467]

Thank you for the great videos 👏

[@Dreamyz03]

great video!!

[@muhammadfikrie7808]

love your content Joe !

[@joeallam]

Thank you! Hope this one was helpful!

[@tesalsangma]

I like Classic Chrome. It's been my go-to. I'm glad you're traveling again and having fun. 🤗

[@joeallam]

I've been Classic Chrome since first using Fuji, and I just can't get enough of it haha! Definitely having fun travelling - it's so great to be back in Asia!

[@Ahguang85]

great tip! about getting your camera to standby beside your face! sound really inconspicuous and useful for street photography. will try it next time

[@wimscheenen3535]

Very useful walkthrough of your settings. Thanks!

[@joeallam]

Glad it's helpful for you!

[@toktickbanana8651]

Welcome to Thailand! Joe.

[@rymack5715]

Oh man, what a super useful video, Joe! I’m so glad you addressed settings that I find often go overlooked in other videos I’ve seen. Interestingly, there are quite a few similarities between your X-T4 setup and how I have my X-T3 set up! When I shot Nikon, I was very much a “set it and forget it” type of shooter, which prevented me from really getting the most out of my camera because I couldn’t be bothered to menu dive to make a simple change. Shooting Fujifilm has completely changed my style, because it’s so easy to make quick changes on the fly with all of the manual controls and extensive options in customization. Cheers!!

[@joeallam]

Ah that's good to know! Fujifilm had an immediate impact on my shooting style when I first used one, and now I really struggle with adjusting things on other brands. I do know that some people really struggle with Fujifilm though, so it really does depend on the operator.

[@RaffaeleLadogana]

Great video and awesome Fuji camera….love Bangkok

[@paulfournierphoto]

Thanks for sharing your settings! This is gonna be very useful for my next outing! ;)

[@joeallam]

Glad it can help!

[@daviddeflandre5377]

Merci beaucoup. Très intéressant👍

[@Christophercoconut]

Ohhhh you're visit Thailand . Hope to see in Bangkok .

[@shanecaut1063]

Good to see you back on the road again! Do you ever use the X-T4 for video and stills?

[@curtishall8208]

Great, informative video -- I am a Fuji shooter and I appreciate the many ideas and suggestions

[@joeallam]

Glad there were some tips to help out!

[@stevenml5748]

Thank you.

[@cliveeariss880]

Hello Joe great video, lots of info as always, glad your both enjoying asia, Fujifilm make great cameras for sure, for me will stick to my little one, I did enjoy this but great for photographers who are learning from you, all the best to you both...Clive.

[@joeallam]

Thank you! Definitely enjoying Asia - I have a whole series of travel videos filmed and ready to be edited from the trip!

[@stefanopastorino9355]

Great video for beginner. I’d love to know even more about it.

[@DavidShephard]

Which button do you use to take pictures?

[@joeallam]

Damnit! I knew I forgot something!

[@eddiewongtl]

@@joeallam ？

[@eddiewongtl]

What do you mean @David Shephard

[@notfriso2448]

@@eddiewongtl he was sarcastic

[@fullpowerlive1391]

Picture button ✅👍

[@alicksasylum]

I've been meaning to watch your videos for a while but it never happened. Now that I have, I am subscribed, will be be checking your past videos and look forward to your future videos. I am a Fuji user because of the dials - thanks for your settings suggestions.

[@marcosv8426]

I also really love the presence of the d-pad along with the AF thumb stick. Was curious: For AF-C, do you do much tweaking of the continuous focus settings for street photography?

[@LacusCarmen852]

I'm not Fuji user, but i love your content and your idea, keep going ~ look forward your next video~

[@joeallam]

Much appreciated - thank you!

[@volkerjansen3901]

I have been shooting with Fuji cameras for many years now, and I still think their "modes" make more sense than anything else. Beautiful video and explanations, thank you for that! The one thing that I could never get used to is the Capture Clip, to me the way the camera hangs on the backpack strap feels really awkward. But as I do not shoot video, a regular Peak Design strap is all I need :)

[@joeallam]

I agree! It felt very natural to me when I first started using them. The only thing that slowed me down initially was the focus point selection, because I used to be super rapid with the point selection on Canon; but I think that was because there were less points to choose from back then. Capture clip can be an odd one, but I think you have to have it much higher on your strap than what you initially think. Then it sits closer to your shoulder and doesn't weigh down as much.

[@Rabixter]

Nice video. Personally I like using "shutter priority" equivalent for street photography. depth of field isnt something I care about too much.

[@michaelgravlund9194]

Hi Joe. Thanks for your very good video. Just what I was looking for. And I will try the Classic Chrome recipe of yours 👍. I am not new to Fuji but still learning a lot. The lens hood you on the 35 mm... what is it called? I like it more than the standard version. Thanks subsribed to your channel and will go through your videos from now on 😉👍

[@futron]

Thank for your sharing / hope you enjoy to stay BKK Thailand

[@darioordonez2210]

GREAT VIDEO¡¡¡ I have a question tho. How you make it in settings to be able to lock focus and exposure at the same time with only pressing the AE-L button, im getting crazy trying to figure that out weeks ago.

[@AristeidisSfakianos]

When adding the Fuji XT-3 in my arsenal, coming from Sony, I did realise that with Fuji it is more appealing to shoot full manual. I feel that because these cameras are designed with the film cameras in mind they are actually suposed to be used in manual mode. So the aperture or shutter speed priority modes here are actually a little confusing. Anyways, cheers for the content!

[@joeallam]

Yeah, I love how tactile the settings feel each time on Fuji. For example, I know that if I'm adjusting the lens, it's _always_ going to be the aperture. On other systems, in manual my top dial is for shutter, back dial for aperture, yet when in aperture priority suddenly that top dial is for aperture. If I'm not careful, I can make adjustments without noticing the initial mode I'm in. With Fuji, just set any (or all) of the dedicated dials to A and the camera will do it automatically. It's definitely a very flexible hybrid style of modes which I love! So when I say "aperture priority" mode on Fuji, what I'm saying is my shutter and iso dials are both set to Auto and my control is mainly with the lens ring.

[@canaletto1]

Great job! (Gabor Monos, Fuji X-Photographer)

[@Ed.Focuss]

Nice

[@1234Lino1234]

please also create capture one presets :) and keep the nice content. would love to be in thailand right now, in fact that the weather here right now is just rain :(

[@scot0811]

0:27 thats a very nice 964

[@Hansinho10]

I agree 100 percent with the D-pad. It's so useful to have quick access to a lot of functions like flash photography settings. The X100V body as a whole feels better than the X100F, but removing the D-pad was a huge mistake. So I keep the F, it's still a great camera. Do you plan to buy any of the new lenses like the 18 mm, 23 mm or 33 mm f1.4?

[@maxmorgan1064]

I’ve got the 33 f1.4 and it’s fantastic. Highly recommend. Really good for video, too!

[@julienlecocq9545]

Hi Joe, does the x-t4 really respects the minimum shutter speed you set in your auto iso settings? Got 2 older fuji cameras, and it’s a well known issue that if the camera thinks the scene is underexposed, that ss limit won’t be respected. Curious to hear about your experiments. Cheers!

[@DanielDujsik]

What camera bag/backpack do you use/recommend? Thank you!

[@lawrencehorowitz9291]

Well done informative video. Regarding focusing: I have the camera (Xpro2 with 23f2 usually at f8) in manual and use back button focus so the camera doesn't refocus when I recompose. Might your using the 35f2 at f2 - f5.6 limit your ability to use back button focus?

[@joeallam]

Cheers - I tried back button focusing for a while many years ago when I used Canon, but always found that I preferred to use the button to _hold_ my focus rather than _activate_ it. I've just carried on that mentality with my Fuji setup and it works well for me.

[@queenbokeh7056]

not a fuji user but this definitely give me ideas on the 3 basic controls. :D

[@joeallam]

Glad it translates well to you for other brands of cameras!

[@mattlau]

Wondering if I should get a 35mm prime lens for the XT-4 or get the Ricoh GRiii X. Decisions....

[@butchgo5346]

I think any setting will do. Photo editing apps do the rest how you want your street photos to come out.

[@phabo2255]

wow

[@user-oe5id8of1b]

クラシックネガばっかり使ってたけどやっぱりクラシッククロームもいいなあ、

[@benjones8977]

I wonder how accurate your auto focus lock button is, as I’m curious to know the percentage of out of focus shots if the first focus wasn’t sharp to begin with? Finally you never even mentionen the autofocus custom settings? I prefer number one, because it seems to give me the most consistent results. I also use single mode, because it’s a little faster on the focus. I also use the focus limiter to speed up some of the slower lenses.

[@nicholassquire7821]

Great video as always, I have a question regarding your cozy chrome profile. I have an x100v and I cannot seem to adjust the highlight and shadow numbers to 1.5 or 0.5. I can only adjust in whole numbers, am I doing something wrong or is this level of change only available in the XT4?

[@joeallam]

Cheers! Unfortunately it seems only the X-T4 can do the 0.5 increments, which is a shame because both cameras (and X-Pro3) share the same sensor and processor.

[@nicholassquire7821]

@@joeallam thank you, maybe a firmware upgrade for the future, who knows

[@ElinWinblad]

Do you do single point focus?

[@edi18912]

Hi I have an xt3 and I have a video focusing question I want to be able to Use touch to focus while recording video but when in manual mode it wont let me. When I change focusing to S mode I can touch to fucus while recoding but cant see any focus peaking I want to be able to use Focus peaking and touch to focus while recording in 1 mode, how can I achieve this? Thank you

[@richardschmidt_spd]

Thanks a lot, very helpful video. But I have a further question: How do you deal with the "processing time" the camera needs for applying some recipes?

[@professionalpotato4764]

It usually takes time for the Clarity setting so I set mine to zero, and do it in post. Or putting the camera on any burst mode will disable any clarity setting. On days when I feel like taking it slow, I just embrace the processing time as if it's "winding film".

[@alinooradheen1545]

what camera bag your using ?

[@ace135acee]

Thank you so much! I’ve been struggling with the white balance as well because the photos always tend to be a little blue when I set it to auto. Could you please share what is the fixed white balance that you recommend if possible? Thank you so much!!

[@shy-guy5544]

Within auto white balance you have WB shift. You can control the red and blue values by giving a positive or negative sign. To reduce blue you would move the pointer so that it is at b -2, for example.

[@Jgheiler]

how do you set the EVF to B&W and the LCD screen to color, on the xt4?

[@freddyhau9714]

Joe….what’s your opinion for selecting 35mm f2 instead of f1.4

[@ethanzheng5820]

I just got my xt4 and I only wanna get one lens, what lens do you recommend. thanks

[@user-ib4zh9kf2x]

Can this be used for the Xt5?

[@beckzbecky]

what camera you taking this video that look good . pls tell me Im looking for camera for taking video

[@INTERNETDWARF]

Did I miss it, or did you not mention which lense(s) you use for daily street photography? If you were to pick just one, which would it be?

[@alansentier9568]

Hello, im French, it’s possible to rec your screen of your DSLR for we can copy please ?

[@gerardomares1273]

Hola buenas tardes, existe la posibilidad de que este video lo vea con traducción al español? GRACIAS

[@easonmeng8520]

How to set the evf to monochrome but camera still take the cc filter photo?

[@WaterShowsProd]

I know that rusted car in Talat Noi at 11:40. We shot some of the Wu Assassins movie right there.

[@joeallam]

Ah nice! I can imagine it's probably a very popular spot for images - it was just sat there perfectly framed!

[@WaterShowsProd]

@@joeallam They staged one of the fight scenes in that street, and the open area across from that car. We filmed scenes at the old Chinese style house right around the corner.

[@theldancel]

Xt 20 also

[@bofhberlin]

Short question about, BW+evf. The BW you get from the filmsimulation? only the efv to bw is not possible?

[@benfromatlantis]

I use your settings but in low light the camera chooses slow shutter speed so the pictures are not steady... And I have Iso-Auto with max 6400 and min 1/125 fixed.. But the camera ignores it. What am I doing wrong??

[@maxbashyrov5785]

the existence of exposure compensation dial on modern mirrorless cameras is a big mystery to me.

[@papachannel7210]

Hi , I from Thailand. ^_^

[@-grey]

Fujifilm AWB is a disaster of green magenta shift for me. I stick to Kelvin or the built in presets. I can always warm up or cool down a little in post - even on the jpeg. If you like a warmer look, the X-T1 generation was about click warmer on the kelvin before they switched it for the X-T2. It's got Classic Chrome, and arguably nicer tonal roll on account of the smaller dynamic range. If Ellie still has her X-T10 kicking around, I recommend giving it a whirl. Unrelated, but your hair and skin looks better, man. Probably all that good food, natural air, and sunlight. I swear England is cursed to make translucent cave newts of us all if we don't get off the island. It's like having the one ring for too long. Looking healthy is what I'm saying. ✌️😂

[@bonedyone]

hang on... you use AF-L with AFC to lock your focus? I thought AFC is Continuous so that button would make the camera keep looking for focus since it is in AFC.

[@joeallam]

Holding the AF-L button should lock the focus regardless of the AF mode it's in. There was once a bug on my X-H1 that meant it didn't always work properly which was highly frustrating, but it's been fine on my X-T4. I think there may even be a few different AF-L buttons you can choose in the button customiser, depending on whether you want to toggle or hold the button. I haven't got the camera to hand right now to double check, so I hope I'm not mistaking that with another camera...

[@tech-daddy]

Why not use the X-T4 for videos? It is very good at that!

[@AyoSoma]

But what backpack is that?

[@bunmeng007]

Are u coming to Cambodia?

[@joeallam]

Unfortunately not on this trip, but I would love to visit someday!

[@ModestReaction]

How do you set the evf to monochrome while shooting color jpeg

[@joeallam]

Ah yes, good catch. The JPEGs will come out as the EVF displays it, however if you keep the camera in RAW+JPEG you'll still have the option either in camera or via Fuji X Raw studio app to make a colour variant from the raw.

[@ModestReaction]

@@joeallam got it!! Thx!!

[@AlpsLifee]

how is the xh2 ;)

[@joeallam]

No idea - would be great if Fujifilm could give early access though!

[@AlpsLifee]

@@joeallam I’m sure they will give it to you 😉

[@joeallam]

Doesn't work like that, unfortunately. The X100V is the only time I've come close (just a hands-on on announcement day) and that was via the Japan team, not the UK.

[@WarpedTrekker]

Never thought about using an X-T4 for street, as it is slightly larger than I like. I use X-E3 and I don't want to look like a "photographer" to other people with a large camera. I may need to reconsider X-T4 with the small F2 lenses.

[@zacharypump5910]

In Street photography if you’re trying to be a little more discrete around other people, I highly recommend using single shot rather than continuous shooting mode. People very quickly hear and fixate on your camera when it’s firing long bursts with the shutter

[@wilfs1196]

you can turn the sound off

[@PeriArie]

Fuji camera is a challenge for me isn't like nikon

[@thetoovmeister9799]

I don’t understand why you would want Fuji recipes on “your” photos - especially if you are going to use Lightroom any way. The photos look just like every other Fuji user when used on social media.

[@josebrivera1716]

You send your photos to your iPhone? Why not send them to your computer? And why are photographers sending photo to a phone centric platform like Instagram? You have me cringing. Film simulation is not how the real world actually look.

[@remcovermeer7435]

Nice video! Gonna follow you also on instagram!