Use These STREET PHOTOGRAPHY SETTINGS (Fujifilm XT4 2021 Update)

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Use These Street Photography Settings (Fujifilm XT4 2021 Update)
In this video I run through how I set my camera up and what settings I use for my street photography. Although I have done similar videos a year ago, my approach has slightly changed, so this is an update on that.
00:00 Intro
01:46 Camera Set Up
06:34 Focusing
12:21 Manual Exposure
21:23 Auto Exposure
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[@msandersen]

that’s one thing about the Fuji system; it is quick and easy to change between regular half-press to focus and back-button focus; you have your back-button always set, and if you want to disable half-press focusing, you simply switch to Manual focusing on the front. Instant back-button focusing.

[@dtay345]

Another great video Roman. Clear and concise as usual. For me, I nearly always shoot in manual and with auto ISO. That gives me choices with the aperture and the shutter speed depending on the situation and the type of image I want to create. I then keep an eye on the exposure meter and adjust either the aperture or shutter speed if the camera is struggling with the lighting conditions. But at the end of the day it's horses for courses.

[@lizrollin4269]

Just want to say thank you for sharing your knowledge!!! I literally took notes during this video because all of your custom settings just make sense.

[@jakerainford5155]

These settings just made me slay a day shooting in Manchester. Thankyou sir

[@talyalewis6357]

Nothing longwinded about this tutorial. Very informative. Thank you Roman 📷

[@eduardoniederauer5537]

The amount of incredible information this 25 minute video is amazing. I like to shoot street photography and I have a similar style, so I learned a lot. Great work, Roman!

[@asmashingway-visuals3571]

hey bro, honestly this content is gold! i'm a Fuji user since few years but video totally changed my way to focus with my system! thanks :)

[@clarkzy]

I’ve been rocking aperture priority with Fuji’s auto iso set to max 3200 with a minimum shutter speed of 1/250, it’s been great to get out and not spend as much time messing with setting but I’m also glad I started learning manual to get a better understanding of the camera, thanks for all your videos dude !

[@victorparadise5878]

Don’t stop making content, Roman. Your videos are great. Very well laid out and honest. I’ve been shooting for about ten years now and I felt like I was late to photography. I’m happy to see all the new shooters. Your opinions and lessons are relevant, mate!

[@ChristophHeylen]

Man, you know what you're talking about! Subtle enthousiasm here, I like it. I'm pretty technical myself, only not yet on this subject. That's why for me the speed in which you're bringing things is a bit to high for me to keep track/focus. Since I do like what you're doing I'm going to save it for later. I believe that for me it's best to just go out and just start shooting, to get to know this beautiful piece of equipment on my own first. In a few months I'll be coming back here for your tips. Thanks! Keep it up!

[@FCJOC]

Youre like a private teacher. Keep the good work up! I bought my first camera (Canon AE1) 1977 but are still learning and change my way to operate my cameras.

[@JiiruKoga]

I just wanted to say thank you so much for you videos. Found your channel a little while back but have been clicking with it more and more and have been going back in time to learn more about my xt3.

[@basiliskokas694]

You're calmness is what attracted me in your channel (exept your really nice taste on photography)! Keep it up!

[@snapsbyfox]

Thank you!!

[@neilharding6092]

I like your approach to street settings Roman. I agree in fixing the ISO at 400-500 as this does give most conditions the bets chance of being in focus with high enough SS and/or DOF. I always trust my manual setting fully using the histogram. Cant rely on the camera to do what I want it to do sadly so never use auto A, SS or ISO even though auto ISO is tempting and then use comp dial to adjust it. Thanks for the video Roman.

[@zenaidekey]

Thank you for the very useful video, because I didn’t want to invest time in the XH1 I bought, but now having this video full of very good information, I have no excuse not give it a proper try.

[@manyoffers7119]

Thanks so much Roman. This has answered all of my questions - that keep going round my head in circles. Time to get out and shoot !

[@gageanuionut9908]

Thank you very much! Your advice is a real help to me! One of the best channels!

[@JoseAntonioAlvarado5]

Amazing video man. Thanks for all the knowledge you have share with us!

[@mattiazeny3543]

You are always a great source of inspiration!

[@azandriafreschet4751]

Love this video! Made me rethink the way I use settings on my camera. Thank you!

[@snapsbyfox]

Cheers!

[@xzen3c]

your channel is amazing and great source of inspo.

[@EODM1]

Great video, I'll be in Trafalgar Square tomorrow morning practising with what I've learnt from you! Thanks

[@WarpedTrekker]

Cool video. I like to use the X100v and my X-E3/4 for street. Much lighter to carry around. X-T4 is getting a bit large for street for me, and mainly use it for landscapes.

[@Courtney6]

Great video. I just got an xt4 last month after only ever using canon and this was interesting. At first I thought I didn’t need to customize anything and just manually change the dials on top but then I quickly felt like an idiot constantly dropping the camera down to switch dials all the time 😆.

[@slickhatter9812]

Beautiful video mate; thank you for putting the efforts despite shooting different system i enjoyed your thought process ❤️

[@snapsbyfox]

Cheers!

[@paulcomptonpdphotography]

great video again mate your doing well on this fuji stuff

[@matt88169]

Not only is running a higher iso a good idea to gain some headroom when needed…but it’s worth playing with the DR settings as well. Shooting at DR400 can save some shots and also you can dial back to DR100 in camera/post, I believe. The whole point of it is to save your highlights while boosting shadows so it’s a way to create some headroom while otherwise trying to properly expose!

[@in0711]

This was very helpful Roman. Thank you!

[@thomashill5768]

Try back button focusing with the camera in manual focus mode. It's similar to shooting in S but you get focus peaking. I've disabled focus from the shutter and it's by far my favorite way to shoot.

[@snapsbyfox]

yeah that's also a good way of doing it

[@NICOLEALEXANDRADAVILAROM-ok8dv]

very good explanation of the cameras so they must all be😊

[@vineethvkurup820]

Very Very informative video. And like always, this video is also presented in a very interesting way.

[@snapsbyfox]

Thank you so much!

[@EODM1]

That'll do for me Roman.. Easy to follow street settings 👍 I do put my iso at around 400, shutter speed around 1500 then use aperture as needed to control exposure. 😬 I've learnt a lot from this video mate. I live in Westminster 5 mins from big ben so maybe I will bump into you one day 🍻

[@hlv119]

As usual-great vid.

[@aTcAPEX]

Real nice video keep up the work man 🤙

[@Enrique-the-photographer]

Excellent tutorial Roman, easy to understand and follow along. Stay safe.

[@snapsbyfox]

Thanks bro, hope you good!

[@Enrique-the-photographer]

@@snapsbyfox I’m doing fine, not that you need to know (LOL), but I got my first dose of the anti-covid vaccine, I’ll be getting the second shot in about two weeks, I want to be ready and safe for my trip to the promised land.

[@wjspencer95]

Soundest plug going, quick intro and back to the content

[@rillaman1]

Hello... Love your straight talking videos. More importantly love your photos 👍

[@snapsbyfox]

Thank you!

[@claudeponchant5649]

Your second ebook is so magnifique ans amazing like the previous one. Bravo Roman.

[@snapsbyfox]

Thank you SO much for supporting and the kind words. I really appreciate you

[@jiayuwang8761]

Thanks for your video. I will try on my X-T30~

[@Keeganshero13]

Loved this video

[@jimm.leonardo]

Nice tips. Thank you

[@dinpecz05]

this guide is really helpful! thanks!

[@bjmarchives]

I went from XT-1 to Xpro2 and now I just got an XT-5 that feels like a more loaded camera. Thanks for the ideas.

[@drnimish333]

Appreciate your efforts taken sir

[@michaelgravlund9194]

Great thanks for a great video. Helps a lot.

[@Damirock]

Thank you, Roman. Auto exposure made me feel out of control when I started shooting aperture priority, but made my way by learning how to compensate it with other means. Now it's intuitive to me. I really like that you moved out of "keep iso at it's lowest minimum" zone after one more year of your work!

[@haroldcharlie2103]

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[@andresjustus2960]

@Harold Charlie instablaster =)

[@haroldcharlie2103]

@Andres Justus thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

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@Andres Justus it worked and I now got access to my account again. Im so happy:D Thanks so much, you saved my account !

[@andresjustus2960]

@Harold Charlie No problem =)

[@machaggis2001]

Such a useful video, esp as I've just bought an X-T5. Would love to know what your other standard set up settings are...

[@Badger66]

Really Interesting Video mate, and the new Zine is great! 👌😉

[@snapsbyfox]

Thank you So much man! I hope you liked it

[@david_keating]

Not long winded at all Roman, but well explained with good detail. Same as my settings but different buttons chosen. Great vlog as usual. Btw next time Mr Danks is in town I suggest you don't answer your door or put him on reigns so he can't loiter in puddles 🤣🤣

[@denizkendirci]

i'm using shutter focus with af-s and af-c modes, and if i want to use back button focus i switch to manual focus (back button still works in manual mode).

[@richard_cawthorne]

Thank mate, that was really helpful 👍

[@ttunali]

You touched upon all the crucial topics, well done Roman 👍🏼 although you say you like manual exposure, in your previous POV videos you used Aperture priority 🤣

[@snapsbyfox]

Thanks! yeah because like I said in the video, I use aperture priority for situations where I don't fully focus on photography .... like when filming POV videos

[@dogswithoutahome2903]

Excellent tutorial

[@benjaminakerlund]

Great video! Thanks 🙏🏼

[@StevenGrant_Photographer]

Roman needs some sleep. Most helpful though. I'll shame myself and say I watched nearly every video multiple times. Popcorn and KZbin Photography. 🍿 good stuff. Between Roman and Rodrigo Hernandez are my favorite channels for the real dope shots. Roman killing it with a APSC as well as Rodrigo using a nikon 5500 dx and slaying Vegas with trails and textures. I've been the guy with the 6000.00 camera with quite fine cat photos. LoL Thanks for the inspiration and the kick in the ass. Oh and the quality.😁

[@robomac2011]

Excellent exercise

[@Jermzybarra]

SO HELPFUL

[@marcclarion6586]

Looking forward to shoot this monday with a friend. Long overdue photowalk

[@joseluisc8891]

Hi Roman! what a great video thank you very much, i have watched it like 4 times already. Coming from a Canon Eos 5D mii to a brand new XT4 your tutorial is just top notch. And the pictures you take are a completely different league, congrats. QUICK QUESTION, I know you focus of photography, but any idea how to set the automatic metering for video? cannot find it anywhere, and it seems it is just set to spot metering... which as you mentioned in the video it is not ideal, I wish i could have it set to multi for video as well, any help would be much appreciated!

[@bashman59]

Another very helpful video.Thanks

[@snapsbyfox]

Cheers!

[@AMore429]

Great video !

[@tomassantos4299]

Let’s try test this in my D70. Btw this was just what I needed

[@snapsbyfox]

Cheers!

[@TOESERONE]

learned a lot. Thank you

[@willsamuelheather]

I have never been able to shoot in any priority modes. I find it much quicker, easier and more intuitive to shoot in manual. But then again, I usually do loops of one place for a while, with the light not changing too much. When shooting in harsh light I typically just use the shutter speed to drastically change the exposure, to get deep shadows. But great video, always interesting to hear how everyone shoots. I guess the most important thing is the end result, regardless of how we get there.

[@snapsbyfox]

yeah man, there is no wrong or right way. I'm also keen to find out how others shoot as there is always room for improvement

[@willsamuelheather]

@@snapsbyfox Most definitely. Shooting with other people is the way forward!

[@des7638]

Great stuff thank you

[@TheMickebostrom]

Very interesting!

[@JosefFoti]

I always like to watch this kind of videos from people who use different systems than I do and try to think how to apply the tips on my system. By the way, I think you didn't mention what lens you use for street photography, it may also be useful. I'm quite new in street photography, I do mostly portraits, but I tried a 50mm (on a full frame camera) and it seemed fine, however, a 35mm may be even better (at least in some scenarios).

[@ccudjoe89]

Still here! Solid reasoning that could help others out!

[@snapsbyfox]

Thanks!

[@LaurentROMARYmusicien]

Great video. Thx 🥂

[@jrod291]

Great video

[@jrsmall8391]

You post I watch, comment and like 👏

[@snapsbyfox]

Thank you!

[@chriswheeller1069]

Really interesting video

[@user-bp8yg3ko1r]

Super interesting! ^^

[@kenbuckner6288]

Quick comment and this you may already know, but to save one of your fn buttons for another feature try this. If you put your camera into focus mode ALL you then have access to all focus modes quickly. Just press joy stick then turn rear command dial to adjust focus box size. As this reduces size it automatically changes to the appropriate focus mode(I.e. starting from all will go to wide, zone and then single point automatically). Hope this is helpful to you and your viewers.

[@DanielSchranz]

I was just about to write the same - so intuitive and quick plus it doesn't need a button or a spot in the quick menu!

[@davidwebber651]

@@DanielSchranz Me too! Glad I decided to read through the comments before posting! It was one of those 'wow, so obvious' moments when I discovered this!

[@randall8496]

As street photographers, I think we all struggle for a good while initially with our camera's myriad configurations, always with an eye to being as fast and fluid as possible on the street. As a street photographer who cut his teeth in the analog era, even before in-camera metering was common, this has been especially challenging for me with the newer digital cameras, since previously there were not many choices to be made. One important choice, however, had to do with film ASA. Kodak Tri-X , Ilford HP4/5 and other faster (grainier) films were taken for granted by street photographers; they were essential and grain was a fact of life (which, ironically, many today endeavor to imitate with 'gritty' simulations, even though they will insist in always choosing the lowest ISO possible while shooting). Nobody back in the day would've dreamed of roaming the streets with something like Panatomic-X (ASA 32) or even Plus-X (ASA 100) just in order to achieve finer grain; they would never have achieved decent images in other respects. Yet that's precisely what many today seem to be suggesting. Bear in mind that so-called ISO today has little or nothing to do with ISO/ASA of yesteryear. Digital ISO is added gain, not additional sensor sensitivity; there is a difference. With respect to gain, then, Roman mentions using ISO 500 as a starting point for street shooting and that's a very good idea (good luck otherwise, with respect to acceptable focus and freeze on the street). A better one, however, insofar as Fuji cameras are involved, might perhaps be 640, since Fuji uses a two-step process to bump signal-to-noise. But the second processor only kicks in at 640. That means, for those overly concerned with 'noise', you may actually get less of it and achieve even more latitude at 640 than at 500. I'm no pixel-peeper and will leave it to others to confirm or investigate this further for themselves. Just thought I'd throw it in here, since not too many Fuji shooters seem to be aware of it. Ditto for many other camera brands, although specific numbers may vary.

[@K3zz21]

I always thought the secondary iso started at 2000. This is good to know thank you so much!

[@ryansadler2687]

Could you do a video showing different photos, in different locations, and the settings you use?

[@epv221]

I usually pray and push (not always a satisfactory approach, but remarkably easy).

[@jeffpalmer1486]

Am I losing my mind or are you able to articulate your screen into many more positions than I am on my XT 4? 🤷🏻‍♂️ Thanks for your great vids.

[@Jiahaniscool]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@snapsbyfox]

Thank you!

[@kevanalbrighton5887]

@snapsbyfox excellent video, very good presentation style. I have been operating in Manual mode but with Auto ISO. As a beginner I find this easier to deal with than full Manual but better than switching to Aperture or Shutter Speed mode as I like to control both. Im using a Nikon camera. any thoughts on that?

[@kareemtejumola5443]

Have always enjoyed your tutorial and this particular one is no exception. thanks for the good work educating people like me photographically. have always been confused about manual exposure and manual focusing and auto focussing. can one be shooting in Manual mode and still be using auto focus, please throw light on this. similarly can one be shooting in continuous mode and and set the three parameters aperture, shutter speed and ISO manually. Please help clarify this for me. Thanks.

[@snapsbyfox]

yeah of course. focus and exposure are totally separate and can be used in any manual / auto combination

[@evenatienzaart]

If I could subscribe again I would, clever Roman. Does the X-T4 have dual-stage manual focus assistance like my current cameras which allow focus on a movable focus area at 6x and 12x magnification. That feature was enlightening and game-changing for exploiting a 42mp sensor when I learned about it and I may be reluctant to change to a different camera system that does not have that feature. Thank you for your work, Roman.

[@AndyGlavac]

A good video as I love street photography Not sure what you meant by leaving the film simulations on and shooting raw Can you explain that as I love B&W as well

[@peterp7736]

Hey! I like your videos alot! Would you recommend the X-T3, X-T4 for sports photography like football or tennis other than street photography?

[@snapsbyfox]

Cheers! yes of course

[@danielschmaderer]

Auto ISO is a great feature.

[@nigerian-nightmare]

I use back button auto focus on continuous af for every thing.

[@irinasantos1418]

Great video! What type of shutter do you use?

[@paulchoccyt1303]

Roman, manual zone focus is so much better tbh and you will actually enjoy shooting a lot and hit rate is very high.

[@snapsbyfox]

Will try!

[@joyjeetpaul2218]

Hope these settings r applicable on FUJIFILM XT30 II too 🙏

You mentioned that you prefer ISO 500 for the X-T4. Have you considered ISO 800 as a standard because of the dual sensor gain circuitry on the camera? I find that it's actually cleaner than 500/640 in most situations.

[@snapsbyfox]

Will try, cheers!

[@WhoIsSerafin]

I recommend putting exposure in the rear wheel so you can quickly take a photo while adjusting your exposure

[@ewen9133]

How to to focus and recompose with AFC and half press focus (8:29) ? Do you use AFL ? Thank you !

[@MinhHoang-oe7qm]

Hello, I have a question to ask the admin and you for advice. I am currently using canon 6D mark ii and am in need of an upgrade. Can anyone advise me to buy canon R or fujifilm XT4? My usage needs are: family photos, camping videos. Thanks

[@erenjam]

😂 settings vid gang this week 🍻

[@michaelbrandt9806]

Where can i buy the golden shutter. I like the Style.

[@peterstevenson9603]

How do you disable the shutter button and setup BBF - Please

[@Meshwork123]

Great advice, thank you. May I ask, for street work, do you find the 35 lens a little tight? Have you tried the 23?

[@snapsbyfox]

sometimes yeah especially if I am with people but I use both equally to be honest. I pre-ordered the new 27 2.8 but canned it last minute as id rather use it first before spending the cash. That could be a nice in-between tho

[@Meshwork123]

@@snapsbyfox I see. I have the 35 1.4 - a phenomenal lens. I’ll check out the new 27, thanks. A nice focal length, yes.

[@rozapavlova4131]

Are you shooting street photography with the 35mm prime?

[@kolyatesla]

How do you put Peak Design anchors on bodie? It's impossible(

[@AndreiGrigorean]

Why don't you use Auto ISO with min shutter speed?