Fujifilm CONTINUOUS AUTOFOCUS Explained: What, How, When and Why (ft.X100V) 

Absolutely great informative video!!! Thank you for this!! There’s so much mystery with that AF-C Custom Settings system and your explanation of it makes it easier to understand. 👍🏻

Street photographer genre. Period. Its a good camera

Thank you Jay. I'm finding myself on your page more and more. Good job! 👍

Thanks Jay, I've been struggling a bit with focus on my X100V and your videos have helped.

I like that you show what we see in the viewfinder. And the whole video presented a lot more than title and thumbnail suggested! Thank you, Jay! 👏🏽

I adore your videos explaining the x100v ! The most useful in RU-vid always with showing the actual camera and examples perfect ! Please make more !! Nd filter flash etc

This is SO HELPFUL! Thank you!!

Best video I’ve watched on this subject. In my case I want to set up the x100v to capture images of may kids a reliable as possible. This video has given me all the information I need. Thanks for taking the time to create it and share ♥️

This is just an excellent video. Thank you!

Amazing video. Perfectly explained. Thanks Jay.

Thank you so much, very clear explanation.👍👍👍

That was clear, consise, and informative. Thank you for the obvious time and effort you put into making this video. Well done!

Good tutorial... explained clearly

As always, brilliantly explained. Thank you.

Wow! You did a lot of work here. It's absolutely the most in-depth informative video on Fuji AF I've seen. Good work!

So useful. Thanks Jay

Wow, thanks for this video! So helpful and so well explained 🙏

This really made it click with me. You're a great teacher.

Very clear and concise. Thanks.

Thanks!👍 Your Fuji x100 series tutorials are the best.

Thanks, that was very helpful.

Excellent tutorial!! Thanks for taking the time to explain it properly! 🙏👍💪

Great, super informative video Jay. Definitely the best channel I’ve seen for explaining all the Fuji functions (I like the sound of Fuji functions). Hope you’re still finding time to get out and shoot!

Your video works are becoming a technical school of Fujifilm... Congratulations...

Excellent explanation.

Great info. Subscribed!

Indeed informative. Thanks.

Fantastic video with lost of information that is very useful, and most of all, I understand it! Thanks!!!

This is a great educational video. You have a gift for teaching,. Well done!

excellent info man. tyvm

Very helpful video. While I do not use continuous auto focus too often on my X100V, this really cleared up several questions I had. Thank you

Very well explained, thanks!

Great video, very clear and helped alot ! Thank you :)

What a great explanation. Thank you! You gained yourself a subscriber and I’ll be diving in your other videos. 👍

Thank you so much, You have a clear way of explaining. Subscribed.

Thank you Jay! This is the best video explaining Fuji's Continuous Autofocus that I've seen. The way you demonstrate the camera's response with actual moving objects in the frame is especially effective. I own a Fujifilm X-T3 and just recently acquired an X-T5 that is reported to have improved autofocus tracking. I'll be experimenting with the custom settings since I photograph American football frequently and often have a poor focus "hit rate".

So helpful!

Excellent work man

Great video! I've just started to play around with panning and trying to get action shots of my brother skating. I wasn't sure which af-c custom setting to use so I've just been keeping it on multipurpose. Now I have a little better understanding of what the different options are. Thanks!

Thanks for the vidéo and the good explanations. :-)

After all my search about focus finally !!!!!!! I found here all the answers to my questions about that ! Thank you ! I came from Sony where it’s more obvious and for Fuji it’s a little more complicate 🙏

Great vid !

Excellent explanation! Thank you for sharing.

A big thanks to you for this video, Jay. Turns out I've been using the completely wrong settings for sitting stationary and talking to the camera. Cheers!

Excellent!

thank for all the info . Actually I know all of these functions after 6 months , but I never used cont. focus at all . You clip sort of give me inspiration to switch to cont. focus to a change . It's kind of fun ( and not to miss ) to hunt for a perfect moment to take good picture of my family members , especially during covid time isolation at home . Cheers !

Excellent video fr somebody like me new to photography, please continue posting tutorials like this👍

Wow! I am so so so so thankful for this video, seriously! Just got a FUJI x100v for day to day photography and am learning the basics of auto focus and this video was beyond helpful! I bookmarked it and have officially subscribed! Keep up the amazing work!!

Very helpful Thank you! How do you get rid of AF noise sound on video mode??

More practical demonstration of continuous auto focus. 👍

I figured out combining AF-on and Area AF, I can tell the camera exactly where I want the focus to be in video mode.

Thank you soooo much 🙏

Hi Jay, Thank you for your time on putting this together.I'm an amateur sports photographer and determined to prove that Fuji can be used for sports. Currently XT3 XF100400 | 50140 and 1655mm. Have been studying extensively this issue and every video that I could put my eyes on. Your explanation is very concise and at the same time simple and easy to understand. It allowed me to go over again this fundamental concepts. Mostly on water sports such as surf, kite, windsurf and found tennis extremely challenge where you want the ball just out of the racquet (SS over 2500). Best settings so far AF-C Zone 3X3 or 5X5 MS CH, but what I am looking for is reliability and just can't get that so far. However still way to go on the basic focus technique that will improve my keeper rate. Think the XT3 is very sensible to light conditions. Just a thought. Cheers and great video content. (Followed you on your street instagram today)

Hi Jay, thanks so much for this extremely in-depth video. It has helped really understand the capabilities of my camera, Also, to the two losers who gave this video a thumbs down, you must be very sad people.

I'm new to Fuji so I really appreciate your videos. I'm also an enthusiast, and also from Sydney. Cool work mate.

Great explanation on AF 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I leave my xt3 firmware 4 on af-c 90 percent of the time. Af-s sometimes misses focus because of a very slight movement of my hand, tho no motion blur, plane of focus sometimes shifts forward or backward which leads to miss focus.

I swear I watch this video every 6 months or so just to re-familiarize myself with the AF-C settings.

Thanks bro

It's funny man the whole time this amazing, informative video was on, I could help but thing damn... Should have I got the sliver one 😂😂

Cogent post, Jay. Custom settings (speed, sensitivity) take time to learn and apply wisely. Suggest separate vid on this topic, w/real world shoots beyond the desktop models, along with relative hit rates for different settings and conditions, if that makes sense.

question.... for anyone here. when I have set my xt4 focus area to the center of the frame, I shoot a few frames,, Then, I see that the focus area shifted from the center out to the edge of frame!!! How do I make it stay centered? Thanks

Excellent explanation and video bro! Keep up the good work. BTW, This is my new channel dedicated strictly to street photography I'll have some videos up soon.

I enjoy your explanation on Fuji's continuous autofocus, you mentioned using the shutter button to focus, however, is back button focus a faster and more accurate way to focus?

Great video Jay! You mention that continuous auto focus should be best used for Sports, Action & Wildlife. What about weddings? Thanks, Bob

I'm nearly an expert on autofocus modes...but your 'why' and examples of when to use which-- really clear and well-explained. I learned a bit here, and I loved this video

Great video!!! Only a question: in af-c, when you shooting the model, do you half press the shutter button until you want to shoot and so you finish to press the button to make the photo?

I have a problem with the focus when using the x-t200 as a webcam. Suggested settings? People say to have continuous focus and pre-af on

Why I can’t move the focus like you with the stick ? Nothing happen

When i switched to Wide/Tracking, the box in the middle disappears Edit: I was set to AF-Single and not continuous 😅

I am puzzled by the continuous AF & speed settings because doesn’t that suggest that you would have to know how fast your subject moves?

Hi Jay, thanks for the video. I have a noob question. When you set up to AF-C and zone focus, you still need to half-press the shutter button to lock the focus, usually the color of the small boxes turn to green. When you use it with high speed burst, from what i know about high speed burst, you just press the shutter button once and hold it to take continuous high speed shot. Does that mean i just need to half-press the shutter button once to lock focus, then when i press and hold the shutter button in high burst mode, the camera will take multiple rapid shot and for each shot, will the camera automatically adjust and "re-lock" the focus when the subject is moving in a different plane? (i.e. let's say running towards you) I hope my question makes sense. Thanks.

Hey, which AF-C settings would be best for focus and recompose? I'm thinking "Wide/Tracking, AF-C, and 4/0/Center. Thoughts?

Wanna see X S10 auto focus test.

It's just a bummer that you can't touch-to-track. Having to keep focus area, and them focus and recompose can sometimes be annoying, and just being able to touch a subject to start tracking it would be really welcome

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you sound like a kiwi? am I right bro ?

Excellent!