Chris, I think that like many others I was waiting for your verdict on the autofocus update and I truly believe that it’s a measure of the respect and trust you have earned through the channel. In my case it’s enough to persuade me to trade my X-T4 for the X-T5. Thank you for all your hard work and enthusiasm.
@@chaddonal4331 I have carried out a huge amount of research from a variety of sources before upgrading. As I see it the two main changes that I will notice are the change of screen from flippy to tilt and the file size for raw images. With regards to the screen I was attracted to the X-T4 screen as I liked the ability to turn it in on itself for protection. I never shoot video of myself and a screen protector will deal with protection. In terms of file size I will be shooting raw to slot 1 and jpeg to to slot 2. I'm not that much into editing as I like the jpeg outputs and the raw files are only there as a backup should I feel the occasional need to edit any jpeg that isn't up to scratch. If in the future I switch to mainly raw shooting I will get some additional storage on my Mac probably by way of a Synology Nas.
Thanks Rob! As an XT4 owner, just remember that you won't have the flip around screen any longer. For me that was a HUGE deal. Others, it doesn't matter much. Also, file sizes of JPEG/RAW will obviously be larger due to the larger resolution. For me, I consider storage space worth it. Lastly, remember that the buffer is a bit slower because of the larger RAWs and readout speeds. I go over this in the XT5 review, but wanted to also point that out.
@@pal2tech Thanks for replying Chris. I had already considered the issue of the screen and raw file size and covered them in an earlier reply to another viewer, I guess it crossed with your reply. Buffer shouldn’t cause me any issues but thanks for taking the time to mention it - another example of the integrity that shines through the channel. Hope to join one of your livestreams in the future once I persuade my wife that getting up in the middle of the night is not grounds for divorce 😂😂😂
Very good review. I just updated my xt 5 with the new firmware . I do mostly bird photography around the wetlands near me in Florida and have found the autofocus a bit better with the upgrade. I should mention that the bird setting works well on turtles and alligators .
I also noticed how well it works with turtles, I can't say if it is the new firmware, because I never saw as many as in my last shooting a few days ago. It definitely locks very well on their eyes.
You are doing great content. Honestly I am a little bit sad, that we here in Germany need you guys over there in the US for some really sophisticated content around Fuji cameras.
Great video. Good that Fuji is bringing firmware adressing the AF issues and enhanced subject detection. This are major selling point and need to be adressed.
I do enjoy your videos. Huge thanks for making such well done, detailed and researched information. You are really a huge asset to all Fuji owners. Best wishes.
Your review was spot on. Well at least spot on with everything I have shot. I found that once it locked on it stuck to the subject like it was glued. But getting it to lock on was something else and I am working to improve that. I loved your balloon.
Another great video, thank you! I’ll add that after the firmware update, while trying the new insect tracking, shooting single shots - that the temperature warning icon came up a little over an hour into the shoot. I usually shoot macro in manual mode and previously had long sessions with no issue. I mentioned it to the Fujjfilm rep yesterday at a local event. He was checking with Fujifilm tech.
I'm a Pentaxian about to switch to a mirrorless system. I'm considering the X-H2 and the autofocus from the initial reviews had me on the fence. I was worried the gap to Sony would be too big. But now I'm pretty much confident, even if it's not up to the exact same standard, it's good enough by a wide margin not to be worried. Now it's time to wait for a good deal!
I can tell you that this update makes the XH2 a formidable camera. The update made a huge difference in my non native Tamron 150-500 lens. The 18 55mm 16 80mm and the Viltrox 13mm 1.4 lens were stellar before the update but now are superior in acquisition of focus. For some reason I got a lens error a few days after the update. I reset the camera and the lens error went away, but it kept asking me to turn off the camera and restart it. The camera is 6 months old so I dropped it off at Fujifilm in New Jersey Thursday. Get a warranty because it seems to happen to some Fujifilm cameras for some strange reason. The camera was never dropped or mishandled, but while shooting it gave the lens error.
Been waiting for one of these vids re: the new FW. Thank you. I moved to Sony for my professional work, and slimmed down my Fuji gear to the point of selling all my X gear, and just keeping my GFX 50R. Sadly Sony has got me to the point where I now know what it is like to be truly confident in an AF-C tracking system and it's tricky going back. The 50R I just stick in AF-S and largely stick to landscape work. This update looks like a big step in the right direction. I think I'll be going back to scratch my Fuji itch when the next x-pro comes out, and the current state of AF seems good enough for family captures (a fast-moving toddler) which is encouraging as a fan of the brand.
Thanks Chris, for this wonderful and enjoyable video. NEWS!! On my X-H2 I had a manual lens on but hadn't switched to manual focus from AF. The green box found whatever was in focus in AF!!! I also had a single red poppy flower in a field of wheat. When I brought the camera to my eye, the green box was locked onto the poppy! Me thinks Fujifilm has finally caught up with the others in terms of AF.
Hi Chris, great video as usual. If I m not wrong, your xt5 new firmware update compares to our 3.0 (for x-h2s). With that, on my x-h2s, I did notice some improvements on the face recognition and with animals reflections in water: the focus tends to be more stickier on the actual animal rather than its reflection, although this is not completely fixed. However, I m very disappointed about the bird/animal detection mode. I always see that green square in my camera viewfinder, but the focus is most of the time right behind the subject! And yes, you are right: the insect autofocus is more a tracking system when the insect is on the flower. There is no way you can catch a flying bumblebee or a dragonfly with this camera! Thanks!
I completely agree with you. I have the X-H2S and I struggle with the same false positive auto focus locks, especially with subject detection tracking. If you read the 2.0 firmware notes, it included this fix... "The bug has been fixed, which caused that the focal point of a lens was sometimes behind the subject when shooting the small object by selecting “SUBJECT DETECTION SETTING”. And then we had the big 3.0 firmware update (appears the same as the X-T5's and X-H2's AF improvements). I'm very disappointed to still be having these issues, and I hope Fuji can make additional improvements via firmware.
@@aj-zk1wx hi! I m glad to hear it s not just my camera. Initially I thought it was a lens problem (I had 70-300, single motor), so I tested out the 100-400 2 LM with upgraded firmware for this camera, but the issue remained. The camera autofocus is not good enough to catch flying birds, and that s ok cause good cameras for that are around 7k...but with this camera you can't even catch the steady animal! Most of the time I have to remove the subject detection and use the "spot" to get a reliable focus! Yet, you see videos on UA-cam from photographers saying this camera is amazing for wildlife... I do understand they are paid by fuji, but please....
Thanks for clarifying the insect detection... It should be statet somewhere in the menu. I thought I got the wrong firmware because I wanted to try it (doing macro most of the time). Thanks man!
Great and really useful video, Chris. I have a lot of Fuji kit, including the X-T5 (with latest update) and the 18-55. This was very relevant to me. On a different note, I was amazed and how very much your beautiful kids look like your wife. Great family.
In a recent shoot of mine on XT5 and current FM I learned that it can't really handle people wearing sunglasses in Eye AF. Maybe that is obvious one? I guess face would have worked better, but AFC tracking for photos were 100% spot on, so I'm happy.
My main subject for photos and videos are dogs! Glad to hear that Piper is doing great 🥹 ... Thks for the videos ... And BTW beautiful family ☺️ Cheers from Colombia 🇨🇴
Thanks for your hard work. If the improvements were noticeable with the 18-55, I’m sure even better performance may come from some of the faster lenses. Curious if you think AF is any better in non subject detect modes-I.e. “normal” af-s or af-c modes.
Love all the videos you do about cameras but i really would like to see a video of some of your favourite photos you have taken and just talk about them!
I thought the pictures of the kids that you stated as in focus looked still off. It made me realise that whilst I love the Fuji colours and look you get, the autofocus is so way behind Sony. Even if I upgraded to the xt5 I’d still end up favouring the a7iv and it would be a waste of money. If all I did was like street photography or landscapes I’d happily upgrade. Yes it’s way better than the xt3 but still got a lot of catching up on Sony autofocus
For my purposes, where I shoot in low light action where sometimes it failed to detect an eye, there is a big improvement. To where I had hoped it would before the update. Happy here.
I really like your content and learn a lot. I have a request, can you make a whole fujifilm xt5 guide of the camera settings, buttons … Like user guide Thank you :)
Great test, it tells me a lot about the speed and computing power of the chips in the XT 5. Do you think that there is room form many improvements in this camera's chips in the future , is it a good investment ? You ha a great family, it's a very good idea to use them as test subjects for the products, in 20 years they'll be laughing out loud, watching the videos 👍
Bonjour, Merci pour cette vidéo. Même si je ne parle pas anglais j'ai quand même compris l'essentiel de votre test. Étant possesseur d'un X-H2 j’attendais avec impatience que quelqu'un fasse un test. Et visiblement nos youtubeurs français sont à la traîne. Hâte de pouvoir le tester moi-même dès que la météo le permettra et que j'aurai le temps.
Entertaining video as always! You've been more scientific than me in my tests, and glad to see you've confirmed the same conclusion...the AF has improved significantly. I was getting frustrated at too many missed focus shots at my kids football (soccer) matches, but I shot them this week with much higher success rate (using 50-140mm) after the firmware update. Kudos to Fuji! Have a great weekend Chris and all comment readers!
Great tests, thank you for the comparison. Interesting note about the auto setting for the X-s20, curious to see if the X-t40 will be similar in that regard. I hope the next iteration of the xpro or x-e line will be in the same vein. maybe the next x-e will bring back more button. I just want the x-e3 with the x-e4 tilt screen.
I updated my H-2 and shot two high school playoff baseball games. Wow!! Only missed a few shots. There was rolling shutter issues in ES mode in game mode, but when I put in MS for game two, rolling shutter was all but gone. It was so good, I don't see a need to get an H-2s for action anymore.
I shot all day with the XT5 in Italy today. I was ready to trash this thing before the 2.0 update. Since the update, I’ve nailed wayyy more shots than previously. Today, even in a moving boat in choppy water, it had no trouble tracking and focusing on seagulls or anything else I pointed it at. It’s still not as reliable as my R6mkII but it’s much closer now. My only gripe is that the exposure compensation dial is way too easy to accidentally adjust with a simple bump or even just slinging it across my chest. Thanks for the video. Love your channel.
@@StoicJason thanks for the reply. Should be ok then 😉. I ordered the 56 1.2 WR, will be a bit inferior to my 85 RF 1.2 but the weight and the price are divided by 3 😅
Excellent XT5/FMv2.0 review. Glad Piper is doing well! My take: AF-C is definitely improved. I tested it out at two polo matches last weekend after updating to FW 2.0. The scene was a high goal polo match. High goal refers to experienced/skilled players on fit horses, often re-trained race horses, where the speed of the game is fast. A galloping horse can easily maintain 25-30mph (40-50kph). This provides a reasonable test for the AF-C. I used Fuji’s 100-400 and 70-300. I used Provia, AF-C, CL (7fps), Wide/Tracking, Custom Setting 6 (4/2/Front), and focus priority. I have AF+MF turned off. My observations. I tried subject detection off and subject detection on (face/eye and animal). • When subject detection was off the burst rate was high and consistent - in line with the 7fps set. With subject tracking (face/eye or animal) on, focus locked on to a rider (eye focus) well when the action was close, but less reliable when the action was further away, which is to be expected. • With animal subject focus on, focus was more reliable in this scenario on the horse’s head, but I put this down to a larger, more defined target rather than animal detection being inherently better than human face detection. • However, with face/eye and animal detection on, after about 2-3 images, the burst rate slowed noticeably. I do not know why, but my hunch is that the computing power needed for eye/animal detection is a far heavier effort so to maintain focus the frame rate slows. On the other hand, with subject tracking off, the burst rate was maintained. Both settings seemed to give accurate focus once locked on; it is just the burst rate that seems to be affected. In future for sport, I will not use face/eye or animal detection. Of the 448 images taken during the first match, I discarded only 18 for being out of focus, either because the focus point was on a horse behind the target or because it focused on the background due to user error. For me, the XT5 with FW2.0 in AF-C is good enough.
Thanks Chris. Not clear if you were shooting in C mode but that enabled motion prediction for objects moving towards the camera. Even on older cameras that helps a great deal for focusing on those kind of shots
Great video Chris! I would not expect anything less from you :) Is there any chance you are working on x-t5 autofocus review for video? Especially with a focus on object detection?
Great review as always. One small off-topic point, Canadians call the geese, Canada geese not Canadian geese, for what should be an obvious reason. We don’t take any pride of ownership in them, nor would you if they were called American geese! We call them Canada geese in the same way that you refer to French fries, not French, or Dutch treat, not Dutch as a generic title. They are most assuredly not Canadian geese! If you’d like to take ownership of them and call them American geese, there millions of us who would gladly step back and wish you luck.
Thanks for reporting your experience. Unfortunately, my experience with the new firmware and birds in flight is that the performance is more or less unchanged. I still get a good number of "false positives" (this is the aspect that annoys me the most). Hard to compare because these tests are as un-scientific and un-repeatable as they can be, as you also correctly point out. Still, I noticed no improvement in my use case. Subject detection performance relies largely on subject size and background separation, and this has not changed at all for me. I get a good number of in-focus shots when the bird is against blue sky, and an equally good number of wasted shots when there are trees behind it, unless they are a lot farther away than the bird. BTW, locking on erratically moving subjects works a lot better when using a medium-sized or even a large focus zone. Using a single point focus, as you seem to do, makes sudden changes between similar subjects a lot more frequent, and this also has not changed significantly in my recent shooting with the new firmware.
I have the X-H2S and I struggle with the same false positive auto focus locks, especially with subject detection tracking. Yesterday I was taking a photo of a heron standing completely still in good lighting and the camera said it was locked onto the eye. I had to take 3 or 4 separate bursts (re-initiating focus each time) before I got a single sharp photo. It doesn't happen all the time, but perhaps that's the most frustrating part. It often results in me taking way more photos than should be necessary to ensure I get something usable, because the confidence just isn't there. I'm very disappointed to still be having these issues, and I hope Fuji can make additional improvements via firmware.
I am hoping that Fuji can get to the autofocus level of Sony, Canon, or Nikon on ALL of their camera line products after the most current release of the SX-20 camera body. If this happens, I will definitely purchase a new camera body from Fuji. I would also like Fuji to implement an auto ISO function which will let you select a higher minimum shutter speed than 1/500 of a second. (This is the highest shutter speed on auto ISO for the Fuji XT-3.) I love the choices that Fuji offers with their X mount lens lineup. Just keep on making the necessary improvements with respect to autofocus acquisition & autofocus accuracy.😊👍
As a "Birder" who uses the Fujifilm XH2S with the 70 to 300 for birding and identification of birds, I want to thank you for your update about the auto focus firmware update that will help birders. I must warn you about the aggressive and dangerous bird that you encoutoured in your review. It was the “Trump-adore” land geese that was breed back the 1800’s to compete and win in “cock” fights in the Confederate States. It is still thriving in the Southern States and can be seen in Georgia especially in the Peachtree City area. It has been recently trained to detect humans from California, and will bite off their gonads. I appreciated your informative videos (I dislike any attempt of humor to convey information) and I want you to remain safe.
just want to mention that you could get into the need to check lens firmware updates when updating the camera. Myself and a lot others had focus-hesitations after this one - my 16-80 focused worse instead of better until I did the accompanying lens firmware update (also my 50-140 but back to normal after a 2023 update I missed).
Just the video I've been looking for to convince myself to upgrade from my X-S10 to an X-S20. Excellent test, and excellent results! Now to figure out if I should just get the X-T5 instead...
Be interesting to see all the animal detection with a telephoto. My A6400 puts a green square on the screen and quite often most of those are misses too - not just a Fuji issue
Even for human face/eye? Good to hear, I'm on the fence if I should get the X-S20 or just go for a Sony kit. I get the feeling that people are praising the older Sony cameras based on old merits, and based on how good the new cameras are. The A7C and A6x00 might be really good, but they can't be perfect. Otherwise the A1 wouldn't be able to be improve on that. I've seen many comments about Fuji getting close to Sony with this firmware, "but the A6600 is still in a different league". Is it though? These results seem to be pretty damn good. Do the A6600 really never miss regardless of what happens?
Great video, I honestly don’t know how often anybody needs to record or photograph drones.. pretty weird integration, I do think it’s probably completely no different than the technology used to detect planes, they probably just slapped the drone word on it for marketing purposes. Otherwise, the update looks fantastic, greatly improves the tracking autofocus. I’m excited. Thanks for filling us in!
I updated my X-H2 and spent an entire day shooting all manner of flying and crawling insects and it was obvious to me that there is a real boost in the AF speed and accuracy with respect to that subject matter. BTW I don't know if you tried it with your bees but Pre-shot ES is great for them or anything else you want to try to get shots of in flight. (And I am sooooo happy to have ISO control available on the front dial now!)
Hi Chris. Thanks for all the excellent content you put out. Assuming the X-H2 AF performance is similar to the X-T5, how would this compare with the X-H2S AF?
Hi Chris: I am an amateur who enjoys photography. Have you noticed Fuji's AF's erratic and chaotic behavior in AF-S especially with wide angle lenses at narrower apertures? It is about Fuji's AF misfocusing with false focus confirmation. This problem has certain coverage online. This is present for me on both X-T3 and X-T5 (latest firmware on both) I own. According to someone's suggestion on the internet, I turned on the distance scale (google how to do it in AF). I confirmed it did reflect Fuji's erratic AF behavior, i.e . when it was showing it was locking on 1.5m, it was 1.5m, and when it was locking on infinity, it was infinity, since I could see other areas of the image being in focus and out focus. It seems the wider the angle of the lens and the narrower the aperture are, the more erratic the behavior is. Just try to focus multiple times with XF 16 1.4 at f/8 or XF 16-80 anywhere between 16 and 50 at f/8 on an object that is 10 m away (30 feet). Half-press the shutter button a few times. I saw that the determined AF distance was changing anywhere from 1.5 m to infinity. The problem is also present with wider apertures but to a lesser degree which is still a problem because the depth of field is narrower at wider apertures. The focus confirmation was positive in every case. It is like Fuji uses a random number generator to come up with the AF distance . Maybe, it is not a bug but a feature - this is how one would put it in software development to be politically correct. :) At the same time,. at 80mm the focus was locking on the same distance for me. e.g. it was consistent. The back button focusing does not help - same erratic behavior. Now, regarding the back-button focus technique: Fuji's focus peak is not as good as the one Canon has on Canon R. X-T5 has better focus peaking than X-T3 but it is still not on par with the Canon's. Another problem is Fuji's focus check magnification is not that great to visually confirm focus either. Try to use it in dim light - it is almost useless especially with wide angle lenses. To add insult to injury, when I use focus check magnification, FUJI comes up with a totally different distance - a shorter one compared to the one it shows without the magnification! In my case it was mostly reading around 5 meters without the focus magnification and about 3 meters with the focus magnification in this case. I have not done more experimentation with this though. This is just one time observation. And, I have definitely tried all kinds of tweaks to various settings of the camera including shutter mode (mechanical, electronic etc...), focus priority, subject detection on/off, AF+MF on/off etc... It sounds like there is a fatal flaw in Fuji's software and it has been fixed in neither X-T3 nor X-T5. I have read reports that it is also present in X-T4. Many people have been complaining the XF 16-80 f/4 was not sharp for them. I think it is partly because of the erratic AF. Mine is plenty sharp for me when it focuses right. But when it does not, It's very frustrating. Now I am blaming Fuji for what I used to blame the user error. I could not explain certain shots being out of focus. Especially, when I needed to maximize the depth of field for landscapes, e.g. when I was trying to use the lens' hyperfocal distance to AF on. I think this might also be the cause of my birds-in-flight tracking problem on X-T5 when the focus does not stick and changes all the time - so some shots in a burst are in focus and some are out of focus (1/1000 shutter speed used for bigger birds such as pelicans). Also, I had a few out of focus shots when I shot a couple of events with Fuji primes. Same random number generator in this case? Primes were shot at their widest - f1.2 or f1.4. I can't explain this one either. The focus priority was on. The auto iso with the minimum shutter of 1/200s. The longest prime was 56mm. It was not motion blur either. The shots were out of focus. So, here we go. I am starting to look back to a deeper involvement into Canon's mirrorless line. I am really missing good AF performance. I love Fuji's cameras and lenses but their AF makes so-so results with awesome equipment. It is good I don't make money on photography. Otherwise, I would be frustrated even more. I think they have to include a 3rd party distance meter along with their cameras to compare the distance meter's reading with Fuji's. Click the shutter button only when they are about the same:) Anyways, I hope I am not completely crazy with all this :) Let me know if you can conform my findings and if so, maybe you can find a workaround. Thanks a lot, Alex
The autofocus is significantly improved. My issue is this App require location background tracking "Always", not only "while using the app". No sure why they need constant communication unless user wants to.
Perfect video... as always. Can someone explain to me this feature that appears on the last page of the firmware explanations:: "The Af focusing speed has been improved when continuous shooting is started by simultaneously pressing the AF-ON button and the release button while the camera is out of focus."?
great vid as always. i just wish the xt5 would go on sale. i do think it's worth it's price, but i would love to see some sort of sale at some point. i would love the camera, but i am broke.
Thank you Chris you gave me the answer for the insect detection. I have the French installed on my X-T5 and I didn't notice the info Insect detection in a red lane on my screen. did you know if there are different explanation in the menu depending de language we choose ? I thank you again for your energy and hope to follow you a long time from now. Cheers André form Quebec
Hello Pal2tech (sorry do not know your first name)... great vides.... cheerful and educational... Have you ever tried to use a Fringer smart adapter to connect Nikon's F lenses to a Fuji camera ? If not, would you make a video about that ?
When you was shooting you’re shooting the kids running towards you. Do you use C-AF single point eye/face auto? If so how would you compare it to zone C-AF eye/face auto?
There has been a lot written on the not-yet-dead DPReview forum about AF-S mis-focusing on the XT-5 (and other Fuji cams). I am disappointed that your review did not touch that subject. Other than that, thank you for the review.
What about the focal breathing problem? Has it been solved in the fuji lens? Could you please explain us in your upcoming videos that which of the fuji lens doesn't have the focal breathing problem? So nice to watch your fuji reviews Chris.❤
Improving false positives is great. But I'm not seeing a big improvement to Fuji seeing faces in bushes and inanimate objects. And still need an easy way to switch face being focussed on with several people. Since the x-t3 I have set the front FN button to toggle face/eye detect on/off. Useful for when it starts missing or jumping all over the place. Even with this update I still have that set-up. It's better, but in some areas Fuji could still improve. And I'm sure it will over the course of the product cycle.
Can you also cover the xt3 too...many of us still have that and would like to know about your opinion on that and how it stands in today's date. Whether there's still hope for f-log assist, and active tracking in video mode.
Hey Peter and Amanda! I’m so sorry for the delay in seeing this… I get so behind lately in managing my YT account and am trying to get help. Thank you so much for supporting the channel!! I really appreciate it!! Cheers! 🙏 👍
Really good update and thank you for the update. I’m just laughing at one thing who really goes out and shoots a drone ha ha 😂….lol even taking photos of aeroplanes is kinda a bit lame. Sorry I’m not American I’m Australian and I always find it funny when Americans take photos of planes anyway. It looks like the update is really good. I did my update yesterday I could not get the app to work. It did my head in so I did the old SD card which actually worked really well and was quicker. These updates bring this camera which I thought was outstanding into a really really good camera. I love my XT5 and in fact, I will be buying a second one when I can afford it as I don’t like changing lenses when I’m out shooting because then I have to change back to my original ends. Always love your videos very insightful….. Also not be a very smart thing to do to have your own drone up in the air and then putting your drone controller down and taking photos. That would be a recipe for disaster. My tip is don’t do that people. Looking at the green square it’s definitely not jumping around as much when you look at the actual square it self it’s definitely not jittery like it was when we first got the XT5 it looks like it’s staying almost stable. Maybe the problem with the focusing was the actual software of the green dot net that seems crazy that could’ve actually been an issue. It’s not always the lens and sensor that is at fault. It can actually be the software that is built-in to the camera. You have to remember these modern Mirrorless cameras are computers. They have a large computer element to them, so maybe it was a software issue with the actual green Square because it used to jump all over the place.
I hope Fuji adds the auto detection to their other cameras. I want to get the X-S20 but I don't that to be an exclusive feature, especially since it's not why I'm getting the S20 anyhow.
I found that the newer update had much better auto focus. This was especially prevalent in my non native lens the Tamron 150-500. Great video comparison Chris.
Good review-- the firmware update does seem to have helped quite a bit. One minor point, because it's like fingernails scraping a blackboard. It is ALWAYS Canada Goose or Canada Geese. It is NEVER Canadian Goose or Canadian Geese, unless you have stopped them and checked their passport to verify where they live. And No, they never listen.....
Another really helpful video, thank you. They say 'less is more', but I don't understand why the X-T5 lacks an auto setting. It's a really useful feature on my X-T30 when, for example, I'm shooting black and white with various fancy settings dialled in, but then I see something that needs to be in colour with the camera doing the work. It often happens. People think that it's beneath their dignity to have an auto on an enthusiast camera like the X-T5, but so far as this aspect of the camera is concerned, less is simply less. Why do without something that can be so useful?
@@kevintallant3922 If they made teeshirts with 'I shoot JPEG', I'd be wearing them. I like my photo fully baked in the camera. It suits me to do this, as I've little patience with editing at the computer. Fuji does superb JPEGs, so I'm usually happy with what I get, and it's misleading to argue that JPEGs can't be edited if one really needs to. It's a shame that the X-T30 was the end of the line. I assume the XS series has replaced it.
@@simontrezise8495 you missed my point. You want a button that switches to standard settings. Not n the Xt5. If you shootin gig BW jpeg for example, and you capture a raw file of the same thing, you can process that raw file into anything you want. In the camera. Don’t need a computer. Don’t need to download any files. Bit longer maybe but gets the job.
Chris, I think that like many others I was waiting for your verdict on the autofocus update and I truly believe that it’s a measure of the respect and trust you have earned through the channel. In my case it’s enough to persuade me to trade my X-T4 for the X-T5. Thank you for all your hard work and enthusiasm.
What known features will you LOSE from the X-T4 as you swap to the X-T5?
@@chaddonal4331 I have carried out a huge amount of research from a variety of sources before upgrading. As I see it the two main changes that I will notice are the change of screen from flippy to tilt and the file size for raw images. With regards to the screen I was attracted to the X-T4 screen as I liked the ability to turn it in on itself for protection. I never shoot video of myself and a screen protector will deal with protection.
In terms of file size I will be shooting raw to slot 1 and jpeg to to slot 2. I'm not that much into editing as I like the jpeg outputs and the raw files are only there as a backup should I feel the occasional need to edit any jpeg that isn't up to scratch. If in the future I switch to mainly raw shooting I will get some additional storage on my Mac probably by way of a Synology Nas.
Thanks Rob! As an XT4 owner, just remember that you won't have the flip around screen any longer. For me that was a HUGE deal. Others, it doesn't matter much. Also, file sizes of JPEG/RAW will obviously be larger due to the larger resolution. For me, I consider storage space worth it. Lastly, remember that the buffer is a bit slower because of the larger RAWs and readout speeds. I go over this in the XT5 review, but wanted to also point that out.
flip around screen is the big one. Also, buffer on XT5 fills up faster because of larger RAW files jamming the readout speeds, etc.
@@pal2tech Thanks for replying Chris. I had already considered the issue of the screen and raw file size and covered them in an earlier reply to another viewer, I guess it crossed with your reply. Buffer shouldn’t cause me any issues but thanks for taking the time to mention it - another example of the integrity that shines through the channel. Hope to join one of your livestreams in the future once I persuade my wife that getting up in the middle of the night is not grounds for divorce 😂😂😂
Very good review. I just updated my xt 5 with the new firmware . I do mostly bird photography around the wetlands near me in Florida and have found the autofocus a bit better with the upgrade. I should mention that the bird setting works well on turtles and alligators .
I also noticed how well it works with turtles, I can't say if it is the new firmware, because I never saw as many as in my last shooting a few days ago. It definitely locks very well on their eyes.
They should just call it “dinosaurs”
@@wilduc7302 Not sure if you were asking me, but yes, I did customise the AFC parameters, which gave some improvement
What settings do you use if I can ask?
@@vladimirdobrasinovic7536 for birds in flight I use tracking sensitivity=4, speed tracking sensitivity=1 and zone area switching=center
You are doing great content. Honestly I am a little bit sad, that we here in Germany need you guys over there in the US for some really sophisticated content around Fuji cameras.
Great video. Good that Fuji is bringing firmware adressing the AF issues and enhanced subject detection. This are major selling point and need to be adressed.
I do enjoy your videos. Huge thanks for making such well done, detailed and researched information. You are really a huge asset to all Fuji owners. Best wishes.
Your efforts and appraisals of Fuji are always appreciated by me, thank you.
Been waiting for your review of this firmware and now feel comfortable installing it.
Your review was spot on. Well at least spot on with everything I have shot. I found that once it locked on it stuck to the subject like it was glued. But getting it to lock on was something else and I am working to improve that. I loved your balloon.
I love all of your reviews. Viewing your videos ist just like receiving a good friend home with his relaxing sense of humor.
Another great video, thank you!
I’ll add that after the firmware update, while trying the new insect tracking, shooting single shots - that the temperature warning icon came up a little over an hour into the shoot. I usually shoot macro in manual mode and previously had long sessions with no issue. I mentioned it to the Fujjfilm rep yesterday at a local event. He was checking with Fujifilm tech.
I'm a Pentaxian about to switch to a mirrorless system. I'm considering the X-H2 and the autofocus from the initial reviews had me on the fence. I was worried the gap to Sony would be too big. But now I'm pretty much confident, even if it's not up to the exact same standard, it's good enough by a wide margin not to be worried. Now it's time to wait for a good deal!
I can tell you that this update makes the XH2 a formidable camera. The update made a huge difference in my non native Tamron 150-500 lens. The 18 55mm 16 80mm and the Viltrox 13mm 1.4 lens were stellar before the update but now are superior in acquisition of focus.
For some reason I got a lens error a few days after the update. I reset the camera and the lens error went away, but it kept asking me to turn off the camera and restart it.
The camera is 6 months old so I dropped it off at Fujifilm in New Jersey Thursday.
Get a warranty because it seems to happen to some Fujifilm cameras for some strange reason.
The camera was never dropped or mishandled, but while shooting it gave the lens error.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️for not put into stress your dog for a firmware update. Thank you 🙏🏼
exactly, yes. Maybe for X-T6 video (if I ever make one) but no stress for sure! 👍
@@pal2tech I never seen a review on Fuji systems so meticulous like yours. Thank u for your beautiful work.
Been waiting for one of these vids re: the new FW. Thank you. I moved to Sony for my professional work, and slimmed down my Fuji gear to the point of selling all my X gear, and just keeping my GFX 50R. Sadly Sony has got me to the point where I now know what it is like to be truly confident in an AF-C tracking system and it's tricky going back. The 50R I just stick in AF-S and largely stick to landscape work.
This update looks like a big step in the right direction. I think I'll be going back to scratch my Fuji itch when the next x-pro comes out, and the current state of AF seems good enough for family captures (a fast-moving toddler) which is encouraging as a fan of the brand.
Thanks Chris, for this wonderful and enjoyable video.
NEWS!! On my X-H2 I had a manual lens on but hadn't switched to manual focus from AF. The green box found whatever was in focus in AF!!!
I also had a single red poppy flower in a field of wheat. When I brought the camera to my eye, the green box was locked onto the poppy!
Me thinks Fujifilm has finally caught up with the others in terms of AF.
Hi Chris, great video as usual. If I m not wrong, your xt5 new firmware update compares to our 3.0 (for x-h2s). With that, on my x-h2s, I did notice some improvements on the face recognition and with animals reflections in water: the focus tends to be more stickier on the actual animal rather than its reflection, although this is not completely fixed. However, I m very disappointed about the bird/animal detection mode. I always see that green square in my camera viewfinder, but the focus is most of the time right behind the subject! And yes, you are right: the insect autofocus is more a tracking system when the insect is on the flower. There is no way you can catch a flying bumblebee or a dragonfly with this camera! Thanks!
I completely agree with you. I have the X-H2S and I struggle with the same false positive auto focus locks, especially with subject detection tracking. If you read the 2.0 firmware notes, it included this fix...
"The bug has been fixed, which caused that the focal point of a lens was sometimes behind the subject when shooting the small object by selecting “SUBJECT DETECTION SETTING”.
And then we had the big 3.0 firmware update (appears the same as the X-T5's and X-H2's AF improvements). I'm very disappointed to still be having these issues, and I hope Fuji can make additional improvements via firmware.
@@aj-zk1wx hi! I m glad to hear it s not just my camera. Initially I thought it was a lens problem (I had 70-300, single motor), so I tested out the 100-400 2 LM with upgraded firmware for this camera, but the issue remained. The camera autofocus is not good enough to catch flying birds, and that s ok cause good cameras for that are around 7k...but with this camera you can't even catch the steady animal! Most of the time I have to remove the subject detection and use the "spot" to get a reliable focus! Yet, you see videos on UA-cam from photographers saying this camera is amazing for wildlife... I do understand they are paid by fuji, but please....
Much appreciated the effort of doing this test with just one camera 🎉
Thanks for clarifying the insect detection...
It should be statet somewhere in the menu.
I thought I got the wrong firmware because I wanted to try it (doing macro most of the time).
Thanks man!
I was waiting for that video of you since the firmware camera out. Thanks!!!!
I switched last week from X-T20 to X-T5 and it is AMAZING!!! Thanks for all the work you do!!!
Me too
Great and really useful video, Chris. I have a lot of Fuji kit, including the X-T5 (with latest update) and the 18-55. This was very relevant to me. On a different note, I was amazed and how very much your beautiful kids look like your wife. Great family.
In a recent shoot of mine on XT5 and current FM I learned that it can't really handle people wearing sunglasses in Eye AF. Maybe that is obvious one? I guess face would have worked better, but AFC tracking for photos were 100% spot on, so I'm happy.
My main subject for photos and videos are dogs! Glad to hear that Piper is doing great 🥹 ... Thks for the videos ... And BTW beautiful family ☺️ Cheers from Colombia 🇨🇴
Thanks for your hard work. If the improvements were noticeable with the 18-55, I’m sure even better performance may come from some of the faster lenses. Curious if you think AF is any better in non subject detect modes-I.e. “normal” af-s or af-c modes.
Excellent Review. yes that's true. I have updated XT5 2.0; and the camera performs better. Thankyou Chris.
I have the same problem with Geese. They just don't listen...
messed up a huge portion of the testing for me.
Geese aren't friendly. I know first hand.
@@grimacemcccheese Yes, they are very territorial, and get agitated easily. You could say they have a short fuse...
I'm not familiar with Geese, but teenage kids don't listen and aren't friendly either. specially females
The Canadian Air Corp!
Love all the videos you do about cameras but i really would like to see a video of some of your favourite photos you have taken and just talk about them!
Just need the auto adding like the x_s20 so you don't have to keep going in the menu. brilliant review
Great follow up video on the new firmware!
I thought the pictures of the kids that you stated as in focus looked still off. It made me realise that whilst I love the Fuji colours and look you get, the autofocus is so way behind Sony. Even if I upgraded to the xt5 I’d still end up favouring the a7iv and it would be a waste of money. If all I did was like street photography or landscapes I’d happily upgrade. Yes it’s way better than the xt3 but still got a lot of catching up on Sony autofocus
For my purposes, where I shoot in low light action where sometimes it failed to detect an eye, there is a big improvement. To where I had hoped it would before the update. Happy here.
I really like your content and learn a lot. I have a request, can you make a whole fujifilm xt5 guide of the camera settings, buttons …
Like user guide
Thank you :)
Great test, it tells me a lot about the speed and computing power of the chips in the XT 5. Do you think that there is room form many improvements in this camera's chips in the future , is it a good investment ?
You ha a great family, it's a very good idea to use them as test subjects for the products, in 20 years they'll be laughing out loud, watching the videos 👍
Glad to see Fuji finally fixed the AF issue on the X-T5, that being the false green focus box when tracking a subject.
It did not
Bonjour,
Merci pour cette vidéo. Même si je ne parle pas anglais j'ai quand même compris l'essentiel de votre test.
Étant possesseur d'un X-H2 j’attendais avec impatience que quelqu'un fasse un test. Et visiblement nos youtubeurs français sont à la traîne.
Hâte de pouvoir le tester moi-même dès que la météo le permettra et que j'aurai le temps.
Great review, as always, Chris! Looking forward to more of these especially the evaluation of the new Fuji XApp! No pressure.🤣
Entertaining video as always! You've been more scientific than me in my tests, and glad to see you've confirmed the same conclusion...the AF has improved significantly. I was getting frustrated at too many missed focus shots at my kids football (soccer) matches, but I shot them this week with much higher success rate (using 50-140mm) after the firmware update. Kudos to Fuji! Have a great weekend Chris and all comment readers!
Great tests, thank you for the comparison. Interesting note about the auto setting for the X-s20, curious to see if the X-t40 will be similar in that regard. I hope the next iteration of the xpro or x-e line will be in the same vein. maybe the next x-e will bring back more button. I just want the x-e3 with the x-e4 tilt screen.
I updated my H-2 and shot two high school playoff baseball games. Wow!! Only missed a few shots. There was rolling shutter issues in ES mode in game mode, but when I put in MS for game two, rolling shutter was all but gone. It was so good, I don't see a need to get an H-2s for action anymore.
Thanks for sharing yet another informative video.
I shot all day with the XT5 in Italy today. I was ready to trash this thing before the 2.0 update. Since the update, I’ve nailed wayyy more shots than previously.
Today, even in a moving boat in choppy water, it had no trouble tracking and focusing on seagulls or anything else I pointed it at.
It’s still not as reliable as my R6mkII but it’s much closer now. My only gripe is that the exposure compensation dial is way too easy to accidentally adjust with a simple bump or even just slinging it across my chest.
Thanks for the video. Love your channel.
How close from the R6 please? I sold my R5 to have something smaller and costing less and went to Fuji. I mostly do portraits and macro.
@@patlezinc those are low intensity autofocus genres. You’ll be fine. I’d say my xt5 is 90% as good as my R6mkii’s autofocus.
@@StoicJason thanks for the reply. Should be ok then 😉. I ordered the 56 1.2 WR, will be a bit inferior to my 85 RF 1.2 but the weight and the price are divided by 3 😅
Excellent XT5/FMv2.0 review. Glad Piper is doing well! My take: AF-C is definitely improved. I tested it out at two polo matches last weekend after updating to FW 2.0. The scene was a high goal polo match. High goal refers to experienced/skilled players on fit horses, often re-trained race horses, where the speed of the game is fast. A galloping horse can easily maintain 25-30mph (40-50kph). This provides a reasonable test for the AF-C. I used Fuji’s 100-400 and 70-300. I used Provia, AF-C, CL (7fps), Wide/Tracking, Custom Setting 6 (4/2/Front), and focus priority. I have AF+MF turned off.
My observations. I tried subject detection off and subject detection on (face/eye and animal).
• When subject detection was off the burst rate was high and consistent - in line with the 7fps set. With subject tracking (face/eye or animal) on, focus locked on to a rider (eye focus) well when the action was close, but less reliable when the action was further away, which is to be expected.
• With animal subject focus on, focus was more reliable in this scenario on the horse’s head, but I put this down to a larger, more defined target rather than animal detection being inherently better than human face detection.
• However, with face/eye and animal detection on, after about 2-3 images, the burst rate slowed noticeably. I do not know why, but my hunch is that the computing power needed for eye/animal detection is a far heavier effort so to maintain focus the frame rate slows. On the other hand, with subject tracking off, the burst rate was maintained. Both settings seemed to give accurate focus once locked on; it is just the burst rate that seems to be affected. In future for sport, I will not use face/eye or animal detection.
Of the 448 images taken during the first match, I discarded only 18 for being out of focus, either because the focus point was on a horse behind the target or because it focused on the background due to user error. For me, the XT5 with FW2.0 in AF-C is good enough.
Thanks Chris. Not clear if you were shooting in C mode but that enabled motion prediction for objects moving towards the camera. Even on older cameras that helps a great deal for focusing on those kind of shots
great video, thank you for the comparison
Great review and very useful in understanding where Fuji is with focus tracking. Piper was missed and hope some extra treats are in order.🐕
Absolutely!! And thank you!
As a former Immigration officer we called these fowls crossing the border Canadian Canada Geese. Most entered without inspection.
Great video Chris! I would not expect anything less from you :) Is there any chance you are working on x-t5 autofocus review for video? Especially with a focus on object detection?
Great review as always. One small off-topic point, Canadians call the geese, Canada geese not Canadian geese, for what should be an obvious reason. We don’t take any pride of ownership in them, nor would you if they were called American geese! We call them Canada geese in the same way that you refer to French fries, not French, or Dutch treat, not Dutch as a generic title. They are most assuredly not Canadian geese! If you’d like to take ownership of them and call them American geese, there millions of us who would gladly step back and wish you luck.
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Thanks for reporting your experience. Unfortunately, my experience with the new firmware and birds in flight is that the performance is more or less unchanged. I still get a good number of "false positives" (this is the aspect that annoys me the most). Hard to compare because these tests are as un-scientific and un-repeatable as they can be, as you also correctly point out. Still, I noticed no improvement in my use case. Subject detection performance relies largely on subject size and background separation, and this has not changed at all for me. I get a good number of in-focus shots when the bird is against blue sky, and an equally good number of wasted shots when there are trees behind it, unless they are a lot farther away than the bird. BTW, locking on erratically moving subjects works a lot better when using a medium-sized or even a large focus zone. Using a single point focus, as you seem to do, makes sudden changes between similar subjects a lot more frequent, and this also has not changed significantly in my recent shooting with the new firmware.
I have the X-H2S and I struggle with the same false positive auto focus locks, especially with subject detection tracking. Yesterday I was taking a photo of a heron standing completely still in good lighting and the camera said it was locked onto the eye. I had to take 3 or 4 separate bursts (re-initiating focus each time) before I got a single sharp photo.
It doesn't happen all the time, but perhaps that's the most frustrating part. It often results in me taking way more photos than should be necessary to ensure I get something usable, because the confidence just isn't there. I'm very disappointed to still be having these issues, and I hope Fuji can make additional improvements via firmware.
@@aj-zk1wx Sometimes the bird is not so cooperative and taking many shots is not an option :-)
I am hoping that Fuji can get to the autofocus level of Sony, Canon, or Nikon on ALL of their camera line products after the most current release of the SX-20 camera body. If this happens, I will definitely purchase a new camera body from Fuji. I would also like Fuji to implement an auto ISO function which will let you select a higher minimum shutter speed than 1/500 of a second. (This is the highest shutter speed on auto ISO for the Fuji XT-3.) I love the choices that Fuji offers with their X mount lens lineup. Just keep on making the necessary improvements with respect to autofocus acquisition & autofocus accuracy.😊👍
As a "Birder" who uses the Fujifilm XH2S with the 70 to 300 for birding and identification of birds, I want to thank you for your update about the auto focus firmware update that will help birders. I must warn you about the aggressive and dangerous bird that you encoutoured in your review. It was the “Trump-adore” land geese that was breed back the 1800’s to compete and win in “cock” fights in the Confederate States. It is still thriving in the Southern States and can be seen in Georgia especially in the Peachtree City area. It has been recently trained to detect humans from California, and will bite off their gonads. I appreciated your informative videos (I dislike any attempt of humor to convey information) and I want you to remain safe.
just want to mention that you could get into the need to check lens firmware updates when updating the camera. Myself and a lot others had focus-hesitations after this one - my 16-80 focused worse instead of better until I did the accompanying lens firmware update (also my 50-140 but back to normal after a 2023 update I missed).
Just the video I've been looking for to convince myself to upgrade from my X-S10 to an X-S20. Excellent test, and excellent results!
Now to figure out if I should just get the X-T5 instead...
Thanks for this. I'm new to photography and to Fuji (XS-10)
Just wanted to say dogs are the best and thanks for this video!
Be interesting to see all the animal detection with a telephoto.
My A6400 puts a green square on the screen and quite often most of those are misses too - not just a Fuji issue
Even for human face/eye? Good to hear, I'm on the fence if I should get the X-S20 or just go for a Sony kit. I get the feeling that people are praising the older Sony cameras based on old merits, and based on how good the new cameras are. The A7C and A6x00 might be really good, but they can't be perfect. Otherwise the A1 wouldn't be able to be improve on that.
I've seen many comments about Fuji getting close to Sony with this firmware, "but the A6600 is still in a different league". Is it though? These results seem to be pretty damn good. Do the A6600 really never miss regardless of what happens?
de nuevo gracias por tu gran contenido.....saludos desde españa 🇪🇸
Great Video, Thank you for this useful Information!
Great video, I honestly don’t know how often anybody needs to record or photograph drones.. pretty weird integration, I do think it’s probably completely no different than the technology used to detect planes, they probably just slapped the drone word on it for marketing purposes. Otherwise, the update looks fantastic, greatly improves the tracking autofocus. I’m excited. Thanks for filling us in!
Oh drone autofocus, that’s sure to come in hand like... never lol. Happy Friday thanks for updates about the updates!
Vishal!!!
Great video
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Thnx Chris good job as allway.. I was waiting for a video test, maybe that's coming.. I minly shoot video so I was very curious.
Super great video! Thank you!!
I dont even own a fuji and I love these videos! Highly considering the s20 to replace my dying 6 year old point and shoot!
That bee shot is impressive 😳
I updated my X-H2 and spent an entire day shooting all manner of flying and crawling insects and it was obvious to me that there is a real boost in the AF speed and accuracy with respect to that subject matter. BTW I don't know if you tried it with your bees but Pre-shot ES is great for them or anything else you want to try to get shots of in flight. (And I am sooooo happy to have ISO control available on the front dial now!)
Thank you again! BTW It's Canada Goose not Canadian. 😊
Darn, I was hoping for some beautiful drone shots to replace all those boring landscapes + portraits I've been taking 🥺
You scared me with Piper there for a second!! 😱
Great Video, as always. How relevant is this to the firmware updates on the X-H2S?
THUMBS UP this comment to let Fujifilm know that we need this update on the XT-3 as well !!!
Hi Chris. Thanks for all the excellent content you put out. Assuming the X-H2 AF performance is similar to the X-T5, how would this compare with the X-H2S AF?
Hi Chris:
I am an amateur who enjoys photography. Have you noticed Fuji's AF's erratic and chaotic behavior in AF-S especially with wide angle lenses at narrower apertures? It is about Fuji's AF misfocusing with false focus confirmation. This problem has certain coverage online.
This is present for me on both X-T3 and X-T5 (latest firmware on both) I own.
According to someone's suggestion on the internet, I turned on the distance scale (google how to do it in AF). I confirmed it did reflect Fuji's erratic AF behavior, i.e . when it was showing it was locking on 1.5m, it was 1.5m, and when it was locking on infinity, it was infinity, since I could see other areas of the image being in focus and out focus. It seems the wider the angle of the lens and the narrower the aperture are, the more erratic the behavior is. Just try to focus multiple times with XF 16 1.4 at f/8 or XF 16-80 anywhere between 16 and 50 at f/8 on an object that is 10 m away (30 feet). Half-press the shutter button a few times. I saw that the determined AF distance was changing anywhere from 1.5 m to infinity. The problem is also present with wider apertures but to a lesser degree which is still a problem because the depth of field is narrower at wider apertures. The focus confirmation was positive in every case.
It is like Fuji uses a random number generator to come up with the AF distance . Maybe, it is not a bug but a feature - this is how one would put it in software development to be politically correct. :)
At the same time,. at 80mm the focus was locking on the same distance for me. e.g. it was consistent.
The back button focusing does not help - same erratic behavior. Now, regarding the back-button focus technique: Fuji's focus peak is not as good as the one Canon has on Canon R. X-T5 has better focus peaking than X-T3 but it is still not on par with the Canon's. Another problem is Fuji's focus check magnification is not that great to visually confirm focus either. Try to use it in dim light - it is almost useless especially with wide angle lenses.
To add insult to injury, when I use focus check magnification, FUJI comes up with a totally different distance - a shorter one compared to the one it shows without the magnification! In my case it was mostly reading around 5 meters without the focus magnification and about 3 meters with the focus magnification in this case. I have not done more experimentation with this though. This is just one time observation.
And, I have definitely tried all kinds of tweaks to various settings of the camera including shutter mode (mechanical, electronic etc...), focus priority, subject detection on/off, AF+MF on/off etc...
It sounds like there is a fatal flaw in Fuji's software and it has been fixed in neither X-T3 nor X-T5. I have read reports that it is also present in X-T4.
Many people have been complaining the XF 16-80 f/4 was not sharp for them. I think it is partly because of the erratic AF. Mine is plenty sharp for me when it focuses right. But when it does not, It's very frustrating. Now I am blaming Fuji for what I used to blame the user error. I could not explain certain shots being out of focus. Especially, when I needed to maximize the depth of field for landscapes, e.g. when I was trying to use the lens' hyperfocal distance to AF on.
I think this might also be the cause of my birds-in-flight tracking problem on X-T5 when the focus does not stick and changes all the time - so some shots in a burst are in focus and some are out of focus (1/1000 shutter speed used for bigger birds such as pelicans).
Also, I had a few out of focus shots when I shot a couple of events with Fuji primes. Same random number generator in this case? Primes were shot at their widest - f1.2 or f1.4. I can't explain this one either. The focus priority was on. The auto iso with the minimum shutter of 1/200s. The longest prime was 56mm. It was not motion blur either. The shots were out of focus.
So, here we go. I am starting to look back to a deeper involvement into Canon's mirrorless line. I am really missing good AF performance. I love Fuji's cameras and lenses but their AF makes so-so results with awesome equipment. It is good I don't make money on photography. Otherwise, I would be frustrated even more.
I think they have to include a 3rd party distance meter along with their cameras to compare the distance meter's reading with Fuji's. Click the shutter button only when they are about the same:)
Anyways, I hope I am not completely crazy with all this :)
Let me know if you can conform my findings and if so, maybe you can find a workaround.
Thanks a lot, Alex
nice review!!!
The autofocus is significantly improved. My issue is this App require location background tracking "Always", not only "while using the app". No sure why they need constant communication unless user wants to.
Perfect video... as always.
Can someone explain to me this feature that appears on the last page of the firmware explanations:: "The Af focusing speed has been improved when continuous shooting is started by simultaneously pressing the AF-ON button and the release button while the camera is out of focus."?
great protagonists. And the AF improvements also are ok.
great vid as always. i just wish the xt5 would go on sale. i do think it's worth it's price, but i would love to see some sort of sale at some point. i would love the camera, but i am broke.
The X-S20 having auto subject detection only in full Auto mode is such a weird restriction. I hope that changes in future.
honestly to me the bird detect used to work okay as well, except when it comes to HUMMINGBIRD... those little rascals are impossible to track.
I love the story about the bee
Thank you Chris you gave me the answer for the insect detection. I have the French installed on my X-T5 and I didn't notice the info Insect detection in a red lane on my screen. did you know if there are different explanation in the menu depending de language we choose ? I thank you again for your energy and hope to follow you a long time from now. Cheers André form Quebec
Thank you
Hello Pal2tech (sorry do not know your first name)... great vides.... cheerful and educational...
Have you ever tried to use a Fringer smart adapter to connect Nikon's F lenses to a Fuji camera ? If not, would you make a video about that ?
When you was shooting you’re shooting the kids running towards you.
Do you use C-AF single point eye/face auto?
If so how would you compare it to zone C-AF eye/face auto?
There has been a lot written on the not-yet-dead DPReview forum about AF-S mis-focusing on the XT-5 (and other Fuji cams). I am disappointed that your review did not touch that subject. Other than that, thank you for the review.
Thank you for the video. Did you manage to check if they made any improvement to the eyelash focusing issue when shooting stills?
What about the focal breathing problem? Has it been solved in the fuji lens? Could you please explain us in your upcoming videos that which of the fuji lens doesn't have the focal breathing problem?
So nice to watch your fuji reviews Chris.❤
I find the auto focus frustrating on XT-5, it’s hit or miss if the subject is moving. Eg someone walking and you have face or eye direction. Nicholas
Improving false positives is great. But I'm not seeing a big improvement to Fuji seeing faces in bushes and inanimate objects. And still need an easy way to switch face being focussed on with several people.
Since the x-t3 I have set the front FN button to toggle face/eye detect on/off. Useful for when it starts missing or jumping all over the place. Even with this update I still have that set-up. It's better, but in some areas Fuji could still improve. And I'm sure it will over the course of the product cycle.
Best wishes for Piper.
Can you also cover the xt3 too...many of us still have that and would like to know about your opinion on that and how it stands in today's date. Whether there's still hope for f-log assist, and active tracking in video mode.
Thanks!
Hey Peter and Amanda! I’m so sorry for the delay in seeing this… I get so behind lately in managing my YT account and am trying to get help. Thank you so much for supporting the channel!! I really appreciate it!! Cheers! 🙏 👍
Owning an x-s10 with the update has me contemplating changing it for an x-s20 now that I know there are much better focusing. 🤔
Really good update and thank you for the update. I’m just laughing at one thing who really goes out and shoots a drone ha ha 😂….lol even taking photos of aeroplanes is kinda a bit lame. Sorry I’m not American I’m Australian and I always find it funny when Americans take photos of planes anyway. It looks like the update is really good. I did my update yesterday I could not get the app to work. It did my head in so I did the old SD card which actually worked really well and was quicker. These updates bring this camera which I thought was outstanding into a really really good camera. I love my XT5 and in fact, I will be buying a second one when I can afford it as I don’t like changing lenses when I’m out shooting because then I have to change back to my original ends. Always love your videos very insightful….. Also not be a very smart thing to do to have your own drone up in the air and then putting your drone controller down and taking photos. That would be a recipe for disaster. My tip is don’t do that people. Looking at the green square it’s definitely not jumping around as much when you look at the actual square it self it’s definitely not jittery like it was when we first got the XT5 it looks like it’s staying almost stable. Maybe the problem with the focusing was the actual software of the green dot net that seems crazy that could’ve actually been an issue. It’s not always the lens and sensor that is at fault. It can actually be the software that is built-in to the camera. You have to remember these modern Mirrorless cameras are computers. They have a large computer element to them, so maybe it was a software issue with the actual green Square because it used to jump all over the place.
Updated, many thanks. But i prefer my manual firmware, relying on my brain/eyes ;)
I hope Fuji adds the auto detection to their other cameras. I want to get the X-S20 but I don't that to be an exclusive feature, especially since it's not why I'm getting the S20 anyhow.
I found that the newer update had much better auto focus. This was especially prevalent in my non native lens the Tamron 150-500.
Great video comparison Chris.
Great review. I have a question tho. Since this update improved the XT5 and XH2. How does the update AF compare to the XH2s and XT3?
Good review-- the firmware update does seem to have helped quite a bit.
One minor point, because it's like fingernails scraping a blackboard. It is ALWAYS Canada Goose or Canada Geese. It is NEVER Canadian Goose or Canadian Geese, unless you have stopped them and checked their passport to verify where they live. And No, they never listen.....
Hahaha! Awesome to know!! Thanks!! 👍
Can’t wait for that new video covering “Drone Detect” 😂
Another really helpful video, thank you. They say 'less is more', but I don't understand why the X-T5 lacks an auto setting. It's a really useful feature on my X-T30 when, for example, I'm shooting black and white with various fancy settings dialled in, but then I see something that needs to be in colour with the camera doing the work. It often happens. People think that it's beneath their dignity to have an auto on an enthusiast camera like the X-T5, but so far as this aspect of the camera is concerned, less is simply less. Why do without something that can be so useful?
Just set lens to A and speed dial to A and you have automatic?
@@marcpilon4585 No, this is auto AF detect, not auto exposure.
Shoot raw then just process the image in camera. Give you what you want then.
@@kevintallant3922 If they made teeshirts with 'I shoot JPEG', I'd be wearing them. I like my photo fully baked in the camera. It suits me to do this, as I've little patience with editing at the computer. Fuji does superb JPEGs, so I'm usually happy with what I get, and it's misleading to argue that JPEGs can't be edited if one really needs to. It's a shame that the X-T30 was the end of the line. I assume the XS series has replaced it.
@@simontrezise8495 you missed my point. You want a button that switches to standard settings. Not n the Xt5. If you shootin gig BW jpeg for example, and you capture a raw file of the same thing, you can process that raw file into anything you want. In the camera. Don’t need a computer. Don’t need to download any files. Bit longer maybe but gets the job.