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I have a feeling it's got something to do with the filter that sits on top of the sensor. I'm not a camera expert but I do know that there are filters that sit across the sensor .... Because I shoot with my XT5 and I've got no problems at all. There are a couple of things I would get you guys to do and here's a few tips okay for one pick one eye in the auto focus section it doesn't matter which one you pick that way the camera isn't looking to jump to the other eye.. change the setting to 3.

#fujifilm would be unstoppable if they would just get more software engineers on the autofocus problem.

I have the XH2-S and I use mainly MF for my video work, so I don't have to worry about the AF... but, for stills I do rely on AF and I can say it's really far behind the competition. I'm going to say something controversial here...I think the footage of the XH2-S looks flat and overly digital. I don't like the way it renders skin and it just doesn't look organic at all. I understand that the camera doesn't have an OLPF and that you can soften the image in post, but there's still something about it that looks inorganic. I also notice that there are sharpening artefacts on the edges of high contrast areas that give a slight glow. This is the case with the in camera sharpening setting set to -4. I think there's some crazy sharpening in the processing pipeline that you can't disable. I know this is subjective, but it's what I'm noticing. The colours are fantastic, the dynamic range is exceptional, opengate is amazing, but everything else about it is lacking I still think Fuji has massive potential, but there are key areas where they lag behind that they really need to catch up on.

Crazy how, even before the firmware AF issue, the current AF performance in every Fujifilm mirrorless cameras from entry to pro lines are still far less reliable to Sony's decade-old AF performance in the entry level a5100. After the firmware fiasco, it's even worse. I've cheated in my work many times since the firmware update to my office's X-H2S & X-S20, and had to throw down my Sony a5100 without telling them. Almost killed my career. I really wanted to like Fujifilm & was considering to move from Sony to Fujifilm. But the AF, man, I'd take a "boring" but reliable a5100 anytime if I have to. A camera from 2014.

I shoot micro 4/3, APS-C, and full-frame digital cameras. I also shoot 35mm, 6x7cm medium format, and 4x5 inch large format film cameras. I have never shot GFX medium format digital, but I am considering it. For me, digital medium format does not suck; but the 33x44mm sensor size is too small. I really wanted a 6x7cm sensor to use with my 6x7cm lenses.

This is all news to me. I decided a few months ago to not risk my Leica on walkabouts and bought my first Fuji, an XT5. I have had no issues with focus at all, but I do use single point AFC and AFS. It is taking great photos and the color science people always speak of is a real thing!

Fujifilm said : With this version we are not aware of any further problems. Every Fujifilm user has to complain by Fujifilm

Medium format sucks ONLY for the added cost, weight, and relative inconvenience. Yup - just like in the days of film. In some things ... bigger is ALWAYS better.

Great chat, Tom is a boss. Good content man. Thanks

The Sharpening issue is NOT a Camera Problem if this only happens in Lightroom than you are talking about a Softwareproblem. ONLY if that happens in ALL possible developing Tools the camera is to blame. But in that case its a Adobe LIGHTROOM problem. Is this a ADOBE Lightroom review? No! ist a camera comparison, so what if you are using a different developing tool, and write a bug report to Adobe about their crappy highpriced product. Yo are not compairing the bodies you are compairing the systems Body,lens, internal software and external software, and yes in my opinionion you are not compairing apples to apples as we are in two completely different price-tiers. For compairing bodies you should probably use the same lens on the same sensor size (third party lens with different connectors)

I upgraded recently the XT4 to firmware 2.12 (latest) and now, at night, when there is dark, the WB custom 1 adjustment with the grey card, the camera freezes. Totally! And for unfreezing it, I do need to remove the battery. In situations where there is more light, the custom 1 adjustment works perfectly - inside the lit room etc. But not outside at night, and believe, I am from Scandinavia, and our nights are not pitch black 😊 Now I am wondering whether that bug came in with the firmware 2.12 upgrade, or it is something else. I do not recall such a situation before and I have worked with the camera during winter nights outside, doing the WB adjustments with custom 1 without any problem.

The problem with the external microphone (X-H2s) is still not fixed, as it works as expected after turning the camera on again, even though the settings are correct.

great video, and i use my xh2s for cinematography of rc cars. and i agree, its hit or miss with the autofocus tracking. But when it focuses, with the viltrox 27mm f1.2, wow amazing images/videos. But yeahs its a big shame this AI implementation of focusing is trash. For still photography, and its so good. Hence i cant sell it. Again, thanks for the great video and im a new sub :)

Sold my Fujis for a Canon 6dII. The Canon DSLR has better AF than Fuji. 😂

Fuji has been very comfy with the success of the X100V that they’ve basically alienated the consumers that loved using their products. The Kaizen updates that has been the pride of the company is basically forgotten now and most firmware updates are just mostly bug fixes that is supposed to be a bare minimum to all companies.

Happy to have stuck to my X-T4 then haha

I considered getting the GFX 100sii but I think I'll just get the X2D instead.

It's sad to see that Fuji still has problems with their software. My last camera from this company was the X-T3 in 2019, which always froze when the aperture selection was set to the front dial and there was a backlight situation. I was always able to reproduce this error. The service department replaced the camera, but the error persisted. This one error and a few other unpleasant experiences with the hardware were the last straw, so I sold everything.

I do bird photos and videos with the H2-s and the xf 150-600 mm. Yes, the autofocus has gone worse with the various firmware updates, to such an extent that it regularly wrecks my work. I no longer trust Fuji equipement. I use Canon or Sony for reliability. It seems Fujifilm software engineers have no clue how autofocus works.

You should try to interview Phase One Ambassador Sails Chong

I bought into the Fujifilm system with an XT-3 years ago together with several lenses. The issues being aired now became clear to me in use very quickly. I sold everything Fuji, took the loss, and haven't looked back. The trouble is that I saw every CZcams I could find back then on the system before purchasing and nether a hint of this issue which has clearly existed for a long time. Why now?

How is the Fuji focus? They are supposedly having focus issues?

just commenting here to spread this video as far as possible!

I just don't like Fuji Film as a company.

I work piece of subscribing to your channel because ninety percent of what you talked to was winging and complaining and utterly negative..typical whinging Pom

im glad people are now telling the Truth about Fujifilm, I have just swapped from XT-5 to Lumix s5II and its been a great experience

So just to be completely clear, these issues are mainly found in AF-C mode in both video and stills correct? Has anyone had issues in AF-S on the new firmware update? My XT5 is still on firmware 2.10 lol and I don't know if I should update it or not. I mostly use AF-S as there aren't many tracking subjects that I shoot as a hobbyist other than my dogs from time to time. Fuji was the first brand I bought when I first started (X100F) so interestingly enough I'm not really used to having great tracking software in a camera. Recently I've wanted to get into wildlife - but I will most likely go with another brand if I go that route and keep my XT5 as a point and shoot when I'm not heartbroken about something being out of focus.

Has anyone tried it with the stabilisation turned off? Could be something to do with the sensor moving?

Canon R6II is the best camera right now under US$3000. I recommend anyone to buy it. The biggest problem is 3rd party lens selection. I dislike the grip of the Zf, but I would pick it any day over Fujifilm. The best apsc camera for me is the Sony a6700. Largest selection of lenses, great autofocus, acceptable IBIS.

For video I chose Sony and Panasonic. I slightly prefer the Panasonic look (including colors and stabilization), but maintaining focus is Sony's hallmark.

What really bugs me is that my fujifilm xt3's af is better and reliable than my xt5. The new update Ver 4,00 for the xt5 is still buggy theer is a bad pulsing issues where the af goes in and out with the Af-c, selective area mode and slight movements. With the Fuji 23mm f2 and 35mm f2. Also sometimes the Af goes completely off trying to focus if another subject enteres the frame and in the same point as the selected af area box. I hope fujifilm fixes this. Because we are in 2024 now such issues shoulds not occur in cameras at all. Tracking with fujifilm is BAD and now event the area AF is not reliable.

This is a catastrophic problem from Fujifilm and yet quite a lot of users are ignoring this. If they cant keep up with AF-C, then f*** them.

Why would I want a camera that doesn't focus on level with their competitors for the same $$$? I left Fuji over 4 years ago. Yes - they have fun jpegs, but I don't consider them for pro work. Personally, I don't like Canon, but you do you. I'll take Sony and Nikon all day long. BTW, if bullet proof AF tracking, easy to color grading and a huge ecosystem is something you want - IMO Sony would be best.

The way Fuji is handling this firmware issue is a big disappointment... For years they've been winning over photographers hearts with their strategy and now where they've reached a unique position in the market with the X100VI they seem to be resting on their laurels a little. I have already sold my XH2S because it made my life difficult on several jobs and my new Lumix S9 outperforms the autofocus of my XT5 😢

Thanks for having on to discuss this issue! One thing I forgot to mention regarding video AF along with having to hire a camera operator; a lot of clients choose us to gain high quality production value but at the same time think that our cameras can track like an iPhone. This is unfortunately not possible with fuji cameras. I get very very nervous if a client said: "please focus on that hand holding a burger and follow it around". I would only trust Face tracking if the background is not busy and only 1 person is in the frame. So overall, if you shoot simple things. It's not worth switching. However, if you are looking to progress with the times and create dynamic content that is moving with the industries: 1) I hope you are patient like me to wait and see what Fuji does to fix this issue. 2) Or maybe rent a range of other brands and see fits your style before committing. Thanks again Tom! 👊🏼❤

It’s funny because my GFX 50s is too slow to use autofocus with anyway.

To be Honest, if u Shooting stills-Landscape or anything else with little to no moving objects fuji is fine. for everything else get away from fuji. im using my xh2 and xh2s and im going to sell my xh2s asap when sony announcing their alpha 7 mk5. Ill keep my xh2 for my everyday shooting or street photography but everything like weddings or some other events i will look forward to more reliable like sony. Canon is no option for me because their lense-policy is IMO not customer Friendly.

My goodness the unit you're testing could be defective. I have been testing my Fuji XT 30 ii XT5 XH2S XS 20 up until yesterday I could say that the autofocus tracking is the same as my Sony A7IV a7C2 a7600 a6400 and my Nikon ZF.

Fujifilm build is just crap. My camera broke

Tracking AF and Fujifilm dont fit in the same sentence we all know that. But Fuji has his own vibes it can be a love and hate relatioship.

I have the x100vi and have not updated the firmware. no need for me its been fine since day one. Two years ago on my x100v a firmware update was done and it took it out. Fortunately, I had the extended warranty, Sent it in and Fuji found the motherboard was toast. After 2 weeks came back perfect. So the x100vi Stays as is.

Pal2tech says the other way round

Great to see you back Tom!! Massive shame Fujifilm hasn’t fixed this issue, seemingly making it significantly worse since v1 firmware… really poor from them. I’ve stopped updating my X-H2 for the last year - although fortunately for me I mainly shoot video with manual focus so it’s not as big of an issue for me as it is for the vast majority people. But even I’m disappointed that if I wanted to shoot in a different way I couldn’t trust it.

Still can remember when I got the X-T5 brand new, my first try was shooting my son going down the hill with his sleigh. With the new 33mm, a new lens with linear motors. Almost none of the shots had even soft focus, most of them were totally out of focus. Now we are on firmware 4 and it is still almost as bad, thankfully not as bad as with the previous firmware. I’m thankful I don’t rely on it for work and that I don’t do video. But even as a passionate hobby photographer, I take my Sony A7IV with me when I don’t want to have to think about autofocus. It’s a shame, cause the Sony doesn’t inspire to go out and shoot. But sometimes it’s more about reliability than passion. Even as a hobbyist.

Almost the same journey as yourself. X-T20, X-H1, X-T4, and until just before firmware 7 I sold my X-H2S for a Canon R6MII. I bought the X-H2S for the promised autofocus that never came. I shoot stills and anything that moved was rarely in focus no matter the lens or setting used. LOVE the results from the R6MII, miss a lot of what the Fuji offered.

AF should not be a problem nowadays at all. Sony a6700 af capabilities are better than their A1 and a6700 costs less than 1500 usd. That is why it is so frustrating for Fuji lovers, because with good af Fuji would be almost perfect system.

good, i hope they remove it completely in future updates so we give birth to more thoughtful photographers

I updated to the latest firmware 7.0 on the XH2s and the results from yesterday’s wedding were not very good compared to what I remember previously, don’t get me wrong i got the job done but I had to take extra shots while changing from face detection to single point to cover for the inabilities if either wasn’t spot on. But there are action shots which you only get one take and some were ok but others were terrible and the problem is I don’t know how or why the algorithm goes wrong? Its so frustrating i am now looking at the Nikon ZF as well. I have really had enough of Fuji its not worth the grief, wedding photography is already stressful enough without having gear issues on also.

Super info...thx!♡

I sold all my Fuji stuff over a year ago due to the poor AF in the xh2. I thought they would have improved it by now rather than make it worse. They still sell a lot of cameras so I guess they are in no rush to fix it.