Setting Depth of Field Format to Film makes a HUGE difference. It wasn't mentioned in anyone else's videos while setting mine up for zone focusing. Thanks!
One of the best videos on this subject, relating the method to a specific camera model gives it even more value, taking the viewer into the specific setup for the method is very helpful , any photographer familiar with whatever camera they use, can transfer most of the settings he discusses to their make and model
I’ve owned multiple FujiFilm cameras since the X-Pro1 and I was not aware of the ability to properly zone focus. This is extremely helpful, many thanks!
Very helpful, Jay. I just got through watching your other video for zone focusing, again. All the different ideas you're pointing out is helping me knowing what is actually happening. I'm learning lots of different setting, but finding this one fascinating. There is also a huge difference with the film format setting. And, thanks for pointing out the AE-L button. These are really great tips!!!
I find zone focusing quite effective for street photography. Good review of the method here. Note that when using the AFL/AEL button for back button focus the focus distance will remain at the new point until the back button is used again or the zone is reestablished with the focus ring.
Hey Thomas... Thanks for the kind feedback. And yes, the focus stays where it is until it's changed... maybe I should have been more specific here? Thank yo for watching.
Wow! I set my camera up as you said and it works great! My brother's wedding is coming up and zone focusing will help me not miss a picture. Thank you!
Sehr gut erklärt und für mich wichtige Informationen. Das aller beste, war der Tip, die Tiefenschärfeskala umzustellen. Ich hatte mich schon gewundert warum der Zonenberei bei mir so klein angezeigt wird, obwohl ich die gleichen Einstellungen vorgenommen habe. Danke👍
Thanks for this very helpful information, i have one question, i recently got my x100V and I can’t make the Build in flash to work tried everything and nothing works do you have any type of tutorial for this thank you very much and I appreciate it
Ok, sorry for asking, but you had a look at the manual? One possible reason: „The flash will not fire if OFF is selected for SOUND& FLASH in the USER SETTING menu.“ fujifilm-dsc.com/en/manual/x100v/taking_photo/flash/index.html
me again 😉 i've been experiencing ... i would like to ask you... would you use the zone focusing for moving subject ? sometimes I find it's hard to get sharp images..any recomandation ? thanks in advance.
@@Jayshooter_photo actually it's possible to slow down if it's faster. It's slightly more painful to speed up if the talk and demo is slower. Maybe OP can try Playback Speed .75. Excellent video BTW, I'm coming from Sony and Leica systems, so totally new to Fuji - very helpful!
Hey Jesse, thx for connecting here. Could be a little more specific please? Is your question regarding ZF or in general on this camera? I already made a video about my custom button setup on this camera here czcams.com/video/vw_5fddG_WI/video.html Thx for watching!
Amazing tips. Any idea how one would go about quicky disabling focus peaking? I trying binding it to a function key but perhaps can’t find the right menu item.
Hi. I tried this today on my X100V and I have to say it's very good in an urban setting. Do you think a full manual lens is a better set up? Settings can be changed much quicker. Good video by the way.
I don't think that it's correct. The zone focussing is not a Fuji-specific thing or a camera feature, its possible with every lens you can focus manually with (at least in theory). The feature that is similar to the snap focus of the Ricoh GR series seems to be the focus range limiter. Have a look at my video about it. :D Thx for watching.
Hello, I nowadays trying to use this camera with leica film body. Is there any way to make it possible that pressing the half shutter doesn't work on x100v? The physical tab, AF-s doesn't allow me to use the lens ring for focusing, and M tab allows me to use the ring for focusing, however I can't make the half shutter click disable. I'd like to use it only for OVF and the shutter as film camera.
Hi Joachim, this was brilliant, thanks so much. I recently got to rid of Ricoh GH111 (shock horror) because I just could not get on with it. Am I the only one in the world? But SO happy I now have the x100v which feels much better. Yesterday I went out and shot 'street photography' for the first time. I was in AFC and I was not too happy with the sharpness of focus. Is 1/250 enough to freeze someone walking or should I be at 1/500. My ISO was not too high. But I'm going to try zone focussing. Also if you are in slow burst mode does this decrease the quality of focus? With your zone focussing which photometry setting do you use? Also do have have face detection on. LAST final question? With the x100v do you use the weather protector filter or will this decrease sharpness? Many thanks Karin
Hey Karin. Frist of all: My name is Jochen. ; ) Quite similar to Joachim (and has the same biblical source) but not the same. If you try to catch movement, try 1/500s or 1/1000s, just to be sure. But usually 1/250s should be enough, if you are not moving in addition to that. Try Zone foccussing, it's great. Burst mode should not affect the quality. My Photometry is multi most of the time or center weighted on some occasions. I don't youse Face detection on the street. I usually don't use the WR Kits, but I did not recognize lower sharpness if I do so. BR!
@@Jayshooter_photo Thanks so much for such detailed feedback Jochen. I'm really excited to try the zone focussing. Love your videos and explanations. Happy photographing. Karin :)
Great video! I love how much to the point it is, yet with the important details. QUESTION: When I try to zone-focus my X100V I expect it to immediately take a picture when I press the shutter release button because there's nothing to focus on, right? Wrong. For some reason my X100V first changes its focus somewhat and THEN takes a picture. So the preview on my LCD that I have before I press is incorrect, and there's a slight delay in taking the photo because of the miliseconds spent on doing-something-focussy. Stuff ain't REALLY in focus though so I'm not sure what my camera is doing. I might have some sneaky setting turned on that prevents it from just being all manual, but I have no idea what it might be and I'm tired and tomorrow I want to zone-focus the sh*t out of the party where I'm going :-) Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks for your video (and any reply I might get from anybody), and warm regards, Bart
First of all you should make sure to be in manual focus mode. From that point there should be no way the camera changes the focus by half pressing or pressing the shutter release button. Maybe check your button/dial settings by pressing the disp/back Button for 2 Seconds and have a look if there is something set up to do this. Hope this is helpful....
i would need your help. when using ovf OR evf, after a few seconds all the infos on the screen disapear, meaning I lose the MF Distance Indicator. it only comes back if I press the shooting button.. thanks in advance. L.
Thank you for explaining. So if I set up as per your instructions but for some reason I want to revert to my usual settings, I just change the focus switch to auto ?
I now have it set up. Amazing. I always wondered about zone focusing. And just one press. No need to press halfway so much faster right ? Just need to get my distances right now.
Nice video! I have a question: does your x100v make a noise (robotic sound processing) when you rotate the focus ring? It's because I always shoot on the street, but then, doing some adjusts at home, I noticed this noise and I'm not sure if it always existed or If something has changed on the camera.
I have my camera set to M, however when I press my shutter, the camera overrides the focus zone and refocuses from what I have determined prior to pressing the shutter.
Mmmmh. I saw you're comment yesterday and I still can't think of a possible reason for this. It would be, if you could somehow override the manual focus with the shutter release by putting the "Backbutton focus" there... I will try around... Thx for watching anyway.
@@Jayshooter_photo I think I am seeing the effect of the lens stopping down to shooting aperture with the half-press? It can seem like it's refocusing when it isn't?
Hello what is the difference between pixel basis and the film format basis ? I see that when I’m using the film format for street photography, I’ve got a larger depth of field than the pixel basis. If I keep the film format basis will I lose some sharpness or information/ quality in my photo ?
No, the image quality is not effected at all. It’s just another method of measuring. If you use you’re image on really high resolution screens, the depth of field will be shallower for the viewer. And to have that in mind right away while shooting, the setting will change the „bar“ on the scale. I hope, this is helpful. Thx for watching!
Jay so now i have my camera set up as you have described, is there now any use for the focus point which is still on the screen ? I would have thought that it wouldn't be needed any more as the focus is already pre determined. Thank you.
Yes, of course. And for that you won’t need the focus point, correct. But sometimes the focus zone is not very large and you want to focus on a specific point, e.g. a person with it. I hope it’s understandable. 😉 Thx!
You can't save it, but the camera will keep the last setting if you turn it off and on again. Otherwise you will have to adjust the zone by turning the focus ring. Thx for watching!
I've been trying to make zone focusing work on my x100v but the focus ring is so sensitive I often shift it a little without noticing. Do you have any trick for that or you just check your focus often?
I usually have my camera on a strap around my neck and look at the lcd from above. So this way I almost never touch the focus ring accidentally. And like this I always have the scale in my view.
You can shoot in continuous AF but set to back button focus. Use the back button focus to focus on a given distance then it will be set but then the trade off is that you can’t use the focus ring. I’m not sure if there’s an option in the menu to disable the focus ring in manual mode or not. I’ll have to look at my camera. I guess it could be cool to use that small button to the right of the shutter as a focus ring enable/disable button.
Setting Depth of Field Format to Film makes a HUGE difference. It wasn't mentioned in anyone else's videos while setting mine up for zone focusing. Thanks!
You’re welcome! And thx for watching...
I second this. I watched a lot of videos on it too.
Great tip,
One of the best videos on this subject, relating the method to a specific camera model gives it even more value, taking the viewer into the specific setup for the method is very helpful , any photographer familiar with whatever camera they use, can transfer most of the settings he discusses to their make and model
After watching several videos on this subject, I think this may be the best video on zone focusing with the X100V. Thank you so much Jay, danke schön!
I’ve owned multiple FujiFilm cameras since the X-Pro1 and I was not aware of the ability to properly zone focus. This is extremely helpful, many thanks!
Glad I could help!
That depth of field scale option is a game changer. You are the first one mentioning it. Thank you for that. Great content!
Glad to help, thx for watching.
Yes, agreed! thanks for sharing
Jay, mate, this is the best video for users/lovers of the x100f. This capability is so well researched and explained. Thank you.
Actually Jay how do you shoot street at night mate ?. Same settings just higher iso?
Thanks for that tutorial I have spent along time without success until I found you
Glad I could help
Excellent explanation. Thanks
Glad I could help.
Very helpful, Jay. I just got through watching your other video for zone focusing, again. All the different ideas you're pointing out is helping me knowing what is actually happening. I'm learning lots of different setting, but finding this one fascinating. There is also a huge difference with the film format setting. And, thanks for pointing out the AE-L button. These are really great tips!!!
Thanks for giving me this feedback, John. Glad I could help!
Hello from Paris. X100V owner here. Great video. One of your best I think! I really appreciate your explanations. Thanks a lot.
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching.
This is extremely well explained and documented especially important details like the film format vs pixel
Thank you for this kind feedback.
This worked out well with my XT3 and now that I have the X100V it is even better. I love this setting!!!
Thanks for the kind feedback! :)
Danke für den Tip depth of Field von Pixel auf Film zu ändern. Das ist echt sehr nice!
Gerne!
I find zone focusing quite effective for street photography. Good review of the method here. Note that when using the AFL/AEL button for back button focus the focus distance will remain at the new point until the back button is used again or the zone is reestablished with the focus ring.
Hey Thomas... Thanks for the kind feedback. And yes, the focus stays where it is until it's changed... maybe I should have been more specific here? Thank yo for watching.
Very well and simply explained ! Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Wow! I set my camera up as you said and it works great! My brother's wedding is coming up and zone focusing will help me not miss a picture. Thank you!
Glad I could help… 🙏
Thank you, Jay! This a very clear guide.
really great video. thanks a lot
Brilliant video. I knew all about zone focusing with film cameras but your instruction for the settings was perfect. Thanks & regards.
Thx, Bernard! Stay safe.
Sehr gut erklärt und für mich wichtige Informationen. Das aller beste, war der Tip, die Tiefenschärfeskala umzustellen. Ich hatte mich schon gewundert warum der Zonenberei bei mir so klein angezeigt wird, obwohl ich die gleichen Einstellungen vorgenommen habe. Danke👍
Gerne! Und danke fürs Zusehen.
Great video! Thanks.
Thank you!
Thank you for making and sharing the tutorial. Stay safe Jay.
All the best, Enrique...
thank you!!!!
So educational thank you!
You’re welcome! Thx for watching.
Thanks for this very helpfukl video!
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful . thank you
You’re welcome, Martin. Thx for thanking… 😉
Thanks for this explanation! Very good. Would be great to see some examples while using it.
Again very useful and outstandingly well explained!
Hope your channel will keep growing!
Thank you very much. We'll see... ;)
Thank you so much for this. Just the tip on depth of field scale is worth it alone. I was wondering why my focus area was so tiny. Fantastic!
Thx for the kind feedback. Glad I could help!
Great video - thanks for sharing
Succinct and short. Excellent tutorial.
Glad it was helpful! Thx for watching.
Auf jeden Fall ein Lebensretter 🤗👏👏👏👏👏👏
Okay, so schlimm? ; ) Danke fürs Zusehen....
Excellent video learning something new from you much appreciated regards from Ireland 🇮🇪
Thanks for the kind feedback and for watching!
Love your tutorials. Thank you
You’re welcome! Thx for watching.
Very helpful thanks! Never would have figured out that Large Indicators Mode issue without this! 😣you get a like and subscribe for sure 😎🙏
So helpful Thank you so much!!
You're so welcome!
Very well explained.
Thx! 🙏
Very useful tutorial. Thank you!
You're welcome, thx for watching.
Nice and useful tip. Thanks!
You're welcome, thx for watching.
This is best...As I requested earlier for the same video... Thank you for explaining 😊
Thank you for watching! ; )
Thanks for all helpful instructions! Love ít..!
Subscribed!
Thank you for subscribing and welcome to my channel. 😉
Great video Gracias Jay.
You’re welcome! Thx for watching...
Excellent. Thank you.
You're welcome! Thx for watching...
Excellent thank you
You're welcome, thx for watching!
Sehr gut. Vielen Dank, sehr hilfreich. Jetzt fehlt mir bloss noch die Kamera...
: )
Thanks for this very helpful information, i have one question, i recently got my x100V and I can’t make the Build in flash to work tried everything and nothing works do you have any type of tutorial for this thank you very much and I appreciate it
Ok, sorry for asking, but you had a look at the manual? One possible reason: „The flash will not fire if OFF is selected for SOUND& FLASH in the USER SETTING menu.“
fujifilm-dsc.com/en/manual/x100v/taking_photo/flash/index.html
me again 😉 i've been experiencing ... i would like to ask you... would you use the zone focusing for moving subject ? sometimes I find it's hard to get sharp images..any recomandation ? thanks in advance.
Superb video. Thanks. Now all I have to do is find a way to afford an x100v...
Thank you, Collin. And good luck!
Thanks, however I've found the circulation in the menu too fast
Thx for the feedback. I will keep it in mind next time.
@@Jayshooter_photo actually it's possible to slow down if it's faster. It's slightly more painful to speed up if the talk and demo is slower. Maybe OP can try Playback Speed .75. Excellent video BTW, I'm coming from Sony and Leica systems, so totally new to Fuji - very helpful!
Very clear thank you a lot for the information.
Can you comment on both button placement (if any) and mode for exposure?
Hey Jesse, thx for connecting here. Could be a little more specific please? Is your question regarding ZF or in general on this camera? I already made a video about my custom button setup on this camera here czcams.com/video/vw_5fddG_WI/video.html
Thx for watching!
@@Jayshooter_photo thanks for the quick reply!
Apologies, I’m shooting of the x100f
I’ll take a look at your other video for the button placement
Amazing tips. Any idea how one would go about quicky disabling focus peaking? I trying binding it to a function key but perhaps can’t find the right menu item.
Not that I know of. It doesn't seem to be possible setting up a FN Button for this.
The closest I kind was that focus peaking disables / enables based on half press of shutter. Better than nothing. 😂
Hi. I tried this today on my X100V and I have to say it's very good in an urban setting. Do you think a full manual lens is a better set up? Settings can be changed much quicker. Good video by the way.
I wouldn’t say, that it’s necessarily slower with the X100V, e.g. if you use the Backbutton-Focus together with this method.
A full manual focus setup will give you a better experience. It can be quicker depends on the situation.
if im not mistaken its similar to snap focusing in ricoh gr..
I don't think that it's correct. The zone focussing is not a Fuji-specific thing or a camera feature, its possible with every lens you can focus manually with (at least in theory). The feature that is similar to the snap focus of the Ricoh GR series seems to be the focus range limiter. Have a look at my video about it. :D
Thx for watching.
Hello, I nowadays trying to use this camera with leica film body. Is there any way to make it possible that pressing the half shutter doesn't work on x100v? The physical tab, AF-s doesn't allow me to use the lens ring for focusing, and M tab allows me to use the ring for focusing, however I can't make the half shutter click disable. I'd like to use it only for OVF and the shutter as film camera.
No idea, except for Manual Focus of course...
Cheers man
Cheers! :D
Hi Joachim, this was brilliant, thanks so much. I recently got to rid of Ricoh GH111 (shock horror) because I just could not get on with it. Am I the only one in the world? But SO happy I now have the x100v which feels much better. Yesterday I went out and shot 'street photography' for the first time. I was in AFC and I was not too happy with the sharpness of focus. Is 1/250 enough to freeze someone walking or should I be at 1/500. My ISO was not too high. But I'm going to try zone focussing. Also if you are in slow burst mode does this decrease the quality of focus? With your zone focussing which photometry setting do you use? Also do have have face detection on. LAST final question? With the x100v do you use the weather protector filter or will this decrease sharpness? Many thanks Karin
Hey Karin. Frist of all: My name is Jochen. ; ) Quite similar to Joachim (and has the same biblical source) but not the same.
If you try to catch movement, try 1/500s or 1/1000s, just to be sure. But usually 1/250s should be enough, if you are not moving in addition to that. Try Zone foccussing, it's great. Burst mode should not affect the quality. My Photometry is multi most of the time or center weighted on some occasions. I don't youse Face detection on the street. I usually don't use the WR Kits, but I did not recognize lower sharpness if I do so. BR!
@@Jayshooter_photo Thanks so much for such detailed feedback Jochen. I'm really excited to try the zone focussing. Love your videos and explanations. Happy photographing. Karin :)
Great video! I love how much to the point it is, yet with the important details.
QUESTION: When I try to zone-focus my X100V I expect it to immediately take a picture when I press the shutter release button because there's nothing to focus on, right? Wrong. For some reason my X100V first changes its focus somewhat and THEN takes a picture. So the preview on my LCD that I have before I press is incorrect, and there's a slight delay in taking the photo because of the miliseconds spent on doing-something-focussy. Stuff ain't REALLY in focus though so I'm not sure what my camera is doing. I might have some sneaky setting turned on that prevents it from just being all manual, but I have no idea what it might be and I'm tired and tomorrow I want to zone-focus the sh*t out of the party where I'm going :-) Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thanks for your video (and any reply I might get from anybody), and warm regards, Bart
First of all you should make sure to be in manual focus mode. From that point there should be no way the camera changes the focus by half pressing or pressing the shutter release button. Maybe check your button/dial settings by pressing the disp/back Button for 2 Seconds and have a look if there is something set up to do this. Hope this is helpful....
Is there a option to change the color of the bar that’s showing the zone area
Not as I know... But good idea...
i would need your help. when using ovf OR evf, after a few seconds all the infos on the screen disapear, meaning I lose the MF Distance Indicator. it only comes back if I press the shooting button.. thanks in advance. L.
Sorry. Unfortunately I can't reproduce the problem... No clue.
Thank you for explaining. So if I set up as per your instructions but for some reason I want to revert to my usual settings, I just change the focus switch to auto ?
Correct! Thx for watching....
@@Jayshooter_photo Thank you
I now have it set up. Amazing. I always wondered about zone focusing. And just one press. No need to press halfway so much faster right ? Just need to get my distances right now.
Nice video! I have a question: does your x100v make a noise (robotic sound processing) when you rotate the focus ring? It's because I always shoot on the street, but then, doing some adjusts at home, I noticed this noise and I'm not sure if it always existed or If something has changed on the camera.
That’s pretty normal, don't worry! There have been videos right after it’s release making fun of it. Mine does these sounds too. Thx for watching!
I have my camera set to M, however when I press my shutter, the camera overrides the focus zone and refocuses from what I have determined prior to pressing the shutter.
Mmmmh. I saw you're comment yesterday and I still can't think of a possible reason for this. It would be, if you could somehow override the manual focus with the shutter release by putting the "Backbutton focus" there... I will try around... Thx for watching anyway.
@@Jayshooter_photo I think I am seeing the effect of the lens stopping down to shooting aperture with the half-press? It can seem like it's refocusing when it isn't?
I seem to have something similar to this. If not i F/2 halfpressing the shutter button some focusing occur. But if I use f/2 this doesn't happen?
Hello what is the difference between pixel basis and the film format basis ? I see that when I’m using the film format for street photography, I’ve got a larger depth of field than the pixel basis. If I keep the film format basis will I lose some sharpness or information/ quality in my photo ?
No, the image quality is not effected at all. It’s just another method of measuring. If you use you’re image on really high resolution screens, the depth of field will be shallower for the viewer. And to have that in mind right away while shooting, the setting will change the „bar“ on the scale. I hope, this is helpful. Thx for watching!
how do i zone focus with the X100 ?
With the digital teleconverter. If it’s an X100F or V.
Jay so now i have my camera set up as you have described, is there now any use for the focus point which is still on the screen ? I would have thought that it wouldn't be needed any more as the focus is already pre determined. Thank you.
Yes, you may use it to refocus your zone using the backbutton for example.
@@Jayshooter_photo Or i can change the zone using the focus ring on the lens ?
Yes, of course. And for that you won’t need the focus point, correct. But sometimes the focus zone is not very large and you want to focus on a specific point, e.g. a person with it. I hope it’s understandable. 😉 Thx!
wieso kann ich nur einen Daum nach oben geben??? Super erklärt, danke.
Danke zurück für das nette Feedback und fürs Zusehen!
How do I save the settings for zone focusing?
You can't save it, but the camera will keep the last setting if you turn it off and on again. Otherwise you will have to adjust the zone by turning the focus ring. Thx for watching!
@@Jayshooter_photo I was hoping saving to custom setting will do, it is unfortunate. It is then not practical to switch between auto and manual
@@engthamer Why not? All you have to do is press the Button for fokussing or turn the focus ring a little.
I've been trying to make zone focusing work on my x100v but the focus ring is so sensitive I often shift it a little without noticing. Do you have any trick for that or you just check your focus often?
I usually have my camera on a strap around my neck and look at the lcd from above. So this way I almost never touch the focus ring accidentally. And like this I always have the scale in my view.
Use thick / wide rubber bands to keep the focus ring in place.
You can shoot in continuous AF but set to back button focus. Use the back button focus to focus on a given distance then it will be set but then the trade off is that you can’t use the focus ring. I’m not sure if there’s an option in the menu to disable the focus ring in manual mode or not. I’ll have to look at my camera. I guess it could be cool to use that small button to the right of the shutter as a focus ring enable/disable button.
very usueful!
Thx for watching!
You speak very quickly
You may want to slow it down via the controls.