#Fujifilm xt3 frame how to#
#Fujifilm xt3 frame pro#

Okay, this may be where people start to say things like, ‘oh dude, your not a pro if you don’t shoot fully manual’. I have found this to be the case in almost every single situation I have tried this in so it really does help me! Remember that your camera wants/needs contrast to acquire autofocus quickly so make sure you give the focus point contrast and your good to go. If you move the focus point to the edge of the silhouette, the outline of the person if you like, the camera will much more likely lock onto the focus. What do I mean by that? So, picture a silhouette shot, if you had your focus point on the pure black area of the subject the camera may hunt for focus. Almost all cameras on the market will focus much better when the focus point has some contrast within it. Some added knowledge to assist with autofocus when in the streets. I find that my XT3 is very, very good with face detection now, however you just don’t want to run the risk of the camera focusing on something it thinks is a face and completely missing your subject! Turn off face detection guys. Again I rarely use this for street photography so I would suggest turning this off. Shooting at F5.6 or higher means that you have a lot more depth of field and so can use a larger single point to allow for faster focus.Īnother AF setting to bare in mind is Face Detection. A smaller focus point allows for greater accuracy. This is because at a narrow aperture, F2.8 through to F1.4, I need the focus to be very accurate due the shallow depth of field. If I’m shooting at F2.8 or lower ill set it to a small size. If I’m shooting at F5.6 or higher, I will set the single point to a large size.

I almost always use Single point and I’ve found the larger the single point box you use, the faster the AF speed will be (just my findings, I haven’t tested this thoroughly).

Fuji cameras have a few options, Single Point, Zone, Wide/Tracking and ALL. Next in the AF section is the focus mode. The recent fuji cameras allow you to fine tune auto focus speed and sensitivity, but I find the factory setting is more than good enough. Trust me, when I first started street I’ve missed so many shots due to this issue. The first shot is sharp, then as they approach the light or composition the shots become soft due to the focus locking in the position of the first shot.

The worst thing is when you see a subject approaching and you shoot a few shots in AF-S. It works perfectly and keeps the camera sharp and responsive for those subjects that may be walking towards you or away from you. Coupled with that, if you understand a little bit more about how autofocus systems work, or rather when they work their best, you can over come any issues you may face.ĪF-C is my go to on the street. Almost any camera made in the last 10 years has autofocus that is fast enough for 90% of the situations you’ll encounter on the street. Im a firm believer that if your camera has autofocus then use it. Anyway, Im rambling on again, so here we go. I hope that will make for a slightly better layout and more fluent reading experience for you guys. Ill break this down to a few different sections and explain the reasoning for each setting in each section. That method of street photography plays a huge part in the settings that I use. I would much rather hit the streets and just keep walking and shoot anything interesting that I see along the way. I don’t like to sit in one place for a long time, waiting for the correct person to enter the scene don’t get me wrong, I have done this in the past, but its not what I find enjoyable. Street photography is usually very reactive, well for me it is. The settings I share with you are simply what I use to make sure that I can focus on whats happening around me and be sure that the camera is ready to go as soon as I see a shot. These settings I share with you and no guarantee to better street shots, there are far to many variables for that. So I’ll start by clarifying what I mean by suggestions. These settings will hopefully allow you to walk the streets and focus on watching the world and looking for interesting people or interesting scenes to shoot, rather than worrying what your settings are, fumbling around the camera and missing the shot.

#Fujifilm xt3 frame how to#

Today I want to make a few suggestions as to how to set up your Fuji camera for street photography.