I think I finally found the best softball settings on the Xt2

[Fujidave]

So - are we just having a discussion about AF or are people seeing my photos in this thread as not sharply in focus? I ask because they look good on my ipad but maybe you disagree?

They look good and sharp on my screen, I only put that link for you to see if it would help. Sorry if I was wrong. The shots are fine.

 

[SquarePeg]

So - are we just having a discussion about AF or are people seeing my photos in this thread as not sharply in focus? I ask because they look good on my ipad but maybe you disagree?

They look good and sharp on my screen, I only put that link for you to see if it would help. Sorry if I was wrong. The shots are fine.

No not at all, it's a great link very useful for Fuji users. I just wanted to make sure!

 

[Fujidave]

If they had been my shots I would of been very happy with them.
I will put the link in Fuji cameras.

 

[SquarePeg]

I'm going to repost the link. Very useful and didn't mean to give you the idea it was in the wrong place!

NEW AF SYSTEM SPECIAL SITE | FUJIFILM

 

[Fujidave]

I'm going to repost the link. Very useful and didn't mean to give you the idea it was in the wrong place!

NEW AF SYSTEM SPECIAL SITE | FUJIFILM

Glad I was not wrong, I have also put it in Fuji Camera thread.

 

[ac12]

So - are we just having a discussion about AF or are people seeing my photos in this thread as not sharply in focus? I ask because they look good on my ipad but maybe you disagree?

Sorry, it was an AF mode discussion.
The focus of your pix are just fine.

 

[beagle100]

Watch the zone focus.
On the Canon T5 and T7i, when you use area/zone focus, it focuses on the closest subject in the area/zone.
So on pix #7, when both the runner and catcher are in the focus area, it would focus on the closer catcher rather than the farther girl running to home.
The yearbook students had a few too many instances of the area AF selecting the wrong subject to focus on. So I went to the KISS principle. I set the yearbook cameras to single point, center AF, so that there was no confusion over what the camera would focus on.
But there is no free lunch. Then the students had to make sure that they put the center focus point on the subject, and in sports, that meant that they had to track the subject.

Single point center AF is also the way I have my own camera configured.

I think Fuji zone focus starts in the center and works it's way out if it can't find a subject.
Different on a Nikon too
Different on Canon.
and probably different on different higher end vs lower end focus systems of the same brand.
For instance the D500 works massively better than a D7000 with zone focus and various subjects.

yes, the AF is different for all cameras

with a 9 year old Canon camera and very old original 100-400