Back Button Focus for Wildlife

DocShaka wrote:

rivi wrote:

maxxxx wrote:

DocShaka wrote:

Hello all.

I came across an interesting video today that mentioned the possibility of setting two BBF buttons to two different modes. For wildlife, particularly Bird In Flight, it would be a game changer to have my XT4's AEL button use AF-S (or AF-C) and single point and then be able to instantly jump to the AF-ON button and have that use AF-C 5x5 focus mode as the bird or other subject starts to move.

Is this possible on our Fujis? I can't seem to find the setting if it is.

Thanks for any info.

Doc

I like this. It would be great to have several AF-On button with different modes.

I use a Canon R5 and Fuji XH2S for wildlife photography. I have set three buttons on the R5 for Bird eye, zone and spot focus. This is very handy when you want to switch focus planes in a hurry.

Unfortunately, I still haven't found a way to do this on the Fuji. Fuji is great (albeit not as fast as the R5) on the bird eye focus but changing focus planes still is a challenge atleast for me.

Can I ask your thoughts on BIF photography with the xt4 vs the xh2s? I'm in a critical moment of having to decide to get a xh2s and keep the 150-600 or send it all back and likely switch to Sony and def FF for wildlife and keep my xt4 and a pancake for street/travel. I'm really disappointed with xt4 autofocus now that I'm back into bif.

I haven’t done much BIF on the XH2S but the eye focus is a definite improvement.  My 200mm doesn’t give much reach for small birds in flight.  HoweverI am happy that I made the upgrade.  I hope the animal focus improves with future updates.  It’s still not as sticky as the R5.

Canon R5, Fuji XT4, Fuji XH2S