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Why does my XT-4 still attempt to focus despite being in manual mode?

Started 3 weeks ago | Questions thread
Coldpaw Contributing Member • Posts: 772
Re: Why does my XT-4 still attempt to focus despite being in manual mode?

Are you sure this is an actual focus issue? I would rather suspect a misunderstanding when it comes to aperture settings:

Typically the aperture is wide open when composing a shot, such you often get a rather shallow DoF. However the aperture adjusts once you press the shutter button, especially if you have set aperture to "A"(uto), the camera will decide which setting to use, maybe it closes down quite a bit to say f6,3 thus giving you a deeper DoF.
You can assign a button to preview you DoF, that preview stops the lens down to the selected aperture prior pressing the shutter button, giving you a liveview of your DoF.

Usually if you have set the focus selector to M, the camera sticks to manual focus - however there is a settings which lets you use AF while being in M-mode, it is called Quick Focus and is typically initiated with the AF-ON button. You can read more about it in the manual:

https://fujifilm-dsc.com/en/manual/x-t4/taking_photo/manual-focus/index.html

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