Face/Eye detection without Face/Eye exposure?

[Paul12]

Is Face/Eye detection without Face/Eye exposure possible?

This feature would be great and otherwise a suggestion for Fujifilm to implement via a firmware update

 

[ateriksen]

Is Face/Eye detection without Face/Eye exposure possible?

This feature would be great and otherwise a suggestion for Fujifilm to implement via a firmware update

I vote for this. Listen Fujifilm, we need this on X-trans cameras like X-T2 and X-T3...!

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[Easychair]

Interesting idea. What are some scenarios in which this feature would be useful?

 

[ateriksen]

Interesting idea. What are some scenarios in which this feature would be useful?

It is very good to disable face metering priority and stick with matrix metering when using FACE-AF because Fujifilm's FACE-AF is good but not excellent, Face priority is doing a lot of harm and gives quite big difference in measured exposure when camera struggle to find a face in the image and when it finally finds a face.

Sometimes I get 2-3 EV difference in metered exposure when I'm in aperture priority (auto shutter), or when I use Auto-ISO.

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Sony has it in case you are using ex. a slow SAL lens which struggle to find a face.

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[Easychair]

Interesting idea. What are some scenarios in which this feature would be useful?

It is very good to disable face metering priority and stick with matrix metering when using FACE-AF because Fujifilm's FACE-AF is good but not excellent, Face priority is doing a lot of harm and gives quite big difference in measured exposure when camera struggle to find a face in the image and when it finally finds a face.

Sometimes I get 2-3 EV difference in metered exposure when I'm in aperture priority (auto shutter), or when I use Auto-ISO.

What does this get you, though? Properly exposed pictures that aren't focused where you expect them to be? If face detection is enabled there are three possibilities that I see:

1. The camera correctly identifies your subject and focuses/exposes for that correct subject
2. The camera incorrectly identifies a subject and focuses/exposes for that incorrect subject
3. The camera does not detect a face and uses the focus point as the basis for focus and exposure

Are you asking for a variation of #2 where the camera focuses on the incorrect subject but meters based on where your focus point is?

I don't mean to deride your feature request but if you're shooting a scene where face detection is unreliable, I would recommend disabling face detection. Personally speaking, I would rather Fuji improve face detection rather than implementing esoteric workarounds for when the system does not function as expected.

Again, I'm not trying to be argumentative, just wondering in what circumstances someone would find it useful. I don't see it as being something that I would use, but I'm certainly aware that styles and techniques differ between photographers.

 

[mikespy]

I need this option too. I use the GFX system and by nature it is slower. Sometime eye/face detection works, other times it doesn't, especially when the subject moves their head around.

What I usually do, is position the focus point on the subject's face as a fallback to the face detection. And works nicely, but as mentioned, exposures are all over the place.