Fujifilm X-T3 Autofocus Test - Single Point and Face Detect

In this quick video as I prepare my full review, we'll take a short look at how the X-T3 autofocus system performs with some older lenses compared to the X-T2. We'll also take a look quickly at the face detection and eye AF.

These are unscientific real-world tests for my use case. I hope you find them helpful.

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[danbphotos]

Thanks for the test. A low light AF test with these three lenses and also an AF noise test with the XT3 and the 35mm 1.4 would be awesome!

[TKJC]

Hi Dylan, nice job! I really like your honest opinions and very funny tracking clips. Keep it up!

[alexanderharden]

The face detection test was made with one of the slowest XF lenses, the 56mm f1.2 .It would be awesome to see similar tests with the fast LM lenses.

[MisAnkic]

Did you use eye af tracking in your eratic movement test, zone or single point C af?

[stefansmuts]

Wow dude! You just convinced me. I wasnt sure about the upgrade - but I am now! Thanks so much!

[lafite]

Hi Dylan, will you able to do some low light testing as well?

[vianditya]

Thanks man, the most important question is...are you happy with the upgrade?

[cyrildescoursiere]

Thumb up for the Eluveitie shirt. Can we attribute face detection on a custom button, like AF-ON ?

[jdaniel]

Best review i've seen. The other videos looked more like a FUJI ad. Lotsa talk and they just do a bunch of AF-C tests. makes someone really ditch their xt2 for the xt3 if AF is crucial to their work. Can you do the s low light test and see if the -3EV AF sensitivity is true? alongside the XT2 .

[lemiwings]

nice review. would be awesome to see the 60mm lense perform too here in the comparison

[kevinfickling]

Is your Touch screen disabled? It seems thats the case with mine. I can't figure out how to get it to turn on.

[terjeaudio]

Thanks Dylan, I love your sincerity, awesome review, I wonder how the 60mm 2.4 will fare with the XT3, to me is an underrated gem of a lens especially for portraits and close ups, but so slow...

[albertoyoo]

Hi, are you filming this video in South Korea? It's very interesting for me cause I'm in Busan. I use a7m3 at Sony now but I want to change my a7m3 to X-t3. Low light AF Issues in X-T3(FUJI) can be better to upgrade soft firmware in FUJI?

[PT-regi]

Very nice comparison and test. Thank you for sharing

[epsonc]

Nice work! It looks like Fuji fixed lens blades "back to default" issue on X-T3.

[kencox]

Hi in your review you mention ... I can more confidently make use of the silent shutter for things like street photography. It still results in slight warping with fast moving subjects like children, so I cannot use it on family sessions just yet. what do you mean by slight warping, and is it currectable. ?

[stephenscharf]

Hi Dylan, thanks for putting up this initial test. Just a comment as a recently retired professional scientist. It *is* possible to do "real-world" scientific testing. The two are not mutually exclusive! ;-) With respect to your moving subjects test, for example, the appropriate statistical test would have been a 2-proportion test. Cheers and regards, Stephen.

[JasonSmith-ddms]

Please tell me you can disable the beep.

[hooshangmaster]

isn't the screen a touch screen as well if you want to focus on an object?

[justwowtv]

There is some improvement but overall I think both focused about the same speed maybe there is like 10-15% AF speed improvement with X-T3 but almost nothing. Maybe a low-light AF test would make more sense and we will see the AF improvement better.