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Thanks so much for your help and advice, much appreciated! I'll give that a go

Thank you. I've checked and it was on release priority, so I have changed that. I appreciate your help. I was using the D800 with 70-200mm lens, and it seems I might need to revert to this until I'm able to upgrade my Fuji model. I love my Fuji and it is serving me really well for my candid/fine art work and also coastal with filters and the 23mm f2. It seems to be then that the XT-2 and 55-200mm lens combo could be the issue...?

I'm using BFF too as I thought maybe using the top shutter button to focus and shoot may have been the problem, but it seems not...

Hi, thanks for your help, I'm pretty sure the lens is fine, as its been good for other things. It's the XT-2 body, OIS is on, CH shutter, do you think maxing the ISO to 3200 is too low? I'm concerned about noise... I get the focus lock green square and beep yes. I'm not using zone focus, I am using single point but on the widest setting before it goes to zone. No touchscreen on the XT-2. In terms of eye and focus, I haven't changed these. Do you think I should use zone? My worry with this is, when the horses are running behind a rail, I don't want the camera to shift and lock focus onto that, therefore having some out of focus on the horse. Any info you can help me with is greatly appreciated! Jayne

Hello I hope you can help. I have recently switched to the Fuji system from Nikon full frame. I am having some real problems with focus and sharpness, when using the 55-200mm lens. I previously used the Nikon 70-200mm which I know at 2.8 is faster, but there’s no way I should be experiencing the problems with focus and sharpness I’m having, as an experienced photographer! I hope someone can help me. I am using Back Button Focus now too which I hoped would solve the problem but it hasn’t. It’s mainly for the sports side of my work, ie horses in training. I am focussing with BBF and single point (largest area) fully open aperture, continuous focusing and I cannot seem to work out what’s going wrong. I attach a sample image of what I am talking about. The focus seems to be shifting. I always focus on the horses face but the capture is rarely in focus. My settings are auto ISO (max 3200) shutter speed various tried (from 1/250th – 1/1000th and even auto) and fully open aperture which ranges from 3.5-5.6 depending on the range. My custom focus settings are '2' which seems to be the most suited to the type of subject. I am thinking I may (reluctantly) have to go back to my full frame gear for this aspect of my work, unless I can solve it – particularly as it’s a paid job and I cannot afford to be taking out of focus shots. My other experiences with the Fuji have been excellent on the fine art side of things, no problems, and I LOVE my Fuji! Please help, am I missing something really obvious??!

Thanks so much! Really helpful and reassuring that I'm on the right track

Thanks @TokyoInPicsso the hit rate in focus isn't very high in low light. I've done a bit of research and have now set the camera to back button focus, could this be helpful? Yes, a lot of low morning light...

Could anyone offer me some advice please. I use the X-T2 which I adore, with the 55-200mm lens. Mainly I'm a landscapist but one of my regular jobs is for some horse racing photography, some of which is in low-early morning light. I have been playing with focussing points but I'm having some issues with for instance a horses head (which is moving) keeping in focus even when i use the single point auto focus, or zone. In some cases the camera seems to lock on to the rider rather than the horse, even when I move focus points onto the horses face and I'm getting the in-focus 'bleep'. I'm shooting at the open end of the 55-200 usually at 200. I use continuous focus tracking on the front switch, option 2 in the focus tracking menu, and I'm still not hitting focus every time. Please could someone offer some help? I previously used full frame Nikon and the 70-200 which was a much faster lens, but I'm sure I should be getting more success rate with the Fuji than I am. I guess what I'm looking for are some fool proof settings that I can use as standard for this kind of photography. Any info gratefully received, thank you!

Hello please can you help! I am shooting in Manual with Auto Iso. In the main with the fastest aperture and manual shutter speed. In low light I want to use the Exposure compensation dial and sometimes this doesn't seem to work on the C setting, even with pushing the front wheel to toggle to the option to use it.. The exposure isn't changing and in general all my pics are coming out a bit dark. It seems that somehow within the camera the exposure is set too low. What I'm seeing through the EVF isn't the same as the capture I'm seeing on the LCD. I'm new to the Fuji system so would really appreciate help.

Many thanks for your assistance, all sorted now!

Thank you so much for your advice!

Hi everyone, I am new to the Fuji System and have a question please, which is the best continual focus mode/zone to use for sports photography, particuarly horses running towards me/past me? Hope someone can help. Jayne

Two lenses usually the 15-45 and the 55-200, sorry for late response to your question..!

Two lenses usually the 15-45 and the 55-200, sorry for late response to your question..!