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*Update* Called Fujifilm and the representative (who expected user error) suggested I take a series of photos on a tripod with/without AF (if the problem doesnt show up in their studio, they wil send it back & charge shipping). I took 125 shots focused dead center at infinity with/without AF (manual focus)... and the shots were perfectly clear. All 250! I noticed that, at times, I will zoom in and out while taking a photo, which, with the 16-55 WRII's rather herky-jerky zoom mechanism, could cause the blur. I am having trouble replicating it, and a tripod test with/out AF revealed clear pictures for a sequence of 250+ shots. Just info for posterity if other people report similar problems with this exact lens/body combination. I imagine any camera settings that would override a focused subject would cause blur (taking shots while AF is "hunting", etc) ****** Thank you everyone for your help and direction. If anyone else has ideas I havent thought of, feel free to share. And I have decided to send the camera in for Fujifilm to check, with an open mind that there is a natural AF keeper rate. I love my XT5 (had it for two months) and yeah, keep shooting, folks! [A final sample blurry photo for future folks who may experience similar issues (you will notice nothing is in focus in foreground or background) ... ]

The odd thing about these shots, are that they are always landscapes - I am standing still and the subject is!

I had not considered AF keeper rates! Certainly this does put things into perspective. I would imagine extreme quality control for a company like Fujifilm, and moving from Nikon, I can say I have never had this experience before with the Nikon F6 or DF (on any lenses). I remain optimistic and pleased with the many excellent pictures I am capable to capture! It is just nice to have the soundness of mind that "near-perfection" in AF offers, which at least one other brand, Nikon, has offered me, anecdotally. I can't jump to conclusions, of course, and rule out my own user error, but I have noticed blurry shots corner to corner consistently. I will update when I send the camera in to have the company check it out! Thank you jerryy for your care, knowledge, and insight!

I am almost always recomposing shots, yes. What would half-press delay do? I will rent another lens and check it out. Thank you Abmet!

Which I am sure doesn't happen often 🙃

Mw02veg, Respectfully, I do not find your post relevant to this topic (this was tagged under help/troubleshooting). I am in no way indicating that the XT5 is not very enjoyable to use. It is! The sharp pics are amazing, and the ergonomics of the camera are stellar. It just appears, with the best available information I have, that around 1/100 shots are corner-to-corner blurry. Do you have any ideas for fixing this? Thank you.

BobJ, Pardon my belated response, but I noticed two messages from you ... THANK you for your expertise/ care! Yes, both afs are set to focus priority. What baffles me is how, if I get a green light indicator suggesting background focus at least, the XT5, it seems, randomly takes a blurry shot. This is another thing: I have double checked to make sure that AF+MF is OFF. Sadly, it appears that the problem persisted in a shoot at the Saint Louis Art museum in MO USA. The problem appears difficult to replicate. ALSO I will say that my Fujifilm XT5 is one of the new Made in Japan models shipped direct from Fujifilm. I got it shipped in new in box. My WRII lens I got from B and H, it seemed new in box - but I did find it odd that it was "not in stock" but the order immediately went through and was shipped anyway. I would have taken about 100 photos and two of them in a series turns out like this, progressing from sharper to out-of-focus to tack sharp at the end of series of 9 shots. See below for one of two blurry shots. 1/900 sec, broad daylight, f 7.1, ISO 320. From this forum, the answers I am receiving are: Buy an X-H2S Tolerate ~1/100 shots being blurry (but then I am always anxious .. what if the shot I really WANT is not up to my standards?) OR Send in the camera and lens to be evaluated. Again, when I emailed Fujifilm they replied via email, "Hello, I do not feel there is an issue with the camera, auto focus is not infallible or perfect. But if you feel there is an issue you can send in your camera and lens to be evaluated."

BobJ, Thank you for mentioning that this is not typical. No, I meant ISO 80, as that is what the lightroom info indicates. Could that be a factor in causing blurriness? Yes, both AF-S and AF-C priority selection are set to FOCUS. What I will do is check the face detection setting - I "minimalized" my LCD display settings to hide whether or not it shows whether face detection (bug detection, etc) is on/off. Thank you for your help!

pw pix, thanks for your sharing your experience, and I am happy to know I am not the only person whom this has happened to. I held the X-H2S and really liked it, so I wonder if that may be a better camera to switch to ...

Thank you Abmet. 1/480 of a second at f 5.6, ISO 80. Focus point is dead center.

Hi friends. I have a question about my new Fujifilm XT-5. In single AF, single point AF Mode, with Focus priority selection on (Pre-AF is off) about one in every 100 pictures will be completely out of focus (totally blurry). Back screen “touch” focus is OFF. I am shooting at 1/500 of second (see attached pic). Body firmware version is 4.21 and lens version (16-55 WRII) is 1.00. I am an experienced photographer and believe I am focused on, say, the background, but the camera will take a picture that, corner to corner, is out of focus. Is there a problem with the camera? I only have one lens (16-55 WRII) so I can't really test if it is a lens problem, and the problem, since it appears random, is difficult to replicate. Any one have a similar experience? What should I do? I have tried turning off the MF+AF mode and turned on pre-focus ... next time I travel I'll check and see if the blurriness persists. THANK you so much expressly for your time and wisdom, and I look forward to exploring this forum more as I start my new life as a Fujifilm shooter! (moving over from Nikon!) I reached out to Fujifilm, and this was the message received: " Hello, I do not feel there is an issue with the camera, auto focus is not infallible or perfect. But if you feel there is an issue you can send in your camera and lens to be evaluated."