Manual Focus on the X-S10 for video

[Andrew Parker]

Hello forum,

I've recently purchased a fujifilm x-s10 and I've been stuck on one issue. When shooting video, I would like to be able to use manual focus only.

I have the camera set to M and I'm hitting the red video button to begin recording. In the menu, I have focus set to 'manual'.

I've got manual focus to work great for stills, but when I switch to video, the camera wants to auto focus (ie... subject is centered and in focus >>>when I move camera off subject, it auto focuses on the background). The auto focus is very good, but I occasionally get a little bit of focus hunting during video shoots. It's only a small amount, but to me any focus hunting ruins a video and is not really acceptable.

Does anyone have any tips or tricks to force the x-s10 to only focus manually during video shooting? 

Thanks in advance!

~Andrew

[abcdesi]

In the bottom left of your display, do you see a gray M only, or a white MF?  The gray M indicates Manual control (aperture, shutter), while the white MF indicates Manual Focus.

[Dimitrisot]

Hello Andrew.

To set video options as you like, you have to turn the main button(Auto, M, S, A, P etc) to VIDEO. Then you set the options you like from menu (Manual focus) and for starting capturing video as the settings you have done, you push the Shutter release button, not the red one.

I think that will solve your problem.