Aperture Priority & Zone Focus.

[Sjonsnaps]

New to Fuj, and I bought several months ago the XT5. Great camera with awesome options. I'm into document and streetphotography, There's one question, , is it possible to do zone focus when you're camera is in Aperture Priority mode? Or is it only possible in the M mode? 

 

 

[Greybeard]

Either way should work - both methods allow you to set aperture.

(I'm assuming when you say M mode you mean the exposure mode M and not the focus mode M).

(I'm also assuming when you say zone focus you mean the technique of setting focus at a specific distance rather then using the AF Mode of Zone).

 

[Sjonsnaps]

27 minutes ago, Greybeard said:

Either way should work - both methods allow you to set aperture.

(I'm assuming when you say M mode you mean the exposure mode M and not the focus mode M).

(I'm also assuming when you say zone focus you mean the technique of setting focus at a specific distance rather then using the AF Mode of Zone).

 

By M mode I mean the button at the front of the camera, not the back. (Don't know how it's called in English) 

 

I did the zone focus a few weeks ago, with succes. Now I want to try Aperture Priority. Iso on Auto, SS on Auto, and figure only out Aperture. But when I do Aperture Priority do I still see the (zone focus) distance scale on my menu while shooting) 

 

My English explaining is not the best, haha! Hope you understand it all. 

 

 

[Greybeard]

M mode on the back of the camera controls focus - aperture priority is for exposure.

Maybe I'm missing something - the distance scale isn't going to be affected by your exposure setting (aperture priority).

If you change from manual to auto focus and you still want the distance to show you will need to go into the custom display settings in the screen setup menu and check the appropriate setting.

As you have the camera why not try it?

[jerryy]

This is getting a little confusing.

There is a switch on the front of the camera labelled M-C-S which changes the focus mode between Manual, Continuous and Single shot focus mode. In C or S modes, the camera automatically focuses the lens — for lenses that can be auto-focused — while in M mode, you twist one of the lens rings to focus the lens, the camera takes the shot only for the focus you set the lens to use.

After that, it is as @Greybeard is saying, aperture exposure and distance scale are not really related.

[Rafał Bartnik]

Hello, @Sjonsnaps hopefully You've figured out the topic on Your own by now but here's how I always did it on Fujifilm and on X-T5 currently:

Enable AF+MF
Disengage shutter AF in AF-S
Set DOF scale for MF to film (rather than pixel)

From now on You operate in AF-S only in a Back-Button-Focusing manner. When You want to set focus distance, half press the shutter and turn the ring - the distance will stay the same, no matter what and without accidental change, unless You half press the shutter and turn the ring simultaniously again . This works in A more no problem.
Hope this helps!