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Quick Start Guide FUJIFILM X-T4

Congratulations on your new FUJIFILM X-T4! This quick start guide introduces your camera’s features and functions and will help you get more creative with your photography.

Personalising your camera
Focusing modes
High-speed shooting
Shooting video
Connecting to your smart device

Personalising your camera

Many aspects of the X-T4 can be customised to suit your preferences, such as controls, displays and shooting modes.

Controls, swipes and dials

Customise the behaviour of the camera’s controls and touchscreen swipe gestures.

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Press and hold the DISP BACK button to go straight to the FUNCTION (Fn) SETTING customisation screen.
Scroll through the various options, scrolling right to change the default behaviour of each button or swipe.

Customising EVF and LCD information

The information you see when you compose a scene can be changed so that only the data you want is shown.

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Press MENU OK and scroll down using the rear command dial to the SET UP menu tab.
Choose the SCREEN SET-UP setting and scroll to DISP. CUSTOM SETTING.
Scroll through and choose the items you’d like to see in the viewfinder and on the camera’s screen.
Highlight the item required and press MENU OK to select or deselect it.

Customising the Q Menu

The Q Menu gives you information at a glance, and quick access to camera settings. You can also change what’s on the Q Menu screen to suit your way of working.

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Hold down the Q button for a couple of seconds; the customisation screen will appear.
Choose the menu item location you want to customise and press MENU OK.
Find the function you’d like to appear in this menu location and press MENU OK.
Repeat the above steps for each menu location you want to change. Press DISP BACK to finish.

Customising Film Simulation modes

You’ve probably discovered your camera’s Film Simulation modes by now, but did you know that by altering the colour and contrast, you can create picture settings to your own tastes, too?

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Hit the Q button to display the Q Menu.
Adjust highlights, shadows and colour saturation with the H Tone, S Tone and Color options. Use the rear command dial to make the changes.

You can save these new settings as a custom preset for instant recall.

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Press MENU OK, navigate to the IMAGE QUALITY SETTING menu and choose EDIT/SAVE CUSTOM SETTING.
Choose a custom preset number and scroll right.
Select SAVE CURRENT SETTINGS. The camera will ask you to choose OK to confirm changes.
You can also choose to EDIT CUSTOM NAME and give the new preset a name you’ll remember.
To load your preset, press MENU OK, navigate to the IMAGE QUALITY SETTING menu and choose SELECT CUSTOM SETTING, then find the one you saved and press MENU OK.

Focusing modes

Focus point place and size

The size of the active focusing area used by your X-T4 can be changed in size and moved around the frame. In the camera’s Q Menu, choose from Single Point (highly selective), Zone (for erratically moving subjects) and Wide/Tracking (uses the whole frame) using the touchscreen and/or the rear command dial. To move the active point or zone, or change its size:

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Move the Focus Lever to shift the focus point/area up, down, left or right.
To change point/area size, first press the Focus Lever in so the point turns green.
Then, rotate the rear command dial to change its size.
Press MENU OK or half-press the shutter release button.

Did you know that double-pressing the Focus Lever while you’re adjusting the focus point moves it back to the centre of the frame?

Custom AF-C modes

The X-T4 tracks and focuses on moving objects differently, depending on the kind of focusing behaviour specified in continuous AF-C mode.

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Put the camera in AF-C mode using the Focus Mode selector, then press MENU OK and navigate to the AF/MF SETTING menu.
Choose AF-C CUSTOM SETTINGS, then choose a preset 1 to 5 based on the action you’re shooting.
Or try setting number 6 to specify your own focusing behaviour.

Making the most of manual focus

When you’re focusing manually, the X-T4 offers all kinds of focusing aids to help you nail critical focus.

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Put the camera in M focus mode using the Focus Mode selector, then press MENU OK and navigate to the AF/MF SETTING menu.
Scroll down to MF ASSIST and choose from DIGITAL SPLIT IMAGE, DIGITAL MICROPRISM or FOCUS PEAK HIGHLIGHT.
DIGITAL SPLIT IMAGE and FOCUS PEAK HIGHLIGHT can both be customised to your preference.
Switch on FOCUS CHECK from the AF/MF SETTING menu and the camera will enlarge a central portion of the scene when you begin to focus manually.

Switch on AF+MF from the AF/MF SETTING menu and you’ll be able to focus manually just by turning the lens focus barrel – no change of focus mode necessary.

High-speed shooting

The X-T4 is one of the fastest cameras we’ve ever produced. With its electronic shutter turned on, you’ll be able to shoot at up to 30fps, in complete silence, and at shutter speeds up to 1/32,000 sec.

To select Electronic Shutter

Press MENU OK and navigate to the SHOOTING SETTING menu.

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Select SHUTTER TYPE and choose ELECTRONIC SHUTTER.
With the electronic shutter activated, you can select frame rates up to 30fps from the SHOOTING SETTING > DRIVE SETTING menu.

Try E-FRONT CURTAIN SHUTTER when shooting with longer shutter speeds. This eliminates shutter shock, which can affect sharpness.

Using in-body image stabilisation for stills

The X-T4 uses an in-body image stabilisation (IS) system, which helps to keep images sharp when shooting handheld at slower shutter speeds. It can be used with any lens, including those with an Optical Image Stabilisation mode of their own.

You can set the IS system to be on all the time (CONTINUOUS), to be on only when focusing, when an exposure is taken (SHOOTING ONLY) or off entirely. The latter is useful if you don’t need IS, for instance when working in very bright light, with the camera on a tripod or when using creative techniques like intentional camera movement. If you’re using a lens with an OIS switch, the OIS switch must be set to ON for these menu options to be available.

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Press MENU OK and navigate to the SHOOTING SETTING menu.
Select IS MODE and scroll right to choose the option you require.

Shooting video

Picking the right settings

The first thing to do when shooting video on the X-T4 is to choose a combination of resolution/frame rate from the MOVIE SETTING > MOVIE MODE menu. To access these settings, move the STILL/MOVIE mode dial to the MOVIE SETTING.

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4K 2160p resolutions offer the best quality on the X-T4.
Full HD 1080p resolutions are a good compromise between quality and storage size. And in 1080p you can also access a 240p frame rate for slow motion via MOVIE SETTING and FULL HD HIGH SPEED REC.
When it comes to frame rates, 24p, 25p or 30p are fine for most normal applications. 24p is sometimes favoured by creative filmmakers for its cinematic look and feel.
Footage shot at frame rates of 59.94p or 50p can capture motion more smoothly. Plus, when played back at normal speeds (30fps or 25fps) during editing, can deliver silky smooth slow motion.

Did you know that 25p and 50p frame rates are best for European countries, while 30p and 59.94p are more suited to the US? This is because of the different frequencies of mains electricity in these territories, which can cause lights to flicker slightly at 50Hz or 60Hz, respectively.

Exposure settings for cinematic video

Here’s a set of standard settings you can use in manual (M) shooting mode that will create great-looking cinematic style video.

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Choose a frame rate – 24fps is a standard used in the movie industry and has a very top-end look and feel.
Select a shutter speed that is ‘double’ the frame rate you’re using, so that each frame is exposed for 50% of the time. So, if you’re shooting at 24fps, pick a shutter speed of 1/48 sec or 1/50 sec.
Select the aperture you need for the required depth-of-field.
Adjust the camera’s ISO sensitivity to get the proper exposure.

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Continuous focusing with video

Switch to AF-C using the Focus Mode selector and the X-T4 will adjust focusing as you film, tracking people around the frame if the Face Detection is switched on. You can turn this on from the AF/MF SETTING > FACE/EYE DETECTION SETTING menu. (You can also assign this to the Q Menu.) You can choose from two focus areas in the AF/MF SETTING > MOVIE AF MODE menu: MULTI, which uses the whole frame, and AREA, which lets you be more selective.

ETERNA and F-Log

To protect highlights and allow video to be colour graded during editing, videographers often shoot very low-contrast footage, with muted colours. You can do this in two ways on the X-T4.

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Set ETERNA as the Film Simulation mode to recreate the look of this classic FUJIFILM emulsion, used widely in the film industry.
Set F-Log RECORDING to ON (you’ll find this in the MOVIE SETTING menu). F-Log produces flat-looking footage straight from the camera, which can be colour graded with very good results in post-production.

Using in-body image stabilisation for video

When you’re in Movie mode, there are separate controls for the X-T4’s in-body image stabilisation. You’ll find these in the MOVIE SETTING menu.

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Locate IS MODE and scroll right to choose the best option for you. IBIS/OIS uses just the sensor-shift mechanism in the X-T4’s body, and any optical stabilisation in the lens that’s attached. If you pick IBIS/OIS + DIS you’ll also get digital stabilisation, which adds further stabilisation, but will crop the footage very slightly. Choose OFF when IS is not required.
IS MODE BOOST is designed to further improve the smoothness of footage. Choose ON when you’re shooting handheld from a static position and OFF when panning with the subject.

Connecting to your smart device

Your X-T4 can communicate wirelessly with your smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, so you can transfer pictures to your device where they can be edited and shared with friends and followers online. You can also use your smart device to shoot remotely, control the camera and even look at what the camera sees with remote live view.

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Linking to the camera for the first time

Install the free FUJIFILM Camera Remote app on your iOS or Android device.
Turn on the camera, press MENU OK and navigate to the SET UP menu. Choose CONNECTION SETTING > Bluetooth SETTINGS > PAIRING REGISTRATION. The camera will begin searching for your device.
In the FUJIFILM Camera Remote app, tap PAIRING REGISTRATION. You’ll see the camera’s name – tap this to complete the pairing process. You may need to tap the Camera List menu in the top left of the screen if you already have another camera paired.