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Exploring face and eye detection

Exploring face and eye detection - Fuji X-T2 Tutorial

From the course: Fuji X-T2: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

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Exploring face and eye detection

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- From my own experience shooting, and from watching students in class, I've come to the conclusion that most people either use the basic automatic focus-point selection mode on their camera or they lock the camera on a single point in the center and focus and reframe it as needed. That's usually the way I work and that's only because of habit. Long ago, that's how auto focus systems worked best so that's what I got used to, so I still work that way. There's nothing wrong with working that way but advanced auto focus systems today are now very good at solving a lot of complex focusing problems. Problems that I sometimes screw up. Face and eye detection are great examples of advanced focusing systems that can be a great improvement over simple single-point auto focusing. The X-T2 offers both face and eye detection and in various combinations. Now, if you're shooting a sit-down portrait, these features aren't going to offer much over a single-point auto focus system but if you're in a…

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