EB-1 wrote:
It looks like SOny has PASM, Nikon and Fuji sometimes have PSAM.
It seems that some things about the X-T series are good and some things about the X-H are good, like they need some in between.
I'm very used to the Sony and Canon with 3 configurable control dials for the right hand, so I can use ISO, aperture and shutter speed in full manual and EC via ISO in auto ISO, though the user is not necessary. I'm not sure what to do with the PASM/PSAM since wouldn't it be in M always then?
The H series has the AF point selector nub up high on the body, whereas the T is rather lower on the body. What are the experiences of that difference ergonomically?
EBH
I cannot speak to Fujifilm’s implementation of the PASM interface on the XH models, though I know that some people like it a lot. (I use a PASM interface on my Canon system.)
The Fujifilm XT gives you the same options that you get with the PASM dial on other cameras, but you get them in a different way. Because we’re used to the PASM dials it seems odd to some users at first, but it makes a lot of sense once you catch on. I don’t have any issues wth it and I switch back and forth between a (Canon) PASM camera and my XT5 without difficulties. (The fact that focus and zoom rings work in opposite directions occasionally catches me off guard, but I digress….)
In a sense, the XT (XT5 in my case) could sort of be thought to be in M mode by default, since you have immediate access to any manual shutter speed or aperture setting just by choosing it. Rather than some global setting for M, Av, Sv, or P modes (as on my Canon) you simply move a manual control to the A (automatic) setting and you are effectively in one of those modes. Move the aperture ring to A and you are now in shutter priority mode. Move it back to some aperture and put the shutter setting on A and you are now in aperture priority mode. Put both aperture ring and shutter setting on A and you are effectively in P mode.
As to ISO, you can choose it via the ISO knob.. or set the knob to its A position, at which point the camera is determining all three settings. (You have some ability to override its decisions or “shape” them.)
That’s a lot of words to describe a pretty simple thing. Imagine if an old school manual camera added A settings to the aperture and shutter controls and you’ve got it.
Basically, if you want a parameter (shutter, aperture, ISO) to be automatic you must set its control to A. That’s it.
AF point selection on my XT5 is doing with the small button on the rear of the camera. (You can quickly change the size of the AF zone using a separate control wheel.) It works pretty well in my experience, with one small caveat. When I do street photography, I carry the camera by holding the grip with a wrist strap attached. Because of the way my hand aligns with the camera, at first I found myself accidentally moving the AF points by inadvertently hitting the control button. (I no longer do that.)
Apr 26, 2026 at 09:59 AM
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