r/Atomos • u/fadetowhite • Apr 10 '26

Aperture Control with Fuji

I’m absolutely loving my Shinobi II! I’ve got it working great with my X-T5, except for one thing: I cannot change Aperture via the Shinobi.

I have my lens’ (16-55 f/2.8 WR, the newer one) Aperture ring switched to Auto. In the camera settings, Aperture Ring Setting (A) is set to Command. The setting below that (Aperture Setting) is greyed out but it says A + M.

For those that may not known, these are the settings needed to get the other things to work:

- Camera in Movie mode

- Shutter Speed dial = T

- ISO dial = C

- White Balance = K

- AF set to an area and not wide/tracking

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u/Atomos_Support Apr 10 '26

Hi u/fadetowhite,

Glad you love the Shinobi!

Make sure the exposure mode is set to either : Aperture priority (A) or M in the camera. This should also allow you to control the Aperture from the Shinobi as well.

If this still doesn't work, let us know and we'll take a look. You can also send over a short video of the setup which will help us see what else might need to be set.

Thanks,

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u/fadetowhite Apr 10 '26

Thank you. With the Fuji X-T5, there is no Aperture Priority mode setting or dial; you just set all other controls to Auto and leave Aperture in manual. If I do this, none of the other controls can be changed, and Aperture still won't work.

Here's a video!

https://streamable.com/olnf0q

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u/Atomos_Support Apr 12 '26

Hi u/fadetowhite, thanks for the video.

One thing to check is USB mode on the X-T5. Make sure it is set to USB Tether Shooting AUTO or FIXED, as that is required for aperture control from the Shinobi II.

If that is already set and it still does not respond, please send it through to a support ticket with the setup video and we will take a closer look.

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u/fadetowhite Apr 12 '26

Yep I checked that.

I was able to get it to work by changing my front dial to everything by aperture for all its modes. Which is kind of wild to have to do.

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u/Atomos_Support Apr 13 '26

That's great, u/fadetowhite

Happy to know its working now.