How I set my camera
It's been a bit over 100 days since I started to use my camera on a daily basis. I really enjoy photographing this way, a big thanks to tookapic!
In these 100 days I've set my camera (FujiFilm X-Pro1 and X100s to these settings. The settings are somewhat ordered in priority.
| Setting | Reason | |---|---| | Focus | Mostly on S(ingle), somtimes on M(anual) when it's dark or when trying to zone-focus. | | Aperture | Mostly on (A)uto, somtimes wide open to decrease the depth of field or ensure a high shutter time. | | Shuttertime | Mostly on A(uto), sometimes slower to create blur. | | ISO | Auto mostly. Camera does a great job calculating the required ISO, I don't want to occupy myself with 'these technical details'. When I have time on my hands, I might use a fixed ISO. | | Image Size | (L)arge (4896X3264/16M). I mostly use the RAW file and this setting only applies to JPG. But; when checking focus, these cameras use the JPG. So going down to M or S shows less details on the camera. | | Image Quality | N(ormal)+RAW. An alternative is fine, but since I'm only using the JPG to check details in the camera, I don't care too much about the quality of the JPG. | | Dynamic Range | Auto. Seems to work fine, I don't know if this setting matter too much when using RAW. | | Film Simulation | V(elvia) or B(lack and white)R(ed) Again, for RAW this does not matter, but it encourages me when images look good in camera. Velvia is quite punchy, black and white with a (software) red filter works well for blue skies, they turn quite dark and contrasty in combination with the clouds. | | White Balance | Auto. Fuji is super-good at guessing the correct white balance. I did set the white balance one click more yellow, one click more red, images are warmer that way. | | Color | 0. It's punchy enough with Velvia, and this would not influence the RAW image. | | Sharpness | 0. Would not matter with RAW. | | Highlight Tone | 0 for Velvia, +1 for Black and White. The black and whites for Fuji are a little too flat for me. | | Shadow Tone | 0 for Velvia, +2 for Black and White. | | Noise Reduction | 0, I don't know if this would make a difference with RAW. | | Long Exposure Noise Reduction | Off, I don't do too many long exposures. | | AF Mode | Area, which gives you a box where focusing will happen. The alternative (Multi) is difficult to predict for me. | | MF Assist | Peak - High. This shows "snow" on focused areas, which helps a bit to see where focus will be. | | Power Save Mode | Off, this improves performance noticeably. | | Quick Start Mode | Off, it's quick enough starting up for me. |
I've got three Custom Settings setup. It's like a profile:
| Custom Setting | Reason | |---|---| | C1 | Daytime images, Velvia, automatic where possible. | | C2 | Daytime images, Black and white with a red filter. | | C3 | Nighttime images, Black and White, increased contrast. |
Hope this is informative for people, as not too many people use Fuji camera's here.
I'd like to hear what settings are important to you and what quick setups you use!
Eugene Alexeev I'd recommend going away from auto WB. You're shooting RAW and can fix it in post. Set it to something consistent so there is no chance of a series of images looking different from one another. Nothing is perfect, but it can be made to be consistent from shot to shot.
Joost van Halm Hi Robert,
Nice to read how you've set up your Fuji's! I do it almost the same way. I really like B&W with the green filter. In my opinion the red filter not so great for skin tones. I Use RAW+Fine, especially in the project, as will be only publishing B&W jpeg's straight from camera. Just as an experiment to challenge myself. I Almost always choose to be creative with depth of field or shutter speed. So I'm in A or in S mode most of the time. ISO auto, except when I really want to have noiseless pictures of when using flash. WB is on Auto most of the time, except when perfect colour reproduction is required...
Korey Moore I run autofocus. Other then that I use everything on manual with a custom WB.
Michael McKee
For me, white balance depends on what and where I'm shooting. I'm doing a lot of work where I go in and out of buildings and don't want to recalibrate WB each time.
For aperture, I'm shooting a lot of f/8 and zone focusing on the street. That with the Fuji 27mm pancake.
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Ian Prince It's nice to read I'm not the only one using auto aperture and auto shutter speed in all but exceptional situations :)
Thanks for sharing @pejotl