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[B-9]

Hello!
I just recently (tonight) acquired a X100.
While I'm waiting for it to arrive, I wanted to get some ideas on how to set up the camera to best suit a "run and gun" style shooter.

Anyone have any tips/tricks for setting.this camera up for basic shooting, without a need to use a menu repeatedly, best settings for use with.manual.focus?

I'm starting to read the manual, but would appreciate user insight.

 

[daveleo]

Definitely check out the camera's RAW button and its menu and how to use it. It allows you to shoot RAW and convert to many various JPG's using the camera (not a computer converter / processor). I went from shooting only JPG's to shooting only RAW because of this capability.

Also check out the highlights and shadows mode options.
I now have highlights at SOFT and shadows at M-SOFT, sharpness at STD. Color at MID. All of that is subjective and variable and changeable at RAW processing time.

Auto ISO200 & DR = 200. NR = STD

That's all I can think of off hand.


NOTE: I edited this post after getting a good night's sleep and realizing my previous wording regarded my X10 (not the X100)

 

[gavinlg]

Turn AF correction mode ON in the menu. Turn quick start ON. turn power save OFF.

THese are the main three.

 

[willie_901]

Turn AF correction mode ON in the menu. Turn quick start ON. turn power save OFF.

THese are the main three.

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[rbelyell]

turn 'noise reduction' down to either 'medium low' or 'low'. this cam takes great sharp pictures and theres no need to soften them, even at high isos, results are smooth.

 

[danielsterno]

all: regarding the x100 setup. how do you have the AE/AF Mode setup and AE/AF Lock options? Reason I ask, I hardly use that ability and just get a exposure reading when half pressing the shutter and focus… Thanks...

 

[burancap]

I typically use it as ON/OFF and AE-L only, on any camera with the ability -not just my Fujis.

 

[danielsterno]

thanks Jeff:
Being this is my first and only digital I am not 100% sure on how to take advantage of it. For example, I assume its when you want to set focus separately on a certain image within a frame and use something different for the exposure reading? Thanks

 

[alienmeatsack]

I don't know if I count as I only rented an X100s for a week and used it every day for that time. But the one thing that I found to be the most useful for me was to turn it to Manual Focus and then use the AE button as a focus button with my thumb for shots and then get my exposure from the shutter button depressed partly.

For run and gun stuff on a brighter day, I set the aperture to f11 or so and adjusted the focus manually so I'd have most stuff in focus and shot like that for a few hours. But I found that it was fast enough in Auto mode and the ISO setting was so nice high up that it was able to get what I wanted and focus for me quick enough to get shots off as I needed to.

I also really liked the Q button and the ability to setup a few quick profiles there for my assorted styles. I had one with standard color settings, then 2 for black and white. Oddly enough I didn't shoot nearly as much BW with it as I thought I would. I guess I was so worried about capturing the family moments together (and my 3 film cameras I had with me) that I forgot to do so.

But learn to use that Q button and set up profiles. I found several places online where people gave a list of what settings they used for them. I found them informative. You may not like the settings others are using but you will find ones you do like and use them there Im sure.

 

[willie_901]

all: regarding the x100 setup. how do you have the AE/AF Mode setup and AE/AF Lock options? Reason I ask, I hardly use that ability and just get a exposure reading when half pressing the shutter and focus… Thanks...

Yes, it has all these options… AF only, AE only, AF and AE together, or none of these at all. The buttonAFL/AFE button can be used two ways. You can press the button and lock focus and, or exposure until the button is pressed again. Or you can set it so lock is only held as when the button is pressed.

And when the focus mode is set to manual, the focus will not change when you press the shutter half way or all the way. In manual mode the AF only operates when you press the AFL button. You can change focus by turning the lens barrel as well.

This is all explained accurately, but in a rather boring fashion in the manual.

I usually don't lock anything. I use the shutter half press to lock focus whenI am in AFS focusing mode. When I operate in manual focusing mode focus locking is redundant. I use the metered value only as an estimate and change the exposure manually based on my experience and intentions. WHen time is of the essence or if the light is hard to judge I bracket a burst of exposures.