Table of Contents
1 Your X-T2 System 1
1.1 The Basics (1): Things You Should Know About Your Camera 3
Tip 1 RTFM! Read The Fuji Manual! It is included with your camera 3
Tip 2 Get a few spare batteries. You can buy suitable batteries from Fujifilm or from a third party 3
Tip 3 Get a suitable battery charger and a travel adapter 5
Tip 4 Make sure that your camera and lenses are running with the latest firmware 6
Tip 5 Things to remember when updating your firmware 6
Tip 6 Use fast memory cards with at least 80 MB/s write speed 7
Tip 7 Working with Dual Card Slots 8
Tip 8 Your camera is automatically numbering your images. With a little trick, you can reset the frame counter and even assign a new starting number 11
Tip 9 Use Boost mode! 12
Tip 10 Keep the camera sensor clean! 13
Tip 11 Do-it-yourself sensor cleaning for tough sensor spots 14
1.2 The Basics (2): Things You Should Know About Your Lenses 16
Tip 12 X-mount compatible Samyang lenses are just like adapted lenses! 17
Tip 13 Zeiss Touit lenses 18
Tip 14 Decoding XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 18
Tip 15 The optical image stabilizer (OIS) has its quirks! 20
Tip 16 The XF23mmF1.4 R, XF16mmF1.4 RWR, and XF14mmF2.8 R are different beasts! 22
Tip 17 Use the Lens Modulation Optimizer (LMO)! 24
Tip 18 Things you should know about digital lens corrections: 25
Tip 19 Use the included lens hood! 26
Tip 20 Lens protection filters-yes or no? 27
Tip 21 39mm filters can be tricky! 27
1.3 The Basics (3): Useful Accessories 28
Tip 22 Optional handgrips 29
Tip 23 Off-camera TTL flash with a Canon OC-E3TTL extension cord 31
Tip 24 Issues regarding Canon TTL flash devices 32
Tip 25 Remote shutter release: three options for the X-T2 33
2 Using The Fujifilm X-T2 36
2.1 Ready, Set, Go! 36
Tip 26 Recommended settings for your X-T2 36
Tip 27 Avoiding the camera menus: practical shortcuts for your X-T2 43
Tip 28 Suggested Fn button assignment 46
Tip 29 Always shoot FINE+RAW! 47
Tip 30 Compressed or uncompressed RAW files? 50
Tip 31 Pick a suitable image format! 51
Tip 32 The magical half-press 52
2.2 Monitor and Viewfinder 52
Tip 33 Make use of the eye sensor! 52
Tip 34 Instant review 53
Tip 35 The DISP/BACK button can be tricky! 53
Tip 36 WYSIWYG-What You See Is What You Get! 54
Tip 37 Using the Natural Live View 56
2.3 Exposing Right 56
Tip 38 Choosing the right metering method 58
Tip 39 Linking spot metering to AF frames 61
Tip 40 Using the live view and live histogram 61
Tip 41 Auto exposure (AE) with modes P, A, and S 63
Tip 42 Using manual exposure M 64
Tip 43 Using aperture priority S 65
Tip 44 Using shutter priority S 67
Tip 45 Using program AE P and program shift 68
Tip 46 Playing it safe with auto exposure bracketing 69
Tip 47 Long exposures 69
Tip 48 Long exposures in bright daylight 71
Tip 49 ISO settings-what's the deal? 71
Tip 50 What you should know about extended ISO 75
Tip 51 Auto-ISO and minimum shutter speed 75
Tip 52 Auto-ISO in manual mode M: the "misomatic" 77
Tip 53 ISO-Bracketing: it's just a gimmick! 78
Tip 54 Extending the dynamic range 78
Tip 55 Extending the dynamic range for RAW shooters 81
Tip 56 JPEG settings for RAW shooters 83
Tip 57 Extending the dynamic range for JPEG shooters 84
Tip 58 Using the DR function for high-key and portrait photography 87
Tip 59 Creating HDR images with the X-T2 92
Tip 60 HDR: the handheld way 94
Tip 61 Using the electronic shutter 96
2.4 Focusing with the X-T2 98
Tip 62 CDAF and PDAF: what's the difference? 98
Tip 63 AF-S or AF-C? 99
Tip 64 AF modes: Single Point AF vs. Zone AF vs. Wide/Tracking AF 100
Tip 65 Selecting an AF frame or AF zone 103
Tip 66 Choosing a suitable AF frame or AF zone size 103
Tip 67 Manual focus and DOF zone focusing 105
Tip 68 Manual focus assistants: focus peaking and digital split image 107
Tip 69 Focus check: use the magnifier tool! 108
Tip 70 One-Touch-AF (Instant AF) 108
Tip 71 Using AF+MF 109
Tip 72 Pre-AF: a relic of the past 112
Tip 73 Using face detection and eye-detection 113
Tip 74 Using AF-Lock 115
Tip 75 Using AF-ON (back-button focusing) 116
Tip 76 Focusing in poor light 117
Tip 77 Macro: focusing at close distances 118
Tip 78 Focusing on moving subjects (1): the "autofocus trick" 121
Tip 79 Focusing on moving subjects (2): the focus trap 124
Tip 80 Focusing on moving subjects (3): Autofocus tracking using Single Point AF, Zone AF, or Wide/Tracking AF 126
Tip 81 Using AF-C Custom settings 130
Tip 82 Focus priority vs. release priority 133
2.5 White Balance and JPEG Parameters 133
Tip 83 Custom white balance: a little effort can go a long way 136
Tip 84 Infrared photography 138
Tip 85 Changing color tints with WB SHIFT 140
Tip 86 Film simulations: it's all about the look 141
Tip 87 Using the GRAIN EFFECT 146
Tip 88 Contrast settings: working with highlights and shadows 147
Tip 89 Skin tones: smooth or with texture? 148
Tip 90 Color saturation 149
Tip 91 Choosing a color space: sRGB or Adobe RGB? 150
Tip 92 Using custom settings (usage profiles) 151
Tip 93 Working with the built-in RAW converter 152
Tip 94 Comparing RAW converters 155
Fujifilm film simulations 157
Extended dynamic range (DR200%, DR400%) 158
Digital lens corrections 159
Tip 95 Displaying EXIF metadata 161
2.6 Burst Mode, Movies, Motion Panorama, and the Self Timer 163
Tip 96 Using burst mode 164
Tip 97 Shooting motion panoramas 165
Tip 98 Shooting video With the X-T2 167
Tip 99 Using the self-timer 170
2.7 Flash Photography 171
Tip 100 Flash photography in modes P and A: slow shutter speed limits 174
Tip 101 Controlling the surrounding-light component of flash photography 175
Tip 102 Controlling the flash-light component 178
Tip 103 Rear curtain flash synchronization: what's the deal? 179
Tip 104 Flash synchronization: where's the limit? 181
Tip 105 Red-eye removal: a two-step affair 182
Tip 106 Using TTL-Lock 183
Tip 107 Little slave: the EF-X20 184
Tip 108 Big master: the EF-X500 185
Tip 109 Generic third-party flash units 187
2.8 Using Adapted Lenses 188
Tip 110 Finding the right lens adapter 189
Tip 111 Adapting third-party lenses: here's how 191
Tip 112 Exposing with adapted lenses 191
Tip 113 Focusing with adapted lenses 192
Tip 114 Using the Fujifilm M-mount adapter 194
Tip 115 Quality considerations 195
Tip 116 Speed Booster: miracle or trick? 196
2.9 Wireless Remote Control and Tethering 198
Tip 117 Using the Camera Remote App 198
Tip 118 Streaming the live view via HDMI 202
Tip 119 Tethered shooting via USB 203
2.10 Anything Else? 205
Tip 120 Forums, blogs, and workshops: be a part of it! 205
Online References 207
Index 211