Table of Contents
1 Your X-Pro2 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. You have a choice between the printed version and the PDF version on the CD that comes with the 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 4
Tip 4 Make sure that your camera and lenses are running with the latest firmware 5
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 10
Tip 9 Use High Performance Mode! 12
Tip 10 Keep the camera sensor clean! 12
Tip 11 Do-it-yourself sensor cleaning for tough sensor spots 13
1.2 The Basics (2): Things you should know about your Lenses 15
Tip 12 X-mount compatible Samyang lenses are just like adapted lenses! 16
Tip 13 Zeiss Touit lenses 17
Tip 14 Decoding XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 18
Tip 15 The optical image stabilizer (OIS) has its quirks! 19
Tip 16 The XF23mmF1.4 R, XF16mmF1.4 R WR, 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 handgrip 29
Tip 23 Off-camera TTL flash with a Canon OC-E3 TTL extension cord 29
Tip 24 Issues regarding Canon TTL flash devices 31
Tip 25 Remote shutter release: three options for the X-Pro2 32
2 Using the Fujifilm X-Pr02 35
2.1 Ready, Set, Go! 35
Tip 26 Recommended settings for your X-Pro2 36
Tip 27 Avoiding the camera menus: practical shortcuts for your X-Pro2 41
Tip 28 Suggested Fn button assignment 45
Tip 29 Always shoot FINE+RAW! 47
Tip 30 Compressed or uncompressed RAW files? 50
Tip 31 Pick a suitable image format! 50
Tip 32 The magical half-press 51
2.2 Monitor and Viewfinder 52
Tip 33 Make use of the eye sensor! 52
Tip 34 Instant review 52
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 55
Tip 38 Using the OVF 56
Tip 39 Using the ERF 59
2.3 Exposing Right 60
Tip 40 Choosing the right metering method 61
Tip 41 Linking spot metering to AF frames 64
Tip 42 Using the live view and live histogram 65
Tip 43 Auto exposure (AE) with modes P, A and S 67
Tip 44 Using manual exposure M 68
Tip 45 Using aperture priority A 69
Tip 46 Using shutter priority S 70
Tip 47 Using program AE P and program shift 72
Tip 48 Playing it safe with auto exposure bracketing 72
Tip 49 Long exposures 73
Tip 50 Long exposures in bright daylight 74
Tip 51 ISO settings-what's the deal? 75
Tip 52 What you should know about extended ISO 78
Tip 53 Auto-ISO and minimum shutter speed 79
Tip 54 Auto-ISO in manual mode M: the "misomatic" 80
Tip 55 ISO-Bracketing: it's just a gimmick! 81
Tip 56 Extending the dynamic range 82
Tip 57 Extending the dynamic range for RAW shooters 84
Tip 58 JPEG settings for RAW shooters 86
Tip 59 Extending the dynamic range for JPEG shooters 88
Tip 60 Using the DR function for high-key and portrait photography 91
Tip 61 Creating HDR images with the X-Pro2 96
Tip 62 HDR: the handheld way 98
Tip 63 Using the electronic shutter 100
2.4 Focusing with the X-Pr02 102
Tip 64 CDAF and PDAF: what's the difference? 103
Tip 65 AF-S or AF-C? 104
Tip 66 AF modes: Single Point AF vs. Zone AF vs. Wide/Tracking AF 105
Tip 67 Selecting an AF frame or AF zone 107
Tip 68 Choosing a suitable AF frame or AF zone size 108
Tip 69 Manual focus and DOF zone focusing. 110
Tip 70 Manual focus assistants: focus peaking and digital split image 112
Tip 71 Focus check: use the magnifier tool! 112
Tip 72 One-Touch-AF (Instant AF) 113
Tip 73 Using AF+MF 114
Tip 74 Pre-AF: a relic of the past 117
Tip 75 Using face detection and eye-detection 118
Tip 76 Using AF-Lock 120
Tip 77 Focusing in poor light 121
Tip 78 Macro: focusing at close distances 122
Tip 79 Focusing on moving subjects (1): the "autofocus trick" 125
Tip 80 Focusing on moving subjects (2): the focus trap 127
Tip 81 Focusing on moving subjects (3): Autofocus tracking using Single Point AF, Zone AF, or Wide/Tracking AF 129
Tip 82 Focus priority vs. Release priority 133
2.5 White Balance and JPEG Parameters 134
Tip 83 Custom white balance: a little effort can go a long way 137
Tip 84 Infrared photography 139
Tip 85 Changing color tints with WB SHIFT 141
Tip 86 Film simulations: it's all about the look 142
Tip 87 Using the Grain Effect 147
Tip 88 Contrast settings: working with highlights and shadows 149
Tip 89 Skin tones: smooth or with texture? 150
Tip 90 Color saturation 151
Tip 91 Choosing a color space: sRGB or Adobe RGB? 151
Tip 92 Using custom settings (usage profiles) 152
Tip 93 Working with the built-in RAW converter 154
Tip 94 Comparing RAW converters 156
Fujifilm film simulations 158
Extended dynamic range (DR200%, DR400%) 159
Digital lens corrections 161
Tip 95 Displaying EXIF metadata 163
2.6 Burst Mode, Movies, and the Self Timer 164
Tip 96 Using burst mode 164
Tip 97 Shooting video with the X-Pro2 165
Tip 98 Using the self-timer 167
2.7 Flash Photography 168
Tip 99 Flash photography in modes P and A: slow shutter speed limits 171
Tip 100 Controlling the surrounding-light component of flash photography 172
Tip 101 Controlling the flash-light component 175
Tip 102 2nd curtain flash synchronization: what's the deal? 176
Tip 103 Flash synchronization: where's the limit? 178
Tip 104 Red-eye removal: a two-step affair 180
Tip 105 Little slave: the EF-X20 181
Tip 106 Using third-party flash units 182
2.8 Using Adapted Lenses 183
Tip 107 Finding the right lens adapter 183
Tip 108 Adapting third-party lenses: here's how 185
Tip 109 Exposing with adapted lenses 186
Tip 110 Focusing with adapted lenses 187
Tip 111 Using the Fujifilm M-mount adapter 189
Tip 112 Quality considerations 190
Tip 113 Speed Booster: miracle or trick? 191
2.9 Wireless Remote Control 193
Tip 114 Using the Camera Remote App 193
2.10 Anything Else? 198
Tip 115 Forums, blogs, and workshops: be a part of it! 198
Online References 200
Index 203