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We purchased one of these cameras each to use on a trip to UK and Paris last year, and we are delighted with the results, especially at high ISO.
Not wishing to reinvent the wheel, I used the Fuji instructions and those published by Ken Rockwell as the basis for my camera set up.
As I do not mind using disk space, I chose not to use Ken's recommendation of NORMAL JPEG, and opted instead to shoot in RAW.
After some experimentation I arrived at the following settings which have served me well.
The attached shot in the Paris Opera House was taken hand held f2.8, 1/60 sec. 2000 ISO.
Not wishing to reinvent the wheel, I used the Fuji instructions and those published by Ken Rockwell as the basis for my camera set up.
As I do not mind using disk space, I chose not to use Ken's recommendation of NORMAL JPEG, and opted instead to shoot in RAW.
After some experimentation I arrived at the following settings which have served me well.
The attached shot in the Paris Opera House was taken hand held f2.8, 1/60 sec. 2000 ISO.
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SET UP Menu
SILENT MODE: ON
IMAGE DISP: 3 seconds.
FRAME NO: CONTINUOUS.
OPERATION VOL: OFF,
SHUTTER VOL: Min.
SHUTTER SOUND: 1.
AUTO POWER OFF: 2 MIN.
OVF POWER SAVE MODE: OFF. The histogram is not active if OVF is turned ON. Turn this “OFF” if you want to see the histogram in the optical finder.
QUICK START: OFF.
Fn BUTTON: I have programmed mine to select the self timer which I very often use for long exposures
RED EYE: OFF
ISO AUTO CONTROL: ON I set mine to 3200 ISO with minimum shutter speed of 1/60 sec. This is excellent for travel shots, especially in low light conditions.
AUTO DYNAMIC RANGE: 100% I find this setting works best for RAW. Auto is OK. For JPEG’s.
FOCUS CHECK: ON.
FRAMING GUIDELINE: GRID 9 (Rule of 1/3rds)
COLOR SPACE: Adobe RGB.
LONG EXPOSURE: ON.
SAVE ORG IMAGE: OFF.
AUTOROTATE PB: OFF. (Shows full screen preview)
SHOOTING Menu
SELF TIMER: Accessible via “Fn” button
ISO: I set ISO to 200, and leave “Auto ISO” active.
IMAGE SIZE: (3:2) RAW
IMAGE QUALITY: I normally shoot RAW, but occasionally use Large JPEG’s.
DYNAMIC RANGE: Auto works well for JPEG’s, but I find it overdoes the colours in RAW. I leave this on 100% (Default).
FILM SIMULATION: STD
COLOR: MID.
SHARPNESS: STANDARD.
HIGHLIGHT TONE: STANDARD.
SHADOW TONE: STANDARD.
NOISE REDUCTION: STANDARD. I use Photoshop to deal with any noise issues.
AF MODE: AREA.
I use "Full Custom Mode" for Optical Viewfinder, Electronic Viewfinder & LCD Screen.
While some of these setting may use a little more battery power, we found that one spare battery was sufficient backup for our 4 week trip.
As Lithium Ion batteries do not have a memory, I do not run them flat, and normally recharge them as a matter of course after a day's shooting.
If as I do you have several cameras that use different batteries the Ansmann Digicharger Pro is a great accessory as it will charge all batteries and USB devices both from mains and 12volt DC.
