It’s great. MF Assist: This one is down to personal preference in terms of which visual aids you prefer when focusing manually. It seems like a lot when it is all written out, but in the field it comes down to the occasional adjustment to Aperture, Exposure Compensation, or the Auto-ISO setting as needed for exposure control, occasionally switching back and forth between Classic Chrome and Acros depending on how I see a scene, and much more rarely using another feature like wifi or the Digital Tele-Converter. Remember that you are setting a MINIMUM shutter speed, not a fixed one. When you are looking at the OVF with a display overlay, and you are focusing closely, enabling “Corrected AF Frame” will show a display of the more accurate autofocus points (considering viewfinder parallax). I use my X100F strictly for street photography, and shoot in S-Mode. It sure is!! A tool allows someone to carry out a particular function. Minimum Shutter Speed of 1/60th, Maximum ISO of 3200. Thanks for writing. . Thank you. I am getting a bit lost now. (Note:  This is a gear post, through and through. I recommend at least setting one of the buttons to ISO Auto Setting, and another to AF Lock (letting it function akin to an, ISO Dial Setting (H): 25600, since 51200 is too impractical to be useful in ordinary circumstances. Thank you before hands for your suggestion. ISO Dial Setting (A): Command, which switches all ISO adjustments to the front command dial any time “A” is selected on the top ISO dial. Thanks for Auto Iso settings suggestions , will try those. Thanks for the detailed reply, that makes perfect sense, it seemed a slower process to me particularly if you decided you wanted to switch from 1/250 to 1/500 as that would involve going through the menus to change the min shutter speed as opposed to just changing shutter speed from the dial but I had not considered about the automatic increase in shutter speed with your approach. Of course. Thanks for the terrific article. Let’s say I have my camera set to f/8 in Aperture Priority Mode and Auto ISO set to a minimum of 1/250th SS with the ISO allowed to range from 200 – 3200. Minimum Shutter Speed of anywhere between 1/250th and 1/500th, Maximum ISO of 3200. You can find them on Facebook. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Have a great time Dave, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. Joystick: This is how you move autofocus points. Q button: Pops up a quick menu where you can change some common settings. Fujifilm has also decided to push the video capabilities a bit more, something that the brand didn’t do with the X100F. If you select Renew, the X100F will begin file names from 0001 each time you format your memory card or insert a new one, resulting in more photos with duplicate names. Set to “Push Joystick to Unlock,” you can only start moving your autofocus points when you push in the joystick once. Regards Valeri Bobenkov, Recommended Camera Menu Settings for Landscape Photography, Recommended Camera Settings for Portrait Photography, Best Camera Settings for Macro Photography, Tips for Photographing the Great Conjunction. If I don’t do this, yes there is a response lag as I wait for it to wake up and focus. I’d rather let my camera perform to it’s highest level than worry about battery life, so I always keep my camera in High Performance mode. Finally, there is the Control Ring, which I have assigned to control the Digital Tele-Converter when I am in auto-focus mode. It’s pretty awesome. C: Continuous servo autofocus, where the X100F focuses continually when you hold down the shutter button and doesn’t stop (unless you press the AEL/AFL button and lock focus). This will result in an overexposed photograph unless we manually adjust the shutter speed or the Aperture. I’m in the camp who does like the execution of the ISO built into that top dial. I have no concerns. My X100F is a pre-productional model directly from Fujifilm, so I haven’t looked at pricing or availability anywhere yet. I also love to visualize my images before and while I am taking them, so I switch back and forth a lot between Acros and Classic Chrome while I am shooting. A very good camera to carry when travelling. The thing is though, batteries are cheap. S: Single servo autofocus, where the X100F focuses once and locks down after it has acquired focus. Disp. I prefer “Eye Sensor,” which leaves the rear LCD enabled and only turns on the viewfinder when it senses your eye. :-). If it’s disconcerting to hear no noise at all while taking pictures with the electronic shutter, such as when looking through the optical viewfinder, turn the volume to low. I found this article very helpful for thinking through my shooting parameters – and I don’t even have a Fuji ! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. bigger.. A mistake? I have AF-L assigned to the Read Command Dial, so I can use it to back button focus. Hopefully you have found all the recommended settings above to be useful for setting up your own Fuji X100F! The setting I use for sharpening is an amount around 100, Radius of 0.8, and Detail of 0. One of these Film Simulations is called Velvia, named after Fujifilm's most popular color transparency (slide) film. It was not only a fun thing to do, I also learned a lot from it. For more information on the various settings and functions of the twin command dials, see page 6 in the Fuji X100F instruction manual . The camera will hold f/8 and ISO 200, and will simply increase the SS to whatever it needs for the brighter exposure (maybe it is 1/500th, or 1/1000th, or 1/2000th, etc). For many, this series has been a gateway drug into the Fujifilm X-eco system. The three main things you really need – aperture, ISO, and shutter speed – are right on top of the camera. I thought I had it sorted but now when I get the focus beep, quite often there is a definite delay between pushing the shutter and the pic being taken. DISP/Back: Changes the information displayed on your LCD or viewfinder while taking photos, or to go back when navigating in the X100F’s menu system, Drive: Changes the drive mode of the X100F to let you shoot continuously, single shot, movie mode, and so on, Menu/OK: Enters the X100F menu and selects items, Left, Down, and Right Arrow Buttons: Fully customizable function buttons, assigned via the “Function (Fn) Setting” options in the Set Up menu (under the Button/Dial Setting header). The other consideration is that you can switch between the 3 Auto ISO settings using a function button, so it is very quick to do so. Thank you for te very detailed information. People speak very highly of the filters such as Classic Chrome and especially Acros. You can disable the viewfinder entirely, or enable it exclusively (disabling the rear LCD). I usually wifi photos to my phone at some point through the day, either to mail to someone or to review and edit while I’m sitting down for lunch. Congratulations on your new camera. What type of strap do you have on this camera in the top photo? ( MULTI ) The camera instantly determines exposure based on an analysis of composition, color, and brightness distribution. As I said, the main problem is when I go to take a quick pic the camera often gets stuck whirring about trying to focus and the result is a missed pic. The electronic shutter is a wonderful thing, you just need to know when not to use it. Great article! Now, let’s say I come around a corner into a super bright area. Regarding the highlight tone,shadow and sharpness and noise reduction settings are these something to experiment with when using Acros R. I think each of us should experiment with things like highlight, shadow, etc. Instant AF Setting: Even when you are in manual focus mode on the X100F, you will have the ability to autofocus by pressing the AEL AFL button. “Max Sensitivity” is the highest ISO value that the X100F will use, no matter what. It a natural mechanical extension to a documenter’s photographic vision. Thank you, Ian! As previously mentioned I set the Aperture to f/5.6 to f/11, depending on the amount of light I have. If you’re taking pictures in such a dark scene that your Max Sensitivity and Min Shutter Speed values have already been reached, the X100F will use longer shutter speeds rather than increase ISO any further. Copyright info: Fill in your information in case you lose your camera or it gets stolen. Film Basis can be too relaxed about what counts as in focus versus not in focus. So how do you judge the X100F in terms of picking the right combination of ISO and shutter speed? You don’t need to create these unless you are shooting JPEG, or you want to affect how the in-camera preview of images appear when you review them. I also use Auto-ISO but choose shutter speed, normally 1/500 to 1/2000 but even with that I get motion blur (the whole frame, so its not subject movement), any tips on how to avoid this, I know I’m doing something wrong but not sure how to fix that. The way Auto ISO works is that the camera will raise your ISO to maintain your desired shutter speed, UNTIL it hits the ISO ceiling you requested. When I scaled back my DSLR gear, I still needed some interchangeable lens flexibility, thus the XP2 and it’s slowly expanding kit. Many thanks for a very interesting article. 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In other words: Auto ISO works as desired until it hits your ISO ceiling, and then your shutter speed is lowered to expose the image correctly. Great – I just got the camera and I’m amazed by it. For example, in the Set Up Menu, set “ISO Dial Setting (A)” to “Command,” and you can use this command dial to change your ISO settings any time you have the top ISO dial set to A (auto). I think we’ll be best of friends!! This won’t be an issue for those of you who use the new versions of these lenses as they now auto-detect on the X100F, but with the older ones this is still a necessity. The X100F lets you choose different file names for sRGB and Adobe RGB images. Thanks for sharing the information, just want to ask what kind of metering did you use? Its goal is not to track your subject, but to make it faster to autofocus when you actually want to capture a photo, since your focusing is already close to optimal. Oh, hey, I have my LA trip dates now. In the video, I go through everything that I think is relevant within the Fujifilm X100F Settings menu system. Regards. Autorotate PB: Off. Also when the camera is on but not in the process of taking a pic you can hear and feel movement inside the camera. Hey Ian, man what a great article! Does it have the option shoot raw/JPEG simultaneously? 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Setting up the Fujifilm X100F for Street Photography February 6, 2017 December 11, 2017 I’ve had a lot of requests over the last few weeks to describe the camera settings I use when I am out shooting on the street, so I thought I would take a few minutes to walk through how I set up the new Fuji X100F. PL provides various digital photography news, reviews, articles, tips, tutorials and guides to photographers of all levels, By Spencer Cox 16 CommentsLast Updated On August 2, 2019. Fujifilm X100F. Thanks for this post. Hi Ian. It makes the procedure more automatic and less mental. Thanks for the post Ian This is a quick and easy way of contextualizing Auto ISO to the scene I am in. ( Log Out /  Use ‘custom settings’. This maintains a minimum shutter speed of 1/60th, which helps keep the ISO down while still exposing the scene properly. Ian, A great article. I've shot a lot of Velvia film over the years. No, not a mistake at all. Ian are you sure one can “set up the front dial for adjusting the ISO.” I can’t seem find this option in the button/dial settings. Edit/Save Custom Setting: Allows you to create combinations of JPEG-only settings, such as sharpness, noise reduction, dynamic range, and so on, to form a particular look. Only available when shooting JPEG. Set up the jpeg the way you like it, but also grab the RAW (I shoot compressed RAW) in case you want to make changes later. Custom Setting: Choose the information displayed in the optical viewfinder and the EVF/rear LCD. CH Setting: Channel for master and remote flash communication, Built-in Flash: Whether you want the built-in flash to be able to fire or not, Movie Mode: Generally 1080/23.98P, but 1080/59.94P for slow motion, Movie AF Mode: Area (lets you select a more specific autofocus point). I do use AWB, but I also usually shoot compressed RAW so I can change it in post. AF Mode: Single Point, since it gives you the finest control for focusing in most cases. I set my X100F to On/Off Switch (S) to get the latter behavior, since I don’t like holding down the button in order to lock autofocus. This gives a subtle amount of sharpening that removes the softness from a raw file which is what you want. Very good information and very easy to follow. With one or two extra batteries in the bag, or in a pocket, I am good to go. Here is how I set up the X100F to be able to easily and quickly accomplish those tasks: This, right here, is why I love these cameras so much.