Lesson Info
32. Screen Set-Up
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Class Introduction
04:48 2Camera Overview
12:06 3Photo Basics
06:03 4Top Deck: Overview
04:23 5Top Deck: Exposure Control
27:35 6Top Deck: Metering
07:17 7Top Deck: Drive Mode
21:01 8Camera Controls: Viewfinder Display
09:26Backside: Playback
08:50 10Backside: Auto Exposure Lock and Focus
10:04 11Backside: Quick Menu Custom Settings
04:35 12Quick Menu: AF Mode
08:27 13Quick Menu: Dynamic Range & White Balance
04:35 14Quick Menu: Noise, Image Size, Film Sim & Color
13:49 15Quick Menu: Self Timer, Face Detection & Flash
05:21 16Function Button of Fuji X-T2
12:08 17Left & Right Side of Fuji X-T2
06:51 18Bottom of Fuji X-T2
09:40 19Front of Fuji X-T2
05:50 20Fuji Lenses
07:37 21Q&A
02:38 22Camera Menu Overview
02:56 23Image Quality Settings
18:04 24Auto Focus and Manual Focus Menus
20:50 25Shooting Settings
19:13 26Flash Mode
08:18 27Movie Mode
05:09 28Camera Menu Q&A
02:53 29Set-Up Menu: Basics
01:38 30Demo: Add Items to My Menu
03:26 31User Setting: Sensor Cleaning and Sounds
04:39 32Screen Set-Up
07:36 33Button Dial Setting & Power Management
12:06 34Save Data Set-Up & Connection Setting
07:59 35Playback Menu
08:52 36Camera Operation Overview
14:30 37Firmware Addendum
30:43Lesson Info
Screen Set-Up
Next up is the screen setup. So this is gonna set up the displays of the view finder, and the LCD in the back of the camera. First up is the Electronic View Finder Brightness. There's an option for auto or manual; and I much prefer manual because in auto, a little bit of light leak around the edge might cause the screen to darken up on you. And if it's manual, and it's just set kind of in the middle, you're gonna get a consistent reading from it. And so I think most people would benefit from putting that in the Manual mode, at the zero reading. If the color is off; now this is something I just, I hope you don't have to change; but if the color is off in your electronic view finder, you can adjust it on this yellow to blue spectrum. As I say, not likely needed to be changed. The brightness of the LCD on the back of the camera can be adjusted. We talked about this before. There was a shortcut in the quick menu. Probably don't need to change it. Sometimes if you're sharing photos on a ver...
y bright, sunny day, you need to bump the brightness up so people can see that back of the camera a little bit more easily. And if the color falls off in that, you can adjust that as well. Next up is Image Display. When you shoot a photo, do you wanna see that image in the back of the camera? Now, in most digital cameras, I would say, yes, I do wanna see what this image looks like; because I saw it through the viewfinder, I wanna see what the image really looks like now. And so that's where you might wanna have this at a 1.5 second image review. But, this having an EVF; it is gonna show you the image that you are taking with the white balance and the exposure right in the viewfinder. And so, it kinda speeds up the process working with the mirrorless camera, 'cause you're not spending time reviewing images. And so, it makes total sense to turn this off. It's kind of a little bit like going back to film; I saw what I thought it's gonna turn out like. If you need to play it back, you can hit the playback button and see it. And so, if you can get yourself to leaving this turned off, you're gonna speed up the shooting cycle, and you're not gonna be going back and looking on the back of the camera, at each and every image, 'cause you're gonna know about it before you even shoot it. EVF Autorotate Displays: this is a cool feature. I don't know of any other camera company that has this. It takes all those numbers and other information, and rotates it in the electronic view finder when it senses you're holding the camera vertically. Now, this is something I would leave on pretty much all the time. The only time I can imaging turning it off, is if I was gonna be shooting for a prolonged period of time straight down, or straight up, where the camera might be getting mixed up signals as to which orientation I was holding the camera. Next up, Preview Exposure and White Balance in the Manual Mode. So, one of the things that I love about a mirrorless, EVF type camera like this, is that when you look through the view finder, you get to see what your exposure is, you get to see what your white balance is, and if you've messed up, it's gonna be pretty clear that you need to make some setting adjustments on your camera. And that's the way that I prefer to leave the camera. But you can, if you want, leave it in a preview white balance only, which means it corrects for the brightness, so that you can see your subject, but it just shows you what your white balance is going to be. And you can turn all of this off so that it just simply shows you the best possible view. Now, for normal people who want to judge their white balance and exposure, you wanna leave it in Preview Exposure and White Balance. If you were working in the studio with strobe lighting, this would not work out very well. You would wanna put your camera in either Preview White Balance, or in the Off mode. And so, you may need to play around with this if you are using your camera in a different manner, but I think for most people, the Preview Exposure and White Balance is gonna alleviate a lot of mistakes later on. I would turn it off, though, if you are using any type of flash system. Preview Picture Effect. And so this is kinda somewhere to the mode that we just talked about, but the difference here is do you want to see those film simulations in the view finder or not? You might wanna see them, like I do, because I wanna see what the image is gonna look like. You might not wanna look at it because it's tough to manually focus, or set your composition, or for some other reason. It's just choosing, it's causing you to not see the image as clearly as you would want to leave it in. So I like to leave it on so that it shows all the effects. But if you wanna turn those effects off, they won't be visible in the view finder, but they'll be added to the final image as it's recorded to the card. And so that may be better when you are using any of the filters, in the monochrome mode, and also for manual focusing; you may wanna turn it off. All right, page two on the camera settings. Screen Settings, actually. Here is where you get to choose which grid lines you will see if you turn the grid lines on. And so, this is choosing which nine, 24, or HD grids; but it doesn't actually turn 'em on or off. It's just choosing which ones will be turned on if you choose to turn them on later. Autorotate in the Playback mode. The camera automatically wants to rotate vertical images so that you can see them on your screen, which is convenient and nice, but the images are much smaller than if you turn it off and simply rotate the camera. And I'm always wanting to check my images and see them as closely as possible, and so I think leaving it turned off is gonna be good for most people. You would wanna leave this turned on if you were planning on doing a slideshow, and you were gonna be looking at images either on the back of the camera; you didn't wanna have to flip the camera every time this slideshow, a vertical image came up. Focus Scale Units. We talked a little bit about the focusing scale. Can be chosen in different increments, and one of the other options here is meters and feet. And so, obviously choose whatever you're more comfortable with. Since 95% of the world says meters, that's what I'm putting in in my camera. Display Custom Settings. And so, on your camera, you can dive in and control all sorts of different settings. Do you want to see the ISO? Do you wanna see your shutter speeds and apertures, and so forth? So, how much of the screen do you wanna have filled with all these other things? Now, there are two different ways that you can go about this. One, check all the boxes, use the camera, and then start taking them off one by one. Or you can uncheck all the boxes, and then go check for the few ones that you want to have up there. The idea is is that when you're actually using the camera, you're only looking at information that you utilize, need, and want in the view finder. And in general, it's better to have less clutter than more, but you do need to be aware about how your camera is set. And so, this is a careful balance. And I really don't know of any other camera on the market today that gives you so many options about whether you're going to see it or not. And so, this is a great way to personalize your camera to fit your style of composition and information, and the balance between them.
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John Simpson
I highly recommend this class! Been shooting Nikon for 40+ years and decided to give my Nikon gear to my daughter and go the smaller and lighter Fuji X-T2 for travel. Excellent camera and this course was outstanding in helping me learn how to use the camera. I have watched a number of Nikon oriented instructional videos. This video by John Greengo is the best organized and informative presentation I have ever watched.
Monroe Nevels
We all learn from different methods. I, for one, learn best by watching you while teaching, and being able to work along side you, with my camera in hand, and then follow you. I highly recommend this class if you really want to know how to use your camera. Thank you John for helping me to relive my film days, and integrating into Digital. I now have my Fujo X-T2 programmed and I LOVE IT!
a Creativelive Student
Really appreciate John putting these Fast Start Series together. Went through part of the training waiting on my Fujifilm X-T20 to arrive, which did today. That allowed me to dive into the menu settings and get the camera ready to use. I found that we are on Firmware 3.0, so, I have some updates to get installed. The training was great and informative as always. Don't hesitate to look for his Fast Start for your particular camera, and the in-depth training on Photography Fundamentals. It is well worth your time and money to get this training, especially if you are an amateur like myself, but, thanks to John Greengo I am quickly learning to use my camera in Manual Mode, most of the time.
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