Your X camera Custom Settings (Q menu) & Film Simulation choices

[zaack77]

New to Fuji X system (x-e2 body with18 & 35mm prime lenses), I'm having a great time discovering this little camera!

 

Even if I'm a RAW shooter, I'm currently trying to set nice custom settings (in Q menu) to have rich, detailed and colorful jpegs right out of the box.

So feel free to share your favorite custom settings, film simulation presets and the related purpose of the setting (landscape, street photography, sports, portrait, ...).

 

Also feel free to share interesting links and web content about this topic .

[roman]

There is a very informative video on youtube (link here). In this video he is talking about X-Pro1,

however you can use the suggested settings on any Fuji X camera you like.

 

Have Fun

[Phil]

I'm normally not like this, but I'm really OCD with the Q menu on my X-T1. I'm always struggling to settle on the perfect layout. My only complaint is that there are a couple options that you can't assign to the Q menu - Exposure Preview and AF Assist Lamp. Because of that, I have Exposure Preview assigned to the front custom button, and sadly I have to dig into the menu for the AF assist lamp.

 

Right now, I more or less use the top Q row for image quality settings (RAW/JPG, DR, etc). The second row is for focus related controls like MF assist, face detection, etc. The third row is for random stuff like flash controls, movie mode, self timer. I save the bottom for for my most used controls. I recently switched to using all four directional buttons for AF selection, and moved the remaining controls to the bottom Q menu row. 

 

I normally just shoot RAW, and do a JPG conversion in-camera when I want to wifi a photo to my phone and post it right away. I don't do much - I find for most situations, the SOOC JPG looks the best, so I just use that and touch it up on my phone in VSCO or Photogene if I feel like it needs it. Unless I'm shooting a landscape or the odd B&W photo, I pretty much always use Classic Chrome. If I had to pick one sim, it would be that.

 

On my honeymoon, to avoid having to edit a ton of RAW snapshots, I shot the whole thing in JPG. I set the drive mode to bracket JPGs, and shot Classic Chrome, Velvia, and B&W small JPGs. I rarely used B&W, unless the white balance was really bad. I used Velvia more than I thought - in direct sunlight, CC could look washed out, especially compared to Velvia. But for low light and indoor shots, I think I always chose Velvia. When I was shooting JPG, I just left DR to auto, and didn't change anything else. Fuji's JPGs are really the best in the industry.

[Lobstertje]

I can't find HOW to change the Q-layout. Who can tell me this?

[Burb]

You need at least firmware v3.00 for this option. I think that is also the reason that its not in the manual but only described in the Firmware Update History. http://www.fujifilm.com/support/digital_cameras/software/firmware/x/xt1/history.html

• 11.Q. Menu customization
  To make the Q Menu (used for quick access of frequently-used items) even more efficient, the update will allow its items and layout to be changed to the user's preference. 
  
  [How to set]
  1. Select the "EDIT / SAVE QUICK MENU" in the setup menu (or pressing Q button for a while).
  2. Highlight the item you wish to change and press the MENU / OK button.
  3. You will be given choices of items to assign to the selected position in the quick menu.
  *Select the "NONE" to assign no item to the selected position.

[Lobstertje]

great!!! tnx