nathan.mardin

You can't customize a specific button to perform back button focus, however the AF-L is already programmed to perform the action.

Thanks a lot Nathan! i found it. I missed the part to push it towards the camera. thanks again

Sorry. My favorite settings are whatever the subject matter and shooting environment dictate to give me the best possible results. The whole reason for buying a fully adjustable camera. Using someone else's settings can produce highly unpredictable results unless you know the circumstances and goal of the shooting situation.
 
At the most basic, I usually shoot aperture priority and auto-ISO in order to have the highest practical shutter speed under the circumstances. On a bright, sunny day, I will probably use f/5.6-f/8.0 for maximum resolution vs depth of field. In a living room at night, I will be shooting f/1.4-f/2.0 at ISO6400 in order to just get usable exposures. Even when shooting RAW, I generally do a manual white balance which makes for just fine tuning in Photoshop, not large corrections.
 
For more advanced settings, realize that for JPEGs all settings can be applied AFTER the exposure with the built-in RAW converter. You will get exactly the same results as if you applied them during the exposure. This means you can explore things like Highlight Tone or Shadow Tone and learn what each setting does under various circumstances. The original RAW exposure is not altered, and can be converted and compared as much as it pleases you. These settings in no way alter the RAW file. Once you fully understand the function of each setting, you can assess your shooting environment, make an educated guess, do a test shot or two to nail the image you are seeking. Test shots are always your friend, and feedback is immediate—the glory of digital photography. There never has been a more immediate and direct way to understand the whole photographic process.
 
As an alternative to custom settings, you can shoot RAW and apply fine-tuning with far greater sensitivity in processing. Even if JPEGs are the goal initially, it would be wise to shoot RAW+JPEG, so you will always have the richer originals to go back to as your skills progress. Either way, you have the advantage of being able to tune the exposure to the circumstances with the result of the image matching your vision of it.

Thanks for the response .

Thanks. I used a simple 3 light setup. I had a 1'x3' strip box with a grid (vertical) on either side of the players and a small octabox (with grid) to fill their face. The lights I used on this were the Baja b4's from dynalite. I used the dynalite trigger as well. We were on the road for 9 days and the whole setup worked well.
 
I did rent a backup xpro2 just in case anything went wrong. But my personal cam worked like a champ.

These are great! I love the lighting too. Really well done
 
May I ask your setup for these? Lights, triggers, and what not?
 
 
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But... but that's impossible, the X-Pro2 isn't capable of taking pictures... how did you? It's not even Full Frame! And everyone knows the 56 can't focus!

Very well done!