jenwe

No offense, but you just need some knowledge about focal length and physics A lens never knows the sensor behind it. A 35mm will always be a 35mm, regardless if there's a Canikon, Hasselblad oder Fuji behind it. Or even a smartphone. What will definitely change is the angle of view. It's much smaller on a small sensor so it seems as if the focal length would be a greater one. So what you really want is the same angle of view on every camera. But no one ever uses this attribute - all we talk about is the focal length. This is why everyone is confused when it comes to the crop factor.

I suppose you rather mean shadows -2 because that means softer shadows = less contrast in the shadows. Pro neg std is already the "softest" setting and with shadows and highlights set to -2 it's very neutral. But depending on the situation I wouldn't stick to DR100. In more contrasty (is that a word? ) situations DR200 or 400 would be much more useful to flatten the image even more.

I have a cheap (~50€) adapter with aperture ring, but of course you can also use lenses with their own aperture rings. But if you don't have any G-lenses just go for a regular adapter. Mine works totally fine.

X-E2 & Nikkor 85/1.8

I just own the 35mm, but 18mm and 56mm are probably next. A 16mm pancake would be ideal, but you can't have everything