Too many Image Display screens

[David Eagle]

Hi, does anyone know how to switch off or suppress the 'Information 1' and 'Information 2' image display screens?

I just want to page through the image and then the histogram playback screens.

I dont want to have to page through detailed Image Information and 'Favourites' screens to get back to the image. Its not possible to page back and forth between Image and Histogram without cycling through additional screens. 

Help!

 

 

[jerryy]

I am not certain I completely understand what you are wanting to do ...

Right now, you should be able to have some images on your card, press the playback button and then have your voice of four options for your viewing pleasure: just images, or images with one of three information screens.

Once you have pushed the playback button, you can push the joystick "up" once and the first information screen (the standard one) will overlay the image. This one usually has the histogram on it. You can then push the joystick to the right or left and scroll through the images as you want. The next image will load, then the histogram and other information will overlay on the image. (You can also use the disp/back button to turn the screens on and the front command dial to scroll through the images.) You do not have to cycle through the information screens, beyond the first time, to get to the one you want to see with the image.

The first information screen (the standard one) can be customized in the setup menus as to what options you want to display.

If you are just wanting to toggle one of the information screens off and on for an image, that would be nice, but it raises the question of which screen should be the one being toggled.

[David Eagle]

Hi, the sequence I am after is 'Display Image' with no overlay, then 'Display Histogram', followed by the next image (with no overlay), then 'Display Histogram' again.

So basically its just the two screens, Image Display, then Histogram.

Currently the problem comes when you try to move off the Histogram display, you are forced to cycle through 'Info-1' and 'Info-2' before you get back to the plain image display. You cannot go back from the Histogram to the plain Image display, you have to go forward through the two Information Displays.

I am not at all sure if its possible, but it should be a simple firmware fix to allow paging forward and backward through the Display types....

[jerryy]

Being able to go backwards as well as forward would be nice. Currently, in shooting mode, if you look through the viewfinder, you can use the disp/back button to toggle the information screen on and off, Have you considered submitting it as a firmware fix?

[David Eagle]

I would if I knew how, is there a form/link for requesting firmware fixes?

[jerryy]

This is their worldwide listings for contact page:

https://www.fujifilm.com/contact/?_ga=2.174851106.1083947626.1597791919-1172674169.1597791919

Also, sometimes, the various sites have 'submit ideas for firmware upgrades' suggestions. Try bouncing the idea off of them as well. Having more support among other photographers helps.

May I suggest the following as an approach? Leave the way the joystick works with the up arrow looping through the information screen choices as it is at the moment. Change the disp/back button to simply toggle the (chosen) information screen overlay on and off in the same way as it does in the shooting menu. So the shooting and playback menus gain consistency, a bonus!

This will get you what you want with minimal effort on the users' part. The four choices available from the joystick keep the built in redundancy of turning the information screen off, the user can choose the screen they want to mainly use then scroll through the images with the ability to turn the overlay on and off with the disp/back--one-button-touch. While scrolling back and forth between the menus is nice, it is not as necessary with this approach. Additionally, and this is important, this will not need additional space in the firmware. A lot of ideas, as good as they are, are not be able to be incorporated because they take up too much space in the firmware. This does not.

[David Eagle]

Thanks for this, an extensive reply! Are you suggesting that toggling information displays on and off is currently possible? I have searched the XT2 manual but cannot find that option.

[jerryy]

For the X-T3, X-T30 it is possible. while in shooting mode, (ready to take a photo) if you press the disp/back button, you can toggle the information overlay screen on and off — in the viewfinder. This is useful for those that want to check their settings now and then or want to use the whole viewfinder for the image.

edit: It works that way on the X-T1 and X-T10 as well.

This may be possible for the X-T2 as well, but I do not own one of that model, so I cannot say if it is or not. but it something that can be easily checked.

Edited August 19, 2020 by jerryy