X-Pro2 Exposure Comp. Dial, Can change Auto ISO like X-T1?

[Wing0949]

I've been looking all over and asked a few people who've had experience with the x-pro2 (but still waiting for reply) about the exposure compensation dial.

 

Here's the question:  If you are in full manual exposure (aperture & shutter), but have auto ISO set. Can you adjust for under or over exposing with the exposure comp. dial?  I know not all Fuji's can do this.. as far as I am aware, only the X-T1 can adjust the auto ISO value to be over/under exposed using the exposure compensation dial when aperture & shutter are manual.

 

It would be great to know if the x-pro2 is capable of this or not.. I hope so cause it would make such adjustments a lot easier instead of having to manually reset the ISO, needing to do possible several turns to find the desired under or over expose setting versus just using the exposure comp. dial do it with a quick click or two.

 

I should be receiving my x-pro2 today (woo-hoo!) so I will probably find out soon myself anyways, but just thought I'd ask in the mean time to see if I could find out sooner than later and know what to expect regarding this feature (or lack there of).

 

Thanks.

[PoulWerner]

 

I've been looking all over and asked a few people who've had experience with the x-pro2 (but still waiting for reply) about the exposure compensation dial.

 

Here's the question:  If you are in full manual exposure (aperture & shutter), but have auto ISO set. Can you adjust for under or over exposing with the exposure comp. dial?  I know not all Fuji's can do this.. as far as I am aware, only the X-T1 can adjust the auto ISO value to be over/under exposed using the exposure compensation dial when aperture & shutter are manual.

 

It would be great to know if the x-pro2 is capable of this or not.. I hope so cause it would make such adjustments a lot easier instead of having to manually reset the ISO, needing to do possible several turns to find the desired under or over expose setting versus just using the exposure comp. dial do it with a quick click or two.

 

I should be receiving my x-pro2 today (woo-hoo!) so I will probably find out soon myself anyways, but just thought I'd ask in the mean time to see if I could find out sooner than later and know what to expect regarding this feature (or lack there of).

 

Thanks.

 

 

Yes, you can - I've just tried it om my X-Pro2.

[Wing0949]

Yes, you can - I've just tried it om my X-Pro2.

haha, thanks.  i was just going to write in my findings as well and you are right, you can adjust the auto ISO with comp dial when aperture & shutter are manual.  Compared to the x-pro1, this is a great new feature for the x-pro2... where as the x-pro1 will always try to balance exposure in the middle and a few times in tricky lighting, you really don't want to do that.  On the x-pro2, this ability really smooths operation and exposure control even more on this camera by not having to manually reset the ISO to over or under expose an image (like you would have to on the x-pro1).

Edited March 8, 2016 by Wing0949

[gordonrussell76]

LIttle point of note the X-T10 also works like this and I believe that the X-E2 with firmware 4 and X-E2s also work like this so there are now 5 cameras in the range that allow you to adjust exposure via comp wheel when in full manual A and SS but auto ISO.

 

X-Pro-2

X-T1

X-T10

X-E2 (firmware 4.0)

X-E2s

[oscillik]

I can't get this to work.

 

I'm in manual aperture and shutter speed mode, Auto ISO. Exposure comp dial doesn't do anything.

[flysurfer]

LIttle point of note the X-T10 also works like this and I believe that the X-E2 with firmware 4 and X-E2s also work like this so there are now 5 cameras in the range that allow you to adjust exposure via comp wheel when in full manual A and SS but auto ISO.

 

X-Pro-2

X-T1

X-T10

X-E2 (firmware 4.0)

X-E2s

 

& X30, X70, X100T...

[gordonrussell76]

Flysurfer I stand corrected  

 

oscilik - The Exp comp dial will not always work depending on your settings.

 

 

For example lets say you have ISO AUTO, SS at 1/4000 and Aperture of say F8, that its very dark so the likelyhood is the camera will be at 6400 (or 12800 on X-Pro2) already to compensate. If you try and push the exposure further via Exp Comp dial, the camera will have run out of ISO.

 

Same at the other end of the spectrum, if you are at F1.2 and SS of 1/8th etc then its going to be very hard to make the image darker as the AUTO ISO will already be around 200.

 

I like to think of the Exp Comp as a find tune device, it can't work miracles, but if you are in Auto ISO and have a reasonable SS and aperture selected it will give you the ability to tweak it a little without having to mess with your settings. I also tend to use it to personalize camera to myself I find when I am in average metering mode taht the X-T1 over exposes by a 1/3 to 2/3 of s astop for my pesronal subjective taste, so I tend to leave the Exp Comp dial at 1/3 stop below when I am in that metering mode and just shoot away trusting the camera to get on with it all at that point.

 

FInal point I also seem to rememeber taht it might not work if you have Auto DR engaged. you need to pick 100/200 or 400 you can't have auto DR and Auto ISo and the exp comp working.

G

[buffett0462]

Also please note, pressing the front dial when using EXP COMP in "C" LOCKS the setting!!!!