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The Fujifilm XT20
by Rico Pfirstinger
The Fujifilm X-T20
1. Your X-T20 System
1.1 The Basics (1): Things You Should Know About Your Camera
Tip 1: RTFM! Read The Fuji Manual! It is included with your camera
Tip 2: Get a few spare batteries. You can buy suitable batteries from Fujifilm or from a third party
Tip 3: Get a suitable battery charger and a travel adapter.
Tip 4: Make sure that your camera and lenses are running with the latest firmware
Tip 5: Things to remember when updating your firmware:
Tip 6: Use fast memory cards with at least 80 MB/s write speed
Tip 7: Your camera is automatically numbering your images. With this little trick, you can reset the frame counter and even assign a new starting number
Tip 8: Use High Performance mode!
Tip 9: Keep the camera sensor clean!
Tip 10: Do-it-yourself sensor cleaning for tough sensor spots
1.2 The Basics (2): Things You Should Know About Your Lenses
Tip 11: XC or XF? Zoom or prime?
Tip 12: X-mount compatible Samyang lenses are just like adapted lenses!
Tip 13: Zeiss Touit lenses
Tip 14: Decoding XF18–135mmF3.5–5.6 R LM OIS WR
Tip 15: The optical image stabilizer (OIS) has its quirks!
Tip 16: OIS and motion detection: what’s going on?
Tip 17: The XF23mmF1.4 R, XF16mmF1.4 R WR, and XF14mmF2.8 R are different beasts!
Tip 18: Use the Lens Modulation Optimizer (LMO)!
Tip 19: Things you should know about digital lens corrections
Tip 20: Use the included lens hood!
Tip 21: Lens protection filters—yes or no?
Tip 22: 39mm filters can be tricky!
1.3 The Basics (3): Useful Accessories
Tip 23: Optional handgrips
Tip 24: Off-camera TTL flash with a Canon OC-E3 TTL extension cord
Tip 25: Possible issues regarding Canon TTL flash devices
Tip 26: Remote shutter release: three options for the X-T20
2. Using the Fujifilm X-T20
2.1 Ready, Set, Go!
Tip 27: AUTO mode: two cameras in one body
Tip 28: Scene Position modes comparison—ready-to-use recipes for less experienced users
Tip 29: Recommended settings for your X-T20
Tip 30: Avoiding the camera menus: practical shortcuts for your X-T20
Tip 31: Suggested Fn button assignment
Tip 32: Recommended My Menu and Quick menu configuration
Tip 33: Always shoot FINE+RAW!
Tip 34: Compressed or uncompressed RAW files?
Tip 35: Pick a suitable image format!
Tip 36: The magical half-press
2.2 Monitor and Viewfinder
Tip 37: Make use of the eye sensor!
Tip 38: Instant review
Tip 39: The DISP/BACK button can be tricky!
Tip 40: WYSIWYG—What You See Is What You Get!
Tip 41: Using the Natural Live View
Tip 42: Using the LCD touchscreen
2.3 Exposing Right
Tip 43: Choosing the right metering method
Tip 44: Linking spot metering to AF frames
Tip 45: Using the live view and live histogram
Tip 46: Auto exposure (AE) with modes P, A, and S
Tip 47: Using manual exposure M
Tip 48: Using aperture priority A
Tip 49: Using shutter priority S
Tip 50: Using program AE P and program shift
Tip 51: Playing it safe with auto exposure bracketing
Tip 52: Long exposures
Tip 53: Long exposures in bright daylight
Tip 54: ISO settings—what’s the deal?
Tip 55: What you should know about extended ISO
Tip 56: Auto-ISO and minimum shutter speed
Tip 57: Auto-ISO in manual mode M: the “misomatic.”
Tip 58: ISO-Bracketing: it’s just a gimmick!
Tip 59: Extending the dynamic range
Tip 60: Extending the dynamic range for RAW shooters.
Tip 61: JPEG settings for RAW shooters
Tip 62: Extending the dynamic range for JPEG shooters.
Tip 63: Using the DR function for high-key and portrait photography
Tip 64: Creating HDR images with the X-T20
Tip 65: HDR: the handheld way
Tip 66: Using the electronic shutter
2.4 Focusing with the X-T20
Tip 67: CDAF and PDAF: what’s the difference?
Tip 68: AF-S or AF-C?
Tip 69: AF modes: Single Point AF vs. Zone AF vs. Wide/Tracking AF
Tip 70: Selecting an AF frame or AF zone
Tip 71: Choosing a suitable AF frame or AF zone size
Tip 72: Manual focus and DOF zone focusing
Tip 73: Manual focus assistants: focus peaking and digital split image
Tip 74: Focus check: use the magnifier tool!
Tip 75: One-Touch-AF (Instant AF)
Tip 76: Using AF+MF
Tip 77: Pre-AF: a relic of the past
Tip 78: Using face detection and eye detection
Tip 79: Using AF-Lock
Tip 80: Using AF-ON (back-button focusing)
Tip 81: Focusing in poor light
Tip 82: Macro: focusing at close distances
Tip 83: Focusing on moving subjects (1): the “autofocus trick”
Tip 84: Focusing on moving subjects (2): the focus trap
Tip 85: Focusing on moving subjects (3): autofocus tracking using Single Point AF, Zone AF, or Wide/Tracking AF
Tip 86: Using AF-C Custom settings
Tip 87: Focus priority vs. release priority
2.5 White Balance and JPEG Parameters
Tip 88: Custom white balance: a little effort can go a long way
Tip 89: Infrared photography
Tip 90: Changing color tints with WB SHIFT
Tip 91: Film simulations: it’s all about the look
Tip 92: Using the GRAIN EFFECT
Tip 93: Contrast settings: working with highlights and shadows
Tip 94: Skin tones: smooth or with texture?
Tip 95: Color saturation
Tip 96: Choosing a color space: sRGB or Adobe RGB?
Tip 97: Using custom settings (usage profiles)
Tip 98: Working with the built-in RAW converter
Tip 99: Comparing RAW converters
Fujifilm film simulations
Extended dynamic range (DR200%, DR400%)
Digital lens corrections
Tip 100: Displaying EXIF metadata
2.6 Burst Mode, Movies, Motion Panorama, and the Self-Timer
Tip 101: Using burst mode
Tip 102: Shooting motion panoramas
Tip 103: Shooting video with the X-T20
Tip 104: Using the self-timer
2.7 Flash Photography
Tip 105: Flash photography in modes P and A: slow shutter speed limits
Tip 106: Controlling the surrounding-light component of flash photography
Tip 107: Controlling the flash-light component
Tip 108: Rear curtain flash synchronization: what’s the deal?
Tip 109: Flash synchronization: where’s the limit?
Tip 110: Red-eye removal: a two-step affair
Tip 111: Using TTL-Lock
Tip 112: Little slave: the Fujifilm EF-X20
Tip 113: Big master: the Fujifilm EF-X500
Tip 114: Great alternative: the Metz M400
Tip 115: Generic third-party flash units
2.8 Using Adapted Lenses
Tip 116: Finding the right lens adapter
Tip 117: Adapting third-party lenses: here’s how . . .
Tip 118: Exposing with adapted lenses
Tip 119: Focusing with adapted lenses
Tip 120: Using the Fujifilm M-mount adapter
Tip 121: Quality considerations
Tip 122: Speed Booster: miracle or trick?
2.9 Wireless Remote Control
Tip 123: Using the Camera Remote App
Tip 124: Streaming the live view via HDMI
2.10 Anything Else?
Tip 125: Forums, blogs, and workshops: be a part of it!
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