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1. Your X-T1 System
1.1 Things You Should Know About Your Camera
Tip 1: RTFM! Read The Fuji Manual! It is included with your camera. You have a choice between the printed version and the PDF version on the CD that comes with the camera.
Tip 2: Get a few spare batteries. You can buy suitable batteries either 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 upgrading 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 a little trick, you can reset the frame counter and even assign a new starting number.
Tip 8: Always use High Performance Mode!
Tip 9: Keep the camera sensor clean!
Tip 10: Do-it-yourself sensor cleaning for tough sensor spots
1.2 Things You Should Know About Your Lenses
Tip 11: X-mount compatible Samyang lenses are just like adapted lenses!
Tip 12: Zeiss Touit lenses
Tip 13: Decoding XF18–135mmF3.5–5.6 R LM OIS WR
Tip 14: The optical image stabilizer (OIS) has its quirks!
Tip 15: XF23mmF1.4 R, XF16mmF1.4 R WR and XF14mmF2.8 R are different beasts!
Tip 16: Use the Lens Modulation Optimizer (LMO)!
Tip 17: Things you should know about digital lens corrections
Tip 18: Use the included lens hood!
Tip 19: Lens protection filters—yes or no?
Tip 20: 39mm filters can be tricky!
1.3 Useful Accessories.
Tip 21: Optional handgrips
Tip 22: Off-camera TTL flash with a Canon OC-E3 TTL extension cord
Tip 23: Remote shutter release: two options for the X-T1
2. Using the Fujifilm X-T1
2.1 Ready, Set, Go!
Tip 24: Recommended settings for your X-T1
Tip 25: Avoiding the camera menus: practical shortcuts for your X-T1
Tip 26: Always shoot FINE+RAW!
Tip 27: Pick a suitable image format!
Tip 28: The magical half-press
2.2 Monitor and Viewfinder
Tip 29: Make use of the eye sensor!
Tip 30: Instant review
Tip 31: The DISP/BACK button can be tricky!
Tip 32: WYSIWYG – What You See Is What You Get!
Tip 33: White balance simulation in manual mode—on or off?
Tip 34: Using the Natural Live View
2.3 Exposing Right
Tip 35: Choosing the right metering method
Tip 36: Linking spot metering to AF frames
Tip 37: Using the live view and live histogram
Tip 38: Auto exposure (AE) with modes P, A, and S
Tip 39: Using manual exposure M
Tip 40: Using aperture priority A
Tip 41: Using shutter priority S
Tip 42: Using program AE P and program shift
Tip 43: Playing it safe with auto exposure bracketing
Tip 44: Long exposures
Tip 45: ISO settings—what’s the deal?
Tip 46: What you should know about extended ISO
Tip 47: Stay away from ISO 51200!
Tip 48: Auto-ISO and minimum shutter speed
Tip 49: Auto-ISO in manual mode M: the ”misomatic“
Tip 50: ISO-Bracketing: It’s just a gimmick!
Tip 51: Extending the dynamic range
Tip 52: Extending the dynamic range for RAW shooters
Tip 53: JPEG settings for RAW shooters
Tip 54: Extending the dynamic range for JPEG shooters
Tip 55: Creating HDR images with the X-T1
Tip 56: Using the electronic shutter
2.4 Focusing with the X-T1
Tip 57: CDAF and PDAF: what’s the difference?
Tip 58: AF-S or AF-C?
Tip 59: AF modes: Single Point AF vs. Zone AF vs. Wide/Tracking AF
Tip 60: Selecting an AF frame or AF zone
Tip 61: Choosing a suitable AF frame or AF zone size
Tip 62: Manual focus and DOF zone focusing
Tip 63: Manual focus assistants: focus peaking and digital split image
Tip 64: Focus check: use the magnifier tool!
Tip 65: One-Touch-AF (Instant AF)
Tip 66: Using AF+MF
Tip 67: Pre-AF: a relic of the past
Tip 68: Using face detection and eye-detection
Tip 69: Using AF-Lock
Tip 70: Focusing in poor light
Tip 71: Macro: focusing at close distances
Tip 72: Focusing on moving subjects (1): the “autofocus trick”
Tip 73: Focusing on moving subjects (2): the focus trap
Tip 74: Focusing on moving subjects (3): Autofocus tracking using Single Point AF, Zone AF, or Wide/Tracking AF
Tip 75: Focus priority vs. Release priority
2.5 White Balance and JPEG Parameters
Tip 76: Custom white balance: a little effort can go a long way
Tip 77: Infrared photography
Tip 78: Changing color tints with WB SHIFT
Tip 79: Film simulations: it’s all about the look
Tip 80: Contrast settings: working with highlights and shadows
Tip 81: Skin tones: smooth or with texture?
Tip 82: Color saturation
Tip 83: Choosing a color space: sRGB or Adobe RGB?
Tip 84: Using custom settings (usage profiles)
Tip 85: Working with the built-in RAW converter
Tip 86: Comparing RAW converters
Fujifilm film simulations
Extended dynamic range (DR200%, DR400%)
Digital lens corrections
Tip 87: Displaying EXIF metadata
2.6 Burst Mode, Motion Panorama, Movies, and The Self-Timer
Tip 88: Using burst mode
Tip 89: Shooting motion panoramas
Tip 90: Shooting video with the X-T1
Tip 91: Using the self-timer
2.7 Flash Photography
Tip 92: Flash photography in modes P and A: slow shutter speed limits
Tip 93: Controlling the surrounding light component of flash photography
Tip 94: Controlling the flash light component
Tip 95: 2nd curtain flash synchronization: what’s the deal?
Tip 96: Flash synchronization: where’s the limit?
Tip 97: Red-eye removal: a two-step affair
Tip 98: Little slave: the EF-X20
Tip 99: Silent Mode aka SOUND & FLASH OFF
Tip 100: Using third-party flash units
2.8 Using Adapted Lenses
Tip 101: Finding the right lens adapter
Tip 102: Adapting third-party lenses: here’s how . . .
Tip 103: Exposing with adapted lenses
Tip 104: Focusing with adapted lenses
Tip 105: Using the Fujifilm M-mount adapter
Tip 106: Quality considerations
Tip 107: Speed Booster: miracle or trick?
2.9 Wireless Remote Control, Tethering, and Camera Lock
Tip 108: Using the Camera Remote App
Tip 109: Tethering with Adobe Lightroom and Fujifilm HS-V5
Tip 110: Lock Yourself Out!
2.10 Anything Else?
Tip 111: Forums, blogs, and workshops: be a part of it!
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