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Quick Start Guide FUJIFILM X-T2
Congratulations on your new FUJIFILM X-T2! This quick start guide introduces your camera’s features and functions, and will help you get more creative with your photography.
Contents
Personalising your camera
Many aspects of the X-T2 can be customised to suit your preferences, such as controls, displays and shooting modes.
Controls and rear dial
Customise the behaviour of the camera’s function buttons and rear control dial.
- Press and hold the DISP BACK button to go straight to the BUTTON SETTING customisation screen.
- Scroll through the various Fn buttons, scrolling right to change the default behaviour.
Customising viewfinder and viewscreen information
The information you see when you compose a scene can be changed so only the data you need is shown.
- Press MENU OK and scroll down to the SET UP menu tab.
- Choose SCREEN SET-UP setting and scroll to DISP. CUSTOM SETTING.
- Choose the items you’d like to see in the viewfinder and on the camera’s screen.
Customising the Q Menu
The Q Menu gives you information at a glance and quick access to camera settings. You can also change what’s on the Q Menu screen to suit your way of working.
- Hold down the Q button for a couple of seconds; the customisation screen will appear.
- Choose the menu item location you want to customise and press MENU OK.
- Find the function you’d like to appear in this menu location and press MENU OK.
- Repeat the above steps for each menu location you want to change. Press DISP BACK to finish.
Customising Film Simulation modes
You’ve probably discovered your camera’s Film Simulation modes by now, but did you know you can customise these to suit your own tastes?
- Press the Q button to display the Q Menu.
- Adjust highlights, shadows and colour saturation with the H Tone, S Tone and Color options using the rear command dial.
You can save these new settings as a custom preset for instant recall.
Focusing modes
Focus point place and size
The size of the active focusing area used by your X-T2 can be changed in size and moved around the frame. In the camera’s Q Menu, choose from Single Point (highly selective), Zone (for erratically moving subjects) and Wide/Tracking (uses the whole frame) using the rear command dial. To move the active point or zone, or change its size:
- Press the ‘down’ function button (as set by default).
- Move the Focus Lever to shift the focus point/area up, down, left or right.
- Rotate the rear command dial to change the size of the focus point/area.
- Press MENU OK or half-press the shutter release button to confirm.
Custom AF-C modes
The X-T2 tracks and focuses on moving objects differently, depending on the kind of focusing behaviour specified in continuous AF-C mode.
- Put the camera in AF-C mode using the focus mode selector, then press MENU OK and navigate to the AF/MF SETTING menu.
- Choose AF-C CUSTOM SETTINGS, then choose a preset from 1 to 5 based on the action you’re shooting.
- You can also construct your own custom focusing mode by choosing preset 6 and adjusting the TRACKING SENSITIVITY, SPEED TRACKING SENSITIVITY and ZONE AREA SWITCHING options as necessary.
Making the most of manual focus
When you’re focusing manually, the X-T2 offers all kinds of focusing aids to help you nail critical focus.
- Put the camera in M focus mode using the focus mode selector, then press MENU OK and navigate to the AF/MF SETTING menu.
- Scroll down to MF ASSIST and choose from DIGITAL SPLIT IMAGE or FOCUS PEAK HIGHLIGHT.
- Switch on FOCUS CHECK from the AF/MF SETTING section and the camera will enlarge a central portion of the scene when you begin to focus manually.
Switch on AF+MF from the AF/MF SETTING menu and you’ll be able to focus manually just by turning the lens focus barrel – no change of focus mode necessary.
Boost mode
The X-T2 is fitted with a Boost mode, which enhances various aspects of the camera’s performance. It’s activated in the SET UP menu, from the POWER MANAGEMENT > PERFORMANCE option, but handily it’s also mapped to the Fn6 custom button – ie the ‘down’ selector button.
The enhancements that come with Boost mode are different, depending on whether you’re using the camera on its own or with the optional VPB-XT2 grip.
Camera only:
- AF Speed
- Viewfinder refresh rate
Camera and VPB-XT2:
- AF Speed, Viewfinder refresh rate
- Shooting interval
- Shutter time lag
- Blackout time
- High-speed continuous shooting (11fps)
Shooting video
Picking the right settings
The first thing to decide is which resolution and frame rate settings to use. You’ll find these options in the MOVIE SETTING > MOVIE MODE menu.
- 4K 2160p resolutions offer the best quality on the X-T2.
- Full HD 1080p resolutions are a good compromise between quality and storage size.
HD 720p resolutions take up less room on the camera’s SD card. - Frame rates of 24p, 25p or 29.97p are fine for most normal applications. 24p is sometimes favoured by creative filmmakers for its Hollywood look and feel.
- Footage shot at frame rates of 59.94p or 50p can capture motion more smoothly. Plus, when played back at normal speeds (29.97fps or 25fps) during editing, it delivers silky-smooth slow motion.
Did you know that 25p and 50p frame rates are best for European countries, while 29.97p and 59.94p are more suited to the USA? This is because of the different frequencies of mains electricity in these territories, which can cause lights to flicker slightly at 50Hz or 60Hz, respectively.
Exposure settings for cinematic video
Here’s a set of standard settings you can use in manual (M) shooting mode that will create great-looking, cinematic-style video.
- Choose a frame rate – 24fps is a standard used in the movie industry and has a very top-end look and feel.
- Select a shutter speed that is roughly double the frame rate you’re using, so each frame is exposed for 50% of the time. For example, if you’re shooting at 24fps, pick a shutter speed of 1/50sec.
- Select the aperture you need for the required depth-of-field.
- Adjust the camera’s ISO sensitivity to get the proper exposure.
Continuous focusing with video
Switch to AF-C using the focus mode selector and the X-T2 will adjust focusing as you film, tracking people around the frame if the face detection is switched on.
Connecting to your smart device
Your X-T2 can communicate wirelessly with your smartphone or tablet computer via Wi-Fi, so you can transfer pictures to your device where they can be edited and shared with friends and followers online. You can also use your smart device to shoot remotely, controlling the camera and even looking at what the camera sees with remote live view.
If your device is already connected to a Wi-Fi network, the app may ask to switch to the camera’s own Wi-Fi before transfer can begin.
Linking to the camera for the first time
- Install the free FUJIFILM Camera Remote app on your iOS or Android device.
- On the X-T2 camera, press PLAY to view images and MENU OK to display the PLAY BACK menu.
- Scroll down to WIRELESS COMMUNICATION and press MENU OK. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process.
Transferring images to your device
- Press PLAY to view images and MENU OK to display the PLAY BACK menu.
- Scroll down to WIRELESS COMMUNICATION and press MENU OK.
- Connect to the camera’s Wi-Fi on your device, then launch the FUJIFILM Camera Remote app.
- From the app’s home screen, tap Import image to view images from your camera. Select those for transfer and tap Import.
Remote shooting and control
- Press PLAY to view images and MENU OK to display the PLAY BACK menu.
- Scroll down to WIRELESS COMMUNICATION and press MENU OK.
- Connect to the camera’s Wi-Fi on your device then launch the FUJIFILM Camera Remote app.
- Tap the Live view shooting option to begin controlling the X-T2.
To make things even easier, why not map WIRELESS COMMUNICATION to one of the camera’s function buttons?
