Fuji X-Pro1, X-E1 Settings Tips

Here some settings Tips for JPG OOC who i have found in the Web for
the Fuji X-E1, also usable for the X-Pro1

Also remember when read the light, use ETTR expose to the right, and recover in post-processing for less noise in the shadows

C1: all over
DR 100
Provia
Noise: Std
Highlight: Std
Color: +1
Sharp: +1

C2 for Landscape
DR100
Velvia
S-Tone: +1
Sharp: +1
rest Std

C3 for Portraits
DR100
Pro-Neg std.
Color: +1
Sharp: +1

C4 for B/W
DR100%
S-Tone: +1

C5: all over (vers. II)
+1/3 EV
Astia
DR 100
WB: Auto
Color: Std
Sharp: +2
H-Tone: -1
S-Tone: -1
Noise: Std

C6: for Travel
Provia
Color: +1
Sharp: +1
H-Tone: +1
S-Tone: +1

But I allways shot with jpg+raw, so I can easely use it in Lightroom and do some recover

Fuji X-E1 with manual lense

Oh yes; I have to be honest, the dream cameras to have are the Leica M9 or the M with their great lenses; but just like a Ferrari, it is out of my reach.

The Fuji X-Pro1 with the shape of a great Leica was a step nearer to my dream. I sold some older cameras and lenses that I din't use that much and picked up a Pro1 with the great 35 1.4 lens.

With the X-Pro1 and the 35 1.4  I take some nice pictures; however, I was disappointed with the slow focus despite the high price and returned it. Update; I would buy it again as second hand, very low price now.

                                            adapted Nikon 85mm f/1.4

For a 4 month macro photography exposition I used at side a Nikon camera; the Fuji X10. Printed the photos in A3 format, the X10 performed very well.
What I liked more in the X10 was not only the versatility, the sexy look, the very nice jpg picture that it produced, also the great Macro possibility.

www.limage.pt Macro Expo Photographie

I heard about the X-E1, and because I was still disappointed with the X-Pro1, I nearly lost interest with the newer cameras on the Fuji X system.
The reviews and a lot people in the Forums described the camera as a better option than the X-Pro1, so I decided to give it a try. I bought X-E1 second hand without any lens, to use at the beginning  with an adapted Nikon Ais lense, because I felt it would be easier to resell should it not perform as expected.
The combination of the X-E1 with the adpted lense was amazing; surprisingly easy to use and also gave me back the different view of how to take photographs.

I soon realized I would  feel better with the Fuji Handgrip to give better stabilisation, so i have this mount all the time.

                        























adapted lens Nikon 35mm f/2.0

      

                            























adapted lens Nikon 55mm micro f/2.8

                          




































adapted Tamron 12-24mm f/4


I use also the 14mm f/2.8 lens (give 21mm on FF), because it's a great Fuji lens and very nice for manual focusing too.

After various pictures (incl. with the 18-55)  I found my objective set;
for me it is the Fuji 14 2.8, the Nikon Ais 35 2.0 and the Nikon 50 1.8 pancake. As a reserve I have the 35 1.4 from Fuji too, but find I don't use it that much.

As a zoom I use at the moment the 70-210 f/4 with a tripod or monopod.







































Are the Fuji X-E1 and Pro1 perfect cameras? NO! Absolutely not.
Looking to the new X100s and the X20 you realise what improvements should be made and  that the Fuji X-E1 and the X-Pro1  are only the beginning of the great Fuji line of interchangeable lens cameras.

The future for the Fuji X lines will be interesting.

The D700 continues to be a interesting camera wich I use for outher kind of Photographie.



























I don't make any scientific tests, only look to take nice pictures and have fun.

Fuji X10/X20 backup lightway fun camera 


Settings Tips for X-Pro1 / X-E1

My way to the Fuji X system

After years of taking pictures with film cameras; very successfully I might add, I developed an interest for digital photography.
Because I used the Nikon system and already had their lenses, I continued with Nikon, then later used the Fuji Pro5 until the great Nikon D700 came on the market.

Although I have the D700 and  35er or 120er film cameras, I was interested to have also a lightweight P&S camera for walking around, I tested many different brands of camera, but was never truly satisfied. 

Fuji awoke my interest when the first X100 rumours appeared and later the X10. With very interesting specifications and sexy look, this P&S camera caught my attention and I bought it as soon as it came on the market

I was very impressed with the kind of picture that this little gem produced and I began to use it a lot.
Yes, the big ORB problem was disappointing, but Fuji resolved this very well.

After a long time testing different systems my favourite camera of choice  to walk around with, was the Fuji X10.

The story doesn't end here; as we now know, Fuji "invented" with their X system a great and very interesting new category of camera.

The Fuji X100 was already on the market,  maybe because of the high price and the fixed lens I was not very interested in testing it.
All this changed when once again the next Fuji rumors appeared; an interchangeable lens X system.

Fuji X-E1 with manual lense


I don't make any scientific tests, my only interest is to take nice pictures and have fun.