I recently bought a Fujifilm X-E3 interchangeable lens camera to "replace" my Sony NEX-6 (links to DPReview). I'm very happy with the camera and impressed at the plethora of customization options. Here is a table I created to familiarize myself... obviously I like tables!
There are 3 main user experiences that can be customized:
- Quick menu - hold down the Q button to customize.
- Function buttons - one function button (Fn1), AE-L and AF-L buttons, the Rear Command Dial (when pushed in) and four swipe (flick) gestures (up, left, right, down labeled T-Fn1 through T-Fn4) - hold down the play button to customize.
- The My Menu screen - which is the default menu displayed when you hit the Menu OK button.
In addition, there are a items that can be pre-defined, e.g.:
- Seven Custom Settings presets, set as a group - e.g. you oculd preset one for "Landscape" and another for "Portrait".
- Three ISO settings - the base ISO, max ISO and min shutter speed, which are associated to the seven above (effectively giving you 3x7 configurations)
- Three White Balance settings
The Function Button and Q Menu columns in the table below are the defaults for my camera. My current customizations in the My Settings column, though this evolving as a figure out my "style":
Can be mapped to function button
Can be mapped to Q menu
Preset as a group via Custom Setting
| My Settings | Function Button | Q Menu | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | Row 2 | Row 3 | Row 4 | |||
| Image Size | Q | |||||
| Image Quality | Q | |||||
| RAW | ||||||
| Film Simulation | Q + Command Dial | T-Fn2 (flick left ←) | ||||
| Grain Effect | ||||||
| Dynamic Range | Q | |||||
| White Balance | Q | T-Fn3 (flick right →) | ||||
| Highlight Tone | Q | |||||
| Shadow Tone | Q | |||||
| Color | Q | |||||
| Sharpness | Q | |||||
| Noise Reduction | Q | |||||
| Select Custom Setting | Q | |||||
| Focus Area | ||||||
| Focus Check | Fn1 (normally) | Command Dial | ||||
| AF Mode | Q + T-Fn2 ← | T-Fn1 (flick up ↑) | ||||
| AF-C Custom Settings | ||||||
| Face/Eye Detection Setting | T-Fn3 → | |||||
| MF Assist | ||||||
| Touch Screen Mode | ||||||
| Self-timer | Q | |||||
| AE Bracket Setting | ||||||
| Photometry [1] | Fn1 | |||||
| Shutter Type | T-Fn1 ↑ | |||||
| ISO * | Q | T-Fn4 (flick down ↓) | ||||
| Wireless Communication | Fn1 in playback | |||||
| Flash Function Setting | Q | |||||
| TTL-Lock | ||||||
| Modeling Flash | ||||||
| Flash Compensation | ||||||
| Movie Mode | ||||||
| Mic Level Adjustment | ||||||
| EVF/LCD Brightness | Q | |||||
| EVF/LCD Color | ||||||
| Preview Depth of Field | ||||||
| Preview Exp./WB in Manual Mode | AE-L | |||||
| Preview Pic. Effect | ||||||
| Histogram | ||||||
| Large Indicators Mode | T-Fn4 ↓ | |||||
| AE Lock Only | AE-L | |||||
| AF Lock Only | AF-L [2] | |||||
| AE/AF Lock | ||||||
| AF-On | AF-L | |||||
| Aperture Setting | ||||||
| Auto Image Transfer | ||||||
| Select Pairing Destination | ||||||
| Bluetooth On/Off | ||||||
| Playback | ||||||
| None | ||||||
- Note 1: Photometry is disabled when Face/Eye Detection is turned on.
- Note 2: In Manual focus mode, AF-L button (set to AF-L) will perform back-button focus by default! Change this only if you want back-button focus in C/S modes - set AF-L to AF-On and change the Shutter AF to Off so that half-pressing the shutter does not focus.
The table above took me over 2 days to create. I home someone will find utility in this!
I also set up My Menu with anything else I may need that is not in the table above, with the aim of minimizing duplication, e.g.
- AF Illuminator
- Long Exposure NR
- Pre-AF
- Focus Check
- AF-C Custom Settings - I currently have this on "Set 2 Ignore Obstacles & Continue to Track Subject"
One final note: My Fujifilm X-E3 is running on firmware 1.2, for which the updated 1.2 PDF manual is available on-line:
- New features in 1.2 include Large Indicators Mode and PC Connection for X Raw Studio (to use the camera's RAW engine while tethered to a PC).
- New features in 1.1 include Auto Image Transfer and Bluetooth Smartphone Sync. (to sync Location and Time).