Relations between current settings and custom settings

DF Paul wrote:

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To me, the single hardest thing in making the switch was understanding how the "concept" of the camera, and especially custom settings, had changed. Back in the old days, the custom settings related to how you actually used the camera. For instance, sometimes you shot still lifes, so you had certain focus settings for still lifes. Sometimes you shot sports, so you had completely different focus settings for sports. You could save different "banks" of custom settings for those things and switch between them with one knob, as you probably know.

This is probably the best answer. You are completely right about this. Fujifilm custom presets follow a different philosophy!

Back in the old days, the custom settings related to how you actually used the camera. For instance, sometimes you shot still lifes, so you had certain focus settings for still lifes. Sometimes you shot sports, so you had completely different focus settings for sports. You could save different "banks" of custom settings for those things and switch between them with one knob, as you probably know.

Btw I never liked the classical presets concept with its landscape, sports, portrait, night shot etc presets. I had it on my former Pentax but never used those presets. It feels to me like an e-piano in autoplay mode.

So, to respond specifically to your point, I think this new Fuji "concept" is what's really behind your frustration. You can't save focus settings as part of a custom settings bank, because the "concept" here is that custom settings are for image quality stuff like image size, film simulation, grain size, etc etc.

Exactly! Fujifilm custom presets are about the look. Hence, it is logical that shutter type, photometry, focus mode are not part of the presets because these are not look related. WB shift was not part of the presets for a longer time but in the meantime, it is (which is logical).

Lastly, I hope I'm right about this, and I hope it's helpful!

Regards,

Martin