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Feedback on my x-t2 checklist

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dpmd New Member • Posts: 21
Feedback on my x-t2 checklist
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I am a casual vacation photographer, shooting raw only for the last 3 years. I use Capture One for processing. I have developed a mental checklist that I sometimes forget because I go too long between my shoots. So I decided to write it down now. Would appreciate your feedback on what I am doing. I am sure I am missing tricks, and perhaps doing a few things wrong.

My equipment:

  • X-T2
  • 18-55 kit lens
  • XF 55-200
  • XF 35f2

I have the following "Auto" settings

  1. 200-12800 ISO, ss 60+
  2. 200-12800, 200+
  3. 200-12800, 500+

With rare exceptions I shoot in aperture priority.

Landscape

  • Use manual focus till the blue DOF line just touches infinity for hyperfocus
  • Higher aperture values => higher DOF, but don't exceed 10
  • Use Auto 1 (ss = 60+)
  • Short focal length

People outdoors -- static

  • Auto 1 (ss=60+)
  • Short focal length to include background, long to deemphasize background
  • low aperture for low DOF

People outdoors -- moving

  • Auto 2 (ss=200+) for short focal length, Auto 3 (ss=500+) for long focal length
  • Short focal length to include background, long to deemphasize background
  • AF-C with Zone AF or Wide/Tracking AF. 325 points.

People indoors -- static under normal lighting

  • Auto 1 (ss=60+)
  • Low aperture numbers (but not too low)
  • Manual focus if lighting is poor
  • OIS on

Sports

  • Lowest aperture
  • Auto 3 (ss=500+)
  • Max zoom (200)
  • AF-C with Wide/Tracking AF. 325 points. 
Fujifilm X-T2
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