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Quick Start Guide FUJIFILM XF10
Congratulations on your new FUJIFILM XF10! 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 XF10 can be customised to suit your preferences, such as controls, displays and shooting modes.
Fn function button
The camera’s top-plate Fn button can be customised to perform different tasks.
- Press and hold the Fn button to show the Fn1 BUTTON SETTING menu.
- Scroll down the list of options and press MENU OK to assign a function to the button.
Customising 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 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 your own tastes?
Focusing modes
Focus point place and size
The size of the active focusing area used by your XF10 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 (only available in P, A, S and M shooting modes). To move the active point or zone, or change its size:
- Press the Focus Lever once.
- 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.
Making the most of manual focus
When you’re focusing manually, the XF10 offers a couple of focusing aids to help you nail critical focus.
- Put the camera in M focus mode by tapping the focus mode icon in the bottom right corner of the camera’s touchscreen (it will say AF-S, AF-C or MF).
- To select Focus Peaking, where the area in focus is highlighted in a colour of your choice, press MENU OK, navigate to the fourth page of the SHOOTING MENU and choose MF ASSIST. Then, pick FOCUS PEAK HIGHLIGHT and select a colour (only available in P, S, A and M shooting modes).
- To switch on Focus Check (where a central portion of the scene is magnified when you begin to focus manually), press MENU OK and scroll to the first page of the SET UP menu. Choose SCREEN SET-UP and select FOCUS CHECK.
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.
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 SHOOTING MENU > MOVIE SET-UP > MOVIE MODE menu.
- 4K 2160p resolutions offer the best quality on the XF10.
- Full HD 1080 options are a good compromise between quality and storage size.
HD 720 options offer less resolution, but take up less room on the camera’s SD card. - When it comes to frame rates, 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.
High-speed shooting with 4K video
The resolution of 4K video is large enough to generate still frames that can be used as 8-megapixel images and the XF10’s 4K burst mode makes this easy to do (only available in P, A, S and M shooting modes).
- Press the Drive button and select 4K BURST from the on-screen menu.
- Shoot normally by pressing the shutter release button.
- When playing back the images, you can access frames within a burst by pressing the down button and save them out as separate JPEGs by pressing Q.
4K Multifocus mode
Sometimes, when focusing on close-up objects for instance, it’s not possible to achieve enough depth-of-field in a single frame to get everything in focus. In this situation, 4K Multifocus mode is handy. The XF10 captures 4K video footage while moving through its focus range, then merges the results together to give a single image that’s sharp from back to front (only available in P, A, S and M shooting modes).
Connecting to your smart device
Your XF10 can communicate wirelessly with your smartphone or tablet computer via Bluetooth or 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.
- Linking to the camera for the first time
Install the free FUJIFILM Camera Remote app on your iOS or Android device. - Turn on the camera, press MENU OK and navigate to the SET-UP menu. Choose CONNECTION SETTING > Bluetooth SETTINGS > PAIRING REGISTRATION. The camera will begin searching for your device.
- In the FUJIFILM Camera Remote app, tap PAIRING REGISTRATION. You’ll see the camera’s name on your smart device – tap this to complete the pairing process.
Transferring images to your device
- Press the PLAY button, then press the Fn button on top of the camera.
- Scroll through your images, pressing MENU OK to tag any for transfer.
- When you’ve finished, hit DISP BACK. Image transfer should begin.
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.
Remote shooting and control
- Launch the Camera Remote app from your smart device and tap the camera name to connect.
- Tap the Live view shooting option to begin controlling the XF10.
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 remote shooting can begin.
