Fuji X-E2 JPEG settings advice...

[mack]

I'm headed to Disney for spring break and bought my wife the X-E2 and the 27mm for a point and shoot. Can you please help me help her with how to set the X-E2 for optimal jpeg performance? Thanks in advance.

 

[flysurfer]

There are no optimal JPEG settings. But since I understand that folks wand to know about how to use JPEG settings and what camera settings to use, I have included several pages of information about those in my upcoming X-E2 eBook.

Luckily, JPEG settings aren't important before you take the picture. You can apply and change them afterwards in the internal RAW converter. So shoot FINE+RAW with the camera's standard settings, then change whatever you want to change later. Try different things. Compare! Don't waste time at Disney worrying about JPEG settings.Have a good time and worry later, when you are at home and have time to review your results.

 

[mack]

Rico,

Thank you. I look forward to reading your upcoming X-E2 book. One setting that I find confusing is the "DR" or Dynamic range setting. Is Auto sufficient?

Thanks again

 

[flysurfer]

Auto often does the job, but manual settings are more efficient if you know what setting to choose in a particular situation.

You can actually measure which setting to choose with your camera. There will be a section in my book that explains how to do this based on exposing on the highlights, followed by a counter-correction of the exposure compensation dial in order to expose on the shadows. By counting the number of dial clicks of the counter-correction, you can determine which DR setting to use (200 or 400).

 

[yakky]

Of all the settings to tinker with, jpeg is probably the one to leave alone.

 

[flysurfer]

Better to focus on stuff that can't be easily corrected later, like focus, framing and exposure. JPEG settings can be adjusted anytime with the internal RAW converter.