If you set any of the CONTINUOUS advance modes the flash simply turns off, even if you turn it ON.LEICA's strap is also ultra-comfortable and just the right weight for this lightweight camera.Likewise for night photography, set it to MENU > WRENCH > SCREEN SET-UP > LCD BRIGHTNESS > -5, or otherwise you might make pictures that look too dark when seen during the day.You can set this in the menus the hard way at MENU > WRENCH > BUTTON/DIAL SETTING > FUNCTION (Fn) SETTING, or just hold DISP/BACK a few seconds, and BINGO!, you'll be in the same place from which you can set them all!To set these, set the top dial to T (TIME), and turn the rear dial to set the exposure time.I prefer to set it to go to sleep after 15 seconds at MENU > WRENCH > POWER MANAGEMENT > AUTO POWER OFF > 15 SEC.If you'd like an electronic focus-aid insert in the lower right corner of the optical finder, push the front lever towards the lens while you're in the OVF mode with a single focus point selected.Now press that button to show the color histogram as you shoot.MENU always starts back at the top, unless you have a MY MENU set at MENU > WRENCH > USER SETTING > MY MENU SETING > ADD ITEMS, in which case the menu system will always start at MY MENU.Try it; I find it super helpful in letting me get great files right out of the camera to send directly to clients without having to crop them later in a computer, which lets me get onto the next job faster.Flash exposure compensation is also set there.All these filters are just as sharp and take the same pictures, the difference is how much abuse they'll take and stay clean and stay in one piece.Now use this control to see the 2-axis level.The AF Lock (AEL/AFL) button is ignored in either AFS or AFC modes. I settled on the Fujifilm X-T2 because all of the essential controls (aperture, exposure, ISO, exposure compensation) were at my fingers tips.The touch screen can be configured so a swipe in each direction activates something. Tap it and it cycles through a couple of different modes. FUJIFILM TIPS AND TRICKS My 10 Favorite Settings for the X Series Cameras DAN BAILEY. Not all of them, of course, but if you go into the spanner menu within the menu, then go to ‘Button/Dial Settings’ you’ll find a very large and (at least to me) initially overwhelming volume of options for changing what a lot of the buttons do.
It goes out when done.Format Card is hidden at Menu > Wrench > User Setting > Format.For fabulous fill-flash results indoors, use a colored filter taped over the flash to make the flash match the tint and color temperature of the ambient lighting, and then to set the camera's white balance to match that lighting. I use the self timer if I need it.When set, you supposedly can press-in the front dial to change its function, but I've never seen this work on the X100V.You can't hit MENU again to get out of the menus to shoot, press the shutter or hit the BACK (not MENU) button.Use any of them, simply cut it to fit, and you're done.If you're in the USA, just phone Fujifilm at (800) 800-FUJI (3854) and they'll walk you though whatever you need.I also leave it at its default of MENU > WRENCH > POWER MANAGEMENT > PERFORMANCE > NORMAL.Just plug it into any USB port with any random USB-C cable.Slow sync and rear-curtain modes are set at MENU > FLASH BOLT ICON > FLASH FUNCTION SETTING > SYNC.Flash doesn't work at high frame rates (the Continuous Drive Mode), so use Still Image Drive Mode, set with the DRIVE DELETE button.