The X-Pro Series Content: Referenced and All In One Place

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Here is an indexed list of all content I’ve written in relation to the X-Pro series Cameras.

Some of it is opinion based, and some of it is recommendations and tutorials.

I’ll be updating this section as I update the site.

Clicking the links below takes you to the relevant place on this page

My Recommendations/Tutorials/Info
X-Pro2 Reviews
X-Pro1 Reviews
Lens Reviews
Image Editing
Fujifilm X Series: Narrative, Story Telling and Inspiration

My Recommendations/Tutorials/Info: Back to the top

Click here for X-Pro1 Back Button Focus
Manual Focus: How I set up the X-Pro1 to make the most of Back Button Focus

X-Pro2: New Focusing Features
The new MF focusing features of the X-Pro2 and how I recommend using focus peaking.

Click here for Accessories One and Accessories Two
When you start to look at what bits you can add on to your camera from both the original equipment manufacturer (in this case Fujifilm) as well as third parties and ask, what do they add to the camera.

Click here for Which Files to Shoot?
Why would you truncate your available possibilities? Why you should shoot both RAW and Jpg.

Click here for Understanding what the Dynamic Range settings do

Click here for Understanding what the Jpeg settings do

Click here for Fujifilm X-Trans 1 & 2 Cameras: Understanding the ‘ISOless’ Sensor

Click here for Fujifilm X-Trans 1 & 2 Cameras: Using the ‘ISOless’ Sensor

Click here for How I Capture Movement with the X-Pro1

Click here for The Q Menu explained

Click here for How I Set Up My Q Menu to Help me Take Photos

X-Pro2 Reviews: Back to the top

Why I Chose the X-Pro2
My rationale for choosing to buy a X-Pro2, the start of a new relationship not to mention several new chapters on this website!

The X-Pro2: Image Quality
Does it matter how the X-Pro2 stacks up with the original in terms of IQ? Or does it just matter whether or not it’s any good?

Focusing with the X-Pro2: No Change?
The key parts of setting up the X-Pro2 for manual focus usage.

X-Pro2: New Focusing Features
The new MF focusing features of the X-Pro2 and how I recommend using focus peaking.

Using the ERF
The totally amazing, innovative Electronic Range Finder – and why you might not want to use it all the time

Really? They’re saying that AGAIN?!
History repeats itself? Has the X-Pro2 backlash started already?

A look at the v2.00 X-Pro2 NEW FIRMWARE
Here’s my 1st look at the Fujifilm XPro2 new Firmware – so what do all these new things mean & do? I think I have some answers!

Click here for The X-Pro2 and FW V3.00
Here’s a quick look at FW V3.00 for the X-Pro2

Click here for The X-Pro2 and the Passenger Terminal
The first proper day out, with the X-Pro2

Click here for What to buy your loved one
Budget Accessories for your X-Pro2

Click here for Street Portraits
Could a new project lead to something more, and is the X-Pro the perfect camera for this?

Click here for More X-Pro2 Street Portraits
Four months on: How’s that project working out for me?

Click here for Street Portraiture with the X-Pro2
More souls from the streets of Porto.

Click here for Street Portraits with the X-Pro2 & XF 23/35/56
A Continuation of my Street Portraits series, but now with the new glass

Click here for The X-Pro2: Six Months On
Am I still happy with the X-Pro2 long after the honeymoon period?

Click here for Camera Settings: Part One
Setting up our cameras to get them to work how we want!

Click here for Camera Settings: Part Two
Setting up our Fn Function Buttons

Click here for Camera Settings: Part Three
Camera Settings Explained

Click here for One and Two: Side by Side – Part One
Away from a the spec sheet, a look at the real world X-Pro1 and 2 differences

Click here for One and Two: Side by Side – Part Two
What I like about working with the X-Pro1 and 2

Click here for The X-Pro2: FW 4.00 Update
The X-Pro2: My Thoughts on the FW 4.00 Update

Click here for Explained! The X-Pro2 and the Story of the Missing Eye Cups
Explained! The X-Pro2 and the Story of the Missing Eye Cups. Why Fujifilm need to fix your missing eyecup.

X-Pro1 Reviews: Back to the top

Click here for X-Pro1: Eye Candy or Love?
How the whole story of my love affair with the Fuji X-Pro series cameras began. Like most journeys in love, it wasn’t always a smooth road.

Click here for X-Pro1 Not as I’d Hoped..
When you dream that a camera will be everything you hoped, how will you react when it isn’t?

Click here for The X-Pro1: Rekindling an Extinguished Flame
When you start to miss imperfection. The second time around the X-Pro1 became so very, very much more than eye candy to me. I finally figured out how to use it, I fell in love with it holistically

Click here for The X-Pro1 Look
When you start to realise it’s not the feature set, it’s the way that files look that’s most important

Click here for The X-Pro1 Look: Defining the indefinable
When you try to define just exactly what it is that you love about the look of an image

Click here for The X-Pro1: Why loving Your Camera is Important
When you understand that blind love of a camera is only a personal view point and that’s important, you try harder if you love something

Click here for The X-Pro Series Vs the Leica M Part One
That Camera Comparison: Part One. Why the Fuji usage experience is just that.

Click here for The X-Pro Series Vs the Leica M Part Two
That Camera Comparison: Part Two. Why the Fuji identity is just as valid

Click here for X-Pro Series Vs the Leica M Part Three
That Camera Comparison: Part Three. The high Level Differences

Click here for X-Pro Series Vs the Leica M Part Four
That Camera Comparison: Part Four. What I Truly Think Overall

Click here for The X-Pro1 Vs the X-Pro2: Part One
The X-Pro1 Vs the X-Pro2 Review: So… the shiny new X-Pro2… Because new is always better in every single way, right? Let’s take a closer look and compare to the X-Pro1 to its sucessor.

Click here for The X-Pro1 Vs the X-Pro2: Part Two
The X-Pro2 Review: Part Two continuing the haptic comparison to the X-Pro1.

Click here for The X-Pro1 Vs the X-Pro2: Part Three
The X-Pro2 Review: Part Three The Front of the Body and Battery Life Vs the X-Pro1

Click here for The X-Pro1 Vs the X-Pro2: Part Four
The X-Pro2 Review: Part Four View Finding Vs the X-Pro1

Click here for The X-Pro1 Vs the X-Pro2: Part Five
The X-Pro2 Review: Part Five View Finding Vs the X-Pro1 Continued

Click here for The X-Pro1 Revisited (Kinda)
Taking a small stroll down the nature walk that is X-Trans 1

Click here for Back, Caught You Looking for the Same Thing
Getting reacquainted with the X-Pro1

Lens Reviews: Back to the top

Click here for The XF27
The XF Lenses Part One: The XF27. Let’s not overlook the overlooked lens

Click here for The XF18
Fuji XF Lenses: Part Two – The XF18. Taking a look at the original wide option

Click here for The XF56
Fuji XF Lenses: Part Three – The XF56. Taking a look at the portrait prime

Click here for The XF56 F1.2R APD Part 1
The XF56 F1.2R Review: Part1

Click here for The XF56 F1.2R APD Part 2
The XF56 F1.2R Review: Part2

Click here for The XF56 F1.2R APD Part 3
The XF56 F1.2R Review: Part3

Click here for The XF56 F1.2R APD Part 4
The XF56 F1.2R Review: Part4

Click here for Addendum: The XF56 APD Vs The XF56R Part One
Taking a look at the XF56 APD Vs The XF56R: Part One

Click here for Addendum: The XF56 APD Vs The XF56R Part Two
Taking a look at the XF56 APD Vs The XF56R: Part Two

Click here for Addendum: The XF56 APD Vs The XF56R Part Three
Taking a look at the XF56 APD Vs The XF56R Part Three

Click here for The XF60
A Review of the XF60mm F2.4

Click here for Finding my Trinity
New Glass! Upgrading and settling on 3 Focal Lengths

Click here for X-Pro2 Images shot with my ‘Trinity’
A follow up to lens selection choice, here’s a showcase of 23/35/56 shots

Click here for New Meets Old
Shooting the newer 23/35/50 F2 WR Trio with the X-Pro1

Click here for The XF23 F1.4 Vs the XF23 F2: Part One
The XF23 F1.4 Vs the XF23 F2: Part One. Taking an in-depth look at Fujifilm’s two 23s

Click here for The XF23 F1.4 Vs the XF23 F2: Part Two
The XF23 F1.4 Vs the XF23 F2: Part Two. Continuing our comparison of the two 23s

Click here for The XF23 F1.4 Vs the XF23 F2: Part Three
The XF23 F1.4 Vs the XF23 F2: Part Three. The concluding part of the two 23s review

Click here for The XF50 and the XF56: Part One
The 56 and the 50 don’t even share a focal length, so it’s a bit of a non-comparison

Click here for The XF50 and the XF56: Part Two
Comparing the Non-Comparable: The things we can compare with the two mid length tele lenses

Click here for The XF50 and the XF56: Part Three
Observations and Conclusions: How I feel the 50/56 pairing really compare

Click here for My XF16 Story: Part One
My XF16 Story: Part One. Being lent a lens that I didn’t ask for!

Click here for My XF16 Story: Part Two
My XF16 Story: Part Two. Trying to get to grips with the 16mm

Click here for My XF16 Story: Part Three
My XF16 Story: Part Three. Finally finding my feet with the 16mm

Image Editing Back to the top

Click here for Using RFC Part One
A look at the RFC RAW convertor supplied with Fujifilm cameras (Part One)

Click here for Using RFC Part Two
A look at the RFC RAW convertor – Toolsets (Part Two)

Click here for Using RFC Part Three
A look at the RFC RAW convertor – Batch Development (Part Three)

Click here for Using RFC Part Four
A look at the RFC RAW convertor – Working with Pre-sets (Part Four)

Click here for White Balance Part One: I’m Not a Number

Click here for White Balance Part Two: Finding Colour

Click here for White Balance Part Three: Seeing Colour

Click here for The X-Pro 1 and 2 Images Compared: Part One
The X-Pro 1 and 2 Images Compared: Part One. Trying to find the X-Pro1’s “magic” in the X-Pro2 files

Click here for The X-Pro 1 and 2 Images Compared: Part Two
The X-Pro 1 and 2 Images Compared: Part Two. A Deeper look at the differences between the X-Pro files

Click here for The X-Pro 1 and 2 Images Compared: Part Three
The X-Pro 1 and 2 Images Compared: Part Three. What is that I’m trying to achieve with this?

Click here for The X-Pro 1 and 2 Images Compared: SOOC JPEGS
The X-Pro 1 and 2 Images Compared: SOOC JPEGS. How close can we get to the “X-Pro1 Look” SOOC?

Click here for Using Fujifilm X Raw Studio
Using Fujifilm X Raw Studio: A quick play and overview of Fujifilm’s new RAW tool

Click here for Fujifilm and Capture One Express
Fujifilm and Capture One Express: So Fujifilm and Phase One team up to give us a new way to edit RAFs.

Click here for Fujifilm Capture One Express Guide: Part One
Fujifilm Capture One Express Guide: Part One Importing and Basic Editing

Click here for Fujifilm Capture One Express Guide: Part Two
Fujifilm Capture One Express Guide: Part Two More Advanced Editing

Click here for Fujifilm Capture One Express Old Edits Vs New
Fujifilm Capture One Express Old Edits Vs New: old pictures and new software

Click here for Getting the “X-Pro1 Look” from the X-Pro2 in Capture One Express
Getting the “X-Pro1 Look” from the X-Pro2 in Capture One Express. Finding a X-Pro1 look-a-like baseline

Fujifilm X Series: Narrative, Story Telling and Inspiration: Back to the top

Click here for What’s the X-Pro1 Good for?
What’s the ‘slow and clunky’ X-Pro1 even for, what can you shoot with it?

Click here for Does your work get better when you love your equipment?
The X-Pro1 Great Shots: Camera or Coincidence?

X-Pro1 & X-T1 – Street Scenes From My World
Scenes from my world, captured through a Fujifilm viewfinder!

X-Pro1 – The Sun kissed Streets of Portugal
The X-Pro1 hits the streets of Porto

X-Pro1 – The Beach Town of Matosinhos
Taking the X-Pro1 to the coast

Taking The X-Pro1 Street Shooting
Your fellow humans can make great subjects and the Fuji X-Pro Series cameras are great for capturing them

The X-Pro1 and the Prowler
The X-Pro1 captures what your cat really looks like (even when it’s moving!)

Learning to Pleasure Yourself
Learning to Pleasure Yourself: You won’t go blind; in fact it might help you see.. A wry look at the joys of the online community

Porto People Street Scenes
When Leica send photographers to your home city to promote a new product, then you just know that there’s something special about the place, and that ‘even’ a Fuji camera should be able to see the magic.

The Architectural Charm of Porto
Porto constantly reminds of the beauty of what once was there, while still showing you the beauty of what endures.

The Stray Cats of Porto
Strays, I find them hauntingly beautiful, but do they tell a bigger story?

Exploring the Streets of Se (Porto)
When people advise you not to go somewhere, but you want to go there and take pictures, what do you do? Well you go there anyway of course!

Porto Street Art
Graffiti. Vandalism or Art? We certainly won’t answer that here… But for sure the temporal nature of street art is the perfect companion to the eternal nature of photography

Shapes and Textures from My World in Porto
A small collection of images made from the things that catch my eye! Shapes and textures are all around us, and provide endless photographical fodder.

The X-Pro2 and Acros: A New Way of Working?
I’ve always felt that compared to my colour work, I’ve struggled a little with my monochrome post processing. Is Fuji’s new SOOC film simulation; “Acros” a new way of working for me?

Fishy Tales from the Mercado do Bolhão with the X-Pro2
Not a post for the vegans and vegetarians… But as a documentary photographer sometimes you need to push aside ickyness and just go for the shutter clickiness!

The magic of…
Photo ideas – to help you feel magical!

A Year With…
Some thoughts on the year 2016 and some favourite shots

Click here for One Lens / One Day
Let’s take a walk, a long walk with nothing but our X-Pro and one lens

Click here for The GFX MF Camera
The GFX: Thoughts On Applicability

Click here for Howdy Pilgrim
The X-Pro2 and the Pilgrim, a chance meeting

Click here for 85,000 Words and Counting
Why would I write such a huge amount about the X-Pro Range?

Click here for Colour or Black and White?
Must we stick to one or should we shoot both?

Click here for Seeing in Colour
Photographically Speaking: Why do you see what you see?

Click here for Fujifilm X: “By the Sea”
My ongoing project to explore the world between aqua and terra firma

Click here for 17 Years with Fujifilm
I really have been shooting Fujifilm cameras for a long time!

Click here for An Atypical Day Out with the X-Pro1 and XF35
An untypical day off and a atypical day out – so how to shoot this strangeness?

Click here for Street Portraits with Context
Tring to tell a little bit of story with street portraits

Click here for A Fish Out of Water
A little tale of feeling strange and out of place.

Click here for Dad
NOTHING ABOUT CAMERAS HERE: My tribute to my Father who recently passed away.

Click here for Postcards from the Fog
Celebrating photography again after a difficult few weeks

Click here for The X-Pro2 and the XF56: Monochrome Antiques
Thoughts and images from taking a modern cutting edge product to a world packed with antiques

Click here for A Picture Worth a Thousand Words?
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words: I took a throwaway snap, and someone else provided thousand words

Click here for 2017: Twelve of My Favourite Street Shots
2017: Twelve of My Favourite Street Shots from the year, with some description as to why!

Click here for Goodbye 2017 and Hello 2018
Goodbye 2017 and Hello 2018: Some thoughts from the previous year and some plans for the coming one

Click here for Facebook Vs Instagram Vs Flickr: Part One
Facebook Vs Instagram Vs Flickr: Part One. So many places to place our images, but what are the pros and cons of the ones I (and most likely you) use?

Click here for Facebook Vs Instagram Vs Flickr: Part Two
Facebook Vs Instagram Vs Flickr: Part Two. Continuing my look at social media

Click here for Prehistoric Or Why I Love an OVF
Prehistoric Or Why I Love an OVF, my own humble little opinion about the joys of having an OVF

Click here for Street with the X-Pro Range – Part One: Monochrome
Capable at many things, but there’s one thing I love to shoot with the X-Pro Range – Street

Click here for Street with the X-Pro Range – Part Two: Colour
Part Two of X-Pro Street Showcase, but this time in colour.

Click here for The X-Pro Range – What Next?
The X-Pro Range – What Next? The X-H1 is announced and I can only speculate about what this technical direction means for the X-Pro range

Click here for Any X-Pro3 Really Needs Magic
Any X-Pro3 Really Needs Magic. My thoughts on what I’d really like any X-Pro3 to mean to me

Click here for X-Pro3 Ideas and the X-Pro2 with Eterna
X-Pro3 Ideas and the X-Pro2 with Eterna: A few ideas for changes to any X-Pro3 and what the X-Pro2 might look like as an X-H1

Click here for The X-Pro1 and the XF56: A Day of Snaps
The X-Pro1 and the XF56: A Day of Snaps: Digging out the original X-Pro and dodging rain drops

Click here for The X-Pro2 and Something Old Something New
The X-Pro2 and Something Old Something New: A chance encounter with an ancient pathway

Click here for The X-Pro2 and the Forgotten Trip to Aveiro
The X-Pro2 and the Forgotten Trip to Aveiro. A day out with a hazy head and strong light

Click here for Lunchtime Legends: A Bit of Fun with the X-Pro1 and Leica M9
Lunchtime Legends: A Bit of Fun with the X-Pro1 and Leica M9. THIS ISN’T A TEST IT’S A BIT OF FUN

Click here for Part Images Compared: A Bit of Fun with the X-Pro1 and X-Pro2
Images Compared: A Bit of Fun with the X-Pro1 and X-Pro2: Terrible light, but how do the two X-Pros stack up?

Click here for Closer Looking Images: A Bit of Fun with the X-Pro1 and X-Pro2 Part Two
Closer Looking Images: A Bit of Fun with the X-Pro1 and X-Pro2 Part Two. How do the two sets of images look after I apply my ‘RAF Hack’ process?

Click here for Closer Looking Images: A Bit of Fun with the X-Pro1 and X-Pro2 Part Three
Closer Looking Images: A Bit of Fun with the X-Pro1 and X-Pro2 Part Three. Let’s see exactly what the RAF Hack does

Click here for Closer Looking Images: SOOC JPEGS with the X-Pro1 and X-Pro2
Closer Looking Images: SOOC JPEGS with the X-Pro1 and X-Pro2. Further exploration in harmonising the JPEG output of both X-Pro cameras

Click here for What I love about the X-Pro2
What I love about the X-Pro2. After all those articles about the look of the images, let’s have some positives

Click here for Porto in the Rain with the X-Pro2
Porto in the Rain with the X-Pro2. Not letting the weather keep you inside

Click here for My Exhibition of Fujifilm Images
My Exhibition of Fujifilm Images. Couldn’t get to my exhibition? No problem, you can catch it in web form

Click here for Out of my Fujifilm Comfort Zone with the X-T2 and X-E3
Out of my Fujifilm Comfort Zone with the X-T2 and X-E3: Some time spent with cameras and a way of working that’s not my own

Click here for My X-Pro2 Images: Two Years On
My X-Pro2 Images: Two Years On. Revisiting the very first images with the latest PP techniques

Click here for My X-Pro2 Images: Going Warmer
My X-Pro2 Images: Going Warmer. Mixing old and new PP ideas

Click here for The X-Pro2 and FW V5.00
The X-Pro2 and FW V5.00: A brief overview and a look at the new display

Click here for The X-Pro2 and Monochrome Options
The X-Pro2 and Monochrome Options: Finding your look with black and white

Click here for The X-Pro2 and Colour Options
The X-Pro2 and Colour Options: Finding your look with colour

Click here for The X-Pro2 and Pride Reportage
The X-Pro2 and Pride Reportage: Some snaps from Porto’s 2017 Pride March

Click here for The X-Pro2 and Cycling with Forwarders.cc
The X-Pro2 and Cycling with Forwarders.cc: Being involved in a cycling culture project

Click here for New Cameras: Plain Sailing Out of the Fog?
New Cameras: Plain Sailing Out of the Fog? These brand new feature rich cameras are mind expanding… People’s reaction to them, not so much

Click here for Holiday Snaps: Limited Time and an Open Mind
Holiday Snaps: Limited Time and an Open Mind: Less is seldom more but it can certainly be enough

Click here for The Fujifilm X-Pro2 and erm Kodachrome?
The Fujifilm X-Pro2 and erm Kodachrome? Can the majesty of this classic film stock be incorporated into our digital images

Click here for Forwarders CC and the X-Pro1 Monochrome Images
Forwarders CC and the X-Pro1 Monochrome Images: Shooting a cycling project with a slow camera and in black and white!

Click here for Capture One, the X-Pro2 and the Beach
Capture One, the X-Pro2 and the Beach: One day, one camera, one lens, seven pictures

Click here for Forwarders CC and the X-Pro1 Colour Images
Forwarders CC and the X-Pro1 Colour Images: Further work on the cycling project

Click here for The X-Pro1 and Capture One Revisited
The X-Pro1 and Capture One Revisited: Those original ‘re-acquired’ X-Pro1 shots revisited with Capture One

Click here for The X-Pro2 and a Street Corner
The X-Pro2 and a Street Corner: One day, one corner, several photos, but what did we see?

Click here for SOOC and Capture One Express
SOOC and Capture One Express: Running the same shots through both the camera and the editing software

Click here for SOOC Monochrome and Capture One Express
SOOC Monochrome and Capture One Express: Running the same BW shots through both the camera and the editing software

Click here for 2018: Twelve of my Favourites – Colour
2018: Twelve of my Favourites – Colour, the first part of my year in photos!

Click here for 2018: Twelve of my Favourites – Monochrome
2018: Twelve of my Favourites – Monochrome, the second part of my year in photos!

Click here for The X-Pro2 and Capture One Express Meets 2016!
The X-Pro2 and Capture One Express Meets 2016: Old images and the latest editor.

Click here for Re-Cross My Path!
Re-Cross My Path! Revisiting some old images

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