As you know, Fujifilm said they will release a firmware update for the Fujifilm X-T2, GFX, X-Pro2 and X-H1 in May.
Now Fujifilm China has made the firmware file ver. 4.00 available for download here.
We DO NOT RECOMMEND to upgrade your X-T2 until it is available at Fujifilm’s global site here, which currently still shows firmware ver. 3.00.
It looks like somebody at Fujifilm China has pushed the “publish” button too early.
Do NOT upgrade because:
Fujifilm could find a last second bug before the official release, and hence fix the bug before the official launch
If you download and install the Chinese X-T2 ver. 4.00 now, and if Fujifilm really finds a last second bug and delays firmware 4.00, once the official ver. 4.00 will be out, your camera could have problems to upgrade to the “official” ver. 4.00, since there could be a conflict and your X-T2 will say that firmware 4.00 is already installed.
Wait… please wait… it can’t be long anymore… must be a matter of a few days
I do share the information here on FujiRumors about the Chinese firmware leak, because it includes the full list of features the X-T2 will get with firmware ver. 4.00.
large professional looking body, but lighter than DSLR’s
Fujifilm gives us lots of different body choices (X-Pro2, X-T20, X-T2, X-E3 etc…)
very weather sealed
one of the best EVF’s they have ever used. Blows away the X-T2 viewfinder
not great battery life
in very low light with critical conditions, AF is doable, but not perfect (50% shots in focus)
touch AF is laggy, better use the joystick
eye AF not as good as Sony
it is important to set the right AF custom mode to make the best out of the AF system
Handles flare better than older cameras
Chris loves the quiet mechanical shutter
VIDEO
Great hybrid camera
Eterna is great for video, Jordan’s favorite profile for videos
fantastic EVF, no need to punch in to check focus
touch silent interface for video recording. All operates from touch screen and keeps settings separated from stills. Great idea. But touch screen control can be cumbersome and laggy
linear focussing with focus by wire lenses is an enormously important feature
camera never overheats. But 15 minutes recording limit without battery grip
exposure changes in 1/3 stop… should be smoother
IBIS quite effective
DID YOU KNOW?
Chris got used to the new shutter button and likes it. But if it is too soft for your taste, Chris says you can send it in to Fujifilm and they will adjust it to one of the three different strengths levels you prefer. Here on FujiRumors we have already reported about this possibility, but it’s a good reminder in case you have missed it.
Note that the Fujifilm X-H1 firmware is not version 1.10, which will be more substantial and be out in May. Today’s firmware is just a bug fix you can read about here.
It is time for a dedicated lens roundup… and it’s a rather massive one, that includes third party lenses, and also Fujinon glass.
I am trying to catch up with all the links you guys send me and you ask me to be featured on FujiRumors. I will feature you all, but given the huge demand, it might take some time before I can share you all. Thanks for your patience :)
As you might or might not know, 1 or 2 times a year, here on FujiRumors we curate a little column about famous X-shooters or Fujifilm cameras appearing in movies. The best way to check out the full coverage, is to head over to our fuji-x-forum famous X-shooter collection.
Today we would like to add a few more to the list.
We start with National Geographic photographer Corey Arnold. He gets his job done using the Fujifilm GFX 50S, as you can see in this video for a KIA ad [video embedded at the top of this blog post].
Regarding the “famous X shooters“, we have to add Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey, who shoots a Fujifilm X-Pro2 (more on facebook here and image below). And also top UFC fighter (former #1) Joanna Jedrzejczyk shoots Fujifilm [image below]
Also, Fujifilm made it again in various movies, not only in front of the screen, but they are also used to shoot official BTS images in Hollywood blockbusters (as it already happened with the Dunkirk movie).
Well, this year is the worst for Fujifilm, since the “X-series era“. They won 1 award only, and it goes to the Instax Square SQ10 for the “Best Design“.
I am surprised, though, that not even one of the astonishing Fujinon lenses has made it into the list. For example, while the winner of the best mirrorless prime lens, the Samyang AF 35mm F2.8 FE, is surely a fine lens, I can’t see it being superior to the equivalent Fujinon GF 45mm F2.8.
So despite TIPA creating overall 40 categories, there is not much love for Fujifilm this year.
Profoto Air Remote TTL-F compatible with X-T20, and soon with X-E3
Official Profoto Statement
FUJIFILM has just released a new firmware for its camera X-T20 (Ver.2.0.0), which makes it compatible with Profoto Air Remote TTL-F.
From late April 2018, Air Remote TTL-F will also be compatible with Fujifilm X-E3 through a X-E3 FW upgrade from FUJIFILM (Ver.1.2.0).
Note
Your camera’s Shutter Type setting should not be “Electronic Shutter”.
Make sure to use the latest firmware on your Air Remote TTL-F and Profoto flashes.
Guest Post by The Overrated Photographer. You can follow him on instagram or on his website
Introduction
The Fujifilm X-E3 is Fuji’s fourth iteration of the X-E series camera. It was the X-E1, X-E2, X-E2S and now the X-E3 (although I stand corrected if I missed one). I’d love to say my journey started with the X-E1, but back in those days, I was in Nikonland oblivious to the world of mirrorless. Some hardened Fujifilm users would say I haven’t paid my dues. My journey in the X-E series started with the X-E2s and despite it being a great camera, it’s been a little frustrating for me, in part because I also had an X-T2. I liked the image quality but I wasn’t using it much for a couple of reasons:
The AF was not great coming from DSLR’s, it’s only really with the arrival of the X-Pro/X-T2 that we saw DSLR like AF performance.
The button layout was poor compared to the X-T2 – It was probably good at the time it was released, I think I was spoilt by the X-T2 and that made the X-E2s experience seem substandard. It was simply too hard to do what I wanted coming from the X-T2.
I miss Acros whenever I use it – Acros is one of my favourite film simulations so having access on the X-T2 and no Acros on the X-E2S meant more often than not I’d be reaching for the X-T2 over the X-E2S despite it’s smaller size.
I miss the joystick from my X-T2 – For AF, the joystick is a pleasure to work with and having worked with the X-T2, I find it hard to shift back to my X-E2S or X100T.
When I started looking at a replacement for my X-E2S, I looked at the X-T20, but the joystick was missing from the camera.
For a period of time, I was stuck on the choice between the X-T20, another X-T2 and perhaps even an X-Pro2 as a second body. I’d given up on the X-E3 as the X-T20 didn’t have a joystick so why would the X-E3 have one?
Fortunately it turns out I was wrong but the choice still wasn’t a foregone conclusion: It came with the joystick, but minus the tilt screen and minus the D-Pad. The lack of tilt screen I could live with as I could use my X-T2 for that, the lack of D Pad I wasn’t so sure about. As I started looking at the videos of the X-E3, I realised it may not be that big an issue if Fujifilm was right about their implementation of the touch screen so I decided to give it a try.
The US retailer price is US$899 or about AUD$1300 in Australia (where I live). I picked mine up at CameraPro who seemed to be one of the first with stock of black X-E3’s. It’s fairly reasonable pricing given the specs and performance. The X-E3 also comes with two kit lens options, a XF23mmF2 or XF18-55mmF2.8-4 option, both of which are very good lenses and not “kit” lenses in the conventional sense of the word. I’d highly recommend considering one of these options if you don’t have either lens.
