According to this email from Fujifilm UK, there should be a new X100 firmware released by the end of next week:
"Sorry for the delay. We have just had confirmation that our office in Japan have been made aware of this as an issue and are looking into it as a matter of urgency. The problem which you describe should be fixable by simply upgrading the firmware.
I have been informed that a new firmware version will be released late next week (please keep an eye on our website) which should resolve the problem which you are experiencing."
The second shipment of Fuji X100 cameras is expected to be delivered to Germany in two weeks and "soon" in Canada:
Still no word from Fujifilm USA.
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What about Australia*??*
In Australia, you’ll wait till the rest of the world has upgraded to a new model and you’ll have the privilege of paying GST on top of a healthy down-under markup. Buck up, at least your currency’s strong.
I welcome the new firmware, but I fear many of the issues and gripes won’t be solved in this first update.
PS/ Has anyone seen any sign of the Olympus XZ-1 firmware update? It was officially announced two days ago and still hasn’t appeared on the Olympus website.
http://www.pmda.com/2011/04/olympus-announces-firmware-update-for-xz-1/
http://www.olympus-europa.com/consumer/29_accessory_xz-1_firmware_updates_24387.htm
Aint that the truth, Australia is almost officially the dumping ground for “old” technology.
Yawn.
Haven’t we all ready learned that the X100 is not all we anticipated it would be…..unfortunately? Especially for the silly price.
When someone creates the M9 killer, with interchangeable lenses, for a reasonable price, wake me up.
Yawn.
did you try the x100?
anyway m9 price is 4 times x100 price but it’s not 4 times better (at least in terms of IQ).
Will you be satisfied with a GXR M-module? That will be a step closer, boasting an APS-C sensor, high precision focal plane shutter, interchangeable lenses, M lenses no less and a truly excellent set of menu and user controls.
Will you then be satisfied? Probably not. You will want a full frame sensor with custom microprism matix, a M-quality rangefinder and superior processing speed.
What if Cosina brought out a full frame digital Zeiss Ikon in M-mount for half the price of a M9? Will you then be satisfied? I bet you wouldn’t.
The truth is other camera makers have been beating Leica over the head with the bleeding stump of their own leg for decades and there’s always a hoard of people purporting to be Leica purists (not that you are) that will find any given reason to deny it’s as good.
Some prime examples: Canon P, Minolta CLE, Hexar RF, M-Hexanon, Contax G, Zeiss Ikon ZM, Ricoh GR M, DMC-LX3, Cosina Voigtlander, even ELCAN. I own or have used most of these. Why? The rule of thumb for choosing cameras is to buy whatever a Leica purist turns his nose up at.
Scialboo and ZDP-189:
You guys are beating me up for the wrong reason(s).
You don’t get it.
Let me address your negative points aimed at me then I will more clearly state what I want.
1. The while the M lens Ricoh module is a step in the right direction, the camera has no OVF or rangefinder – thus it is out.
2. IF Cosina were to market a digital Zeiss Ikon – I would be all over it – but not at half the price of a M9. A M9 is US$7K.
3. ZDP – you call out some OK FILM cameras,not digital.
What I want is some company to step to the plate with a M8/M9 killer in the US$2K range – should be easily doable – all the technolofy is already in place – it just needs to be placed in the rangefinder form function. I can’t believe it hasn’t been done.
Further, it has to be a DIGITAL RANGEFINDER. I want the instant feedback of digital and the optical rangefinder style view finder – bottom line.
I own a Canon P and a Bessa R3A. Nice cameras – but not digital.
And it has to have an interchangeable lens mount – bottom line, number two.
Fuji was stupid – they went only half the way. The X100 MIGHT be a nice camera but it is a digital Canonet, not an full tilt rangefinder to bust the monopoly of Leica.
I am no Leica lover, if for no other reason than price. They are the only player in the specific marketplace I am interested in……unfortunately. For what they charge there cameras should be perfect – and they ain’t close to that.
+1
If you read any of Fuji exec interviews they all were blown away how the X100 was a hit. They all thought it would be a one time release and probably loose them money. They also never intended for it to be a range-finder like camera, just something new.
If Cosina could step up but I don’t believe they have any sort of Digital capture device in their multi brand company’s product lines. I wish they would step up to the line though.
Correct. Cosina has no skin the the digital game per se. Thus they need to find a collaborator, like, oh, I don’t know…..
…….maybe Panasonic. Oh, wait, they make cameras for Leica.
Anyway, there are firms out there they COULD collaborate with.
Cosina already has an active reationship with Fuji – witness the GF670 / Bessa III. What we need is for the electronics guys from Fuji to get together with the rangefinder optics guys from Cosina. But please don’t let the Cosina stylists anywhere near it!
Already happened, before Leica even brought us the M8 and M9. It was called the Epson R-D1, and I sure there’s much about it you didn’t like.
Had it been a success, it might not have been a one-of-a-kind. Actually, where it was minimally successful (Japan), it is still being sold.
If you’re in a niche, you don’t get to be picky. And yet, you’ve already shown us why you’d never buy a digital Ikon: where it full-frame, it would certainly never cost less than half an M9.
This said, you of all people, expected Fuji to go all in and single handedly launch a camera with a brand a new AF mount? No… better yet, lets see them use an age old MF mount they have no lenses for! Makes sense.
See? I said you’d not be satisfied.
I take it you hate the Leica X1 doubly? That’s the camera the X100 has gone up against, not the M9. The X100 smacks it for six in every possible way.
BTW, I like 70′s rangefinders. My favourite is the Konica Auto S3. There’s great merit to the design concept of a light compact fast normal-wide prime with a nice optical finder.
I want a M9 killer too. Just about everyone who has any interest in rangefinders does. I bet if someone other than Leica came out with a camera with twice the sensitivity and dynamic range, twice the processing power, twice the frame rate and a hybrid OEVF to boot at half the price of an M9, you’d mumble something about it not being a large format Leica SLR beater and complain how nobody gets you.
Zippy:
Now you are just causing trouble.
Read my post above and you can deduce you own answer the question regarding my feeling about the X1.
And yes, I could be happy with a stunningly bright EOVF.
I disagree with all those who say the X100 is in the same market space as the X1. Everyone says that because of the fixed lens. Then please explain the EOVF. If the X1 was the target – then Fuji could have gone without the viewfinder – saving themselves money – like the other companies have done.
“like the other companies have done”
and failed.
The X100 is a great way for Fuji to get to where they need to be. It’ll make them a decent chunk of change that they can put towards the next project. It has everyone’s attention, including you, who doesn’t even use a digital camera.
I’d say they will likely get to interchangeable lenses, in the X300.