Fujifilm fixed the flawed X-PRO1 3.00 firmware and just uploaded on their global site the firmware 3.01. Download it here. Now that was a quick bugfix!

Share your findings in the comments.

NOTE: If you have problems to see the firmware ver. 3.01 then you probably have to clean the cache! The easiest way is described in Rico’s X-pert corner post “Tips for Updating your Firmware”: “just delete your browser cache or force your browser to reload and refresh the page by, for example, holding the Alt or Option key while clicking on Reload.”

thx for telling me, Marco (fujixclubitalia)

The firmware update Ver.3.01 from Ver.3.00 incorporates the following issue

• The phenomenon is fixed that a movie could not be recorded properly in some cases.

The firmware update Ver.3.00 from Ver.2.05 incorporates the following issue

• 1.Improvement of AF speed on most existing XF lenses.
• The updated algorithm will enable AF speed to become faster with the following XF lenses:
• XF14mmF2.8 R
• XF18mmF2 R
• XF35mmF1.4 R
• XF60mmF2.4 R Macro
• XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS.
• <Note>
• To enjoy this improvement, firmware upgrade of those XF lenses are also required.

• Lens Firmware

• 2.”Focus Peak Highlight” function for manual focusing is added.
• The function, which features on FUJIFILM X100S and X20, is added and assists accurate and sensitive manual focusing by enhancing the outline of your subject in high contrast.
  * With this update, “Focus Peak Highlight” function is selected as a default setting. Pressing the center of the command dial for a while enables you to switch the setting of “Focus Peak Highlight” and “STANDARD” (off of “Focus Peak Highlight”). And “MF ASSIST” is added in SHOOTING MENU where you can select “HIGH” and “LOW” in “Focus Peak Highlight” and “STANDARD”.
• 3.Improvement of the method to switch magnification during manual focusing.
• Press the “Command dial” to activate image magnification during manual focusing and then turning the dial in either right or left direction will enable you to alternate the magnification of 3 times and 10 times.
• 4.Improvement of focus accuracy in various scenes.
• The focus detection algorithm is improved to provide more accurate focus for low contrast subjects and scenes containing horizontal stripes.

The latest firmware for the X-PRO1 has a problem with the movie function and therefore Fujifilm had to remove the latest update from its support site (the X-E1 firmware version 2.00 is still available). On their website Fuji says:

Thank you very much for using FUJIFILM X-Pro1.

We are very sorry that we have found a malfunction on the movie function in the upgraded firmware version 3.00 posted on 23 Jul 2013. We are improving the firmware and we will post it again once we complete the improvement. We deeply apologize for your inconvenience which this may cause.

Please contact your local support center if you have already upgraded your X-Pro1 with the version 3.00.

To read the full Fujifilm’s notice of Firmware Version 3.00 for the X-PRO1 click here.

Thanks to those FR-reader who linked me to this discussion at the dchome forum (translation)

image courtesy: dchome

Will it end in 3 to 6 weeks? I’ve written about the X100S delivery odyssey in various posts (read the Godot post here). It began with the overwhelming demand for this camera that, I suppose, surprised Fuji. Then Amazon said that the “item is under review” because “customers have told us there may be something wrong with our inventory of the item, the way we are shipping it, or the way it’s described here.” But not enough! mirrorlessrumors reported here that the X100S shipment from Japan has been water damaged! And for a long time the X100S got a generic “ships in 1 to 3 months” at AmazonUS.

But after a long time, today AmazonUS changed the delivery date and said that they will ship the X100S within 3 to 6 weeks. We’re getting closer and many of us will hopefully soon be able to follow Meeno’s word and “let the love affair begin“.

Check the in stock status of the X100S here: [shopcountry 12883]

UK-store Parkcameras has already listed the upcoming XF lenses (23, 10-24, 56) as available for pre-order and marked them with price (notice that the store wrote 56mm f/1.4 but on April 17 Fuji update the roadmap and said it will be f/1.2). So here are the price tags of Parkcameras for all the XF lenses… from the most expensive to the cheapest.

XF 56mm £799
XF 10-24mm £799
XF 14mm £729 – (£689 at AmazonUK) … ($899 at AmazonUS) … ([shoplink 12888]your Amazon[/shoplink])
XF 23mm £679
XF 55-200 £599 (£649 at AmazonUK) … ($699 at AmazonUS) … ([shoplink 12892]your Amazon[/shoplink])
XF 18-55 £499 (£479 at AmazonUK) …. ($699 at AmazonUS) … ([shoplink 12887]your Amazon[/shoplink])
XF 60mm £465 ………………………….. ($649 at AmazonUS) … ([shoplink 12890]your Amazon[/shoplink])
XF 18mm £429 ………………………….. ($599 at AmazonUS) … ([shoplink 12891]your Amazon[/shoplink])
XF 35mm £429 ………………………….. ($599 at AmazonUS) … ([shoplink 12889]your Amazon[/shoplink])
XF 27mm £379 ………………………….. ($449 at AmazonUS) … ([shoplink 13829]your Amazon[/shoplink])

Thanks FR-reader Ray for telling us about.

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