Dear Fujifilm, we love the Kaizen love you give to our cameras. But you know… we can never get enough :)

So here are some more firmware ideas for the future, shared by FR-reader Fujica (high time to share it :))

And you know it… Fujifilm Top Managers Read you!

1. Interlock AF Type setting to AF Focus setting
   For example if you switch to single shot Focus (S) on the camera to then switch to Single Point focus automatically. If the camera is set to Continuous Focus to then automatically switch to Zone AF. – Of course the user should be able to set his own AF Type preference for each of the Focus settings (S / C).
2. Live histogram when shutterbutton is being half pressed
3. Set maximum number of images in CL / CH
4. Cooked RAWs of Film Simulations
5. Cooked RAWs for double exposure
6. Cooked RAWs for panoramic shots
7. Cooked RAWs for Dynamic Range Settings (DR200 / DR400 / AUTO)
8. Reala Film Simulation
9. Color Chrome Effect
10. E-Front Curtain Shutter
11. Date & Time to seconds
12. More Customisable Q-Menu – More options to choose from (especially RAW options)
13. AI Focus Intelligent version of One Shot Focus (S) and Continuous Focus (C) (Choose automatically depending upon the fact if the subject is moving or not).
14. Move Pixel Mapping option under the Wrench (This is not an image IQ option but a maintenance tool)
15. Quickly Select AF-Custom setting via rear command dial
16. New Leveler with Tilt & Pitch (as found in the GFX)
17. Star Rating to be compatible with Lightroom
18. Eye Sensor while shooting + LCD Menu
19. Auto ISO WARNING when below recommended shutter speed (Highly needed)
20. RGB Histogram
21. Anti Flicker AF option
22. Noise reduction to ‘Off’
23. Point-AF Follow Focus within Phase Detect area for moving subjects in AF-C. (sort of widea-area tracking, but different and better).
24. Focus Tracking with Lock-on: Nikon has added additional options here for erratic or steady subjects allowing me to fine tune my autofocus for every given situation.
25. Point-AF extension 1 (normal) – 5 (cross)  – 9 points (extended).
26. CH mode: 6 + 7 fps
27. Create Tone Curve (As Nikon Picture Control Editor)
28. Improved ‘Add Noise’ as is calculated with the ACROS film simulation but then available to other Film Simulations. (So with no noise in the highlights and deepest shadows)
29. 4k Video Image Capture: I can now take 8mp stills while shooting 4k video or extract them frame by frame after the fact.
30. Slow Motion video Recording / playback
31. F-Log to SD card

X-Pro2 Specific

1. ISO set via rear command dial when ISO is set to L
2. 4K video

What else?

Well, I (Patrick) would really like to have a highlight priority metering mode.

And you?

The Charity Idea

After our great JBcameradesigns + FujiRumors giveaway last year, J.B. cameradesigns surprised me and sent me for free:

• two FujiRumors personalized wooden bamboo hand grips for X-T1
• two premium leather straps
• three wooden “FujiRumors” hot shoe covers
• a leather INSTAX album

I do LOVE everything, even the cute hot shoe cover. It’s now all on my X-T1 and will never come off.

The thing is, I have it all twice. And since I have only one X-T1, I decided to launch an auction and sell the extra items …. but not for personal profit.

I thought it’s much better to donate the money of the auction to KNGO, an NGO that gives access to free education to Cambodian kids and we collected money for here on FR in the past, by selling fair trade T-shirts made by Tonlé and donating all the earnings ($3,500) to KNGO. More details below and also here.

The Auction

All items listed for sale are brand new and never used. I just took them out of the box to take the pictures, and then put them right back into the box. The regular price for wooden hand grip (for Fujifilm X-T1) + leather wrist strap and hot shoe cover is of $110, and this is also where our auctions starts from.

You can join the auction as a guest (so you do NOT need to register), but if you already have an account on FujiRumors, you must log in to your existing account here first (if you have any problems to log-in, just contact me at fujirumor@gmail.com)

Here is what will happen, if you win the auction:

1. You will get an email with the link to the KNGO paypal account
2. Pay KNGO the equivalent amount of money you won the auction with
3. Contact me at fujirumor@gmail.com and send me your mailing adress
4. KNGO will contact me as soon as the payment has been done and the money arrived to their account
5. As soon as KNGO gets the money and I’m notified by them, I will ship the wooden “FujiRumors” hand grip for X-T1, the leather strap and the wooden “FujiRumors” hot shoe cover to you (I’ll pay for the worldwide shipping)

I hope you like the idea, and don’t be scared to place your bet. You will love the look and quality of the J.B cameradesigns products and at the same time all your money will support free eduaction in Cambodia. That’s what I call I real win-win :)

The auction starts today and ends on April 17 (my birthday) at 11:59 PM New York time.

RULES: Once you won the auction, you have to pay KNGO within 7 days. If no payment has been done, I will move on and contact the person, who placed the second highest bet.

My Personal Motivation for all this
or…
the super-boring part you couldn’t care less ;)