So let this be our FujiRumors Firmware Day!

After the announcement of the firmware update for all X-series cameras and the XF 50-140mm here, and telling you why you should still keep faith, that the video button on the X-T1 will become a Function button here, it’s high time to answer to all those X-E2 shooters, worried that the Kaizen Love for their camera is over.

Let’s start with a little X-E2 rumor-recap, and then share the new rumor-entry:

• After the announcement of X-T1 FW 4.0, Fujifilm France answered to X-E2 shooters on May 25, that there will be a Firmare update also for X-E2 – READ HERE
• Sources told to FujiRumors on June 3, that this firmware update will come in about 6 months – READ HERE
• On June 18, a new source told us it will indeed come by the end of this year, and bring the new AF-system – READ HERE
• Finally, Fujifilm itself confirmed on July 24: the X-E2 firmware will come by the end of the year. They did not mention which features it will bring, though – READ HERE

And right now we have a new rumor, coming from trusted source:

• A new Firmware update for X-E2 will come, that will bring a new AF-system to X-E2 cameras

With multiple confirmation from Fujfilm itself and now also from trusted source, I guess we can have high hopes that an X-E2 Kaizen firmware will see the light within 2015. But keep in mind: the Firmware will only be released, once it’s bug-free. This means delays can always happen, even in the last second… just remember what happened with the Firmware of the original X100.

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So, I woke up at about 4:30 AM today, checked the emails on my iPhone 5, and saw some emails from fellow X-shooters (thanks!) alerting me: “the New Firmware is out“.

I switched on my MacBook Air 11“, checked the details of the firmware and… no, the X-T1 Firmware 4.10 did not gave us X-T1 shooters the ability to place another function on the video button.

I wrote a blog post for FujiRumors, launched a thread at the Fuji X Forum and went to sleep again, confident that the source could still be right with the 7th function button for the X-T1…

… and here is why:

You might or might not remember, that already back in early August, I’ve spread rumors saying that, after the amazing FW 4.0, the Kaizen Love for the X-T1 was not over. In fact, I got a hint that another Firmware is right now in the works, maybe to be named Firmware 5.0.

And I have elements to trust this rumor. There should indeed be more Kaizen love for the X-T1. What I’m trying to find out at the moment is which changes/features it will bring and when exactly it will be released. And I’m also trying to find some fellow X-tester willing to share the Beta-Firmware-file with all of us :) .

So what I think is this: the customizable Video Button will come. It will be one of the features of Firmware 5.0 (if Fuji will number it 5.0). In my eyes, the source just mixed up things a bit. It knew about the new FN-button via Firmware, but confused FW 4.10 with 5.0.

Sure, Firmware 5.0 will tell if I’m right with my assumption. And if I am, then also the second part of the rumor this source shared, the new rumored lens roadmap, could still be correct. If not, then sorry guys. I’ll try to fix it and give you a more reliable rumor about the next Fuji lens roadmap.

However, even if the source is right, and just mixed up FW 4.10 with FW 5.0, fact is that I told you that FW 4.10 will bring the customizable video button. This is why I’ll move it right in the “wrong rumors” section of my big rumor overview. I’m merciless with myself. So this rumor will join the other few wrong rumors, like the Adobe tethering update, that I said will come in August, but came 3 days too early, on July 29. Wrong is wrong!

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