Today we have a rather important update regarding the fixed lens Fujifilm GFX camera.
Our trusted sources have told us that the fixed lens Fujifilm GFX will be “about the size” of the Fujifilm X-Pro3.
NOTE: our sources said “about” the size, not “exactly” the size. This means there will be a size difference, but it won’t be that big. On the contrary, they will be quite close in size.
Time for another autofocus test roundup (see part 1 here).
I will include several videos, including the one of Edvard, who shares interesting findings about the X-T3 which potentially shows where the AF issues with Fujifilm started.
Summing Up All Videos – tl;dr version
My take:
Having a usable and workable autofocus is nice. This takes away stress for those, who rely on autofocus for work.
And that it is workable has been now confirmed by the very same people, who made very harsh videos against Fujfilm in the last few months. So there is no bias there.
My fear:
Most reviewers seem to be overall pleased and happy. But the error the Fujifilm engineers could do now, is to consider the autofocus chapter closed. There is still work to do, and maybe some feedback they get today from these videos can help them to improve further.
Read for it?
Below I will share a couple of videos. I could ignore the postiive feedback, but I think it has just as much reason to exist as negative feedback.
What FujiRumors can do is just to share it all to give you the most comprehensive overview possible.
My personal experience?
Well, none. Because I am still waiting for my X-T5 to get the update, but my X-T5 has so far shot 0 seconds of video in its entire life so I would not be able to compare it to how it was before.
What the April firmware broke, though, was the stills side of it. It did fail on me when shooting still standing people. But the June firmware fixed that, so now I have no issue in taking family pictures.
But don’t ask me for video… my X-T5 does not even know it has this option.
Recently we reported how on social media Viltrox wrote that the Viltrox 135mm f/1.8 LAB version will come soon also for Fujifilm X mount.
But do you remember what I wrote in that very same article? I wrote: “I certainly hope this wasn’t a typo or mistake. You can never be too sure how much the people managing the company’s social media actually know.”
Well, fellow FR-reader Andreas reached out to Viltrox via email asking about the X mount version of the Viltrox 135mmF1.8 LAB, and here is what he got told: “Currently, there are no plans to release the AF 135mm F1.8 for Fujifilm X-Mount.”
So we have some at Viltrox who say it’s coming, others who say it won’t come, or at least there are no plans for now.
At this point all we can do is to wait and see what’s going to happen.
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A couple of weeks ago, in our FR-reader wishlist roundup, FR-reader Keith wished for the following: a wireless remote shutter release for a Fuji GFX100 II, that does not require a transmitter and cable connection, and does not require a phone, like Canon is offering with the Canon BR-E1.
Well, there seems to be a DIY solution for that, as also mentioned by Keith. You’ll have to use the M5Stack M5StickC Plus ESP32-PICO Mini IoT Development Kit.
So, first you have to get the M5Stack, which is available globally at Amazon. There is also a newer version of the M5Stack, which you still don’t find everywhere, but it is listed also at some Amazon branches such as Amazon DE here and Amazon IT here, but you can also get it at shop.m5stack.
In any case, it will work with all of these M5Stack versions.
Once you have the device you load the firmware available at Github here on it. The firmware upload can now also be done via the installer web page here.
Done that, it will work as a bluetooth wireless remote shutter release.
You can see the list of Fujifilm cameras on which it has been tested to work at Github here.
On the project page, there is a section for ‘Installation’ (see here) which has a link to the recommended ‘Easy Web Install’ (see here).
