New Firmware Updates for Fujifilm X-T5, X-H2, X-H2S and X-S20
New Firmware Updates
Fujifilm has released firmware updates for the following cameras: Fujifilm X-T5, Fujifilm X-H2, Fujifilm X-H2S and Fujifilm X-S20.
All details below.
Fujifilm has released firmware updates for the following cameras: Fujifilm X-T5, Fujifilm X-H2, Fujifilm X-H2S and Fujifilm X-S20.
All details below.
Back in November Fujifilm annonuced shortages on Fujifilm X-T5 cameras.
The shortage affected mostly Asian countries and the X-T5 stock in North America and Europe has been pretty stable until now, where you can easily find the X-T5 in stock.
Only the silver X-T5 is market as temporary out of stock at BHphoto, but they expect itback in stock in 1 or 2 weeks.
Sadly in some Asian countries the situation is not as good, where, as reported by asobinet, the X-T5 is still very hard to find in stock.
Fujifilm has announced the financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2023 (April to June).
Good news for Instax (as to expect) and for the 5th generation X series gear.
The 5th Generation Goodness
David Etchells, formerly at Imaging Resource, and always highly respected for his deep technical knowledge, has now shared his talk with Fujifilm managers at the CP+ earlier this year.
As usual, David knows how to dig deep into technical details and make the right questions.
Here on FujiRumors we will provide just a short summary in bullet points for those of you who are in a hurry and want to give it a quick glance. But for the full talk you have to check out the very interesting article at petapixel.
Deep-learning based AF tracking system
Fujifilm X-T5 – 3 millimeters too much ;)
I have received a message via the revived anonymous contact form by FujiRumors Boris, pointing me out towards an issue with the focus peaking on the Fujifilm X-T5.
Here is the issue:
When you use manual focus and a manual lens on other Fuji cameras and have some kind of focus help like peaking activated, it will show you the highlighted areas but once you half press the shutter, the focus help goes away and you see the pure image, which is very helpful for composition.
On the X-T5 that sadly doesn’t happen anymore and focus peaking stays on screen all the time and you can’t view your actual image. In some situations that doesn’t make a big difference, but when you for example take a photo in the forest or in busy environments, the entire screen is yellow, or red etc. and you basically have no idea what you are shooting.
And you also can‘t put focus peaking on a function button to quickly turn it off. In other words, manual focusing on the XT-5 became very unpractical for no reason.
I don’t know if that’s like this for all 5th generation Fujifilm cameras (X-H2, X-H2S, X-S20 and X-T5). Please let us know in the comments.
My take?
Well, having focus peaking ON all the time, even when the shutter button is half pressed, could actually make sense for example in macro when an insect for example is slightly moving and you want to make a quick adjustment before fully pressing the button. Or when you shoot handheld macro and you want to have the possibility to make quick micro-adjustment at any time, even with the shutter button half pressed.
However, I can also understand if you want to get the focus assistance out of the way once you half press the button to have a clean view over your composition (for example in landscape photography on a tripod).
The solution is simple: Fujifilm should give us the option to pick whatever solution we prefer.
And just for curiosity, a little survey where you can tell us which solution you prefer.
There is currently an insane deal running at Amazon here.
Buy the Fujifilm X-T5 with Fujinon XF16-80mm at Amazon US here for the price of the X-T5 body only (shipped and sold by Amazon).
I am pretty sure this deal will no longer be available in a few hours or maybe even minutes, so hurry up.
And no, as far as I know there is no Fujifilm X-T6 camera coming anytime soon ;).
UPDATE: Deal no longer available
Fujiiflm has launched X and MKX deals all over Europe.
Lots of great deals also on 5th generation gear, but the one that probably stands out the most for me is the massive £230 rebate on the Fujifilm X-H2S in UK.
NOTE: if you grab your X Series Deal at your local Amazon, make sure it is shipped and sold by Amazon to qualify for the cashback.
Fujifilm has released new firmware updates for the Fujifilm X-T5, X-H2, X-H2S, X-S20, GFX100S, GFX100, GFX50SII and GFX50R.
You can find all details and download links down below.
You can now purchase the SmallRig L-Shape grip for Fujifilm X-T5 at BHphoto here and Amazon here.
The silver version is currently marked as unavailable at BHphoto, but it is available at Amazon here and Adorama here.
SmallRig L-Shape Grip for Fujifilm X-T5: BHphoto / Amazon / Adorama / SmallRig
Here are the top 10 articles for June:
And here are the June Youtube videos ranked by popularity. The 2nd and 4th video are from the Dolomites… they might be worth to watch just for the scenery ;).