Fujifilm USA uploaded a video called “Understanding Fujifilm Firmware Updates” (video below).
Before going on and showing you, how to update your firmware, Fujifilm manager Michael Bulbenko says:
sometimes cameras and lenses can have minor bugs in it that can be solved via firmware
sometimes it is not about fixing bugs, but about making your camera better, faster, new features, etc.
Fujifilm is well known for providing firmware updates to products that are end of life and discontinued, in order to still improve their performance
those updates are free of charge
Wait, is this it some sort of subliminal and hidden message?
I mean, a video, where a manager reminds us that Fujifilm does update older gear with new features, and the Fujifilm manager holds a nice Fujifilm X-T3 in his hands. Is he trying to tell us, that the rumored Fujifilm X-T3 Kaizen update is about to come?
Anyway, this post is a good opportunity to let Fujifilm know your firmware wishes in the comments.
A simple wish from my side? Well, I expressed them in this old post already, but I will repreat them here, in case Fujifilm did not hear me the first time:
Keep Self-Timer Enabled
Ability to change color of the focus frame
Addition of RAW files to Auto Mode
If you want to read more in depth what I mean, and why I picked these 3, check out this post.
No Dylan published his review, which you can see below. Here are the main points:
it’s not the cheapest adapter
allows you to autofocus with the more modern Nikon G and E type lenses
good build quality
mounting on GFX mount does not sound quite as smooth as mounting a GFX lens on the body or a Laowa lens. On the other side, the Nikon mount part feels good
ability to control aperture
you have an aperture ring on the adapter for G type lenses, and you can set it to AUTO for E type lenses
E type lenses with magnetic aperture can be controlled electronically via the GFX body
G type lenses are not really fully supported. Aperture control is purely mechanical and the adapter doesn’t actually know which position it is in. Aperture value is not send to the camera. The lens can only communicate to the body what its widest aperture is, but if you stop down, it is unable to tell you who much it stopped down
loose aperture ring
aperture stops are very close together, hence not easy to be accurate
autofocus speed depends a lot on the lens.
you will see wobbeling of the contast AF detect system
GFX100 phase detection system is not supported
You won’t get Nikon level focus speed, because the GFX system is not capable of that
if you accept an autofocus speed a bit slower than native GFX lenses, then it can work for you
there is more or less strong vignetting depending on the lens
wide open, sharpness is not quite as high as on Nikon cameras, as the Nikon lenses where not designed to resolve over such a large sensor. If you stop down, things get much better
for more sharpness better use GFX lenses
This is the summary of the video below. But Dylan posted an article about it also on fstoppers, that you can read here.