Fujifilm EF-X500 Flash Overview :: Severe Overheating Reason for EF-X500 Delay (New Source)

The EF-X500 Possible Flash Issue

As you know, Fujifilm has delayed the release of the Fujifilm EF-X500 flash several times. The current deadline is the 17th of November. In their official press release, Fujifilm just said they need more time for the “quality evaluation”

Well, according to a new source, the reason for the delay is that the flash was severely overheating (actually the source said it can catch fire).

Fujifilm took a few more months of time to fix this issue. Let’s hope they will have sorted out any issue by the 17th of November.

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The Flash Overview

Anyway… sooner or later the flash will come. Some folks are already testing pre-production samples of the Fujifilm EF-X500, and in this case it’s X-photographer Max De Martino, who shares a quick overview (and samples) over at fujifilm-x.

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Fujifilm & Flash :: The State of The Art & Rumors + NEW Metz Mecablitz M400 Announced with HSS + TTL Support

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Is this the EF-X500 Killer? Metz Mecablitz M400. HSS and TTL Fujifilm X Compatible

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Fujifilm & Flash

UPDATE: Metz will launch the METZ MECABLITZ M400. HSS and TTL Fujifilm X Compatible. More here (translation)

Fujifilm & Flash… a long (and often painful) story. However, over the last years, we have seen some improvements, and some companies, like Nissin, started to support Fujifilm X-series cameras.

But it’s when you think that things go better, that Fuji is able to make it worst again ;)

In fact, with the launch of the X-T2, Fujifilm also introduced changes in the flash protocol to support the EF-X500 flash system. New protocol… and hence flashes that work on the X-T1 are now no more supported on the X-T2.

The good news is: everything can (hopefully) be fixed with Firmware updates.

So here is a Recap:

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