“Kaizen, continuous improvement philosophy. Japanese for “improvement” or “change for the best”, refers to philosophy or practices that focus upon continuous improvement of processes in manufacturing, engineering, and business management.” src-wikipedia
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Do you remember Marco Ricci’s (website) firmware wish list the article “because we love Kaizen” here? Well, there where 163 comments with further suggestions for firmware improvements. I promised myself to look into it and sum them up in March, when I have a week of holidays and finally a bit more time to launch a new, updated firmware poll.
But I don’t have to, because, sometimes, it happens that FR-readers decides to surprise me and to help me.
So it happens that FR-reader DIS took a look at all firmware suggestions and summed them up into one big super-firmware-poll (divided in 3 blocks).
Everything is in there, even those firmware suggestions FR-reader DIS strongly disagrees with. So he said that, “the block “Other updates” has some strange or impossible to be realized things. It should be distinguished a lot from the main list. Otherwise it won’t be taken seriously by Fuji.”
Now all you have to do, is to vote the top 3 firmware updates you’d like to see in each poll (and add in the comments the one you miss).
Thanks a lot for your time DIS!
And also thanks a lot to Fuji for keeping this Kaizen spirit and improving even discounted Fuji cameras (even though it means sacrificing sales earnings for customer loyalty as a Fuji manager told us here). This is how you treat your customers base.
And here are the polls: 3 blocks, each one with a maximum of 3 selections.
[poll id=”44″]
[poll id=”45″]
[poll id=”46″]
Bug reports
1. RAW/JPEG switch in Fn works only for the first shot. After the shot it’s back again.
2. Hot shoe instability: “So many times it is not working: getting frozen, not seeing the flash unit,… Both the X100 & X-Pro1 have very similar behavior. With third party stuff – transceivers – it gets even more wrong, sometimes working, sometimes not. I even had to perform a complete reset of the camera a few times, because the flash-shoe refused any operation. And Fuji, while you’re busy with this, make also the IR pilot light of the EF-42 work with the X-series to assist the AF in low light.”
3. Transfer of GPS coordinate from phones to X-E2 doesn’t work.
4. When your frame count reach the limit the only way to continue of making photo is to format card! Even if card is not full
77 Responses
Better focusing accuracy/speed for X100.
I’m guessing its lens and processor are at its limit, especially without any phase-detect pixels. Could probably always be marginally improved like they did before, but not anything dramatic, i think … 🙁
better it be MF assist “Mode2″ as known from Ricoh GXR
Would love to request for an option to Replace the Original JPG File after adjustments using the In-Camera Raw Converter.
I use the In-Camera Raw Converter a lot. The latest update provides easier navigation by eliminating the effort to scroll back to the file that i’ve just edited, and I love it! It would be better if we can choose to Overwrite the Original File after the conversion/adjustments using the In-Camera Raw Converter (I will have to manually delete those Original JPGs currently 🙁 ).
Thanks!
Faster autofocus and accurary for X100S ! and refresh rate like X-T1 for X100s.
It’d be nice to change ISO with command dial when Fn pressed.
Fuji X-T1 Field Test with Nick Devlin here.
VIDEO! VIDEO! VIDEO!
… that is all.
Turn off NR! Completely.
That’s impossible with the design of the X-trans sensor. The demosaicing of that semi-random array does color NR implicitly.
Use a Raw converter that is not Lightroom. Done.
For JPG it is no different than Bayer as any in-camera demosaicing will skip over detail and thus noise no matter what. Deal with it.
No, images 800iso upwards apply too much skin softening. Would like to turn off.
For XE2, it would be great if we can assign face detection on/off to FN key.
Yes and why not to the MACRO button.
When you need the MACRO button, normally you don’t need face detection and vice-versa.
Pressing with a long delay on the macro button should enable to change the button action (such as for all other Fn button).
When I interacted with a Fuji rep recently, he told me they take down every serious suggestion and criticism leveled against their demonstration gear and put it in a report sent back to the designers or whoever at Fujifilm. This was said when I was holding the X-T1 and noted the difficulty in pressing the directional buttons and suggested it would be fine if they were just a tiny bit lipped out towards the middle to better compete with the center button.
They took some other suggestions like the ability to disable an Fn button and to make the record button programmable (though he seemed to think this was impossible for what reason I couldn’t discern.)
None of the lists had my top greatest wish for a feature to be added: lossless TIFF output.
No more worrying about the stupid RAW converters for those of us that like the camera’s interpretations of things. It is a common feature in high end DSLRs. Give us 16-bit Adobe RGB TIFF and we can still do the one and only truly important thing in post that RAW allows: true white balance adjustment. It’s also possible to retain all necessary data for highlight recovery, depending on how the TIFF is encoded.
I’d be especially happy if TIFF mode just replaced the JPEG wherever there might be a JPEG regardless of the setup (i.e. RAW+JPEG becomes RAW+TIFF, panorama saved to TIFF, etc.)
TIFF is just a flat image like JPG only with indeed a lot more dynamic range and of course without compression artifacts. But true white balance shift and such, i think can only happen with RAW where the data isn’t yet pixelated at all.
It’s a feature that can’t hurt though i guess, especially with Fuji-colors and contrast .. could save a lot of time if you manage to get it right at shutter release.
+1
even no problem if serial frame rate will decrease
Hi folks (my first post ever) what about adding focus limiting settings for 60 macro? I know there is a macro button but it doesn’t actually limit close focus distance does it? Of course, there might be some technical reason why that can’t be added as a camera setting versus the norm which is a switch on the lens but I thought it might be worth mentioning.
The macro function on the cameras only changes the algorithms of focus to work faster at closeup distances (but slower at normal and beyond).
My no. 1 firmware update wish for the X-E2: use a Fn button to switch between EVF and LCD.
Retain 3 different “view mode” settings for the 3 different operating modes:
– Shooting mode –> EVF Only + Eye sensor to turn EVF on/off.
– Playback mode –> Eye sensor: Automatic display selection using the eye sensor.
– Change Settings mode –> Eye sensor: Automatic display selection using the eye sensor.
By giving this possibility, the photographer should be very rarely in the need to change View Mode settings.
blocking of an exposition (AE-L) without Fn deduction, before repeated pressing
full film profile set for x-m1
If the Auto-ISO implementation is changed for X-T1 or coming models, then please add shutter speed set relative to focal length with an offset setting, and keep the possibility to select a fixed shutter speed. See the Nikon D7100 for a reference implementation.
Electronic shutter option didn’t make it? Guys, this is the reason I am NOT using my Fuji at the moment for street life vs other options…
Would require a global electronic shutter. That is impossible to do in firmware.
No, you don’t require an global electronic shutter for that. Pentax Q, Panasonic GX7, GM1, GH3, several other cameras do it and they do not use a global electronic shutter.
Of course there’s the risk of rolling shutter effect, but there’s a lot of shots you can still take without visible problems.
Technical feasibility aside, you probably can imagine the outrage that would go around the web if there is an electronic shutter and it doesn’t work well for fast shutter speeds or moving objects.
An electronic shutter is still really bad at capturing fast moving things. Not to mention the camera has to be designed for an electronic shutter.
Yes, but the GM1 works a lot that way and is fine for the most part. So is the Q7 when set to electronic shutter only- it depends what kind of subjects you are photographing. There’s still a huge benefit to have the option.
Now what you said about the shutter mechanism itself- that makes me think.. mmm wasn’t aware it requires a different shutter mechanism but what you say sounds like quite possible. Bummer 🙁
Based on my X100, in no particular order
– Rear-curtain sync equivalent
– Allow use of AE/AF lock button as AF-On even when not in MF mode
– Focus peak in color
– Full manual control in video mode
– Assignable function button that quickly sets the exposure automatically when in manual exposure mode (configurable via menus to use Auto ISO, aperture priority, full auto, or shutter speed priority). Even when shooting in manual mode, sometimes quick lighting changes happen (like when walking into a building, or someone switches on/off a light etc.). An auto button would allow manual shooters to react extremely quickly if a totally unexpected opportunity for a photo come up. Especially since older X series models don’t have a hardware ISO dial.
Essentially it would be like Auto ISO, except it would only ever happen when I press a function button.
– Offer film simulation profiles for Lightroom/Camera Raw and Capture One for download
– Add raw conversion via the camera’s built-in raw converter to the smart phone wifi transfer app for the X-T1. Sliders are much more easy to adjust on a phone display than on a camera.
– Store the in-camera star rating (theoretically a very useful feature) in a standardized IPTC/XMP metadata field rather than a proprietary one so Lightroom will recognize it
– Even better AF would be great, as always
– For video recording on future cameras: A high-quality 10-bit log ProRes codec like on the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera would serve Fuji the video market on a silver plate. With the focus-by-wire lenses, they could even add a “long focus throw“ mode that would make X lenses with a follow focus a great experience
Can’t believe you didn’t mention my number 1 wish for the X100, which is live exposure preview in live-view mode. I want to see how dark or bright the image is getting (in full manual mode in particular) directly, it’s called ‘live view’ for a reason isn’t it !
@MJr – Besides it would be a great thing to have I’m afraid that is refresh rate related and within the limitations of X100 EVF.
Some facilities as color focus peaking, rear curtain flash sync and some others would be very very welcome and maybe Fujifilm can consider them together with others they should as hot shoe behavior as reported above, but we have to admit that others would need too much from hardware and/or firmware redesign.
One I guess it’s a simple would be focus mode selection, putting MF and AF-S at the ends and AF-C. I’m sure nobody would comply because label would match and welcome the change.
I’m surprised this was not included in the wish list #3.
It’s almost certain that the X100 won’t get any more firmware improvements, especially after they said it was a close call on doing the last big improvement.
I’m using X-E2 and prefer Fuji to improve Face Detection logic. It would be so nice if a camera allows us to select any focus point although Face Detection is enabled. For example, Olympus E-M5 allows to choose any focus point during the enabling of Face Detection. Once a human face exists, E-M5 will cancel a selected focus point and move to focus such face instead.And, once such face no longer exists, the camera move back to a previous, selected focus point.
Agree with this.
I had trips with my family and my friends. Most shots were about landscape and people+landscape. Even though Face Detection is on,a camera should allow me to choose any focus point in land scape scenes. Once someone or some people come in any scene, I prefer the camera to focus on a face instantly. This is like Olympus’s face detection system.
+1
X100(s):
* Possibility to use on-camera flash for fill and external flash (or PocketWizard) as a key light at the same time
* Possibility to set flash to manual (full power -> 1/64 or 1/128)
Oh yes, great point about manual flash settings. At least a flash compensation setting would be very useful.
I’m very pleased with X-E2 static AF. However, all I want is the improvement of focus ability for moving subjects, (i.e. continuous AF, 3D tracking AF, continuous shooting during continuous AF).
Would like to see better in camera RAW conversion with a preview during editing and not only after i’ve done all the tweakings. When i choose a different film mode or push/pull the exposure, i now have to guess what the outcome will be. I can now only see the preview after i’ve tweaked some settings and when i’m not satisfied, I can start all over again.
Would be very handy to save these settings for further in camera development. Choosing the next picture to develop, grabs the settings applied during exposure, not the last one used in manual conversion.
It’s OK for one picture, but not for 10+
The RAW/jpeg engine itself is great, quality is way better than LR, but the workflow sucks.
+1
and automatically use a file name of new converted image file as the original file name + some suffix.
e.g. if original is dscf1234.raw name converted dscf1234A.jpg, dscf1234B.jpg
I would very appreciate to convert more selected files with the same adjustments (stored as profile) ….. much more usefull.
e.g. develop many selected files with noise reduction=-2 & color profile “velvia”, and….
Can we have a poll to request a smaller 16-55/2.8 lens? i dont see the point of it being bigger then similar DSLR lenss…
I agree that size and weight are important to keep to reasonable values. Therefore I prefer the XF 18-55 f/2.8-4 R LM O.I.S. and would like an XF 55-135 f/4 R LM O.I.S. which I believe could be made smaller and lighter than the f/2.8 alternative (especially if it not required that it has internal zoom, since that will likely make it shorter below 135 mm, and maybe even fairly compact at 55 mm).
Choice is good and if people want the f/2.8 alternatives, by all means go ahead and build/sell them. So far the major reason for me to choose Fuji for my travel cameras is that I want reasonably low weight without sacrificing high IQ and performance, so an XF 55-135 f/4 R LM O.I.S. is the lens I would like to buy.
Take a look at Nikon’s 17-55 lens. Huge and heavy and APS sized.
Have you actually handled the 16-55 2.8?
If you have, tell us about it.
If not, I think the 16-55 2.8 looks large because the Fuji bodies are so small. I think you will see how small the 16-55 2.8 really is if held side by side with a Canon 24-70 2.8 II.
Fat lenses are COOL 😉
Not sure if possible but single af on video where you can refocus during recording by pressing the AE-L/AF-L button on X-E1. Or just allow to do it on manual focus since you can af before the start of recording.
In manual focus mode please make the frame lines set accordingly, no snapping after pressing shutter button!
That “other” category hardly contains only unrealistic or strange items! Compressed raw? Come on, that should be a default option already supplied.
Need to add an option to rollout the shutter release app that’s available for the X-T1 should accommodate the X-E2… it has WIFI…
– On/Off AEL when shutter button being halfway released (now is always On)
– AF tracking (in XM-1) in AF-C mode with predictive AF for XE-2
– shoot JPEG in raw mode if set to ISO12800/25600 without changing to JPEG manually
For New camera
– Real ISO 100 or 1/8000 shutter speed
– Flashgun with High speed sync
I agree at 200% ! So important for a serious camera .
And please please please Fuji , allow full manual mode for video and 24/25/50/60 fps for all models .
perfect… only one more thing: In body stabilization.
I find the poll grouping odd. My top picks from any group are for X100S:
1. Colour focus peaking
2. More customization user modes like the other cameras (why does it only have 3?)
3. Interval shooting
Another one for all cameras including the new X-T1 is compressed RAW.
Yeah, strange enough the x100s manual talks about 7 sets of custom camera settings at page 70. Fuji fucked this one up badly.
I hope I did not miss this suggestion:
New EVF mode – EVF (with eye sensor turning on/off where present) for shooting mode, LCD for Playback mode.
PIXEL MAPPING! some FUJI folks have had this issue. Olympus has it, Sony has it, I may have not seen this yet, this may have been talked about. But whatever the case PIXEL MAPPING! These camera’s would have even more extended value with PIXEL MAPPING
Well dear Fuji (let me set the tone)… anything that can be done to get the X-Pro1 a 2014-ish kind of AF-feeling and improves the terrible shutter lag on this camera. A reliable control over flashes and transceivers connected to the X-Pro1’s hot shoe. Make the use of the EF42’s IR pilot light possible to assist AF in poor light conditions. Color focus peaking now this white twinkling focus peaking is just a silly gimmick. Improve the AF of the XF60mm and XF55-200mm lens FW to make it truly operate in low light conditions. At this moment, they’re pretty useless lenses due to the excessive hunting to get focus. And another Kaizen story, keep on researching and talking in the sideline with Adobe, Apple,…you’re system is still below par for professional use, make it happen that the terrible color bleeding and color error artifacts caused by your X-trans concept are getting resolved. The sum of all these problems did make me dislike the X-series a bit too much, it would be a true miracle if Kaizen could make me a happy Fuji user again, I would even leave my bad temper aside with a 14th FW update of my camera if this would be the real working one.
X-E2
In the screen setup -> Image display, we have the choice between: CONTINUOUS, 1.5 SEC, 0.5 SEC or OFF, but 1.5 SEC and 0.5 SEC are very short. It’s just enough to see that the image is there, no time to verify it!
It should be better to have instead: CONTINUOUS, TEMPORARY, OFF. And behind TEMPORARY, the choice from 1 to (at least) 10 SEC.
Other way: behind “Image display”: a scale in SEC: 0 (= OFF) ; 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; … ; 10 ; CONTINUOUS.
Third possibility: just CONTINUOUS and TEMPORARY. The TEMPORARY option works then with the release button: when the release button stay pressed down, the image is displayed and stay displayed as long as the button is pressed.
Fuji, while you’re busy with this, make also the IR pilot light of the EF-42 work with the X-series to assist the AF in low light.
I’m missing in pool very useful feature:
for XE1 wish much better use of rear command dial (it has assigned function only very seldom = has mostly no influence ):
e.g. in P mode dial cmd shifts shutter&aperture (TvAv) exposure by retaining the same histogram. e.g. at Tv=1/60, Av=f/4 -> dial will change e.g. to Tv=1/125 Av=f/2.8
other very useful function:
for models without LMO (XE1):
add LMO function to raw converter
1. in camera converter (I hope it’s possible )
2. to raw converter on PC.
Silent shutter!
I very much like a silent shutter like the panasonics. When needed there is no substitute. I’m going to get the X-T1 but will keep my G5 until this happens. It’s that good feature to have.
How about implementing MF assist “Mode2” known from Ricoh GXR (the best focus assist mode since bred sliced)?!
Well here is a wish for the X-T1
I love that we now have 6 programable function buttons. However, I would love to see the name of the assigned function in the menu instead of for example Fn1. Also, if you are in the viewfinder and selecting a particular function button that name appears. This gives confirmation that you are selecting the right button.
For X-E1
-Usable rear button/dial for approach manual focus when the camera still record the previous photo, that way you can ready the next shot before the camera finish work.
-Less intrusive distance scale in the viewfinder.
-Side-by-side image comparison.
This is a great list. Many of these would be easy updates met with cheers by a strong fan base. Though it’s not the most essential features, I was glad to see interval shooting on the list.
Please give us the possibility to enter Copyright and Owner/Photographer information.
Since the jpeg’s are so good, more and more Fuji shooters rely on their jpeg’s and don’t do PP.
My 2 cents on the “bugs” mentioned above although the my XE-1 is my perfect camera:
Listed as #1 is an option I would like to keep or add to it, see I shoot jpeg then there is that one and only shot I would like in RAW (or better yet RAW+jpeg if possible 😉 hit the Fn button, makes sense because you’re back to shooting jpeg thereafter, no big deal :>)
Listed as #4: I would not be surprised if with all fujifilm cameras that when you reach the max picture count (you replace the card, oooooh aaahhh with another one then continue shooting and) format later. Youv’e reached 10,000 count I doubt you did it in one day? I never could in 5 years using many fujifilm cameras. I learned to always carry more cards and batteries, the hard way.
**Now there are some things that do “bug” me slightly:
Anyone mention that without the fuji made M-mount adapter you cannot access the
– Distortion Correction
– Color Shading
– Peripheral Illumination
3 Custom Settings when using third party lens?
Why make them confined to m-mount lens only?
I would like either the settings made available in the main Menu and not grayed out and for all the optional focal lengths there. Access via Quick menu button would be a bonus.
– or –
Fuji make more adapters for other mounts that have the Function Button on them for these settings because no other adapter has that button anywhere.
Thank you all for this great website and for reading my opinions.
I can’t believe what you left out! This no-brainer that all fuji cameras lack.
You need to press two buttons to change focus point! Why, why, why?
Why can’t we not assign the arrow buttons to do that?
My x-e1 has the arrows set to macro (wich I never use) and the shutter fine adjustment.
I dont need macro mode, and the fine adjustment can be set to the thumb wheel!
The thumb wheel is for lens haven’t aperture ring.
How about beeing able to save the two images of the multiple exposure in separate raw files? As far as I know this is not possible and this bugs me alot.
As far as I understand it this is a good thing. Active Pixel Sensors allow it to make real double exposures into one raw-file. So this is very close to a “real” double exposure on film and makes it impossible to save them as two separate raw files.
If you want two separate pictures, you will have to take two separate pictures. 😉
“Kaizen” or “Kaizan?” (= tempering)
Just kidding, but honestly, is there someone who would like to up the XT1’s video functions? Perhaps a hacked firmware is necessary then…
Another major thing: Native DNG format support. Lots of photographers use a DNG workflow these days, so having this in the firmware would have the following advantages:
– no more time required for DNG conversion
– converting won’t lock the files out of Fuji-specific workflows like putting a raw file back on a card and using the in-camera raw converter on it
– we could be 100% sure that no Fuji-specific metadata is lost in the conversion process
Pentax and a few other manufacturers natively support DNG in their cameras already.