Massive Fuji camera and lens firmware update released!

Fuji released a massive firmware update for many cameras and lenses. You can download them here: http://www.fujifilm.eu/eu/news/article/news/new-firmware-updates-for-several-x-series-cameras-and-fujinon-zoom-lenses/

This is the official press text:

We are pleased to announce that new firmware updates are now available for the following products:

(1) X-Pro1 : 3.20 (current 3.10)

(2) X-E1 : 2.20 (current 2.10)

(3) X-E2 : 1.20 (current 1.10)

(4) X-M1 : 1.10 (current 1.01)

(5) X-A1 : 1.10 (current 1.01)

(6) XC16-50mm : 1.12 (current 1.10)

(7) XF18-55mm : 3.11 (current 3.10)

(8) XF55-200mm : 1.11 (current 1.10)

 

The updates for the camera models incorporate the following changes:

1) Addition of compatibility with XF56mmF1.2R.

2) Improvement of AE accuracy with XF56mmF1.2R

3) Improvement of AF accuracy with XF56mmF1.2R (only for X-E2)

 

For the lenses, the following changes are applied:

1) Improvement of OIS function for movie shooting when panning and tilting a camera.

2) Improvement of OIS function for still image shooting.

3) Fixed a bug where the maximum aperture always displays F5.6. (only for XC16-50mm. )

4) Improvement of AF response during continuous shooting with X-E2 and X-T1. (for XF18-55mm and XF55-200mm)

 

Please click on any of the product names above for more information and to download the new firmware update.

2013 mirrorless sales in UK dropped by 32%!

Amateur Photographer reports that mirrorless system camera sales dropped by 32% while DSLR sales dropped by 11% in 2013.

Lens sales for mirrorless system cameras fell by 16% and for DSLR -22,8%.

Compact camera sales fell 34%.

 

Overall mirrorless and DSLR camera sales peaked worldwide in 2012 and the market is now shrinking. Mirrorless is doing a bit worse than DSLR but we have to see in 2014 if more “mature” mirrorless products like the Olympus OMD, Fuji X-T1, Panasonic GH4 and Sony A7 series will make a positive difference.

HastaLosMegapixels: Only 3% of the World Press Photo winner pictures have been taken with a Mirroless camera!

Graph source: Hastalosmegapixeles

Hastalosmegapixeles (Click here) checked the full World Press Photo winner list and noticed that about 90% of the pictures have been taken with DSLR cameras. Only 3% with Mirrorless, and 7% with rangefinder or film cameras.

There is still a long way to go for Mirrorless System Cameras before they become as popular as DSLR. But the first goal has been achieved already: On a pure tech level cameras like the Fuji X-T1 and Olympus E-M1 are on par with the best APS-C DSLR cameras.

Fuji managers says: Focus on APS-C now, but in future we could go Full Frame.

Fuji manager Toshihisa Iida has been interviewed by the Dpreview team. And these are the interesting things he mentioned:

– X-T1 preorders are twice as high as expected

– Focus is on high end market. Low end market is only important in Asia.

– Mirrorless camera share (all manufacturers) is 40% in Japan, 25% in Asia and 10% in US and Europe

– X-E2 firmware upgrade will improve the refresh rate of the EVF

– At the moment we focus on APS-C but we don’t rule out the possibility to use larger sensor in future.