Fujifilm Points Pressing obtain warning for its personal digicam firmware

Fujifilm has launched an pressing warning and an apology to customers of its cameras in the present day. The corporate’s newest firmware obtain via the Fujifilm app has brought about many individuals’s cameras to utterly freeze up.

Not too long ago, numerous Fujifilm digicam homeowners abruptly seen that their cameras would freeze proper up after downloading Fuji’s newest really helpful downloads for various digicam fashions.

The freezing drawback solely occurred if the firmware downloads have been executed via the Fujifilm app for good gadgets, however this nonetheless included many customers of cameras to which the firmware applies.

Earlier to this, on November 29^th, 2022, Fujifilm launched a number of key firmware updates for a lot of of its most essential digicam fashions and really helpful that customers obtain them as quickly as attainable to enhance digicam efficiency.

It was in the course of the weeks that adopted this suggestion that an undisclosed variety of Fujifilm digicam homeowners reported their very own cameras turning into completely unresponsive after that they had downloaded their respective firmware variations.

Nonetheless, the issue solely occurred for customers who did these downloads via the Fujifilm Digicam Distant app on their cellular gadgets. Customers who did their downloads and installs via an SD card haven’t had any bother thus far.

The firmware variations and cameras affected by this odd technical glitch encompass the next:

• Firmware Ver.1.00 and Ver.1.01 for Fujifilm X-T5
• Firmware Ver. 1.70 for Fujifilm X-T4
• Firmware Ver. 4.50 for Fujifilm X-T3
• Firmware Ver.2.60 and a couple of.61 for Fujifilm X-S10
• Firmware Ver.1.20 for Fujifilm X-T30 II
• Firmware Ver.1.50 for Fujifilm X-T30

In its assertion about the issue Fujifilm mentioned,

“In response to the above problem, we are going to launch the revised firmware on the firmware obtain web page on Jan 19 2023. Due to this fact, we apologize for the inconvenience, however we wish to ask you to replace the revised firmware.”

In different phrases, if in case you have considered one of these cameras and have been contemplating a firmware replace, both do it via the SD card technique or wait till a day after January 19^th.

Fujifilm additionally recommends the SD card technique  for now,

“When updating the firmware with the revised model, please you should definitely replace the firmware utilizing an SD card in response to steps beneath. (This phenomenon doesn’t happen when updating firmware utilizing an SD card.)”

You could find out which firmware variations can be found for which cameras right here on Fujifilm’s web page for digicam firmware downloads.

Fuji additionally has a useful video that explains the handbook SD-based replace course of:

To put in your particular firmware in the event you’re the proprietor of one of many cameras affected by this drawback, observe these directions:

1. Obtain the newest model of your relevant firmware FOR YOUR CAMERA MODEL via your pc to a completely, freshly formatted SD card. Additionally guarantee that your digicam is totally charged.
2. Place your SD card inside your digicam as in the event you have been going to make use of it to take pictures or seize video. Nonetheless, when activating the digicam, press the DISP/BACK buttons on the identical time. This may provide a display screen that exhibits your present firmware.
3. Press Menu/OK on this display screen and choose the newest firmware, which must be the one you downloaded to your SD card.
4. Comply with the remaining onscreen directions and click on OK to finalize your replace, which ought to take an extra 90 seconds or so.

When you’ve executed the above, flip the digicam off, then flip it on once more whereas once more urgent the DISP/BACK button. Do that to guarantee that it now exhibits that your downloaded firmware is operating.

After January 19^th, you may be capable to keep away from the above steps by taking the cellular app route, however why danger your digicam’s performance over a minor delay?