X100 1.20: remaining quirks/bugs

The recent 1.20 update was fantastic! Thank you Fuji for listening.

Some of us are still hoping a few more things will make it into a future update in order to make this amazing camera even better as it seems some new unexpected behavior was introduced in 1.20 as well as a few old quirks was not addressed.

I've tried to separate bugs from quirks.

Bugs

• B1 . "AFL in MF focus method fails after 1.20 update". Long thread here at DPReview forums which should cover it: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1020&message=40991354

• B2 . "In Firmware 1.20, when close focusing in macro mode at f/2.0 and f/2.8 the camera will get achieve/show sharp focus just before the focus point box turns to green . When the camera focus box turns green, the camera goes out of focus and the out of focus image(diffused, not sharp) will be recorded.": http://www.fujix-forum.com/index.php?/topic/3975-f20-not-as-sharp-after-v-120/page__pid__42585#entry42585

• B3 . "When the film simulation settings are on Astia and Velvia the "Sharpness" setting in the exif file are not listed when the push button toggle displays the picture exif. The sharpness settings are displayed in the exif readout for Provia and B&W film simulations, but not for Velvia and Astia.": http://www.fujix-forum.com/index.php?/topic/3975-f20-not-as-sharp-after-v-120/page__pid__42585#entry42585

• B4 . If you lock AF via the AFL/AEL button, it is impossible to define an AE correction factor via the EV correction wheel, even if the AFL/AEL button has been configured to exclusively lock AF.

Quirks

• Q1 . If you access ISO values via the Fn button, the list of available values does not contain Auto ISO.

• Q2 . Please elaborate in the next release notes on why the white bar on the focus distance scale has changed between 1.13 and 1.20 (potential bug?)

• Q3 . If you configure the AFL/AEL button to lock automatic exposure, then pressing the button will directly initiate an AE measurement and lock the result - no need to half-press the shutter button beforehand. If however the AFL/AEL button is configured to lock automatic focus, then you DO need to half-press the shutter button beforehand to make an AF measurement. NOT half-pressing the shutter button before will still make the AF frame go green, but the button will lock on to the previous AF measurement which might have measured a completely different target. Should not the AFL/AEL button work following the same operating sequence, regardless of whether it is configured to lock AE or AF?

• Q4 . The battery indicator is very unreliable.

Please do reply with your concise thoughts and help Fuji understand what the general consensus is on these issues – and other issues you might have – and especially what is considered a bug vs a quirk so that bugs get fixed first. I'm pretty sure they read these forums and listens.

Cheers!