Fujifilm warranty is absolutely horrible!

No way to tell, indeed. But, if true, it paints Fuji in exactly the light their 'professional' label for the X-Pro 1 shouldn't. True or not, a comment here cannot take away the fact that Fujifilm are BSing their customers and playing backwater restaurant authenticity on the mirrorless market simply because.

Strip 'Pro' from the name, establish realistic services for professionals, extend services worldwide, and support the hardware. That is what Fujifilm need to do. Gadgets and whee-doo's we have. Fuji just make them more ergonomic and interesting. Proper professional services we do not have anywhere in the mirrorless market apart from (to a certain extent) Leica.

Unfortunately, it is par for the course with Japanese companies. By and large, they haven't embraced foreign modus operandi; instead, they do things the way they always have in a country without a real government and consumer watchgroups. Companies rule this nation and get away with what would amounts to murder in Europe and maybe even North America (another place where customers get hammered, but not quite as badly).

Fuji need to step out of their stupid Japanese pigheaded obnoxiousness and make a real ecosystem, including services, including a culture of support. If they don't, they're just the Japanese company that have discovered ergonomics.

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