I get so angry when my cell phone apps release free updates. I get even more angry when my computer programs release free updates. I updated lightroom CC just the other day and as a result have scheduled my first anger management appointment

Let's face it guys who cares. I thought for what I used the camera for it was pretty spectacular. And this update makes it even better. The perfect camera has not been made and probably never will be. Can all of you just sit back and remember what it was like to shoot with film. Trying to shoot in dark places nearly impossible without flash, being stuck with only 36 shots or cramming extra film into those little cassettes if you wanted more, endless hour's in the darkroom and still not getting what you want. My point is good god aren't we splitting hairs here. My local camera club was full of guy's thinking the better equipment they had the better photographer they would be but in competition's the same guy would nearly always win, he had a rubbish camera but a brilliant eye.

Thank you Fujifilm for the new camera;)

With my old one it was impossible to make pannings and get sharp pictures of fast objects, example: racing bikes. Once a tried to shoot a model airplane show (combat) with the 55-200 and it was not possible.

Now I can!

Some people here really, really don't understand what is happening here.

I can only assume they are old school people who don't realise that a camera is essentially a computer with a lens on it.

This is a software upgrade. An improved operating system. Suggesting that "Fuji should have launched it like this in the first place " is just plain wrong wrong wrong.

Continued development and research has created new software that extracts better performance from the hardware. We should be simply saying " thanks !" because Fuji don't have to do this - usually firms like Canon don't bother.

Some people have a logic that Fuji should do it right at the very begining instead of releasing a firmware that provides better performance and new features.

Under this logic, there will be two results in the end. 1. Camera manufactures will never ever release a camera, since there're always rooms for improvement and they can never ever reach the finishline. 2. Camera manufactures will never ever release a firmware upgrade for improvement, new feature or even bugfix. Because they should have done it right at the first place. And if they do release one, they will be considered not doing things right and they will be complained.

em... sounds very interesting. :)

With all the firmware updates Fuji gives it's users, I wish they would follow Pentax's example and give users the option to download directly from computer to camera via USB.

Wow a new AF system just from software?.

Firmware updates to fix bugs understandable.
Firmware to add a new AF system sounds fishy.

I think Fuji is intentionally crippling their cameras on release. Judging by the comments it seems they are repeat offenders. They probably think its a great marketing tactic. Users getting something for nothing.

Half the people that buy this camera don't frequent these camera forums. I guess they will never realize the full potential of their camera.

It's feels a bit like the Fuji equivalent of "I replaced my 5DM2 with a 5DM3" except it cost me nothing. Fuji took a class act and made it way better. For those of you who are so quick to say it should have been like that on day 1 - if you recall, the XT-1 has had hundreds of great reviews and opinions from Day 1. It's not like it was bad and they made it good. More like it was innovative and darned good from day one and they just made it better.

Although I do not own any Fuji cameras, I admire their dedication to firmware updates.
I wish Panasonic would learn a lesson from Fuji, and start updating their Firmware, not to upgrade but just to fix common problems that are not unique to one camera model.

Hats off, Fujifilm!!!

Many of you on here don't seem to understand the purpose of firmware updates in 2015... You're used to Nikon and Canon sending a few out and fixing a bug here and there.

This update is NOT to fix bugs, its to upgrade the camera.

Fuji is not fixing bugs in this update it's a complete upgrade to the autofocus system. They are adding more and more features and improving the camera as time goes by. I really respect that and it's something that other players should be looking to do rather than releasing new bodies and forgetting about their customers. Adding completely NEW features. Canon and NIkon is been HORRIBLE at this.

As a Sony shooter, it seems Sony has started to take note and has been releasing some nice firmware updates with new features as well lately for the a6000. I hope this trend continues.

I'm browsing through the comments and I'm finally no longer able to keep my peace. All that is wrong in todays world is the impression of entitlement. Seriously. Fuji made a brilliant camera with a pro level price tag. People bought it for what it was. It's not perfect and it will never be. A modern digital camera is not a piece of wooden carving that is simply done at some point. It's complex technologie. Go and complain to God about all the bugs in the human body! Fuji put's a lot of thought and effort into it's gear and they really, really care. And all you nay sayers got to do: Oh, that's how it should have been from day one! You sold me a beta version! Were you not able to use it? Didn't it do what it is supposed to do from day 1? Be greatful for what you get as a gift, instead of believing you're entitled to the perfect product. It doesn't exists! It's just a path of improvment. There is no finish line. Things getting better all the time, but it will never be perfect.

Why are some of you guys so negative about updates. All this "why couldn't they add this feature at release" for a camera that already performed great with the first firmware.
I'm glad they include only features that are working good and don't add half baked features that are a handicap for the camera.

Fuji after sales service 2nd to NONE
other camera manufactures should learn from Fuji,

and I'm not saying they are perfect but they are the best of the bunch,
Tom G

guys thinks are very simple:

Fuji has a camera in the market that sold X units. Sometime after the launch Fuji learned a new trick that can make this camera better.

Fuji has the following options:

a) Launch a new model with the new tech and call it an "upgrade"
b) Wait until the next planned release to incorporate the new tech
c) Give a FW for free

Lets just say I like the choice that Fuji made and call it a day.

FujiFilm is doing a GOOD job. I am a life-long Nikon user, and I strongly appreciate what FujiFilm is doing for the market, and how it is taking care of its customers.

Anyone can say a product "isn't finished" when released -- Canon, Nikon, Sony, Samsung, etc, had many troubles when they released new products (imperfect VR, imperfect focusing, imperfect oil mechanisms, etc). There is no such thing as the "perfect" product at release. There is only such thing as Manufacturers who STOP supporting the product as soon as its released.

I really appreciate that FujiFilm "comes back to" products which are older than 1 year old, sometimes older than several years old, and makes modest to even dramatic improvements.

This is the sign of a quality manufacturer.

When FujiFilm makes their full-frame camera, it will have loyal customers ready to stand by that brand, the way the brand has been standing by their products.

So if adding new features should be proof that the X-T1 "wasn't finished" on release, does that mean in reverse that CaNikon only release "finished cameras" (even if they lack desired features)? Well for sure "finished" in the sense that you would be a complete fool to hope for new features in this (camera's) lifetime...

It does not impress me when a company keeps bringing out new firmware versions, means they didn't get it right the three times before. The lenses are excellent, the performance clean, but it's still a 16MP camera.

I love this company. The only thing that is preventing me to go all in is video.

Holy s...! In these days, where you get from the big players (Canikon, Sony) only the middle finger for asking about a simple bugfix - Fuji rolls out a new firmware with a bunch of really cool and usable features - again!

Hello Sony? Lossless RAW... You know?!

Added Fuji to the top of my "what's next" list. If they could also improve the video-mode, decision time would be over...

I am a Fuji X-System owner and I am very pleased with the firmware upgrade policy of this company. I really think that this is an important step to improve overall customer experience of Fuji products, as it increases the valuable lifetime. And who is saying that Fuji should have brought those functions and features in the initial firmware release, should be aware that most of the Fuji users are very happy with the product they currently own. We bought the product with the functionality and quality it delivered at that time. And as DPR showed specifically on the X-T1 model, that this camera was always a great product (84% Gold rating). Many ideas and concepts did not exist, when the camera has been released and it is great to see, that new innovations get introduced in an existing product. There are so many new features (not only bug fixes), which Fuji introduces during the lifetime of a camera! Each time, it is like receiving a totally new product. What's wrong with that? I love it!

Fuji is a company that responds to user suggestions and fully supports its line of cameras (and lenses) with firmware updates. As a Fujifilm X-T1 owner I am happy they came out with this major update to the autofocus system. With firmware update 4.0, both autofocus speed and accuracy are improved. This is a great mirrorless camera, perfectly sized (for me) that produces jpegs with color so natural looking, I can shoot jpeg only with confidence.

Will these changes make it into the XT1 review?

I like Fuji, but they need more budget options. I might need one or two top tier lenses, but I don't need my whole kit to be composed of super fast lenses. A couple f1.8, f2 and/or even f2.8 primes would be fine. Sigma's DN lenses would of been great.

I'm so so disappointed with this so called "update": it STILL can't make me a nice cup of tea!

I'm curious about Fuji's comendable on-going support (no really, I think it's great they improve their cameras like this).

Is eye-AF, for example, something they didn't think about when the camera originally shipped? Something they didn't know how to do? Or something they were working on but knew it would be a while so they shipped a product that wasn't necessarily fully-featured?

Install the updates and enjoy. No need to get too wrapped up in all the whining or fussing from others who say this should have been in the camera from the start. I wouldn't get too worked up over things people you will never meet say on the internet ;-) Anyway, continuing to say this and that should have been in the camera from the start almost insinuates that those who bought the camera are too dumb/gullible to notice that certain functions are not already in the camera. I think it's more likely that people looked at the X-T1 and liked it for what it was and bought it anyway. If that's the case, then yes...these continued major feature/function updates please the owners very much because it's just a bonus. I've owned and loved (and still do) Nikon cameras, but Nikon doesn't go out of their way to improve already released cameras. They usually only make firmware available to correct errors.

I know one thing for certain.
Fuji takes care of its customers.

For a Autofocus update like this most other camera manufacturers would bring out a new body instead.

More then 40 new features have been added to the Fuji X-T1 since its introduction. No that is not bugfixes, but complete new features that weren't in the camera when it was released.

And for those that want to bash.
Then not that this camera always performed as advertised and people bought it upon the specifications as it was released.

So now it is almost as good as a Samsung NX-1...

Wow, as an avid Fuji X user (among several other brands also), I was not planning on getting the X-T1 (although I love that camera). But this firmware...changes everything. Now it's just the question of where can I get the moolaa to pick one up. Perhaps, I may "pimp" out the Misses for a week or so to obtain the cash. Don't know if she'll understand the reasons why, but WTF, ya gotta do what ya gotta do!!!

The fuji is an excellent camera even before the firmware and is the top mirrorless out there...It's strange but some folks that own other brands attach their ego to the camera they own and when they hear stories of nikon and canon full frame shooters selling everything to go with the Fuji X-T1 they strangely get jealous or envious or something and then they troll and attack...

Fuji just keeps destroying everyone with their attention to firmware updates.

I've called them 'slow' in the past. Is it time to reconsider?

Fuji putting the customer at the heart of everything they do. I love this company, and long may they continue to provide excellent updates and superb Fujinons.

You've got to feel for Fuji....they do the right thing for customers, and they get bashed for it.

They put out a wonderful and significant enhancement to a superb camera FOR FREE, and they get bashed. They don't put out a free enhancement, and they get bashed.

They must feel they are damned if they do, and damned if they don't.

Fortunately they have a good heart and good spirit, so even though they get bashed either way, they still do the right thing.

Kudos, Fuji....you continue to lead by example!

1/32,000th of a second indeed. not 1/3200th which is rather a big difference

There's a typo in your article. The shutter speed goes to up to one thirty-two thousandth of a second (1/32,000), not one thirty-two hundredth (1/3200), (in mechanical + electronic shutter mode). Presumably in mechanical mode only, you'll be able to use the command dial to go to 1/4000.

I am an Olympus shooter, but I am NOT in any Way a Fanboy.
Actially I like Fuji A lot (but NOT enough to condsider. Switching system!)
But if this new firmware update is anywhere as good as the last Olympus EM-1 firmware Update, Then this is really god news for Fujii shooters.
The EM-1 autofocus improvement was trmendous, turning C-AF from hardly useable to quite good, even on legacy 43 Lenes.
Don't get me wrong: DSLR still holds an advantage over mirrorless when it comes to continious auto focus, but we mirrorless folks are jo longer left out in the dark.

Finally I wish people would spend less time bashing gear and more time taking and diskussing photos.
Camera's, lenses and other gear are just tools, and as any craftsman know, bo tools are perfect for every imageniable task.

All of this is great, and I love the camera for what it is, but I would still love a decent FUJI flash, with High Speed Syncing abilities.

I purchased my XT1 on its own merits over a year ago, when it came out. The camera stood up very well against the competition back then. Even though I have always had a DSLR, I moved to Fuji from Olympus (OMD EM5). Very happy with that decision, and at this stage I have no desire to go back to Olympus.

The fact we are getting this update now is great news. It extends the appeal of the camera. Unless the XT2 is some super bad @$$ camera, there is really no need to upgrade any time soon. The XT1 delivers.

I am thrilled for X-T1 owners, but sad for owners of the X-E2 and X100T both of which are current cameras. Every enhancement of Fuji's cameras serves only to enhance their reputation and to confirm owner's confidence in them.

Fuij, please issue the same updates for all current cameras.