Following initial reports, Fujifilm confirms 'small percentage' of X-Pro3 units have an EVF defect

And the same knobby pals cannot laugh. Not every day is sunny on fuji-island. ;)

well i love it , you've got 3 different , ways of manual focusing

evf with split image

evf with various color and weights of focus peaking

simple center enlargement to judge "crispness"

open the lens to enhance precision ... and helicoid focus away

i dont enjoy focusing the fuji fly by wires but nikon helicoid AI, AIS AF-D
are a pure joy as precise and beatifully built as a swiss watch

if you do it for a week and do some chimping to learn where you are strong and weak in MF you may come to love it ....cheers

I had one of those shiny black painted X100 “Limited Edition” and the finish was superb, I didn’t knew they remove the top engraving of the XP3. 🤔

Martin, actually I paid almost double than the cost of a new XP3 last Sept. for a fully refurb M9P (directly from Leica) and I wouldn’t sell it for less than that :)

i i remember correctly on the top plate fujifilm is still recessed and filled with
white color paste in the traditional way.... but the legend "x-pro3" is not ... its printed

Don't question. Just consume. Fujifilm is 'brave', 'honest' and 'courageous'... and that's a GOOD thing!

Feedback is synonymous with "response", "information", or "report". So I think the use in this context is appropriate.

Customers are informing Fujifilm, or reporting, that there is a problem with the EVF.

More annoying to me is the increasing use of the word issue instead of problem. They are not the same thing.

I agree with the comments already made. 'Marketing Speak' is rife. Words with negative connotations are banished and replaced with neutral or positive words.
As mentioned, issue for problem, glitch with feature, etc. I am finding this to be a major issue.

X-T2... though I have to say the X-T3 seems to have pretty much fixed all of it.

There is no ‘proof’, just anecdotal evidence. Since there is no global statistic for repairs.

Nice try.

If that is the case, I have been lucky, I have had many Fuji cameras and lenses, never had a problem.

Well, it happens in all areas where complex systems are involved.

Not really an excuse, but i'd rather buy a camera which a bright viewfinder or oil leaking over a sensor or whatever which the manufacturer will replace or fix, rather then a car that has a issue with some valve that can rarely ignite a fire. And this kind of things also do happen, from very established car manufacturers as well.

But generally if you can wait a year or even half after a camera (or any product really) is released it is a very good thing, both for ironing out potential manufacturing glitches, as well for your wallet :)

badi, This one doesnt rank up with the bad ones I agree. And like I said in a below post, good Fujifilm acknowledged it.

Some big issues are not acknowledged and leave the community fighting or left wondering if we are losing our minds fighting the issue.

Me: This lens has a bad decentered element. Its very soft on one side.
Canon: All good, cleaned and shipped back to you. Youre welcome.
Me: Its exactly the same. Did you notice the badly decentered element?
Canon: It works perfectly on our test camera.

Ill share that code: It means its within tolerance and their tolerances are as wide as the Grand Canyon.

Toasters are a prime example of what i mean. An incredibly simple device. All it has to do is toast bread mostly evenly on both sides and yet no matter how much $ you spend they almost all fail.
But!
They do have fancy blue LEDs which we love!
Doesnt matter to the masses that it cant toast bread because the blue LED is so neat right?

Sorry thats a separate rant.

Sadly, trying to evade the issue is the common way of handling quality issues, like this one.

Nikon's public relation guys told a lot of twisted tales and obvious lies about why they stopped the DL line, after a glamorous introduction with hot ladies to shoot, as usual.

They did the same when it came to why they stopped making Nikon1 cameras and lenses. Blamed the Sony factory that makes the sensors, but how come Sony could continue delivering cameras using the same chip?

One might suspect that the DL line shared the same aperture design used in almost every Nikon 1 lens, which among other things resulted in a 100% recall of the original 10-30 lens, while the other lenses were not covered, and they had the same aperture design, and just as fault-prone.

Now you can't even get your Nikon1 V1 serviced by Nikon, not even at Nikon Tokyo, or anywhere else, as they refuse to even handle it.

The little Nikon1 cameras have overall been performing magnificently, with very few issues.

Yes, at least in the past. I think companies like NIkon have come around on this though lately and have realized that customers would prefer companies be upfront about a defect than try to dismiss or hide it and force customers to wait months on end for a fix. Granted, it takes companies a little bit to figure out if a problem is in fact a problem and merits a recall (or firmware update) or not, so a few weeks or a month is probably acceptable.

For example, I think Nikon handled the IBIS recall very well, granted it affected certain units and not all across the board, but still, they were pretty much up front about it. I didn't notice the issue until I read the recall notice and found out mine was affected. (The Z is also the first camera I've had with IBIS).

"honest", "brave" -- only naive people use words like that. Every company has to decide whether to admit or not and what to do with manufacturing defects. None would take on liability if they can avoid it or if they can't remedy it.

honest and brave are exactly the right words, you have to understand the chinese/japanese cultures to see why.

Canon also had many problems over the last 10 years where they tried to denie problems as long as they could.

That’s true. If it was Nikon they would just blame the user (again) until a class action lawsuit made them admit their fault.

@Sine- the point is, Fuji didn't have this problem on Xpro 1 / 2. Meaning Xpro3 design is sort of tried and true in this area, at least for Fuji.

Fuji had manufacturing, software problems with every previous camera. It's one of the least reliable brands.

Your argument would be true if it affected every X-Pro3. It doesn’t.

Thank you, I appreciate your service but I am not making any demands.

Depends on the number of affected units. If the "very small percentage" Fuji is quoting is something like 1-2%, i guess it's simpler and reasonable to replace the affected units once they pop-up rather then making a full recall, recheck all of the cameras, repackage them, etc.

The problem is that many people buy camera gear overseas and import them to their countries, will be a pain to send it back for repair. At least Fuji should cover the shipping costs.

I would buy one with the warranty that the EVF is replaced at a discount.

They want you to do “pure photography” with your mind.

Fuji used to be better before x100f (from my personal observation).

They’ve had hardware defects that affected thousands from the x-t1 launch at least.