Fuji X-T3 released

puredrifting said:
For you fence sitters, as of this morning, Fuji is offering instant rebates of:

$100.00 off the XT-3 body https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod..._16588509_x_t3_mirrorless_digital_camera.html
$200.00 off the XT-3 body and the 18-55mm f/2.8-4.0 OIS lens kit https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1444007-REG/fujifilm_x_t3_mirrorless_digital_camera.html
$200.00 off the XT-3 body, 18-55mm f/2.8-4.0 OIS lens and the Battery Grip https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1434197-REG/fujifilm_x_t3_mirrorless_digital_camera.html

If you've been on the fence, this is the universe telling you to pull the trigger, it's a GREAT camera. Not perfect but amazingly good for the money and it punches way above it's weight class.
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In a year they will be doing $250 for the body and up to about $600 off a lens package, that's just how Fuji sells. I'm still waiting for a few more firmware updates and to make sure the software has caught up to develop the RAW files.
 
Greg_E said:
In a year they will be doing $250 for the body and up to about $600 off a lens package, that's just how Fuji sells. I'm still waiting for a few more firmware updates and to make sure the software has caught up to develop the RAW files.
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Also, in a year, the XT-3 will be massively outdated and replaced by the XH-2 and XT-4 so that's to be expected. All of the more reason to buy the Fuji over a Sony or Canon EOS R, they are both considerably more expensive and will also be massively outdated in a year. I bought XT-3 90% for video. I still have my Canon 80D which I could keep as a stills camera if I cannot resolve the "worms" issue to my satisfaction. I will say, so far, I am experiencing some inconsistent behavior with the Fringer Fuji-X adapter for mounting my Canon lenses on it. On shoot the other day, I shot some video with the stock Fujinon 18-55mm lens, then wanted to move to using my Canon 70-200 2.8 IS II lens to shoot some longer stuff. After mounting the Fringer and the Canon, when I powered the camera up, it appeared there was a short or some sort of power connection issue, the camera would power up for a quarter second, go to black, power up, repeatedly. It was disturbing. I went back to my car and troubleshot. I ruled out the body as it was shooting fine with the stock lens. I ruled out the 70-200 2.8 IS II as I shot it with my C200 and it worked fine. That left the Fringer as the variable.

I tried checking the contacts to see if any debris or lint/hairs were on the contacts, it looked fine. I mounted and re-mounted it three times but each time, it was still doing this power cycling weirdness, it wouldn't just turn on and stay on. I was on a schedule, so I just put the XT-3 away and went on to finish the shoot with my C200. I got back to the office yesterday and did the same, I powered up the Fuji with the Fringer and the 70-200 2.8 IS II and wouldn't you know it, it powered up and worked perfectly!?! I tried mounting and remounting it, powering the combo on and off and it worked fine. Then later in the day, I attached my Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS to the Fringer just to see if this slow lens would work with the Fuji AF. It powered up fine, but then I noticed the AF wasn't locking onto anything. I checked the focus modes on the XT-3 and the AF/MF switch on the lens but the focus wouldn't work although iris did. I then detached the lens from the Fringer, re-mounted it and then turned it all on and then the AF worked fine? Inconsisten behavior so far from the Fringer, not good.

I bought the Fringer on Amazon, I have until 01/31 to return or exchange it. I think there may be a firmware update available for it as well so I need to try that. So far, the camera and two Fuji lenses I bought get an A+. The Fringer, I am not sure about. I need to update the Fringer's firmware and run a lot of tests before I trust it. Luckily I brought my C200 so the shoot was fine but I couldn't shoot long lens on the XT-3 as the adapter was acting weird. The whole idea of buying the XT-3 was to get small for travel and for gimbal. I have to be able to count on it working with my Canon glass as I don't want to own two complete sets of lenses between the C200 and the XT-3. So I reserve judgement on rating the Fringer, it's done two weird things so far that could have been a disaster if they occured on a high profile client shoot. We'll see.
 
According to the Fringer manual, you should be able to hook up the adapter via USB to check the firmware version you have and to update. I tried mine on two Macs and a PC and it doesn't show up on the desktop as a device. That may be part of the problem right there, according to them, it should show up as a device.
The saga continues. I tried it on the XT-3 with my Canon primes (28 1.8, 50 1.8 and 85 1.8) and all of them worked fine with the Fringer. Not sure if it had a momentary glitch and all is well right now or if it's barely working and just hanging on? Guess I am going to have to shoot a lot of tests with all of my Canon lenses,
I don't want to get stuck with a Lemon if this is one.
 
I wouldn't expect this device to show up on a computer, but I don't own it and maybe it does.

Devices like this usually just communicate with their software in the background when the connection is there and the program is opened.

So you would connect the device and then open the software to update and/or check the FW. (Or in some cases open the software and then make the connection when instructed.)
 
NorBro said:
I wouldn't expect this device to show up on a computer, but I don't own it and maybe it does.

Devices like this usually just communicate with their software in the background when the connection is there and the program is opened.

So you would connect the device and then open the software to update and/or check the FW. (Or in some cases open the software and then make the connection when instructed.)
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I didn't see any program or app but their website is half in Kanji so maybe I missed it? I'll have to go back and check that out. Thanks!
 
This is so freaking confusing. There is some sort of app, I downloaded it but EVERYTHING in it is only in Chinese so I can't tell what it does. I can open the app but it doesn't seem to do much and hooking up the Fringer to it changes nothing, no button or pulldown appears.

From the Fringer manual, it appears that you don't need an app but they way it's written is very confusing.

"Plug the USB cable to the Micro USB port located inside the lens mount of the adapter.
Connect the other end of the cable to a USB port of your PC or MAC. Then a mobile drive named
'FRINGER’ emerges.
Open
‘VERSION.TXT’
on that drive and check
the current firmware version
(the line begins with
‘Version:’).

5)If upgrading is needed, copy the downloaded firmware file to the drive named
‘FRINGER’. Then
eject the drive. Ejection is
mandatory for Mac and optional for PC. Ignore any error messages about
the drive. Wait for more than 10 seconds. Then disconnect the adapter with the computer.

6)
Reconnect your adapter with the computer. Check VERSION.TXT again and make sure its firmware
version has changed to the new one.
Note: Do not copy files other than the official
firmware to the adapter."

This is the down side of buying products made in someone's garage, you often cannot figure out what the hell to do and what is going on. Guess I will email the guy but based upon the language on the his website, there may be a language barrier. Beware of all of this if you are buying the Fuji XT-3 and want to use your Canon lenses on it with the Fringer adapter.
 
Those instructions are pretty straightforward, and it actually does seem like they are saying the adapter mounts.

But it's not mounting for you so maybe try a different USB cable?

Also, it sounds like they want you to update the firmware by manually copying the new firmware file to the device.
 
NorBro said:
Those instructions are pretty straightforward, and it actually does seem like they are saying the adapter mounts.

But it's not mounting for you so maybe try a different USB cable?

Also, it sounds like they want you to update the firmware by manually copying the new firmware file to the device.
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Exactly, I've tried three cables on three different computers, I get zilch. That's what I took from it, it should mount like a USB drive and you just drag the new file to it.
Oh well, I'm not that worried about the firmware version, I just want to make sure the thing works more consistently or I'm going to send it back. So far, wildly inconsistent results. When it works, it works well. But it often just doesn't work.
 
Try different USB ports too. (It could make a difference although it sounds like that part of the adapter is simply broken.)
 
puredrifting said:
Exactly, I've tried three cables on three different computers, I get zilch. That's what I took from it, it should mount like a USB drive and you just drag the new file to it.
Oh well, I'm not that worried about the firmware version, I just want to make sure the thing works more consistently or I'm going to send it back. So far, wildly inconsistent results. When it works, it works well. But it often just doesn't work.
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Those Fringer adapters have their firmware installed via micro USB before they leave the factory, so it should be fully functional.

Make sure the cables you have are data cables, not for charging only (a lot of micro USB cables are only wired for charging).

And make sure the micro end is fully inserted, use some force to push it down.
 
Are the adapters really trustworthy enough for paid work?

It sounds like most of the Fuji primes are inappropriate for most video work. Focus-by-wire (making manual focusing a nightmare), and just not smooth, silent or fast enough in autofocus modes (for anything much beyond holding a face in a sit-down interview).

Can you get more consistent or reliable focus from Canon lenses pushed through adapters? And are they consistent enough to rely on?

Or are most people simply adapting their manual glass onto the cameras?

I've got a couple of PL mounts on the way for mine. Metabones told me the excitement around the X-T3 has them considering doing a PL to X-mount Speedbooster (which is what I'm most excited for), but who knows when they'll get around to that.

I think it'd well worthwhile us all collectively detailing how each lens we have (either native or adapted) performs focus-wise.
 
So far, the 16mm f/1.4 and the 18-55mm f/2.8-4.0 OIS Fuji lenses are pretty good. The AF is fine for video I find, although I am still playing with the focus parameters on the camera to get it to be as cinematic as I have tuned the AF in the C200.

Manual focus, I really have not used and probably won’t use on the Fuji lenses much. The Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8 IS II the manual focus is pretty good although it’s not a parfocal lens of course.
 
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Music video I just completed on the Fuji xt3. I chose to dial all the sharpness down to fit the look Wanted for this particular video. But this cam can produce sharp images.

 
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