FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Shigehiro Nakajima) is proud to announce the launch of two new models to the FUJINON XF Lens range bringing the total number of lenses available to five, offering much broader photographic appeal.

FUJINON XF lenses are the pinnacle of Fujifilm's optical design technology, with top quality all-glass construction including aspheric lens elements. Developed with particular attention to corner resolutions and vignetting, the FUJINON XF lens line up eliminates chromatic aberration. Their fast f-stop broadens users' scope of photographic expression, such as low-light photography and scenes with beautiful bokeh effects. The lenses have FUJINON's "Super EBC Coating" to reduce reflection at a wider range of wavelengths, thereby controlling ghosting. The use of the 1/3EV step aperture ring enables delicate, tactile control of exposure and depth of field.

FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Shigehiro Nakajima) is proud to announce the launch of the FUJIFILM X-E1, the second interchangeable camera from the brand this year. Following hot on the heels of the highly acclaimed FUJIFILM X-Pro1, the X-E1 boasts the same 16 megapixel APS-C X-Trans CMOS Sensor with top-class OLED electronic viewfinder, a smaller body with built-in flash and the same X mount for the FUJINON XF lens range. In addition, Fujifilm will expand the lens line-up from 3 to 5 in autumn, and up to 10 in early 2013.

With its convenient portable size and fast autofocus speed, the X-E1 promises to be an exciting addition to the X series range. Due to hit the market in autumn this year, and available in two variations Silver and Black, the attractive classical design of the X-E1 interchangeable lens camera will have wide appeal.

Fujifilm has just released firmware version 1.01 updates for the X-Pro1 body and all 3 lenses.



The firmware update Ver.1.01 incorporates the following issues:

1. Reduction of chattering noise from iris of lenses in shooting mode.
2. Improvement of phenomenon that parallax compensation does not work under condition of manual focus with OVF bright frame mode.
3. Improvement of phenomenon that OVF quality as low visibility due to too bright OVF under the condition of power save mode during pressing the shutter button halfway.
4. Improvement of phenomenon that delete function does not work after viewing continues shooting mode images.

To activate the above fixes completely, an additional firmware update for each XF lens is also required.

You can download the individual firmware updates from Fujifilm.com at the following links:

• X-Pro1 Body Firmware
• XF Lens FUJINON XF60mm F2.4 R Macro
• XF Lens FUJINON XF35mm F1.4 R
• XF Lens FUJINON XF18mm F2 R

More details to follow! Please share your experiences with the firmware update in the comments below.