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The case for "Kaizen", following Fujifilm's Example
It has been three years since I made my move from Nikon to Fujifilm, and I
have become an unashamed fan. One of the reasons has been the Fujifilm philosophy of “Kaizen”, or providing firmware updates/upgrades to improve existing, and even discontinued models. I have benefitted from several firmware updates/upgrades to my X-E2, and X-T2 which seemed to perform like new cameras. Three years after buying my first X-Series camera I now own three, the X-E2, X-T2, and an X-E3, along with 6 Fujinon lenses, and I couldn’t be happier. Though there are at least three other lenses I have my eye on. G.A.S. is a terrible afliction. ;-) I would add that I haven’t used my D300S for over a year now, and the only piece of my Nikon kit I use today is my Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 with a Nikon-to-Fujifilm adaptor. Now there is this article from Fstoppers which supports my remarks above, and asks why other camera manufacturers do not follow a similar philosophy, but choose to release new models at higher prices, when a firmware update would have done the same thing. https://fstoppers.com/originals/why-...ers-should-be- more-fuji-210834 -- Regards, Savageduck |
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The case for "Kaizen", following Fujifilm's Example
On Jan 12, 2018, Savageduck wrote
(in iganews.com): It has been three years since I made my move from Nikon to Fujifilm, and I have become an unashamed fan. One of the reasons has been the Fujifilm philosophy of “Kaizen”, or providing firmware updates/upgrades to improve existing, and even discontinued models. I have benefitted from several firmware updates/upgrades to my X-E2, and X-T2 which seemed to perform like new cameras. Three years after buying my first X-Series camera I now own three, the X-E2, X-T2, and an X-E3, along with 6 Fujinon lenses, and I couldn’t be happier. Though there are at least three other lenses I have my eye on. G.A.S. is a terrible afliction. ;-) I would add that I haven’t used my D300S for over a year now, and the only piece of my Nikon kit I use today is my Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 with a Nikon-to-Fujifilm adaptor. Now there is this article from Fstoppers which supports my remarks above, and asks why other camera manufacturers do not follow a similar philosophy, but choose to release new models at higher prices, when a firmware update would have done the same thing. https://fstoppers.com/originals/why-other-camera-manufacturers-should-be-more-fuji-210834 For some reason that link broke even though I used delimiters. So...https://tinyurl.com/y7tavwga -- Regards, Savageduck |
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The case for "Kaizen", following Fujifilm's Example
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Savageduck wrote: Now there is this article from Fstoppers which supports my remarks above, and asks why other camera manufacturers do not follow a similar philosophy, but choose to release new models at higher prices, when a firmware update would have done the same thing. https://fstoppers.com/originals/why-...s-should-be-mo re-fuji-210834 For some reason that link broke even though I used delimiters. it works fine |
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The case for "Kaizen", following Fujifilm's Example
On 2018-01-12 19:39, Savageduck wrote:
On Jan 12, 2018, Savageduck wrote (in iganews.com): It has been three years since I made my move from Nikon to Fujifilm, and I have become an unashamed fan. One of the reasons has been the Fujifilm philosophy of “Kaizen”, or providing firmware updates/upgrades to improve existing, and even discontinued models. I have benefitted from several firmware updates/upgrades to my X-E2, and X-T2 which seemed to perform like new cameras. Three years after buying my first X-Series camera I now own three, the X-E2, X-T2, and an X-E3, along with 6 Fujinon lenses, and I couldn’t be happier. Though there are at least three other lenses I have my eye on. G.A.S. is a terrible afliction. ;-) I would add that I haven’t used my D300S for over a year now, and the only piece of my Nikon kit I use today is my Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 with a Nikon-to-Fujifilm adaptor. Now there is this article from Fstoppers which supports my remarks above, and asks why other camera manufacturers do not follow a similar philosophy, but choose to release new models at higher prices, when a firmware update would have done the same thing. https://fstoppers.com/originals/why-other-camera-manufacturers-should-be-more-fuji-210834 For some reason that link broke even though I used delimiters. The "broken" original worked fine and the one above is "restored" and works. Good news readers usually handle broken links. -- “When it is all said and done, there are approximately 94 million full-time workers in private industry paying taxes to support 102 million non-workers and 21 million government workers. In what world does this represent a strong job market?” ..Jim Quinn |
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The case for "Kaizen", following Fujifilm's Example
On 2018-01-12 19:34, Savageduck wrote:
It has been three years since I made my move from Nikon to Fujifilm, and I have become an unashamed fan. One of the reasons has been the Fujifilm philosophy of “Kaizen”, or providing firmware updates/upgrades to improve existing, and even discontinued models. I have benefitted from several firmware updates/upgrades to my X-E2, and X-T2 which seemed to perform like new cameras. Three years after buying my first X-Series camera I now own three, the X-E2, X-T2, and an X-E3, along with 6 Fujinon lenses, and I couldn’t be happier. Though there are at least three other lenses I have my eye on. G.A.S. is a terrible afliction. ;-) I would add that I haven’t used my D300S for over a year now, and the only piece of my Nikon kit I use today is my Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 with a Nikon-to-Fujifilm adaptor. Now there is this article from Fstoppers which supports my remarks above, and asks why other camera manufacturers do not follow a similar philosophy, but choose to release new models at higher prices, when a firmware update would have done the same thing. https://fstoppers.com/originals/why-...ers-should-be- more-fuji-210834 It's a fine idea and late in coming to cameras. That said, I did F/W updates to at least one Sony DSLR at some point to address a focus issue. But they haven't pushed out product improvements (new features) that way to my knowledge. -- “When it is all said and done, there are approximately 94 million full-time workers in private industry paying taxes to support 102 million non-workers and 21 million government workers. In what world does this represent a strong job market?” ..Jim Quinn |
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