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    WjB80 reacted to flysurfer in X-T1 FW 4.0 BETA: I have it and share my findings soon ;)   
    Honestly, why would they even care? They stated that installing the pre-release version is not recommended and at your own risk.
     
    Now, I am personally taking this risk every day, as I am taking more pictures with pre-release hardware and software than with production samples. I don't have sleepless nights about it, because I know that in case a camera or lens is fried, Fuji will replace the hardware and send the broken products to Tokyo for analysis. This happens, I still remember my first case before the X-Pro1 was announced at CES, when a new lens firmware for pre-production 18/35/60mm lenses fried many of them beyond repair. In the internal document for the firmware, Fuji forgot to mention which PP serial numbers the firmware was suitable for (and which not). So yes, even the serial number and production date of your camera and lens can make a difference, that's why pre-release testing is not public.
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    WjB80 reacted to flysurfer in X-T1 FW 4.0 BETA: I have it and share my findings soon ;)   
    After user complaints about bugs in new firmware releases, this was the first time Fuji decided to hand-out a pre-release version of a firmware update to selected photographers in order to collect feedback (in a 2 week long period), then take another week to apply any fixes based on this feedback.
     
    Before this, Fuji simply released software that was only tested within Fuji (and maybe a few trusted "buddies" like Zack Arias). I recommended a change of this restrictive policy, because it sounded reasonable to beta-test pre-release firmware in the field for a few weeks. Fuji listened, but I'm not sure if they will ever repeat this "experiment" after what has happened here.
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    WjB80 reacted to Hafer in X-T1 FW 4.0 BETA: I have it and share my findings soon ;)   
    Oh well, in a few steps we're in the stage of blaming Fuji for issuing FWs for their cameras ...
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    WjB80 reacted to Patrick FR in X-T1 FW 4.0 BETA: I have it and share my findings soon ;)   
    A French FujiRumors readers spotted the Firmware 4.0 file on Facebook... and for the sake of science, I decided to update My Own X-T1 with Firmware 4.0 and test if it works
     
    It's really late at night here, and I will do proper testings tomorrow (sometimes even FujiRumors has to sleep). But it's pretty nice to see how well it tracks my dog .
     
    I'll share my findings about the FW in the next days in this thread... stay tuned
     
    Although the file is circulating on facebook, I decided to remove it, since it's not the final version.
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