It Took 5 Years, But.......

[itchy shutter finger]

I have two X-E3 camera bodies, one I bought in 2019 and one in 2020. In the first days of the Camera Remote App (Android), it was awesome to be able to operate the camera from the phone. It created possibilities I never experienced before. It was inconsistent though, and in short order it didn't work at all.

As years passed it became painfully obvious I should have no expectations of a solution to the remote app failure, since it appeared Fujifilm all but abandoned this generation of models in favor of newer ones.

Imagine my surprise on hearing this week of firmware upgrades for these older models to better work on the Camera Remote App. With some skepticism, I upgraded both of my cameras, and I am pleased to say that after the upgrades, I can quickly, easily, flawlessly, and reliably pair both cameras to phone, and operate them from the phone without fail. I'm shocked this happened at all, and even more shocked it works so well.

I'm not pleased this took five years, but I give Fujifilm heavy credit for staying the course and ending with a good product.

[pw-pix]

I think they had to do something, because IOS18 had broken the file transfer functionality. It's a good bonus that they corrected other longer term issue too.