On 15/6/12, Steven Desjardins, discombobulated, unleashed: >Some of you have heard about the infamous "orb" problem with the Fuji >x10 camera. In short, if your scene has a bright light source like a >specular reflection or a streetlight at night the sensor will render >the bright spot as a sharp edged circle, especially at iso 100. I >gather most CMOS sensors do this to some extent but the problem was >pretty obvious with the X10. The web reaction became so severe that >Fuji developed a replacement sensor and offered to swap it out. I >just got my x10 back from Fuji and it's a whole new camera with a new >serial number. Given that the new batch of SN starts with "2" it's >going to be hard to sell the older ones that start with a "1". This >could be really expensive for Fuji. Just to mention, the problem >didn't bother me too much but some test shots show that the orbs are >much better and about the same as the E-PL1.
Just telephoned the UK Fuji tech HQ, had to wait for 20 mins to get an answer, but my camera is booked in. They are sending a prepaid courier bag, and I will despatch the camera to them - he said turnaround was about a week. Didn't even ask for proof of purchase. Cotty -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
