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[Bill C]

I want to go buy an x100 today but have a question. The camera shop only has a shipment from January this year and the cameras have firmware 1.11

Is this late enough to hopefully avoid (SAB) issues?

Im flying tomorrow, so any help today would be wonderful.

[Bashar AR]

i heard december onwards was good, go for it

[Bill C]

i heard december onwards was good, go for it

Hmm..... seems like cutting it kinda close. What about serial numbers?

[Bashar AR]

not sure, but most x-100s don't stay much on the shelf, just get it and use it to the max on your vacation, that should be the ultimate taste, i am going to vegas next week and can't wait to use mine

[gjk]

Better look at serial numbers. 21M... should be OK. 14M.. or earlier could be wrong. 14 is from 4th quarter of 2011. Around November 2011 SAB is fixed, definitely. So, late 14th are OK too.

[Arjay]

So, late 14th are OK too.

What is a "late 14th"? Does anybody know from which 5-digit s/n number onward will be ok?

[flysurfer]

What is a "late 14th"?

I guess it means a 14... with a production date of Dec 2011 onwards, as displayed in the cameras EXIF data.

[Bill C]

Sorry for the slow reply... I've been on the road.

Well instead of sweating it i took the plunge and just did it.
I can't seem to find the manufacture date in any EXIF data i have seen.
The Camera is 14A03XXX.... Sense i don't know the system, i don't know exactly if this is early or late but I suspect early.

Anyways... I loaded 1.21 into it right away and so far other than a few annoying quirks(ISO menu on FN button without auto in viewfinder, battery life...etc) I'm enjoying the camera.

Time will tell if i find it an equal to my favorite camera, my Hexar AF. A lovely camera not without quirks it's self.

Thanks to all for this site.. It's been a heap of help and i really appreciate the maturity of the place...

Bill....

[kevenv]

Sorry for the slow reply... I've been on the road.

Well instead of sweating it i took the plunge and just did it.
I can't seem to find the manufacture date in any EXIF data i have seen.
The Camera is 14A03XXX.... Sense i don't know the system, i don't know exactly if this is early or late but I suspect early.

Your camera was manufacture in the 4th quarter of last year. 1 being 2011, 4 being the quarter. Load a picture at the following page:

http://regex.info/exif.cgi

Under "Maker Notes" you will find the following:

Internal Serial Number FPX 20870933 592D36323232 2011:10:27 F6F12b110008

The bold portion (made bold by me) is the manufacture date.

[gimmeslack]

Your camera was manufacture in the 4th quarter of last year. 1 being 2011, 4 being the quarter. Load a picture at the following page:

http://regex.info/exif.cgi

Under "Maker Notes" you will find the following:

Internal Serial Number FPX 20870933 592D36323232 2011:10:27 F6F12b110008

The bold portion (made bold by me) is the manufacture date.

For some reason (?) I don't see Maker Notes. Ideas?

[Bill C]

Your camera was manufacture in the 4th quarter of last year. 1 being 2011, 4 being the quarter. Load a picture at the following page:

http://regex.info/exif.cgi

Under "Maker Notes" you will find the following:

Internal Serial Number FPX 20870933 592D36323232 2011:10:27 F6F12b110008

The bold portion (made bold by me) is the manufacture date.

kenenv....You rock!

Mine is 2011:12:02 I assuming thats Dec. 12, 2011 and i hope thats late enough.

gimmeslack:.... just load a photo into where is says "Local Image File" then click "view image from file" Wait a few and when the data comes up, scroll down to "Makers Notes".

Thanks!!

[gimmeslack]

kenenv....You rock!

Mine is 2011:12:02 I assuming thats Dec. 12, 2011 and i hope thats late enough.

gimmeslack:.... just load a photo into where is says "Local Image File" then click "view image from file" Wait a few and when the data comes up, scroll down to "Makers Notes".

Thanks!!

Got it thanks! At first I was using image from photo hosting site and it was only coming back with truncated exif listing.
In any case 2011.11.04. I also hope that's good enough!

[Dre]

mines 2011:10:14
that seems like it's cutting it really close! I'm really worried but no signs yet *knock on wood
I just emailed Fuji today on manufacturing dates of when they fixed the problem. I hope to hear from them soon...

[Lowiq1]

Well hooray, hooray, hooray. EXIF on my camera shows a manufacture date of October 31, 2011.