Dave, if that only was true...
My takeaway is: If the hardware checks most boxes, buy, if not - firmware will not help against that.
I bought my Fuji X-T2 (which is no 1st throw of Fujifilm) two years ago. Waited 1/2 year until Capture One finally supported compressed RAW (and if I see LR developed Fuji pictures, I have to say it was good to wait). During that period, each RAW file I saved had 50 MB (from 24 MP - ridiculous...). There was never a possibility to save on one card normal RAW and on the other compressed RAW - so, the two slots were no help.While the comrpessed RAW are around 30MB. It's a differene if you need 5 or 3 hard drives to save and backup teh same number of pictures.
On the Fuji, I still find a couple of ergonomically relevant elements super quirky - that will not change, and with the X-T3 it's just and exactly the same. Kaizen at Fuji's is only software related, apparently.
Firmware versions: 3 major and a couple of bugfix versions. And still missing functions which could be done by the very same hardware - they still haven't discovered a reliably working way to create new folders... but they improved AF massively. Added new functions, some of them (focus stacking) to my surprise and very useful. Others remain horrible to use (no user settings, camera setting can't be transferred to SD card).
I decided to go Nikon ML because the hardware appears to be well thought, focusstacking is onboard, some things are well thought, others could be improved with lateron coming FW updates. Battery compatibility is already there probably the come to terms with a ebtter and real useful vertical grip (but I doubt so). For the first throw I can use all my lenses for DSLR, fully supported, quickly AF with the two I tried. Build quality is Nikon - no need to tell more. User settings - yes. State of the art EVF - yes. Tilt-swivel display - no. Touchscreen - yes... No more AF microadjustment - hell, yes! Silent shutter - yes.
Fujifilm had it's chance to convince me. Cute cameras, but still shortcomings. New GFX 50R could be interesting, but lenses... menus... accessories... somewhere else the grass is greener in my eyes.
My takeaway is: If the hardware checks most boxes, buy, if not - firmware will not help against that.
I bought my Fuji X-T2 (which is no 1st throw of Fujifilm) two years ago. Waited 1/2 year until Capture One finally supported compressed RAW (and if I see LR developed Fuji pictures, I have to say it was good to wait). During that period, each RAW file I saved had 50 MB (from 24 MP - ridiculous...). There was never a possibility to save on one card normal RAW and on the other compressed RAW - so, the two slots were no help.While the comrpessed RAW are around 30MB. It's a differene if you need 5 or 3 hard drives to save and backup teh same number of pictures.
On the Fuji, I still find a couple of ergonomically relevant elements super quirky - that will not change, and with the X-T3 it's just and exactly the same. Kaizen at Fuji's is only software related, apparently.
Firmware versions: 3 major and a couple of bugfix versions. And still missing functions which could be done by the very same hardware - they still haven't discovered a reliably working way to create new folders... but they improved AF massively. Added new functions, some of them (focus stacking) to my surprise and very useful. Others remain horrible to use (no user settings, camera setting can't be transferred to SD card).
I decided to go Nikon ML because the hardware appears to be well thought, focusstacking is onboard, some things are well thought, others could be improved with lateron coming FW updates. Battery compatibility is already there probably the come to terms with a ebtter and real useful vertical grip (but I doubt so). For the first throw I can use all my lenses for DSLR, fully supported, quickly AF with the two I tried. Build quality is Nikon - no need to tell more. User settings - yes. State of the art EVF - yes. Tilt-swivel display - no. Touchscreen - yes... No more AF microadjustment - hell, yes! Silent shutter - yes.
Fujifilm had it's chance to convince me. Cute cameras, but still shortcomings. New GFX 50R could be interesting, but lenses... menus... accessories... somewhere else the grass is greener in my eyes.