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Fujifilm’s $10,000 beast of a camera, the GFX100, has a faulty shutter

Fujifilm’s $10,000 beast of a camera, the GFX100, has a faulty shutter

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Fujifilm has issued a warning that its new $10,000, 100-megapixel beast of a camera, the GFX100, suffers from “a loosening of the side shutter release ‘lock’ function” included in the device’s built-in vertical grip. “The result of this loosening is that the side shutter will no longer effectively lock, and photo capture may be triggered unintentionally,” the company wrote in statement. “Another result is that tiny parts could become loose within the camera body and potentially interfere with camera functionality.” The exact number of affected devices remains unclear, but the company reckons the issue persists in “only a very small…

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