FUJI XT2 FREEZE UP BUG RESOLVED! IT WAS A SIMPLE SD CARD SPEED ISSUE NO MORE

I had problems with my Fujifilm XT2 camera freezing the other day when I did a photo shoot with Valérie Bédard. In this video I talk about how it is more of a card technology issue and less of a card brand issue.

The video talking about my XT2 freeze issue

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Here is what I wrote in my last video post concerning the XT2 freeze issue

I have now owned the Fujifilm X-T2 for a little while now and I took it out for a test run on a photo shoot today. Although this is not a full blown overheating issue of the actual camera, it is caused for concerns. The camera got very hot when shooting in full bust mode with uncompressed raw file format recording. In this video I talk about how this happened, get you warmed up for a very cool photoshoot I had with Valérie and I had toady. I tested both the X100F and the X-T2

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[AlphaCygni]

Unfortunately, I manage to replicate the playback freezing issue quite easily, with two different xt2 bodies, running the latest firmware (4.20). I'm using sandisk uhs-ii (300mbs) cards.

The camera randomly freezes if I press the playback button fast enough right after a shot is taken (while it's being written to the card). The lockup is pretty straight forward - I take a shot, press the playback button and the shot review is shown on the rear lcd, with only the file counter on the upper right corner, the led is constantly flashing in green/orange succession and there's nothing left to do but taking out the battery and put it back in.

The only thing I didn't try is a different cards brand (such as lexar), but I doubt it will change anything. Fuji just fail to get it right.

As I mentioned, I quite easily (not always) manage to replicate those freezes and the easiest way I found to make it happen is to set the shutter to a fixed speed (let's say 1/125), and the same for the aperture (let's say f/2, if applicable) and iso (800-1600), Fine + Raw (compressed). Take some shots at rapid succession in single mode, and after each shot press the playback button right away. It will lockup eventually, trust me. I thought it was a hardware issue at first, but after I received my second x-t2 body (the first one was a batch, and the second one is a batch) I now know for sure it's a software issue Fuji fail to fix or acknowledge.

[SimCurves]

I'm glad this seems to have solved the problem for you. Unfortunately, some other professional shooters including myself have been experiencing lockups with faster (even the fastest) cards. For me, it's not really an issue since the lockups don't happen very often. But it has made others doubt the Fuji reliability or even switch (back) to other brands. :(

[Shaanmojo]

Using FAST Sandisk 300mb/s Pro2 10 cards with the XT-3. Freezing up constantly even in single-shot mode. Orange light turns on and I have to wait at least a minute, OR take out the battery.

[dennisj]

Hi iv spoken to a camera repair friend he told me to make sure in body boost is on, latest update, original full battery formatted cards if you still have the same problem return to your fuji service center.

[jravell]

I bought a Fujifilm X-T1 a couple of months ago and it's been locking up on me too. Each time the AF illuminator has remained lit until I remove the battery, so it only seems to happen in single-shot mode (unless I simply shoot single-shot mode so often that it's by chance). To me it seems to be a matter of shooting too many pictures in quick succession in a dark situation, thus putting strain on the buffer, while making the camera work hard to push the ISO at the same time. All this must be hard on the CPU and that's my theory about why it happens.
Unless I simply need a monster new SD card.

[christinescurr]

Thanks so much! My XT2 gets quite warm and has been freezing doing interval timer shooting. Guess which two cards I have in the slots? Will change my cards and see what happens!

[dennisj]

Hi jacque as far as I know the Lexar pro 1000 uhs=2 32gig and the 2000 have the same software engine mine are in backup and never had any problems just a thought you did format both cards from new? I will dig a bit deeper into your problems

[mbutton]

I'm using a 280 MB read 32 GB Sundisk and I'ts freezing from time to time. I thought it was corrected but it started again when using the Boost grip and on boost. frustrating

[agmarton]

My XT2 still freezes. I use dual Lexar professional 64GB 2000x (300 MB/s) cards. I love this camera but am quite frustrated with the freezing issues.

[mattbgraves]

Just shot an interview @4k using the Lexar 1000X 64 Gb and was having overheating issues. The 1000x I believe is 150mb/s. I switched over to Sandisk 64gb 2000x 300mb/s. Hopefully that does the trick. Anyone else using the Sandisk card for 4k video?

[tobibu]

I use SanDisk 300MB/s cards only. 2 of them in both my X T2s. Both camera equippet with the battery grip. 3x Fuji NP-W126S batteries in each camera. Lock up about 5 times a day... both of them...

[carlantaki]

Well my XT-2 froze with this same card Lexar 95MB/s 663x and Fuji 56mm 1.2, i'm on firmware 3.0, I was in single shot and continuous mode

[dennisj]

If I remember right it says in the manual min speed of card should be 90mb I use lexar 1000 150mb and never had any problems on either of my t2's with and without grip.

[SimCurves]

Just had confirmation from an official Fuji X photographer that a firmware fix is on the way for the lockups in CH and CL modes. Should be here within a week.

[laserx]

my T2 frezes at power on. most times when the battery grip is attached regardless if there are batteries in the grip or not. the 2.12 FW didn´t change anything. For example this afternoon it happened 4 times in a row, I had to remove the grip, remove an replug the batterie from the body. Body alone with lense booting ok. reattach the grip, freeze. finally I went without the grip, with a spare battery in my poket and it worked the whole afternoon. tonight I try to reproduce the issue and it does not happen anymore... this is not a firsttimer, this drives me nuts

[andrewrasmussen]

I used the same card you said you switched to. And my xt2 still froze up.

[johnsnetsinger]

Still having freeze issues on playback. Firmware 3.00

[tomislavmiletic_]

I told you so.  Everything above 90mbps and you are good to go :D :D 

Even better if you use UHS type II card at any speed...

[docavvai]

I used LEXAR 1000X 64GB UHS-II and it still froze

[PeterGuyton]

I had a card-related problem with my X-T2 but it was not a "freeze", instead I was getting random corrupt RAF files.

The real challenge was that the files appeared normal and would pass my initial ingest (using Capture One Pro). Only a few minutes later, Capture One would blow up when it tried to create the preview for the corrupt file. Even worse, the C1P database would get corrupted in the process and I'd have to restore it.

Took me a while to track down the corrupt image file or files, but then I tried them in Iridient Developer and it confirmed that the files were bad: it just said they were "unreadable". Long story I put in some brand new 300MB/s Lexar cards and problem is gone. It showed me that the X-T2 was having trouble writing to a slower card reliably, and that Capture One was having a hard time recognizing corrupt files during import.