Well, I finally had to do it.  I sent my Fujifilm X100 back to New Jersey for a factory repair.

I believe my camera is suffering from the sticking aperture blade problem.  When I shot in aperture priority mode as I normally do, it would act up.  At f/2 I could usually get a correct exposure, always subject to a max shutter speed of 1/1000sec, a normal constraint.  But when stopped down especially towards f/11 or f/16 the camera delivered consistently overexposed frames.  Even then, sometimes it would look fine but more and more often the shots I got were overexposed.

I also tried to take a series of manual exposures aimed at a single subject and the camera exhibited the same behavior, especially as I stopped down towards the apertures approaching f/16.

I tried to convince myself that it was me, that I needed to adapt to the camera’s idiosyncracies.  But the issue just became too nagging to ignore and I know its not something I can control or anticipate as normal behavior.

So, its on the way to Fuji’s repair facilities in New Jersey.  This is an issue that has popped up for other owners and from what I’ve been able to research is solved with a new lens assembly.  I just hope the fix is permanent and doesn’t reoccur.  I’ll keep you posted.

Thanks for reading!