The Fuji X Weekly App can now send Recipes straight from the App to your camera using a USB-C cable! Right now, this is only available on Apple, but it will be coming to Android within the next few months or so. If you haven’t read the announcement, there’s a bunch of important information in it, so I recommend starting there (click here)—it’s essential reading if you plan to use this feature.
The new Recipe transferring feature is called App-to-Camera Recipe Transfer Protocol (ATC RTP for short). A few days ago I discussed some of the known issues, but a couple of those have since been resolved, plus a new issue has come up, so I wanted to give a quick update. Let’s dive right in!
The two known issues that were fixed are 1) Recipes that use DR-Auto were transferring as DR100 instead of DR-Auto, and 2) a warning—for Recipes with Grain Off—that Grain was not able to be set when in fact it was set correctly (the error message itself was the bug). Those have been fixed on the latest Fuji X Weekly App update. If your phone didn’t automatically update the App, you may want to manually do so now. This is actually the second update since the new feature was released, so even if you haven’t encountered any issues yet, you may still want to double-check that you are running on the latest version.
The other known issue is that iPhones that use the Lightning plug (not USB-C) do not work with this feature; however, I’ve had several reports that using a Lightning-to-USB-C adapter will resolve the problem. I’ve not been able to try it myself to know for 100% certainty, but there have been enough reports that I’m fairly confident that this will work for you, too.
The new issue is a weird one. It might only affect those on iPhone 16, but I’m not completely certain about that. It seems that very few have encountered this problem, and it’s unlikely that it will affect you. If you are not able to get the phone to connect to the camera, and it always just says No camera connected even though you’ve tried everything, there is a potential solution. If you’ve encountered this rare problem, go to the Settings App on your iPhone, tap Privacy & Security (which is towards the bottom), select Files & Folders, and find the Fuji X Weekly App. Make sure that it is only in the list once (not twice) and that it is On (green); if not, toggle it/them Off/On until there is only one Fuji X Weekly option (not two) and it is On (green). If you find two Fuji X Weekly folders, when you toggle them one will disappear. This should resolve the problem, and you’ll be able to connect the camera to the phone.
Lastly, I wanted to give a quick update on the Instagram problem I had previously talked about. For those who missed it, Instagram removed my post announcing this new feature, claiming that I had violated their community standards, which obviously is not true or even remotely close to true. Restrictions were placed on my account, punishing me for something I didn’t do. I later learned that this is a systemic problem, and a lot of other people have had similar experiences, which is unfortunate. I requested that Instagram review their decision, and a few days later my post was reinstated, and the restrictions removed from my account; however, I never got an explanation. I still have no idea why they did this, but at least it’s been rectified.
I find this new feature very exciting and I can’t wait for it to arrive in the Android app.
Thanks for creating this.
I appreciate your kindness! Working hard on bringing it to Android.
Does the ATC feature, automatically check the recipe against the camera model for compatibility? How many folks are using it. Seems like a great feature that would be great on an upcoming trip to Rome & Athens.
– You cannot send a Recipe that uses a Film Simulation that your camera doesn’t have. For example, you can’t send a Nostalgic Negative Recipe to an X-Trans IV camera.
– You can send a Recipe that’s not intended for your specific model, but it will give you a warning first. If it’s a case of it simply being a Recipe intended for a different sensor generation (for example, X-Trans IV version of a Classic Negative Recipe to an X-Trans V camera), you’ll get a warning that it may render differently, but otherwise it will send it. If it’s a case of not having all of the settings (for example, 0.5 Highlight and/or Shadow adjustments sent to an X100V or X-Pro3), it will give you the warning, plus it will give you an error saying that those particular parameters were not able to be set.
The App also has the ability to Filter Recipes for your specific model, if you want to ensure that the Recipe is fully compatible and will render as intended.
I don’t know how many people have used the ATC feature, but I’ve had hundreds of reports of it “working” so it’s at least a few hundred.
I love this new feature idea. Unfortunately and rather frustratingly, I can’t seem to get it working with any of my Fujis, including the X-T5 and X-E5. I even grabbed a couple of new cables to rule those out.
I’m wondering if it might be because I’m using an older phone? I have an iPhone SE. Could that be the reason?
Thanks!
I believe the iPhone SE uses a Lightning cable. Lightning cables don’t work; however, I have had a handful of reports of USB-C-to-Lightning adapters working. I have not tried that personally because I don’t have a Lightning iPhone, but it seems to be working for those that have tried. If that does or doesn’t work for you, let me know.
Thanks for the fast reply. Yes, the iPhone SE uses a Lightning cable. I’ve tried various Lightning-to-USB-C cables, so there’s no adaptor needed or involved.
It’s looking increasingly like it might be an iPhone SE issue. Thanks again for your help.
Lightning-to-USB-C cables won’t work. The cable itself needs to be USB-C-to-USB-C (not Lightning). The adapter allows you to connect the USB-C cable to your Lightning phone. I know it’s a weird thing (and I cannot explain it), but a half-dozen people have reported that it works. I would give that a try.