At last one of my long time trusted sources confirmed Olympus will launch a major E-M1 firmware update soon but he said that as long as he knows they will NOT add 4K video recording.
P.S.: I am actually surprised the previous new source was wrong on that rumor because I know he is a highly regarded man from the video world. Let’s see who is right but I will trust…trusted old time sources always more than new ones 🙂
E-M1 Store Links:
Olympus E-M1 body at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto, Amazon DE (via DL), Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL), WexUK, Topshot FI, CameraWorldUK.
Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, AmazonDE (viaDL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus E-M1 with 12-40mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK and CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus E-M1 with 12-50mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK, CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus EP-13 Eyecup for E-M1 at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus HLD-7 Battery Grip for E-M1 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LC-62D Metal Front Lens Cap for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LH-66 Lens Hood for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.
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So what does it add exactly? Better video codec with frame rates other than 30 FPS?
as for now, add a grain of salt…
That should have been used in the first place by the bucket loads! 😉
Still, I’m looking forward to seeing what they will bring.
Not only video functions, E-M1 and Oly cameras have lots of things to upgrade. 14-bit RAW, Spot metering syncronization for each focus points, Focus point selection options – Reduced number of points (35 or 81points are too much for some situations. Nikon already support 11-point options for their 39- or 51-points supported bodies), Virtual distance scale on LCD, Virtual focus limiter, ETC….. M4/3 system is so capable, but even Samsung NX(lots of bugs) is better in software tricks (useful tricks) then M4/3 bodies.
Yes, 12-bit raw is scandalous in bodies like E-M1 and E-M5. Canon has 14-bit raw even in their entry-level bodies (EOS M, 1200D, 100D). Looking at DxO, m43 may appear to be competitive with Canon’s image quality, but working with the raw files makes it clear that Canon’s files are much more malleable, and don’t fall apart as easily in post-processing. This is an aspect of image quality that is often neglected by review sites.
That Panasonic touch pad style AF point selection would be nice.
On GH4 you can select exactly which and how many focus points you want: http://cdn.pcworld.idg.com.au/dimg/700×700/dimg/focuspoints.jpg
It was to good to be true about 4K video, LOL!
What does your latest source say about the PAL frame rates?
About 4K, but PAL frame rate is indeed highly desired. That alone could push me to buy an EM1.
Still no word on that GH4 “surprise”?
Someone could explain me why 4k is so desired? Why people want 4k if then they haven’t TV monitors with lower resolution?
correction: if then they haven’t TV monitors with NECESSARY resolution?
Downsampling 4K to 1080p gives much better quality than recording 1080p directly in the camera.
Additionally using 4K and outputting 1080 (or even 720) allows for reframing options in post. Tricking the viewer into thinking you used multi cameras and/or setups, when really you only had one. So great for those quick set up interviews.
Plus, there are benefits with VFX work for using 4K.
Besides the very important advantage mentioned the other poster a few minutes ago, it also gives the shooter unlimited umpteen frames per second stills capture, meaning no buffer. It doesn’t really have much to do with TVs yet.
Acquiring source material in 4K has many advantages when you output in 1080p.
– no moire (or at least greatly reduced possibility of it showing)
– no aliasing
– less noise
– reframing/panning/zooming capabilities in post
– much more detail
– more leeway in grading
Check out this review to see for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxGekOHEPuc
Take a look at 3:45. Despite being in 1080p, downscaled 4K footage blows away native 1080p of 5D Mark III out of the water. Once you get used to that kind of quality, everything else just looks like it’s out of focus.
For people who just want to shoot their kids playing, that’s probably not important, since they probably won’t be spending any time editing that footage. But for anyone taking video more seriously, that’s some serious advantages.
Thanks, Tripper; I enjoyed it. Very informative and comprehensive.
Thank you very much!
I don’t think anyone really expected 4K to be added, unless it was some sort of lame implementation such as the low rate of that found on the GoPro, which few people use.
I don’t really get this 4k stuff. Skyfall, for example, was not shot on 4k and they made an IMAX version. I have never heard anyone complain that it had poor resolution. So I still hope that Oly will produce EMs that can match the Blackmagic Pocket Camera which I still think gives very nice video when graded properly. What am I missing?
Read the comments, there are plenty of reasons why low budget productions would shoot on 4K.
It isn’t a *must have*, but it sure can come in handy. I’m not rushing into it myself, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be getting a Panasonic GH4 myself some time by this summer (southern hemisphere).
OK, so you can crop and reframe shots in post, which might be useful for people who don’t shoot enough cutaways. And possibly it’s better for some FX. So I still don’t get why everyone thinks it’s so great??????
You’re forgetting the really big one…. shooting in 4K for better 1080 output!
I guess then that being an old git pushing 60 my eyes have gone to bits but to me 2.5k RAW actually looks better. Seriously though thanks heaps for your response.
Well yes, usually 2.5K raw that is graded *well* from a BMCC will look better.
But I don’t see Olympus (and probably not even Panasonic) offering raw video any time soon. Thus getting 4K now instead is at least something!
You’re forgetting the really big reason…… shooting in 4K for better 1080 output!
I shot my first short in 4K, it saved me big time in post-production, you never know the benefit until you try.
E-M10 fw update is on its way too if I trust http://lightsnowdev.blogspot.com/
Well, I did not believe the 4K rumor from the beginning, so no surprise here. However, improving video capabilities (framerates, codecs, etc.) would be a welcomed change. And not only in E-M1. Olympus cameras really lag behind competition in that area.
Is anyone interested in Motion detection? Here is canon’s third-party firmware demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksg78bteN7s&t=37s
Maybe ask olympus to add it while announcing 300/f4 pro 🙂 http://goo.gl/y9loy5
Can do that too with my android phone. Not sure what you’ll want with it, unless you want to use it as a security camera.
oh I want to apply 300/f4 pro to catch bird’s backing or going out like this http://goo.gl/6dsjzX
Nice picture. What species of bird is that?
it is Megalaima nuchalis ! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_barbet , Motion Detection could increase the success rate for taking that kind of works! If also want it , ask the Olympus 🙂 Make it not only a dream!
https://support.olympus.co.jp/cf_secure/en/contact/index.cfm?consumer=DigitalCamera
Nice!
@mark_lavrijsen:disqus Ask the Olympus , Make it not only a dream! Motion Detection will be awesome for OlympusER 🙂
https://support.olympus.co.jp/cf_secure/en/contact/index.cfm?consumer=DigitalCamera
Does triggertrap not do motion detection?
Triggertrap use PIR(passive IR) to do motion detection , it is hard to apply on far way of birds’ backing and going out .Its laser receiver mode maybe work but you have to setup a situation like this http://goo.gl/ehMQrz , it is also inconvenient to apply for taking photos of birds’ backing and going out.
So no 4k, didn’t expect that to be true. If someone has told me Olympus would bring out firmware that added new frame rates [24, 25, 50, 60p] or a better codec or higher megabit recording or uncompressed hdmi output I wouldn’t of believed that either. So will that be the case or can we expect to see some video features in this firmware?
iHS Technology Video: http://youtu.be/VSNih8t4KZM
That is the Olympus own new video about E-P5 coming new firmware feature for video.
And it use same CPU as E-M1 does, but same sensor as E-M5.
If that can get 120 FPS and 240 FPS…. Why not E-M1?
Unless Olympus is teasing and that video was leaked without approval.
The E-M1 doesn’t have a BSI CMOS sensor.
Looks like the sceptics will be proven right after all.
Now it would be nice to find out what still is in that big firmware update 😉
A dozen new art filters.
Sanscrit translation…
This could be explained if the video world guy was in fact testing an E-M1 that was a test mule which had a different motherboard that was upgraded to handle 4K but also had elements of the firmware upgrade for the E-M1 on board for testing as well.
If the E-M1 motherboard doesn’t have 4K processing capability, which is most likely I think, Olympus only have to add an upgraded motherboard and alter the paint job on the top very slightly to have a new model.
Perhaps the body he was testing said E-M1 on the top but was different inside so he thought it was a stock E-M1 and concluded that they all had the same hidden hardware.
That sounds quite feasible to me. It’s also possible other beta testers were testing something different too.
There are always those two possibilities.
1. Different features to different testers (why give photography features for videographer and vice versa?)
2. Different hardware in identical body so if camera gets lost, it doesn’t draw attention so much. And why to modify body of it isn’t required?
3. BONUS everything is rumor and there is no new firmware coming.
Hence the “new rumored silver version” comming 😉
Why Olympus, why did you have to cancel the 4K? What a stupid move! Guess Panasonic is the company for me, ’cause Olympus has made me disappointed one time too many now. I DON’T BELIEVE HOW STUPID OLYMPUS MANAGEMENT IS!
Calm down. This is a site with rumors not facts.
A lot of people follow sites like this one, because they are hoping or believing that the rumors will turn out to be facts. If you treat the site as purely fictional or gossip, then it’s not really that interesting.
Agreed, but I like to see it as a site with “hints” for what could be coming down the pipeline. Getting upset like this about a rumor makes no sense.
Why? Why did you have to believe a rumour? What a stupid thing to do!
I DON’T BELIEVE HOW STUPID YOU ARE!!!!!!!
Unless of course that was just one big ‘tongue in cheek’ comment. 😉
Olympus management did read the 43rumors news and based the negativity toward Olympus they made decision to roll a new firmware quickly where 4k is removed again because their engineers couldn’t get more than 54Mbits bitrate and some people demanded 100Mbits (what they never use).
That’s why.
A low graded rumor suggested 4K.
Olympus never announced anything.
Incorrect, 4K is in the upgrade.
Somehow, I think a beta tester using a modified E-M1 sounds a little more credible.
Until I see details of the upgrade I don’t think I’ll be losing any sleep over what’s in it & what’s not!
I haven’t had a good night’s sleep since I started following camera rumor sites!
I waste my day looking at them when I should be working. It’s a dreadful addiction! 😉 It is fun getting some clue on what could be coming, but it is truly a laugh when some readers totally overreact as ‘super dummy spitters’. 🙂
That’s why it is now nice to carry a Nexus 7 what does geotagging and while waiting something to happen or long exposure to end, there is time to read rumors and comments. Waiting in location couple hours a good lighting is boring if nothing to use spend time.
I love your logic! 😉 🙂
yes it is!
You’re probably not the only one in denial!
Bullshit.
If its better codec and 25fps I would still buy it. I already have a good 4K camera, this would be my grab cam to use for stills, vaccation, BTS and for my collection of vintage glass.
Also 4K isnt perfect just because its 4K. Just like a 1080p toy camera looks worse than a 1080p Red there will be good and bad 4K.
I had the e-m5 and loved it as a fun point and shoot but the codec made me sell it.
I don’t need video.. 🙂
+1
Then don’t use it and let the rest of us enjoy it!
Have I written somewhere that some of you don’t have to enjoy video?
I think that there’s already a GH4 that takes 4k videos and good pictures, and I wonder if those complaining about the lack of 4k video on Em1 are sad just because it’s in the human nature to want everything and still feeling sad..
I’m not interested in video therefore this rumor of a lacking 4k feature on my Em1 is not a disappointment.
When I bought it I knew what and why I was doing it: if I were interested in video (or also in video) I would have chosen a Panasonic camera.
It’s not good to continuously state your hate dislike of something you don’t use. Especially if you don’t add to the conversation, as it becomes childish. Try to write critical sentences e.g. I don’t need video, and would much prefer Olympus to focus on improving the interface, focus and image quality.
What you are doing is some silly stance, and if you haven’t got time to write a few more words, its best not to say anything unless you like being a troll however. Like my cameras and photos quality over quanitity (of posts).
Chill out, mate. I’m not here to trolling. Perhaps you are just new here and don’t know those who really troll the site. 🙂
I’m just saying that those who buy a camera usually know what the camera can and can’t do.
Did Olympus said that 4k would have been added to Em1 via a future firmware? I don’t recall it.
I bought Em1 because it’s a great camera to me. And now I just would like to see a different color on focus peaking mode (I already wished that on a previous related post, adding something to the conversation 😉 ).
To me it seems that people want everything (the more the better, we know) but still (pun intended?) we’re never happy.
Personally I don’t think 4k is possible: Em1 can’t handle a 30seconds exposure when taking pictures, I believe it’s a bad sign.
(I take photos everyday, even if I’m busy with work I still have the time to do it, check my fav fora and face everyday life. One of my photos is the cover of Olympus magazine Twitter account, just to say that I’m not trolling)
I’m pretty sure you weren’t trolling on purpose which is why I was trying to educate you. But trolling is the provocation of a reply, and considering you just wrote four-five words without actually providing anything useful, and only providing a negative connotation without arguing your case. I consider that trolling, remember people who first come to the website do not know your history or history of trolls, but they do appreciate critical arguments even if its negative.
As they say two wrongs don’t make a right so avoid following the trollers.
Olympus never said anything about adding 4k, just some rumour. The whole point of a rumour site is to help people plan for purchases or to satiate their hunger for information(information overload) or unhappiness with improvements, and generally most users won’t complain of a feature being added unless it make another feature lower quality. So having a 4K mode shouldn’t make photo taking worse, all it does is move resources for improving photographical improvements away, the word is “improvements” all research and technology is designed to improve, unless the technology is designed to make things affordable at the expense of quality (e.g. keyboards for £10 vs super high quality mechanical keyboards for £100+, considering I use the keyboard everyday, it’s worth it, but I can understand not all people can afford them, or actually write and create content enough that ergonomics and feelings don’t matter).
4K are 8MP photos at 30 FPS compared to 9FPS of my current E-M5, which would be super useful for capturing HDR images, because it is so fast there would be less motion blur and also combining so many images could create hyper realistic images. And realistically 8MP is more than enough for A3 sized images so would be amazing.
Ok, I’ll try to explain my 4 words comment: when I bought Em1 I knew that I wasn’t choosing it for its video qualities.
If I was into video as I am in taking photos I would have chosen a Panasonic camera.
That’s the main difference between the two Companies, and it’s something people interested in jumping in the system know.
So, I’m not interested in video, and I bought a Em1 because of that.
As I wrote, the more the better, but I would not hold my breath wating for such a feature to be added via firmware.
And of course you can pick up a 8mb file and use it as a picture, it would be easier to have that HDR image you’re looking for, but you can still use your Em1 and take nice photos as you have done until now.
It’s true that people come to the site and try to imagine, guess, dream about new features, but I find really weird that some writes things like HOW DID YOU DARE OLYMPUS?!?! As if the sky was falling.
My 4 words comment was perhaps too hermetic and can be taken for a trolling, but I find more childish seeing all this disappointment. After all if a user is not happy with his gear he can always sell it and be more cautious with the next purchase: haters think that there’s some kind of war between Pana and Oly and don’t realize how the products are complementary.
Thanks for the reply
Motion blur is a result of a too slow shutter speed. It has nothing to do with a low frame rate. The frame rate sets a limit to how long each exposure can be, but not to how short it can be. No matter if you shoot at 2 fps or 30 fps, you can always choose 1/1000s, for example, and avoid motion blur.
Marco means making an HDR shot comprising moving elements such as leaves on trees – not only is the shutterspeed of each component shot important as you’ve indicated, but you also have to consider the scene changing during the interval between shots.
I meant motion in between shots physical motion. Unless you eletricute you body to rigamortis so you don’t move in the seconds in between photos. Its only useful when a tripod is not available or taking photos of action where the minimizing time in between can make a difference.
What you mean “can’t handle 30s exposure”? I take 40-60 second exposures daily and it handles them exactly as is supposed. The difference just is that the Panasonic sensor doesn’t do noise filtering in sensor like many Sony sensors do before sensor pass signal to A/D conversion and gain boosting. That requires to do a black frame extraction.
I don’t much care for video either & I hope some improvements come that will enhance the stills use of the camera for me too.
So, from me, I don’t really care that (or if) there is no 4K video either, because that is what I bought & I’m not demanding it be added after the fact. Whatever they bring will be a bonus, but……… I hope they give me an option to use CD-AF with some 4/3’s lenses too (like the 14-54 II lens) as the PD-AF can hunt too much at times. Now that would be a fix, not a new feature.
BOTH OF U CHILL.. coz you are both not getting anything:) No different colored focus peaking, and no 4K video..dream on lol Anything extra will be saved for next camera upgrade, where Olympus can make more money off of u.
But what do I care I have an em5, and it seems we are completely left out 🙁
Well, a serious focus peaking would simply make it more useful. As it is I prefer magnification and it’s ok.
I’m not crying over anything: I bought Em1 knowing what I was doing and it serves me well (that’s the point, we need to master our gear, not being slave to it).
I write “I’m not interested in video” because Em1 (and Oly cameras in general) were never meant to be used “seriously” (some do it, though) for video.
And I’m surprised to see how people complain about a feature that they should have known was missing in the camera.
Even when Admin writes that there will be a huge update for stills, I keep my feet on the ground and I’m just curious to see if it will be an exageration or what.
I’m with you with Em5: it deserves more attention, but I fear we won’t see anything because it’s getting too “old”. .
Shut up, there isn’t coming new firmwares, no new models as Olympus is bought by Canon and it will make IBIS for their next generation low-light sensor what blows Sony out of the water!
Or….
Now wouldn’t that ‘put the cat among the pigeons’! 😉
I dont need a raincoat.. 🙂
#funfactsaboutrandompeople
Marco…I get you…LOL!…Stills RULE!!!!! 🙂
Where is the E-M5 firmware upgrade?
If it sounds too good to be true…….
…. it usually is! 😉
I´ll be very happy if they give 24/25fps and a better codec (EM-1, EM-10, EP-5). 4K firmware upgrade sounded too good to be true, but better 1080p is absolutely necessary if Olympus want’s to compete.
I don’t need 4K video either, but I would like to have the Live Composite mode included.
That is the feature I am expecting. But reminding that older source didn’t deny 120/240fps and 24/25/60fps modes for 1080p. Only 4K resolution.
The live composite is feature what can make huge difference among Pros without requiring to buy E-M10 as second body.
I’ll agree with you there. I would certainly hope they bring that to the E-M1. I wonder if they will bring anything to the E-M5 as well?
Perhaps, this rumor site should be more reluctant to publish such significant rumors, such as adding 4K support per firmware update, and perhaps refrain from publishing it, if the source is not reliable.
The publishment of the earlier rumors – if they are not true – has made this site much less credible, in my opinion. The rumors have created a lot of discussion in the web, and now only a few days after, this site turns everything in the other direction.
This could be quite harmful for the manufacturer involved. First high expectations are raised, followed by a big disappointment now.
For such important news, I would suggest to double check the truth, unless rumors are mostly published to create traffic here, which I hope is not the case.
I am not amongst the disappointed, because video does not matter for me a lot.
It is called rumors for a reason.
Otherwise it would be 43confirmedfacts.com 😉
Well, people should take everything with a grain of salt, when reading rumors that sounds more like a wishlist. It’s nice to drink a coffee over it, but nothing more, and being so disappointed about a rumor is somehow exagerated, in my opinion.
I’m pretty sure rumors are absolutely published to create traffic here, because that’s exactly what this site is about. If anyone was banking on 4k in the E-M1 based on this website, they didn’t actually read the posts about it. The admin has been very open about their reluctance to believe this rumor.
I doubt if that new firmware will contain any serious improvement for the EM-1’s video capabilities. The EM-1 is a great tool for stills but for video it behaves like an amateur point and shoot model. It’s not just the frame rates and codecs that are disappointing but the fact that you can’t adjust anything while recording (even if you started filming in manual mode) makes it useless for any serious video work. If lighting conditions change all you can do is to stop filming and re-adjust the exposure. I really don’t believe that’s just a limitation they built in which can be unlocked by a firmware update. The camera is built this way.
Try a manual lens. Amateur P&S?. Which P&S can deliver results like this:
http://vimeo.com/85108134
But yes, it could do with being more flexible.
Yes you can put on a lot of premium glass on the OM-D EM1. The 12-40 power zoom kit lens for the OM-D EM5 would also be great for video. But my objection to video on both cameras is that from the moment you start recording there’s no way at all to correct exposure. This makes the camera useless for me for any serious video work. Camera’s from Panasonic like the GX7 or FZ1000 give you full control during filming, so why can’t the much more expensive EM-1 deliver that?
I use a variable ND filter while shooting.
Yes, ok, that’s one way to bypass the restrictions the camera has. Professional video cameras have variable ND filters built in, that would certainly be a nice add on. But what I really would like to have is a pro level stills camera in a SLR-like form factor, like the OM-D EM1 is, that also has pro level video specs.
Meaning: no 30 minutes recording limit, a microphone input, a headphone output, audio control, a full range of frame rates and codecs, full control of aperture, shutter speed, gain (ISO) and white balance while recording, and clean HDMI output while recording, allowing a field monitor or external recorder to be used.
I’m quite sure such a camera can be made. It would be a hybrid video camera and subject to higher taxes which I would be willing to pay. Better have it all then paying less to get intentionally crippled video features. Let them market the camera in two versions – a cheaper one for those who don’t care about video at all.
Hey, dont get me wrong, I would like to have my cake and eat it.. like a built in headphone jack and Olympus showing some of that sound technology in their camera 🙂
But I get around it as we all do.
Well well. I bet many E-M1 users feel deeply disappointed, perhaps even mistreated by Olympus.
As to me, I am curious about the stills shooting enhancements and fixes included. A few things could be better implemented in this camera such as focus peaking accuracy, coupling of spot metering with the active AF area and enabling EV compensation in manual exposure (by adjusting ISO). Increasing the horizontal sensitivity of PDAF would also be desirable, but I suspect that is a hardware-related issue.
How do you mean focus peaking accuracy? I don’t think accuracy is an issue with the EM-1 focus peaking. I think focus peaking on the EM-1 is a con job! Enabling focus peaking on the EM-1 severely degrades the EVF refresh rate. I becomes choppy as if you’ve enabled an Art Filter. I believe Olympus did the lazy thing and cheated with their implementation of Focus Peaking on the EM-1. Give us the real thing Olympus. Just like how Sony and Panasonic does it.
EV compensation via ISO when in M mode? What is this? Just use the dials and 2×2 switch to compensate yourself! It is MANUAL after all.
I know, I know. But it would be nice wouldn’t it? Being able to control both shutter speed and depth of field without worrying about the brightness. Should trust the EVF more.
No, I agree with you. Canon actually added this to their 1Dx through Firmware Update, and I’ve asked Oly for this. It’s really needed when using the E-M1 with e.g the 50-200 SWD which do NOT have a fixed aperture (2.8-3.5), and shooting sports. I know the shutter speed should not be slower than X, and I want to use the widest aperture available (2.8-3.5) and with variable lighting on the football field, Auto ISO is the solution, – however – I would like to set EV compensation as well.
I am sorry, are we talking about same camera, the E-M1?
The one benefit on that camera is better aperture/shutter/ISO/WB control than any Canon/Nikon camera. Photographer has everything just under fingertips without loosing grip or second quessing what are results as EVF shows it.
Shooting football/soccer isn’t problem as you zoom and you see the change and you compensate with wanted adjustment.
Now i have started to get the feeling that there are more “photographers” than actual skilled photographers on side of field. People rushing to CaNikon rent tents to get latest bodies and studying them fifteen minutes before events starts and they are after all there shooting in A or S mode.
Mayby they would need to hire a photographer to take shots for them as well….
Ok. Clearly you’re not a professional soccer photographer that delivers to newpapers/online. You just don’t have the time to do those adjustments when the light changes in the middle of a burst. You can’t tell them to re-act the scene you missed due to “had to change the ISO” even though I agree- the E-M1 is fantastic in regards to doing those kind of changes – just not in the middle of the action. Shooting with E-M1 and the 50-200 SWD is not even fast enough – the camera is only able to do about 3.5fps and there are no native m43 lens out there that come close to that zoom-range that will produce the same shallow-ish depth of field. Waiting for the Oly 40-150/2.8 that should make the camera able to do 6.5fps bursts WITH af tracking. Still some to go on 1Dx’s 10-11 fps burst, but I would be very happy with 6.5fps. 7 or 8 would be ideal – 6.5 = close enough.
Wouldn’t setting the ISO-Auto Set to All (page 94 in the manual: http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/oima_cckb/E-M1_MANUAL_EN.pdf) make the camera behave this way? With this set to All you can use auto iso in manual mode and use the exposure compensation to control the brightness. The camera will then adjust the iso for you to give you the brightness you want.
Why should E-M1 users feel disappointed or even mistreated by Olympus?
Olympus never said the E-M1 will have 4k video!
So what’s the problem?
Oly can still implement a lot of useful features in this upcoming firmware update. Don’t overrate 4k. It’s the future, but it’s also quite a hype and in most cases not needed yet.
In a few years, that will be different of course.
My comment regarding disappointment was ironic.
haha ok sorry, didn’t get that.
Was not obvious right away, I must say.
I agree with you, until recently, there was no hope of 4K, which raises the question : why would anyone have bought it in the first place if 4K is such a killer feature?
I am not knocking 4K off. Not at all. But it isn’t for everyone and in fact for many, Olympus’s video is good enough.
“Don’t overrate 4k. It’s the future, but it’s also quite a hype and in most cases not needed yet.
In a few years, that will be different of course.”
Everything you said made sense up until that point. Why should we not shoot 4K now to preserve our memories in the highest quality we can get? It’s as relavant now as it would be a few years from now. In fact it’s even more relavant now because that’s 2-3 years of memories you’ll miss recording in 4K if you don’t get it for another 2-3 years.
Ok 🙂 very well. Panasonic destroys all market with a future GM2, LX8 and a Fixed Lens m43 camera with all GH4 video features
No matter how I love the GX serie : fortunately no.
hopefully they do not postpone again
I might be a bit slow to add this, but what the heck, ”
(FT5) Trusted source: Yes E-M1 firmware is coming but doesn’t add 4K video.”
Well, who’d have thought! Now what a surprise! 😉
its all fibs and vanity………………..
Major Firmware update coming, here are the release notes:
Ver.2.0 (Aug.21 2014):
* New Art Filter Program “Hello Kitty” superimposes Hello Kitty (R)(TM) head to images automatically.
* Camera startup picture can now be personalized by choosing among 10 Colors
* Self timer intervall noch lets user choose among 3 different music songs that are played once shutter release button is fully pressed. Choosing the song is done by half-pressing the shutter relesae button and cycling through the proposed music titles.
* Menu font style can now be choosen among five fonts. Further fonts may be downloaded (*) from Olympus inc. online Web-shop.
* Art Filters are now active by default and can not be switched off in order to allow user a better user experience.
(*): Extra fee.
Seriously: Has there been ANY really useful addition of new functions to catch up with competitors in ANY Olympus FW update (like Fuji does)? Can’t remember any. My expectations are pretty low (theoretically enthusiast E-M1 user…)
Olympus added low iso to the E-M5. They also added IBIS support for manual lenses when shooting video.
I also am sure they upgraded the video codec in the E-M5 because I remember trying to recreate the horrendous motion/panning artifacts the E-M5 originally had and I wasn’t able to.
What’s more preposterous: a late release firmware update adding 4K video support or a rumor site publishing rumors?
An official apology is in order. Olympus should also offer all those who bought the E-M1 the option of returning their cameras, no questions asked. A full refund is a given.
I loved my E-M1, but not anymore. Olympus has betrayed our trust!
Please use 🙂 sign or something similar, when poking jokes. With so many childish and naive participants on this site, I’m sure many will take it seriously otherwise. Perhaps even our admin ;.)
I agree with Tropical Yeti. Make more clear that you are ironic.
Because… you were ironic, right..?
Yeah but what does the new source actually say is in the coming firmware?????
Exactly. Big news here may be the confirmation of a new firmware. That is pretty good news!
I’ll throw in the obligatory… Hope the non 4k video is improved.
Just give me Live Composite so I don’t have to envy E-M10 owners and I’ll be happy.
I don’t understand why the all of 4K is such a surprise. Olympus traditionally doesn’t add new firmware features and doing 4K is quite a jp feature wise from what the camera may have wen designed for.
The only way this would work is if they had it in te awards but had to take it out last minute because the software wasn’t ready.