Olympus will release the new E-m1 firmware update on June 16. You can already see the details at olympus.co.uk/site/en/c/cameras_support/downloads/e_m1_download.html. And also the E-M5II will get a new version 1.2: olympus.co.uk/site/en/c/cameras_support/downloads/e_m5_mark_ii_downloads.html
P.S.: And also the GH4 will get a major firmware update later this month.
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Thanks Nico and Sebi for sharing this!
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I bet the GH4 will get – among other features and fixes – the new, much better focus tracking algorithm the G7 already has and maybe all of 4K Photo modes from G7.
Can you provide a link on this please… thanks
Unfortunately I just bet, have no evidences. 😀
But it seems more than logical to me. (Usually GHs get firmware immediately after launching a G to have their latest enhancements.)
I thought you might have read in an article somewhere that the G7 outperforms the GH4 in actual tests. The GH4 has some serious focusing speed, so I think it’s a big assumption that the G7 AF will be better/faster just because it’s newer. My LX100 is newer but it doesn’t focus faster than the GH4 and it is designed only to operate with its fixed zoom lens.
Actually I’m not sure whether the G7 is really faster on tracking than GH4 but Panasonic certainly claims that it would have a new tracking algorithm, never used in any other Lumix camera (including GH4):
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/panasonic-g7/panasonic-g7A.HTM
“Autofocus tracking is also said to have been improved, with the
Panasonic G7 now using not just subject color to track motion, but also
calculating a motion vector and using this to estimate the subject’s
motion, a change that allows tracking of faster-moving subjects. (This,
says Panasonic, is the first Lumix model with this capability.)”
Looks very promising… Thanks
v-log ?
I just wish that the GH3 would have gotten so many firmware updates as the GH4.
Before introduction Panasonic mentioned focus peaking for the GH3…
Well, it’s no too late, Panasonic!
Well, Panasonic have stated clearly that focus peaking on GH3 is not possible due to hardware reasons. This is a rather old story!
Still no configurable focal length multiplication factor or EV shift for Auto ISO? More important, still no exposure compensation in M mode with Auto ISO? Fuji has just done the right thing by adding it to the X-T1 in their latest firmware. Auto ISO as such is of extremely restricted usefulness as long as both options are still missing.
Fujifilm makes you think you upgraded your camera for free. Even the XE2 is getting another F.U. in the fall/winter. Unbelievable. And something that everyone can use!
The E-M1 update sounds kind of boring if that is all it does.
At least it is getting regular updates. The EM-10 has much of the same imaging engine as the EM-1 / EM5 but has not received any firmware upgrades for about a year now. No love for the EM-10 Olympus?
The E-M10’s like the black sheep of the family, ostracized because it does almost everything it’s big brother does yet sells for less than half the price. Same processing engine, it would be great if E-M1 FW updates could be applied to it as well.
Last update for E-M5 and E-M10 was 7 months ago, on Nov 13th.
Only to add some better compatibility with a certain lens, if I remember. Nothing interesting.
Hopefully Live view boost 2 will allow automatic live view boost with flash. I hate that I have to dive into the menus to toggle it.
I’ve added a MySet entry for what I mainly use as flash settings, including M mode, 1/320 s and live view boost, and assigned it to one of those rather useless mode wheel positions…
EM5 II Firmware Updates are a big joke. Underwater function, LOL. Olympus, what about improving important things like worse autofocus and 720p-ish video quality? E-M1 gets useful updates and updates and updates. GH4 also becomes better and better. E-M5 II, same price level (!), gets nothing but underwater function and MyClips Editing. LOL!
It’s for the new fisheye lens, so don’t cry just because it’s not for the video market and their inflated sense of importance.
If they did underwater function, what about abovewater function? Surely they will add that too? That would again be first ever…
Damn if they do damn if they not
Where is the E-M5 mkI update? They once stated they wanted to add focus peaking to the original E-M5
Geez louise. Just give the E-M1 24 and 25p already. 😛
Looking forward to VLOG on the GH4 though. 🙂
It doesn’t have that!?
Oh dear.
I btw wish they would support their other cameras as well, instead of only E-M1 (and now the E-M5II). No notable updates for the E-M10, sadly.
could someone explain what means “custom menu G/zzz”? ZZZZZZ??
Should be helpful with star trails; Only my old four thirds lenses have distance scales allowing proper Infinity focus.. Maybe now I can get some great shots without having to take a bunch of throwaways/test shots to refine critical focus on my newer m43 glass!
C-af confirmation would be nice too. It’s pretty frustrating to see the focus square disappear once the initial focus is acquired.
no live view boost 2 on the EM5mark2?
when will we get a firmware to upgrade the sensor to an apsc size?
what’s live view boost 2?
I think it makes dark scenes easier to view during extreme low light. 5x brighter live view
Just had conformation my 7-14mm pro lens gets to my door 19th June so next Friday its the day off for deffo .
Has anybody else had conformation yet?
Has anybody anywhere seen any comparisons between 7-14 f4 and 7-14 f2.8 anywhere if so can you leave a link kind regards
Brent Thompson
My E-M5 has underwater WB, what, E-M1 does not?