Comments on: Olympus E-5 and Panasonic LX5 firmware update.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:08:56 +0000

I’ve been waiting for an LX5 firmware update! I haven’t really got the chance to use my camera recently so I don’t notice much difference. However:

Did they add the ‘LCD Display’ menu item in Setup? It lets you adjust the screen’s brightness, saturation, red tint and blue tint. I don’t remember it being there before

Also, when changing things like ISO items, the little pop up menu has a new animation.

By: MrClick

MrClick — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:38:14 +0000

Means that you can release the shutter half-way in the reverse direction after taking the shot and you shall not lose the AF/AE lock.

By: Wen

Wen — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:23:54 +0000

Agreed! Also the white balance seems much better indoor

By: CRB

CRB — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:39:46 +0000

What does “The AF/AE Lock operated by half-pressing the shutter button has been improved.” mean?….can i lock just the AF with half pressing the shutter button.

By: Mice

Mice — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:57:01 +0000

LX5 Owner here. Autofocus is definitely improved. Pulling numbers out of thin air, I would say at least 25% faster. At least.

Don’t really care about the other updates though, but I wished I had the electronic viewfinder…