Panasonic releases the new big GH4 and YAGH firmware update!

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Panasonic finally released the new 2.1 firmware update for the GH4 and the new 1.1 firmware update for the YAGH interface unit. You can download it here: http://av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/support/global/cs/dsc/download/fts/index.html

Description
2015/01/26
Ver.2.1
  1. Time code can be embedded to the HDMI output signal.
    – Selectable in Motion Picture menu : [Time Code]>[HDMI Time Code Output]
    * Available when DMC-GH4 or DMW-YAGH are connected with the products of ATOMOS Global Pty. Ltd. or the products complying with the extended specifications of ATOMOS Global Pty. Ltd..
  2. RSS (Recording Start/Stop) signal can be embedded to the HDMI output signal.
    – Selectable in Motion Picture menu : [HDMI Rec Output]>[HDMI Recording Control]
    * Available when DMC-GH4 or DMW-YAGH are connected with the products of ATOMOS Global Pty. Ltd. or the products complying with the extended specifications of ATOMOS Global Pty. Ltd..
  3. FHD at 30p/25p native output via HDMI is available while recording video in FHD at 30p/25p.
    – Selectable in Motion Picture menu : [HDMI Rec Output]>[1080/30p Set.] or [1080/25p Set.]
  4. Playback performance of recorded 4K video is improved.
  5. [Time Lapse Shot] Program is fixed to start recording at the designated time even when [summer time] is set.

YAGH interface:

Description
2015/01/26
Ver.1.1
Following functions are available to support the upgrade of GH4 firmware ver.2.1.
  1. Time code can be embedded to the HDMI output signal.
    * Available when DMC-GH4 or DMW-YAGH are connected with the products of ATOMOS Global Pty. Ltd. or the products complying with the extended specifications of ATOMOS Global Pty. Ltd..
  2. RSS (Recording Start/Stop) signal can be embedded to the HDMI output signal.
    * Available when DMC-GH4 or DMW-YAGH are connected with the products of ATOMOS Global Pty. Ltd. or the products complying with the extended specifications of ATOMOS Global Pty. Ltd..
  3. FHD at 30p/25p native output via HDMI is available while recording video in FHD at 30p/25p.
  4. FHD at 30PsF / 25PsF output via SDI is available while recording video in FHD at 30p/25p.

A bit of everything…


Season 3, Episode 2: Making Family Vacation Photography Easy

Panasonic Lumix GM1 – Ideal Travel Companion… (Delightphoto).
Spanish GF7 review at Quesabesde.
New Housing for Panasonic LX-100 by Nauticam.
Some Thoughts on the M4/3 Format (Thewanderinglensman).
French LX100 test at Openpn.
CamsFormer – Next Generation TimeLapse, DSLR remote, High Speed Trigger, /w Pan/Tilt/Zoom (Kickstarter).

Eric:I made Chrome camera profiles based on Fuji’s Classic Chrome film emulation. I made them for many Olympus and Panasonic cameras. You can find information here: http://www.mirrorlessjourney.com/blog/2015/1/chrome-camera-profile-for-micro-43

Juha:This is a little Shortfilm i shot for Greenpeace last year – which i wanted to share with you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfagSc-9PAU. The entire movie was shot on a Gh4 in 1080p, 25 fps and 200mbps with the
12-35 2.8. Especially at the beginning of the movie, was it very early in the morning and very dark, the first scenes where shot with ISO 6400 and 3200th. Later when it got brighter had to use a Vari ND filter to keep the Lens at a decent stop. For the sound i used a Sennheiser EW 112 G3 -P with Lavalier Microphone dierekt recorded incamera. The Film was edited in Premiere Pro CS6.

Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup.


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Lone Runner – Praia Grande, Portugal- EM1 70-300

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3) The most liked pictures and some pics selected by myself will be posted weekly on 43rumors

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Raising star fashion photographer Martyna Galla uses the E-M10/E-M5 for most of her work.


Format.com – Online Portfolio – Martyna Galla

With only 22 years Martyna Galla is one of the raising fashion photography stars. You can read a full article about here at PDNpulse. The for us cool news is that she mostly uses the E-M10 and E-M5 for her work. Quite unusual if you think that kind of world is mostly dominated by digital medium format backs. This once again confirms that nowadays the quality of small sensor cameras like MFT and APS-C are goo enough for top quality work. And what likely matters most are your artistic skills and the right tools to express it.

A bit of everything…


Tethering the Panasonic GH4 with LUMIX Luminary and Celebrity Fashion Photographer Michael Grecco (LumixLounge).

Zhongi Mitakon 42.5mm f/1.2 Sample Images (Photographyblog).
Gm5 review at Delightphoto.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-CM1 Camera Phone Review (ePhotozine).
Personal View FOTGA Video Contest
Selbstgedruckt und -programmiert: die Open-Platform-Kamera von Olympus (Heise.de).
Polish GM5 test at Optyczne.

Paolo:Here’s a couple of videos I did recently with the LX100 in 4K that shows both daylight and night examples. This one shows a bunch of scenery shots of Sao Miguel Azores.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epm8NTSIUNw
Here’s part 1 of the New Year’s Event in Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-LvnXrB0_M

New Kowa 12mm and 25mm lenses will ship on February 6 (first preorder on eBay).

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12mm f/1.8 in [shoplink 50867 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 50868 ebay]Green (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 50869 ebay]Silver (Click here)[/shoplink].
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