Panasonic New Zealand

On September 1 Panasonic will officially disclose all details about the V-LOG firmware udpate for the GH4. We will finally know when it will be released and if it’s going to be for free or not.  Last week Panasonic New Zealand said the firmware woudd be available sometimes in October.

GH4 store links:
GH4 camera at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic.
GH4 camera with interface unit at Adorama and BHphoto.
Interface unit only at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic.

Image on top shows the current menu on Oly cameras.

I just got this from an anynmous source:

I have been talking to Olympus EU support about the lack of a backup feature for saving menu customisations and was asking were Olympus listening at all to customers who were frustrated at their extensive customisations being nuked by firmware updates.
During the conversation the Oly staffer let it out that he could see the “user experience drastically improving in the not to distant future” when discussing the user interface.
I’m reading this to be a new easier menu structure coming soon with possibly a means to backup customisations.

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TheCameraStoreTV posted the full Leica Q Hands-On Field Test video. At minute 1.20 they say the Leica Q is a combined project between Leica and Panasonic. It even uses Panasonic batteries (DMW-BLC12).

I dont’ think that means there will be a Panasonic version of that camera. But I would certainly be interested to know who made that Full Frame sensor. Leica said it’s not from CMOSIS or Sony….so could it be a new Panasonic FF sensor?

Within the next few days Olympus will announce the new E-M10II. And here are the first pictures via Digicameinfo!

So not expect any MAJOR improvement on the new camera. For that you will have to be a bit patient and wait for the E-M1II :)

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There are still no 100% reliable specs on the new E-M10II. But first rumors hint that it will use the same 16MP sensor as the current Em-10 model. It’s yet not clear if it will get the same High Resolution mode as the E-M5II. Don’t think so as this would kill the main reasons to exist fo the E-M5II :)

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A source got the following info from Olympus:

He mentioned that there would be a “firmware update before the end of July to update the Hi-Res option to as low as 1/80 shutter speed”.
I’d presumed that when he said “1/80 shutter speed for the high-res” that he meant the whole process of taking the complete photo would take 1/80 sec. Maybe he meant each of the 8 photos/sensor moves would take 1/80 sec… which gives ~1/10 of a second to take a photo.

E-M5II store links:
E-M5II in Black at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
E-M5II in Silver at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
E-M5II In Europe at AmazonUK, Jessops, WexUK, Namencolor.
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