If you've been spooking subjects or failing to focus on them
with your Panasonic Lumix GH3 or G5, you might feel like you got a brand new
camera today thanks to a firmware update. Its new features include low-light
(-3EV) autofocus and a "silent mode" setting that'll turn off the electronic
shutter, all sounds and the flash emission in one go, leaving subjects like deer
or golfers undisturbed. You'll also get an exposure compensation shutoff reset
option, better AF performance with certain lenses and a WiFi fix for Mac
computers. You can grab it at the source, proving it's not only hackers that
bring free goodies to pricey cameras.
Version 1.2 for the GH3 adds the 'Low light AF' previously seen on the G6 that works down to -3 EV, a 'silent mode' that turns off operational sounds and flash firing, and an 'Exposure Compensation Reset' function'. Meanwhile version 1.1 for the G5 only corrects wording of the Motion Picture menu on cameras sold in PAL broadcast regions (including Europe and Australasia), and therefore isn't required by US owners. Click below for full details and to download the firmware.
Click here to download the latest firmware for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 (Ver 1.2)
Click here to download the latest firmware for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5 (Ver 1.1)
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