Olympus pulls a rabbit out of the hat with new firmware upgrade

I don't know about you but I usually look at firmware upgrades the way I use to look at Microsoft upgrades. Ho

hum... They sometimes are bug fixes or perhaps just to keep up to date with some other application. Upcoming

late November release from Olympus for its EM-1 ( and EM 5) is a whole new deal and a holiday present to current

owners. Like a Mark II version of these high end cameras in a sense. ( Hey Olympus what have you done for me

lately that Sony has not done for me?)

 

You can get more info at the Olympus web site. The thing that captured my attention at first was the new

bookmark function for menu setting. If you realize the problem in returning to a menu setting thing... A frustration that began to make me slightly teed off .

Not just that though; Use of the camera's computer power to give shooters auto focus bracketing. It may be that they were scooped on that but who cares.

 

Which I will certainly want to try in close up and macro.... some other things re the video function with one of their micropphones but I am not ready for synching sound at this stage like most folks. I await a decent oplug in simple to use microphone or stick with the little units in the camera. That is another topic not for this forum.

 

Anyway, this will be a serious upgrade for two serious cameras which shows Olympus is not resting on its

assets.

 

http://www.olympus-global.com/en/news/2015b/nr150915omde.jsp

<p>Meanwhile, OM-D E-M10 owners still haven't had a firmware update of note...</p>

After buying an EM-5ii, I was considering selling my EM-1. Not anymore. The focus stacking option just made my life a

great deal easier and even better if I can use it on landscapes.

<p>always nice to see older cameras get meaningful firmware updates. Fuji has been doing it for a while, and it's definitely a good faith customer service practice. would be great if Canon and Nikon did that too, whilst Sony seems committed to just releasing a newer model every year. </p>

<p>Eric, I don't agree with regards to Sony. IMO, they are the ones that pioneered meaningful firmware updates. They introduced focus peaking to the mainstream via a firmware upgrade. They just gave the a6000 a huge video upgrade via firmware, too. Whether it's APS-C or full-frame, Sony's firmware updates are about improvements as much as about bugs. I'd even go so far as to argue as that is why Olympus is feeling the pressure to do the same, since Sony really give back to their customers in this way.<br>

Nikon definitely does firmware upgrades incorrectly, as theirs always seem to fix some fatal flaw with the camera that they didn't care to fix in pre-production. Nikon's updates also often brick your currently-functioning 3rd party batteries.</p>