Panasonic Firmware Updates Dramatically Improve GH5/GH5S/G9 AF
Panasonic has dramatically improved their AF, which is good news because the Fujifilm X-T3 is looking to challenge the GH line today and the GH6 is likely not ready to launch yet.
Updates to the GH5 (firmware 2.4)
- Improvement of tracking performance and minimizing of backfocusing in continuous AF mode with 225 AF points
- Fix of a One-Push-AE bug in Creative M mode, when SS/Gain-Operation is set to Angle/ISO
- Fix of bug that sometimes caused timecode to be reset upon battery change
- Fix of a bug that caused showing all footage, instead of just the intended frame in 6k/4k Photo mode
Updates to the GH5S (firmware 1.2):
- Improvement of tracking performance and minimizing of backfocusing in continuous AF mode with 225 AF points
- Fix of a bug that caused the camera to not react appropriately to brightness changes under fluorescent light
- Fix of a One-Push-AE bug in Creative M mode, when SS/Gain-Operation is set to Angle/ISO
- Improvement of image quality when using V-Log for VFR recording in Creative Mode
- Improvement of image quality when using the Intelligent Dynamic Range Controlfeature
Updates to the G9 (firmware 1.2):
- Improvement of tracking performance and minimizing of backfocusing in continuous AF mode with 225 AF points
- Fix of a bug that caused the camera to not react appropriately to brightness changes under fluorescent light
The updates are available now and can be downloaded here:
Panasonic GH5: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Panasonic GH5S: B&H Photo / Adorama / Amazon
Panasonic Lumix DC-G9: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama