Category Archives: Panasonic

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 […]

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Sony Sensor Updates Their CMOS Image Sensors for Consumer Cameras With New MFT Sensors

Sony semiconductors updated their CMOS Image Sensors for Consumer Cameras and it now likely shows the sensor inside the Fujifilm X-T3, and it also now includes the sensors inside the Panasonic GH5, G9, and GH5s. You might be able to find some additional details through Sony’s semiconductor page, but it’s surprising it took them this long to publicly list […]

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Personal View Panasonic Interview: “Please don’t worry about m4/3. We plan to make much more m4/3 products.” and More Interesting Details.

Personal View interviewed Mr. Michiharu Uematsu (Adviser for Technical PR, Merchandising Department, Imaging Network Business Division), Ms. Emi Fujiwara (Imaging Section, Communication Department) and Mr. Taku Kariyazaki (Staff Engineer, Innovative Entertainment Development Center, Corporate Engineering Division) about the new L-Mount alliance and the future of m43. Below you can find some excerpts from the lengthy interview […]

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Adobe DNG Converter Adds Panasonic LX100II Support

Adobe DNG Converter 11 with Panasonic LX100II support was just released and you can download it for Mac or Windows now. The Panasonic LX100II will start shipping soon. Panasonic LX100II: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

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Panasonic Leica 10-25mm f/1.7 DG Vario-Summilux Roundup

Panasonic is pretty insistent that the Panasonic Leica 10-25mm f/1.7 DG Vario-Summilux is a sign of things to come for m43 and it’s health. Of course, some of the best lenses for 43 were released just before m43 overtook and killed the format so we will have to see how Panasonic’s transition into Full Frame affects […]

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Panasonic GH5S/G9 Firmware 1.2 Coming Late October 2018

1.Improvement of AF performance ・There were cases where focus point was shifted to the background while tracking the subject in AFC mode. The new firmware minimizes this problem. ・There were cases where focus point was shifted to the background while tracking the subject in video recording. The new firmware minimizes this problem. The accuracy of […]

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