COMING SOON...NEW FIRMWARE UPDATE FOR THE OLYMPUS OM-D E-M1 & E-M5 II

Olympus have announced that later this month they are releasing firmware updates for both the Olympus OM-D E-M1 and the OM-D E-M5 II. Both updates will bring these 2 models up to Olympus's current specification.

Firmware Version 4 (for E-M1) updates as follows:

Available late November 2015

When the firmware is updated to version 4.0, settings other than AF Focus adjustments are reset.

This firmware brings several new features to your OM-D E-M1 camera. The main features added in firmware upgrade are:

1. Focus Stacking

2. Focus Bracketing

3. Advanced Focus Peaking

4. Silent Mode

5. Improved Anti-shock Mode

6. Advanced Olympus Capture

7. S-OVF (Simulated OVF)

8. 4K Time Lapse Movie

9. Live Composite on OI.Share

10. MF Clutch Disable 

11. Menu Cursor Position Memory

12. Movie image stabilisation with 5-axis optical IS and digital IS

13. 24p (23.98p)/25p Frame Rate

14. Movie Info Display

15. Movie Rec Start with Release Cable (RM-UC1)

16. Time Code Setting

17. M-IS1 and M-IS2 supported

18. Slate Tone

19. Synchronised PCM Audio Rec with Movie Rec

20. M.Zuiko Premium + 14-42mm EZ movie aperture support

Firmware Version 2 (E-M5 II) updates as follows:

Available late November 2015

When the firmware is updated to version 2.0, settings other than AF Focus adjustments are reset.

This firmware brings several new features to your OM-D E-M5 Mark II camera. The main features added in firmware upgrade are:  

1. Focus Bracketing

2. Advanced Olympus Capture

3. S-OVF (Simulated OVF)

4. 4K Time Lapse Movie

5. Live Composite on OI.Share

6. MF Clutch Disable

7. Slate Tone

8. Synchronised PCM Audio Rec with Movie Rec

9. Movie-Exclusive Picture Mode: Flat / Noise Filter for video shooting

10. M.Zuiko Premium + 14-42mm EZ movie aperture supported