Pen firmware update

I just did the Pen 1 & 2 and there's a difference...it's a pretty site I tell ya....
In low light there is a marked improvement...
will test better tomorrow...
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I just updated the Pen 1 and Pen 2. I much prefer to update this way than using the memory card like with past cameras, simple and easy. It's interesting that so many hate this method, yet that's exactly how we update our computers, mobile phones, GPS units, software etc. Why the angst with a camera?

AF on the Pen 1 is definitely faster and locks on much better in dim condiitons than before, using the 14-42mm. My manual lenses show no change.

Cheers

Ray

 

I just updated my Pen1 and autofocus with the 20 1.7 is markedly faster.

 

Just updated my E-P1. Went without a hitch. AF noticeably faster with Lumix 20mm.

Cheers,

Antonio

 

Besides the noticible quicker AF, if your using the EVF being able to go thru the menu using the LCD is a big plus. No more toggling between EVF and LCD.

 

I've owned my E-P2 for all of 2 days, so this is a really nice surprise for me The AF improvement is real and obvious.

On the other hand I was kind of digging menus in the EVF. Is there a way to bring back the old behavior with that? I didn't notice a menu option for it.

 

Does the EP still accept non Oly batteries after the update?

 

Yes.

 

I guess it's the opposite now, click the button to toggle the menu to EVF.

 

Gotta say, I absolutely hate the fact that image review now comes up first on the main screen rather than the viewfinder. I have to wonder what the programming knobs were thinking. I can review in the EVF without my glasses and now I have to add an extra step just so that I can view in the EVF.

Don't fix what's not broken!!!!

Cheers

Ray

 

Some test results online here: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1004/10042202olypenfirmware.asp

 

Prior to the update, if you were in EVF mode and pressed image review, the review would come up in the EVF. Now, if you are in EVF mode and press the image review button, the image comes up in the main screen by default and you need to press the EVF button to see it in the EVF. A bit of a bummer for those who wear glasses and like to rely on the EVF and dioptre adjustment, and keep the glasses aside. Pity some don't realise the benefits to those who need galsses for close viewing.

Cheers

Ray

 

Because it's OS-specific...can't do it on Linux! So I gotta go power up my desktop machine. No big deal, of course, but I think it's simpler to just drag a file onto the card.

 

Me, I think that if you are working with the VF, it is the VF for data and review too, and hope they have added a preference too. If not, they have changed something unespectedly, disconcerting people already used to a procedure.

 

OMG this firmware update has improved autofocus so much that it's also able to focus my manual voigtlander lens!

Kidding aside, I'm sorry but I really like the image review implementation. I don't wear glasses though. I've yet to try out the autofocus. Really happy for this

 

Ray, I for totally agree with your points as I wear reading glasses for the most part. I would add that the other benefit to being able to review in the EVF was that often in bright outside conditions the LCD is almost impossible to see. As there are times I will prefer the new method of review, perhaps the perfect solution would have been to give the user the choice to have it one way or the other through a menu option. Maybe if enough users feel that way, Olympus might go that way on a future revision.