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Firmware Updates for Olympus E-P1, E-P2, and E-PL1: AF Performance Improved

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Posted by Patrick on Apr 23, 2010 in Cameras, Updates

Firmware Updates for Olympus E-P1, E-P2, and E-PL1: AF Performance Improved

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Firmware Updates for Olympus E-P1, E-P2, and E-PL1: AF Performance Improved

Olympus has released firmware updates for their 3 Pen models, the E-P1, the E-P2, and the brand new E-PL1. The new firmware is aimed at addressing a main point of contention with the 3 Pen cameras, specifically, their auto focus performance:

This update improves camera AF performance when shooting both stills and videos with the E-P1, E-P2 and E-PL1 cameras when using any Micro Four Thirds or Four Thirds lens. Auto Focus Lock time when shooting stills is improved by 15%. Auto Focus tracking accuracy when shooting movies is also improved.

In addition there are a couple of other fixes or improvements:

This upgrade also brings additional display functionality to the E-P2 and E-PL1 cameras when fitted with the VF-2 Electronic Viewfinder. Photographers using these combinations can now view menu and recorded images on the LCD while the VF-2 Electronic Viewfinder is in use.
This update also ensures that like the E-PL1, the E-P1 and E-P2 camera models are fully compatible with and able to take advantage of two recently announced and soon-to-reach market lenses; the M. Zuiko Digital™ ED 9–18mm F4.0–5.6 and M. Zuiko Digital ED 14–150mm F4.0–5.6 lenses. Olympus is designating these two lenses as MSC, or Movie-Still-Compatible. They are optimized for shooting high definition video with accurate and silent autofocus.

The updates can be downloaded now using Olympus’ Digital Camera Updater software.

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