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Olympus: New firmware for Four Thirds, Micro Four Thirds cameras

Olympus' E-P3 digital camera. Click here to read our Olympus E-P3 review!A series of new firmware updates released yesterday by Olympus Corp. all have one thing in common: they aim to resolve issues with high-capacity SDXC memory cards.

The new firmware for the Olympus E-5 SLR and four of the company's Micro Four Thirds cameras is said to improve stability with SDXC cards of 48GB or greater capacity. For the E-5, E-P3, and E-PL2, this is the only...

Olympus PEN E-P3 review posted!

Olympus' E-P3 compact system camera. Image copyright © 2012, Imaging Resource. All rights reserved.Although it looks very similar to its previous PEN-series flagships externally, the Olympus E-P3 includes several significant changes.

Key among these is a new brand-new autofocus system, branded 'Frequency Acceleration Sensor Technology', or FAST for short. Olympus showed supreme confidence in choosing the name, and it wasn't misplaced: the E-P3's AF performance actually...

Olympus: New firmware for PEN-series cameras

The Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ lens. Photo provided by Olympus Imaging America Inc.Want to use a motorized zoom lens on Olympus' PEN E-P3, E-PL3 or E-PM1 compact system camera bodies? If so, you'll want to download a new firmware update issued by the company today.

Olympus has one such lens in its own catalog at the moment, the M.Zuiko Digital 12-50mm f3.5-6.3 EZ. Announced last December, this lens is due to start shipping in the US market any day now. Micro...