OM Digital Solutions has announced the much-anticipated firmware update to the original OM-1.
OM Digital Solutions has been working on a firmware upgrade for their original OM-1. They announced the OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark II interchangeable lens camera on January 30, and there have been many inquiries regarding the possibility of a firmware update to the OM SYSTEM OM-1 that was released nearly two years ago.
Not every feature of the new OM-1 Mark II will be included in the older camera with this firmware upgrade, no doubt because the Mark II version included new hardware to cope with the additional functionality. However, they are living up to their promise of updating the OM-1.
The future firmware upgrade will be available later in the year; it’s scheduled for the Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Tap or click here for more details.
The improvements that will be brought about by the update will be:
- Autofocus: Improvement of some AF performance capabilities, such as S-AF and C-AF in all-target mode to improve capture of main subjects
- Operability: Improved usability through the option to assign the trash (delete) button as a menu access shortcut.
OMDS says it cannot include new features introduced with the OM-1 Mark II, such as Live GND – the in-built graduated filter – and AI Detection AF for humans.
It will provide some AF performance improvements only and therefore the new AF performance of the OM-1 will not match the OM-1 Mark II.
OM-1 users, including me, will welcome this news, glad to hear about this much-anticipated upgrade to a camera that, two years after release, is still an advanced camera with unique features.
