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New firmware update for the Lumix S1Rii, S1ii and S1iie

I'm not trying to be a whinger (esp since I love the S1Rii), but 1.3 does very, very little for the photographers amongst us. Basically, it's this:

- minor operational tweak for ISO control
- addition of status indicator for constant preview
- different style eye detect focus box (square not crosshairs)

That's It! I appreciate it's a lot more for videographers, but from my perspective it's really almost nothing.
 
pdk42 said:
I'm not trying to be a whinger (esp since I love the S1Rii), but 1.3 does very, very little for the photographers amongst us. Basically, it's this:

- minor operational tweak for ISO control
- addition of status indicator for constant preview
- different style eye detect focus box (square not crosshairs)

That's It! I appreciate it's a lot more for videographers, but from my perspective it's really almost nothing.
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Not true! The AF improvements are real. While I am not a good enough action photographer to post numbers, it seems fairly evident to me that the keeper rate has gone up on my practice shots recently of geese (in-flight), dogs, and even a hawk.

And, the addition of the slower SH frame rate is very welcome as well.

I also think they fixed a bug where if you had shot two or three very short SH bursts back-to-back, such that the buffer filled with the last burst, it used to take much longer to clear the buffer than one equivalent burst. Now, it takes the same amount of time to clear the buffer, regardless of whether you used one long burst or several shorter bursts. That was seriously annoying.

I think Richard also said the processing time for hi-res shots has gone down.

It is true, of course, that these improvements (other than the HR mode improvements) will only help wildlife/sports shooters, but those problems really did tarnish the S1II* bodies’ ability to be taken seriously by action photographers, IMO.

I do wonder what they are thinking about for 2.0 (assuming there is one). Perhaps we should start a thread/survey on what stills shooters would want out of 2.0. And a parallel thread for videographers, of course.
 
Can add to the opinion of improved AF. When I am not shooting real people, I shoot dolls and let's just say that prior to 1.3 my S1RII (and all other Pana cameras I have ever used) would often struggle to recognise the dolls as "human", forcing me often to go for pinpoint focus. 1.3 is reliably finding the eyes of the dolls and it's working wonders for me.
 
pdk42 said:
but 1.3 does very, very little for the photographers amongst us
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xaviergut said:
Compatibility with our interchangeable lens S-R100500 and teleconverter (DMW-STC14/STC20) has been improved.
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I don't know what the improved compatibility with the S-R100500 and teleconverters is, but I'm happy they found and fixed any issue; I'll be ordering that lens soon.
 
GeorgeHudetz said:
Perhaps we should start a thread/survey on what stills shooters would want out of 2.0. And a parallel thread for videographers, of course.
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I did start a thread a while back on this. Might be worth another look at.

pdk42

Thread 'Things I wish Panasonic would add for stills shooters'

Dwelling on the improvements that the S1Rii brings to the party, I've been reflecting that it's really mostly about video. There are a bunch of simple things that Panasonic could offer to improve the life of stills shooters, but there has been very little progress since the S1 was launched. These are some of the things I'd like to see:

- Adding a "LiveTime" feature. This is Bulb mode where the display gives regular peeks of the building image (incl histogram and zebras). It's great not only for knowing that a shot is properly exposed, but also for allowing in-camera dodging & burning...
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