A couple of weeks ago there was talk of joint Olympus, Panasonic and Sigma to update the firmware of its objectives in order to make them compatible with the new standard micro four thirds. Japanese household Olympus has recently announced the release of a new firmware for five objectives Zuiko Digital that ensures compatibility with the newly Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1.

The objectives are to update the 25mm F2.8, 35mm F3.5 Macro, 14-42 F3.5-5.6, 35-100 F2.0 and 40-150 F4.0-5.6. Clicking on the links of the various objectives will be brought directly to the page to download the new firmware.

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This is not the first attempt Panasonic, but now the Nikkei reported the acquisition of Sanyo by the giant Panasonic, former Matsushita. The agreement must be finalized in April and its 90 years, Panasonic will compete with annual revenues of 87 billion euros to pay for some robots we produce great LCD TV. Even if the mark will become the largest electronics group in Japan, Sanyo will not disappear and Panasonic apparently want to keep most employees.