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Joint update service for Four Thirds lenses
| This page explains the Joint update service for Four Thirds lenses (including Micro Four Thirds lenses) for Panasonic camera body users, and provides a link to the page explains the same for Olympus camera body users, together with the Panasonic camera body’s firmware updates. | ![]() |
The following services are available for improvements on performance, operability, and compatibility in the digital interchangeable lens system camera and lens.
- Firmware updates for Panasonic camera body
DMC-G1 Updated (Sep. 17, 2009) DMC-GH1 Updated (Sep. 17, 2009) DMC-L1 DMC-L10 - Firmware update for Panasonic lens
H-FS014045 H-FS045200 Updated (Sep. 17, 2009) H-VS014140 L-X025 - Firmware update for Four Thirds lens
Olympus lenses SIGMA lenses
Update procedures depending on the combination of camera body and lens
Please note that a camera body is required in order to update any Four Thirds lenses (including Micro Four Thirds lenses), while camera body can be updated without lens. There are 4 cases of firmware update procedures depending on the combination of camera body and lens.
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Lens |
Update Procedures |
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Panasonic | Panasonic | Click here to jump to the procedures in this page. |
| 2 | Panasonic | OLYMPUS | |
| 3 | Panasonic | SIGMA | |
| 4 | OLYMPUS | Panasonic | Click here to jump to the Olympus’s page explains the procedures for Olympus’s camera body users. |
Firmware update procedures for the Case 1 ,2 and 3
In advance to any lens firmware update, please make sure that your camera body firmware is latest. For the Case 2(OLYMPUS lens) and Case 3(SIGMA lens), DMC-L1 and L10 camera body is required to be Ver.2.1 or later, otherwise lens firmware can not be updated.
Overview of the total firmware update procedures include the following steps.
Step 1. Preparation of update program
- 1-1. Check the current version of firmware of your camera and lens
- 1-2. Download the file for update
- 1-3. Extraction of the file
- 1-4. Copy the firmware update program extracted into an SD memory card.
Step 2. Procedure for lens update
Step 3. Procedure for camera body update
STEP 1. Preparation of update program1-1. Check the current version of firmware of your camera and lensThe procedures to check the firmware version of your camera body and lens, are explained in this section. Panasonic recommends the firmware update if the firmware version indicated is older than the version being offered. (The update is not required if it's the same.) |
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1-2. Download the file for updatePlease download the file for firmware update in advance.
Download of any file for Panasonic firmware update requires your agreement with the [software agreement]. You may proceed to the next step only once you have agreed. Please make sure to confirm all terms and conditions in advance to proceed to download.
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For Panasonic products listed below, firmware update program is available from each download page.
For other maker's lenses except Panasonic, firmware update program is available from each maker's download page.
1-3. Extraction of the fileFor Windows
For Macintosh
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1-4.Copy the extracted firmware update program (bin file) into an SD memory card.Please do NOT put any downloaded exe file in the SD card as which would cause a malfunction.
Preparation of the SD Memory Card
10 MB or more must be free on the SD Memory Card and use an SD Memory Card which has already been formatted for the camera body.
Please refer your instruction book for more details. (Use Lumix camera body for formatting the SD Memory Card.) When formatting the SD Memory Card, all data, including protected data, will be erased and can not be recovered. Please make sure to back up your important data so you don't loose it. Insert your formatted SD Memory card to your SD slot of your PC.
Copy the firmware update program (bin file) extracted from the downloaded file in Step 1-3. into the SD memory card. Please do NOT put any downloaded exe file in the SD memory card, as which would cause a malfunction. If your PC does not have an SD slot, use an external USB SD Reader/Writer device.
Copy only the firmware update program (bin file) into the Root directory(*1) of the SD memory card as shown below. (*1) Root directory = The first or top-most directory in the hierarchy. This screen in the case of Windows XP, the screen may differ by the setting. Files can be directly copied from the PC by using SD Memory Card reader/writer devices with the USB port. When formatting the SD Memory Card, all data, including protected data, will be erased and can not be recovered. Please make sure not to lose your important data.
For the update on camera body, please jump to Step 3.
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