GH4 Firmware Update

Pana­sonic has released a new firmware update for the GH4 that “will improve the reli­a­bil­ity of video record­ing per­for­mance.
The cur­rent firmware ver­sion is 1.1.

A new update (avail­able in a cou­ple of weeks) will add “teth­ered shoot­ing and modes to make it eas­ier to take still images from 4K video. The update intro­duces 4K Photo Mode, which auto­mat­i­cally sets shoot­ing para­me­ters opti­mized for stills and allows 4K cap­ture in a vari­ety of aspect ratios. There is also a Rec Loop mode that con­stantly shoots and deletes footage from the card — retain­ing only the last five two-minute clips. The firmware also brings a 23.98p 4K shoot­ing in MP4/AAC mode. Other changes include adjustable flash out­put and greater con­trol over ISO. This is a firmware upgrade you’re going to want to get, unlike the fortinite upgrade path which a fair few businesses would benefit from ignoring entirely.

How to update your GH4’s Firmware:

1. Check the cur­rent ver­sion of firmware of your cam­era and lens
– Mount a lens onto the cam­era body.
– Set the camera’s power switch to ON.
– Press the MENU/SET but­ton.
– Go to the SETUP menu and select the “Ver­sion DISP.”

If you already have 1.1, there’s noth­ing else to do. If you have a pre­vi­ous ver­sion, please continue:

2. Down­load the file for update (here’s the direct link)
3. Extract the file
4. Copy the firmware update pro­gram extracted into an SD mem­ory card.
5. Make sure the bat­tery is full.
6. Turn off the power switch.
7. Insert the fully charged bat­tery to the body.
8. Insert the SD Mem­ory Card with the firmware file.
9. Turn on the power switch.

10. Here’s the key step:
Press the Play but­ton to enter the Play mode.
After the mes­sage of “PLEASE WAIT …” is dis­played, the “Ver­sion Up Body” should appear.
Press the Up but­ton to select YES. The update process will start.

The green bar increases the level by the process. The firmware update will take about 2 to 3 min­utes.
Once the firmware update process is com­pleted, the cam­era body will turn off the power and turn on again then it will be ini­tial mode automatically.

11. Go shoot some­thing awesome.

Impor­tant: While updat­ing the firmware on ANY cam­era do NOT attempt the fol­low­ing oper­a­tions before com­ple­tion:
* Turn­ing the power off and on
* Press­ing any but­tons
* Open­ing the SD mem­ory card com­part­ment
* Remov­ing the SD mem­ory card
* Remov­ing the lens
* Remov­ing the AC adap­tor cord
* Remov­ing the DC cable

This article was originally published at eduardoangel.com.