Olympus has released new firmware upgrades for 5 of their compact digital cameras and 5 of their Zuiko Digital lenses. The upgrade resolves issues using the direct print function with some photo printers with the compact digital cameras. The models are: SP-565UZ, Mju 1060, Mju 1050SW, Mju 1040 and FE-370.

The new firmware for the Zuiko Digital lenses ensures full compatibility with the new Panasonic G1. The models are: 25mm F2.8, 35mm F3.5 Macro, 14-42mm F3.5-5.6, 35-100mm F2.0, and 40-150mm F4.0-5.6.

You can download the new firmware here:
http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/digicamera/download/software/

Along with the newly-launched Olympus E-520 Digital SLR is another new Zuiko lens, this time covering the ultra-wide zoom range of 9-18mm, which on the Olympus 2x crop sensor represents a 35mm equivalent range of 18-36mm. It features 13 elements in 9 groups with a Dual Super Aspherical (DSA) front element, is 73mm long, and weighs in at 280 grams.

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Olympus have flagged three firmware updates for their Zuiko Digital lenses. The updates provide an improvement to the AF system when used with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10 Digital SLR Camera. The lenses are:

• ZUIKO DIGITAL  ED 25mm F2.8
• ZUIKO DIGITAL  ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6
• ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40-150mm F4.0-5.6

Go here for information on the updates

Olympus Australia have announced the latest addition to their Digital SLR line up - the E420 - a 10 megapixel entry level camera featuring -

• 10mp Live MOS sensor 
• Face Detection 
• Liveview
• Truepic III image processor
• 230K 2.7″ LCD
• 3.5fps
• Supersonic Wave Filter dust reduction

Also being released to coincide with this is the extremely compact and light weight ZUIKO DIGITAL 25mm 1:2.8 lens.

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Olympus Australia have made an announcement about an autofocus problem with the Olympus Zuiko ED 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 SWD that affects a number of lenses with serial numbers between 230005416 and 230010688.

If you are experiencing unstable autofocus with this lens you can can contact Olympus Australia who will repair the lens without charge.

Not all lenses within these serial numbers are affected and this issue will not affect manual focus.