New Firmware for the Panasonic Lumix GH6 to Enable 4K/120p and Blackmagic RAW Exterior Recording

Panasonic has introduced that firmware model 2.3 for the its videocentric GH6 might be out there from subsequent week, and there are two new headline options that can excite critical underwater filmmakers utilizing the flagship Micro 4 Thirds digital camera.

Firstly, the firmware replace provides exterior 12-bit Blackmagic RAW video recording to Blackmagic Design Video Help 12G HDR monitor/recorders over HDMI. You’ll be capable to seize BRAW footage in 5.7K, Cinema 4K, Anamorphic (4:3) 5.8K, and Anamorphic (4:3) 4.4K. The Blackmagic Video Help 12G HDR will even require a corresponding firmware replace.

Panasonic says that when capturing BRAW in 5.7K at 60p or 50p in addition to C4K at 120p or 100p, it recommends that the codec high quality of your Video Help 12G HDR be set to a relentless bitrate of 5:1 or decrease when recording to an SSD or a relentless bitrate of 8:1 or decrease when recording to an SD card.

The opposite headline function is the power to output 4K at 120p or 100p to an exterior machine over HDMI. A earlier firmware replace, model 2.0, had already added the power to output 4K/120p RAW to an Atomos Ninja V+ monitor/recorder (recorded as Apple ProRes RAW).

Obtainable from July tenth, firmware model 2.3 might be out there for obtain from Pansonic’s website. If you wish to understand how the GH6 fares underwater, try DPG Picture Editor Matt Sullivan’s tackle the GH6 in Nauticam’s housing.