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Panasonic is presenting a limited promotional sell out: buy a LUMIX DMC-GH4 camera bundle with either a 12-35mm or a 14-140mm lens (DMC-GH4AEG-K, and DMC-GH4HEG-K, respectively), and get a HX-A500E-D POV camera free of charge! This limited sale is valid only until 31/3/2015 or until stock lasts, so don't wait too long!

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Panasonic has announced a free firmware upgrade for its popular AJ-PX270 P2 HD handheld that incorporates a new codec (AVC-Intra Class200), full HD streaming and automatic contents transfer, and new recording formats, all enhancing production and remote newsgathering. The addition of the high-quality AVC-Intra Class200 codec (10-bit, 4:2:2, bitrate approx 200Mbps) enables visually lossless recording at twice the bit rate of AVC-Intra Class100, delivering studio master quality for recording network-level programming and archiving. AVC-Intra Class200 is ideal for field capture of content for film-outs; the higher recording quality greatly enhances color correction processes, as well as green screen and compositing applications. With the additional AVC-Intra Class200 recording, the PX270 delivers the highest quality recording available in a handheld professional camcorder. Network functionality is also bolstered with newly-added streaming facilitating full HD output (wired, optional wireless, and optional 4G/LTE network) during recording. The implication for news gathering is that a breaking news event can be streamed to a broadcast station while acquisition is in progress in the field. In addition, Panasonic has added the "Rec during Uploading" function to the PX270 to allow automatic transfer of recorded contents to an FTP server, which means that recording is possible even while video content are being uploaded. The firmware also supports a new iPad-based P2 Remote Operation Panel application, which enables wireless control of the PX270 camera settings (picture quality, zoom, focus and rec/stop operation, for example) using an iPad. The App will be available free of charge at the Apple App Store. The firmware upgrade supplements the PX270's already extensive recording formats with the addition of 1080/30p, 25p, 24p and native 1080 24PsF HD-SDI output, expanding production uses such as external recording and monitoring, as well as 720/30p, 25p, 24p, improving web production efficiencies. The upgrade also activates proxy editing on a web browser.

Panasonic released a new firmware update for the LUMIX G Interchangable Lens Camera, DMC-GH4. The firmware Ver.2.1 enhances the performance and controllability with upgraded functions of HDMI output, which will be highly valued in professional video production. With this firmware, time code and recording control signal can be embedded to the HDMI output signal, when connected with the products of ATOMOS Global Pty. Ltd. or the products complying with the extended specifications of ATOMOS. Now both FHD at 30p/25p native or at 60p/50p is selectable to output via HDMI while recording video in FHD at 30p/25p. The Interface Unit DMW-YAGH has also been updated with the new firmware 1.1 to support these functional upgrades of GH4. Plus, 60i/50i (30PsF/25PsF) or 60p/50p is selectable for the output via SDI.

Blackmagic Design has just released Blackmagic Camera Utility 2.0, available for download from their support page (for Mac OS X and Windows). Blackmagic Camera Utility 2.0 provides the following updates:

Blackmagic URSA

- Adds support for Apple ProRes 444 recording in 4K and HD.

Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K

- Performance improvements for optical fiber output.

Blackmagic Studio Camera

- Improves options for overlays settings.

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera

- Improves recording in ProRes LT and Proxy.

Blackmagic Cinema Camera

- Performance enhancements and improvements.