Panasonic Will Soon Allow the GH6 To Record to an SSD via USB

Panasonic is ready to launch a firmware replace for the GH6 digicam that can permit it to immediately file and play again photographs and movies utilizing an exterior SSD linked by way of USB.

The Panasonic GH6 was first introduced in February. The 25.2-megapixel Micro 4 Thirds digicam is able to recording as much as 5.7K 10-bit video and incorporates lively cooling to permit it to file for lengthy intervals of time with out risking overheating. On the time, the corporate stated the brand new higher-resoltuion sensor was primarily for pictures but in addition introduced a slough of recent video options to the desk. The digicam initially retailed for $2,200 however has since fallen to simply underneath $2,000.

Panasonic says {that a} firmware replace for the Lumix GH6, model 2.2, will improve efficiency and value, particularly by including the flexibility to file to an SSD immediately.

Firmware model 2.2 will allow recording immediately on an as much as 2TB capability USB strong state drive (SSD) in high-quality, low-compression Apple ProRes 422 HQ at a most of 1.9 Gbps or high-bitrate, massive quantity 4:2:2 10-bit All-Intra. The corporate solely notes these two codecs are supported and doesn’t point out if some other codecs might be added in future firmware updates.

Panasonic says that the info information which might be recorded on the SSD could be “simply” transferred to a pc by way of USB, which it argues makes the post-production course of extra environment friendly by minimizing backup work. Additionally of be aware is that the massive recording capability is considerably greater than is avaialble on single SD or CFexpress playing cards and lots of could be bought for lots lower than the latter format as nicely for considerably extra capability — CFexpress playing cards are fairly costly.

Of be aware, excessive body price video that exceeds 60 frames per second can’t be recorded to an SSD with this replace, and it’s also not potential to file photographs and movies to an SD card or CFexpress card similtaneously recording to an connected SSD. Panasonic additionally notes that SSDs which have a capability higher than 2TB will not be supported and that the corporate says not all exterior drives will work. It should present a listing of SSDs that it has confirmed to be appropriate on its website as soon as the firmware turns into accessible.

Panasonic says the replace might be accessible on September 27 at 9 PM EDT.

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