Museek Mag Museek Mag Nov- Dec 2017 | Page 56

Museek Mag A new in-body stabilisation mode is available that’s designed for use with anamorphic lenses and adapters, and users have a choice of 1.33x and 2x settings to match the characteristics of the lens in use. Using almost the full sensor the anamorphic mode allows lenses to squeeze wide views into a 4992 x 3744-pixel frame (full sized stills are 5148 x 3888 pixels) which can then be stretched to the 2.39:1 format and 8948 x 3744 pixel dimensions. Stills from the de-squeezed footage contain 33.5 megapixels. Other New Features and Improvements: Wireless functions Bluetooth plays a much bigger role in the wireless communications between the GH5 and your smartphone with Version 2.0 firmware. Previously Bluetooth could be used to connect the camera and phone, while WiFi took over for the hard work. With the new firmware the camera can be controlled via Bluetooth, so users can access the shutter release remotely. Bluetooth also allows for a shutter lock to be activated for Bulb exposures or burst sequences, and video recording can be started/stopped in the same way. Improved In Body Image Stabilization Firmware 2.0 adds [I.S. Lock(video)], which is said to greatly 56