OM System Unlocks 50fps Continuous Shooting Across Three Telephoto Lenses

Sequential Shooting SH2 handles continuous firing while you keep the shutter button pinned down. Pro Capture SH2 targets unpredictable wildlife and sports action by keeping a rolling buffer of frames in memory the moment you half-press the release. Press it all the way down, and the camera commits the buffered images from the split-second before you reacted along with the frames that follow.

Bird photographers lean hard on that pre-capture buffer. Tracking small birds taking off from distant branches demands telephoto reach and fast write speeds. Until now, photographers looking for 50fps burst rates had to pick from a narrower selection of lenses, such as the standard M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO, which gained support during an earlier firmware rollout.

Expanding the capability into the 150-600mm and 100-400mm ranges closes a noticeable gap for field photographers who bought into the lightweight Micro Four Thirds format specifically for telephoto work. The update does not alter the optical formula or add physical stabilization steps. It simply opens up existing sensor readout pipelines on compatible bodies to telephoto glass that could not tap them before.

The version 1.1 files are out now through OM System's standard camera updater software. Photographers who depend on their gear for paid assignments may want to monitor early user reports across owner forums over the coming days before patching their daily drivers.