Today, we’re updating our Panasonic S9 review. With that new update comes something that has also come to several of the LUMIX lenses available: the addition of customizable control over what you can do with the focusing ring. It’s an odd one if you’re a photographer. The details of the update are below, but you can check out our full review here.
Ease of Use Update October 2025
The latest firmware update is here. And below are the details
LUMIX S9 Version 1.6 Updates
- Enhanced customization of the Focus Ring – The focus ring can be used as a control ring, enabling for assigning key functions and the focus rotation direction can be selected either clockwise or counterclockwise. (*4)
I understand how this is a really nice feature to add. Photographers would probably really want to use this for aperture control more than anything else. However, photographers would obviously want something like a clicked aperture. In fact, I don’t know anyone personally that customizes their lenses to be used in such a way. Perhaps this may mean in the future that Panasonic LUMIX might deliver lenses with a customizable dedicated ring with a click that can be turned on and off.
At the moment, the only Panasonic lens with an aperture ring is the 50mm f1.4. They haven’t released anything else in the pro lineup since.
If you’re a photographer using this camera, you can probably skip this firmware update.