Imaging Resource have published a snippet of news which will be of interest to all Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1 owners. Apparently Panasonic Japan have just announced the DMW-VUZ1 upgrade kit, which incorporates the firmware changes that were made in the updated DMC-FZ2 camera. So for ?6000 you can upgrade your DMC-FZ1 so that it has the same functionality as the later model. At the moment, though, this has only been announced for the Japanese market - fingers crossed that it will appear in the rest of the world…

Website: Imaging Resource - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1 Upgrade Kit