I know....I know....I am a ham and have a radio that is mostly
software. The company that did it has provided updates in the past
(added a new frequency set ) as the last update. My luck always seems
to be to buy just before something major happens. I bought my PZ-20
just after it was discontunued. I still think I gos the best of it
because it is a better camera than most of the ones following. At least
until the ZX-5/5N. Most of the time, I am fairly relaxed because I
wanted the features that what I purchased had. As you said, anything
else is a bonus.
Thanks also, for the tip on how to check the firmware. I would have
guessed that it was current but I am going to check now.
John G.
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Aug 22, 2005, at 8:28 AM, John Graves wrote:
Does this all mean that there will be no more firmware updates/
improvements for the DS.....I just received my DS in time for the
annoucement. Urrrhhh.
Never never buy a camera and assume that anything further will appear
as "update/improvement". Buy a camera on the merits that it possesses
when you buy it. I never bought a film camera that was "improved"
after the fact of purchase by the manufacturer, not without me
spending money to buy an improvement ... Why should this be any
different with a digital camera?
The DS, with firmware rev 1.00, was perfectly satisfactory to my
needs. Firmware v1.02, the current version, is a gift and adds
improvements to functionality, few of which make any difference to my
photography (they improved green channel noise for very long
exposures such as in astrophotography, they updated the card file
system to allow for greater than 1Gbyte storage media, and I suspect
they made a minor tweak to the in-camera JPEG rendering algorithm).
BTW, to check your firmware version, press and hold the Menu button
while you turn the main power switch on. If you just bought the
camera and haven't uploaded the latest firmware, it's likely at
v1.00. My second body, received last week or so, was at v1.00. You
can download and install v1.02 from the Pentax USA website.
Godfrey
