On Aug 23, 2005, at 7:11 AM, John Graves wrote:
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.
My body was at v1.0. I installed v1.02 last night. That would
imply that they have a large supply of DS's sitting somewhere,
manufactured prior to the release of v1.01.
So now the adventure begins. All my lenses seem to work on the DS,
including my Tamron 35-105 adaptall, and my SM 85/1.9. Life is good.
Excellent! Bring on the pictures. :-)
I suspect that they manufacture a four to eight month supply of
cameras at a time on the production line, and that is then metered
out to users through the distribution chain. That would mean that
most of the DS bodies currently in user hands or warehouses were
produced by February or so, and the firmware updates were produced
after that.
Godfrey
