Hi Peter,
The writing speed loss came with the update from 1.00 to 1.10, so going back from 1.11 to 1.10 won't help. Anyway, since it should be fixed in a month I wouldn't bother downdating your firmware. I didn't even check the CDs coming with my *istD to see if there is a 1.00 firmware somewhere in there.
I don't have exact numbers how much slower it got, would estimate 30% with a fast CF (raw of course). As far as I know the problem is not widely known and not been discussed much. I didnt expect this problem on firmware update, otherwise I would have made more speed tests before updating.
I will test speed with my three kinds of cards (ol'e kingston, Ultra II and Lexar 80x) when the update is there to compare the next firmware update to 1.11 and post my results.
We will see a lot of updates next month, Pentax Laboratory & Browser 2.0 is announced for download in january, too.
happy christmas, Sam
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Fang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 9:02 AM
Subject: Firmware update for *istD on the end of january
Hi Sam,
Greetings from Beijing, China. I am a Pentax user of around twenty years and I regularly read PDML postings although I haven't posted any messages to the list yet. As an *ist D user, I was intrigued to see your message regarding the upcoming new firmware in late Jan. 2005. It's interesting to read that it will address CF card writing speed problems. I use Lexar 32X and 40X CF cards on my *ist D and I wonder how big the difference is in writing to card between 1.00 and 1.1x. Personally I have not experienced any significant difference since upgraded to 1.10 and then 1.11. Is this problem widely known and discussed before? I have a backup 1.10 firmware file lying around and if the difference is huge maybe it's worth the trouble to roll back to 1.00 and test it myself. Just curious. Thanks!
Peter Fang
-- Best regards, Peter mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
