2010/10/14 Eric Weir <[email protected]>: > > I'm in the process of upgrading the firmware on my *ist DS. I've got the new > firmware on the SD card. Instructions say to turn the camera on while holding > the menu button down. At the point the LCD screen should show "NOW LOADING" > and then change to "PROGRAM UPDATE," at which point the option of proceeding > with the upgrade can be selected. > > When I do that the screen displays the current version of the firmware -- in > my case 1.0 -- and then goes dark. The shutter and aperture settings on the > LCD panel on top of the camera flash for several seconds and then stops. > Nothing else happens.
IIRC you press and hold menu before/on power-on if you want to see the firmware version. I believe to start the update, all you need to do is to unpack the firmware file/s onto the SD card root and fire up your starkist. At least my K10D worked that way IIRC. HTH & good luck Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
