Haven't seen this mentioned yet, but was announced last Friday... via http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2015/03/27/firmware-friday-updates-sony-a6000-a7-a7r-a7s-a7-ii-pentax-645z-nikon-s3600 - - -
Ricoh, meanwhile, has updated the Pentax 645Z medium-format DSLR to firmware version 1.21. The update isn't yet available from the company's US division, but you can get it from the Ricoh Global website here in the meantime. http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/download_digital.html Changes in the Pentax 645Z v1.21 firmware update include the company's usual catch-all pledge of "improved stability for general performance", plus stability improvements when shooting tethered to a computer running its Image Transmitter 2 application. Note, though, that you cannot shoot HDR raw files when tethered with this update installed. At the same time as updating the 645Z's firmware, Ricoh has also shipped updates to both the optional Image Transmitter 2 app for 645-series cameras, and the Silkypix-based Digital Camera Utility 5 app that comes bundled with Pentax cameras. We'll start with Digital Camera Utility 5, since it's the more broadly-used of the two apps. Changes here include lens data for five recently-launched optics -- the HD PENTAX-DA 16-85mmF3.5-5.6ED DC WR APS-C zoom, HD PENTAX-DA 18-50mmF4-5.6 DC WR RE APS-C zoom and its DA-L kit lens variant, the HD PENTAX-D FA Star 70-200mmF2.8ED DC AW full-frame zoom, and the HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mmF4.5-5.6ED DC AW full-frame zoom. Support has also been added for the brand-new Pentax K-S2 DSLR, and several interface changes have been applied. Peripheral Illumination Correction levels can now be adjusted, drive and interval modes plus digital filter history can be displayed, and the image will now center itself on your click point when you double-click to zoom to 1:1 resolution on-screen. One final tweak in Digital Camera Utility 5 goes hand-in-hand with a corresponding change in Image Transmitter 2: The two apps can now optionally interface with each other, transferring images between the apps as you shoot them via the tethered connection to the camera. Image Transmitter 2 also now has a 1,024 x 768 pixel window size, and as images are transferred to Digital Camera Utility 5, their filename and thumbnail are shown automatically. They're also added to DCU 5's image editing queue in Laboratory mode. You can get the app updates at the links below: Windows Digital Camera Utility 5.3.1 update (K-S2 / K-S1 / K-3 / 645Z / Q-S1) Image Transmitter 2.1.0 update Mac OS X Digital Camera Utility 5.3.1 update (K-S2 / K-S1 / K-3 / 645Z / Q-S1) Image Transmitter 2.1.0 update -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.
