> On 17 October 2016 at 05:57 Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > P.J. Alling wrote: > > Larry, I downloaded the software from Metz to see what was inside it. > > The Exe file on the site is a self extracting archive. Inside is the > > actual driver updates and software to install them. I tried to read the > > instructions to figure out if you could manually push them to your > > flash, but unfortunately the instructions for the installation itself > > are in German. Strangely the instructions to remove the installer from > > your system when you're done with them are in English. I get the feeling > > that Metz is a pretty schizophrenic corporation. My German is so rusty > > that it's damn near nonexistent. > > The good news is that I have upgraded my flash firmware. > > Nicole has a windows 10 laptop for her in car data acquisition system. I > was, eventually, able to figure out how to do things enough to > accomplish the task. Windows 10 is not trivially intuitive. The Metz > upgrade software is not much better. I would also think that a company > the size of Metz would have at least one native English speaker that > they could ask to peruse the documentation so that the English comes out > better than had they just run it through google translate. Seriously, it > was bad. If you want people to associate you with quality, just spend > the money to have someone proofread your documentation in the target > language.
Just go one step up the directories in the link you provided to here: http://www.metz-mecatech.de/en/lighting/firmware-download-flash-units/mecablitz-58-af-2-digital.html and there are links to eminently followable instructions for both Windows and MAC. Not for any flavour of UNIX/Linux, unfortunately. -- 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.
