Yep, I updated a couple of weeks ago. It's extremely easy, as the PC-based
control program queries the camera for it's installed version, contacts the
Olympus download site, downloads the correct patch, and applies the update, all
with one-button on the PC/MAC (plus setting the camera to "control"). Updates
to a Flash or a Lens are done the same way.
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----- Original Message ---------------
Subject: [OM] E-1 Firmware Update
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:33:43 -0700
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>For E-1 owners:
>
>PRESS RELEASE: Olympus delivers firmware update for E-System
>
>Version 1.2 Improves Shutter Release Button and Adds Display of Focus
>Points to E-1 LCD
>
>Melville, New York, June 24, 2004 ? Olympus formally announces the
>second firmware update for the E-1 digital SLR. With version 1.2, it is
>now possible to shoot photos by fully pressing the shutter button
>repeatedly with a ?pumping? action, while keeping the shutter release
>button half-pressed down. This improvement allows you to continually
>shoot photos in C-AF (Continuous Auto Focus) mode, continuing C-AF with
>the shutter button halfway depressed. Additionally this update also
>adds a display of focus points for 3-point AF in the finder's LCD.
>
>This update also includes improvements made in version 1.1 such as
>higher sharpness settings, improved exposure in macro mode with flash
>and quicker startup time from sleep mode. E-System users can update
>their camera bodies, lenses and flash units through the Olympus Viewer
>software included with the E-1 cameras or the Olympus Studio software.
>The whole process takes less than five minutes.
>
> Olympus E-1 Firmware Version 1.2 updates:
> 1. It is now possible to shoot photos by fully pressing the
> shutter
>button repeatedly, while keeping the shutter button halfway depressed.
>This improvement allows you to continually shoot photos in C-AF mode,
>continuing C-AF with the shutter button halfway depressed.
> 2. It is now possible to display the focus points for 3-point AF
> on
>Finder's LCD.
>Olympus E-1 Firmware Version 1.1 updates (included in 1.2):
> 1. Allows higher sharpness setting values (+4, +5).
> 2. Improves the exposure precision during macro shooting with
> flash
>in the P (Program) mode.
> 3. Reduces the time it takes for the camera to recover from the
>sleep mode.
> 4. "Erasing selected frames" has been updated to enable you to
>cancel several frames selected for erasure at the same time. This is
>effective when ERASE SETTING is set to NO. After you select frames to
>erase, the SEL. IMAGE screen will appear if you press the arrow pad to
>go to the next screen or rotate the main dial to change the number of
>frames in the index. If you select RESET and press the OK button, all
>frames selected for erasure will be canceled at the same time. You
>cannot go to the next screen or change the number of frames in the
>index unless you erase the pictures or cancel your selection.
>
>
>Winsor
>Long Beach, CA
>USA
>
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