So, who's putting this into an E-1 FAQ?
Chuck Norcutt
Scott Gomez wrote:
> I've been experimenting based on two earlier posts (the one Iwert made
> that I am replying to here, and another earlier one about firmware
> display by Richard Lovison). Here's my results, for the E-1. I've
> included both original posts (edited a bit) for reference. I've tried
> both, see my notes after the procedures (I've obscured what may be
> serial number or other identifying data). Hopefully I've made the text
> lines narrow enough to not get too much weird line breakage in
> transmission to the list.
>
> A. Firmware readout on E-1 [may be the same on all
> E Series bodies]:
>
> 1. Turn the E-1 on
> 2. Open the storage media door
> 3. Press down the Playback Mode button and OK
> button at the same time
>
> You will then get the firmware info displayed
> on the LCD monitor.
>
> B. More "internal info" [ALL E series bodies?]:
>
> There's a neat little trick to know some statistics
> about your E-body:
>
> 1: open the CF card door
> 2: press "play" and "ok" at the same time
> 3: press the arrows in this order: up; down; left; right
> 4: fully depress shutter once
> 5: press up arrow, and now there is magic on the screen
>
> pressing the arrows, you can go through some pages
>
> a: firmware details of attached goodies
> b: R= shutter release count (with my camera it was
> obviously reset during service), S= flashes
> fired, M= pixel mapping (mapped pixels?), U= SSWF ?
>
> At your own risk of course...
>
> My notes:
>
> A. Works exactly as stated. Good quick way to check
> firmware updates.
> B. Mostly works as stated, some details are left out.
> 1. The camera has to be on first (duh).
> 2. Steps 2 and 3 need to be accomplished in fairly
> quick succession or you never get off the
> firmware display by subsequent arrow button presses.
> 3. Each arrow direction displays a different "page"
> a. Pressing UP yields "PAGE 1" which displays
> (on my camera):
> MU 1403
> MB 1005
> M3 1403
> SL 2101
> L 1100
> F ----
>
> Notes:
> Assuming this is firmware versions, as noted in
> the original message above, I'm guessing that the
> first three have something to do with the body,
> as 1.4 is my firmware version. No idea on "SL".
> "L" appears to be Lens firmware version. I'm
> betting "F" would show the Flash firmware version
> were one to be mounted and powered up.
>
> b. Pressing RIGHT displays "PAGE 2" which displays:
> R 00000589
> S 00000000
> M 00000000
> U 00000359
>
> Notes:
> I've nothing to add to the info originally
> presented.
>
> c. Pressing DOWN displays "PAGE 3":
> CS
> XXXXXXXXX [9 digit number, see below]
> MCS
> XXXXXXXXXX [10 digit number, see below]
> 805102
> CAMID
> XXXXXXXXXX [10 digit number, see below]
> 805102
>
> Notes:
> CS is definitely the Camera Serial as it
> matches my body's serial number tag (and
> that's why I haven't listed the output).
> MCS and CAMID are ? As you can see above,
> the second line of numbers matches in each
> entry. Additionally, the first line (again,
> not shown as I'm not sure of their meaning)
> of each entry is *almost* identical, with
> only the first number of each being different.
> I'm not sure if they're to be read as one
> continuous number or two, but they're listed
> here as displayed.
>
> d. Pressing LEFT displays:
> D:
>
> Notes:
> And that's it. No page label, no further data.
>
> ---
> Scott Gomez
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