Whether it really makes a difference or not I don't know but suspect it
could. You did not follow the instruction sequence for the update.
The instructions say to start the firmware update software and THEN
connect the camera. Then turn the camera on if the update software
doesn't do it automatically. Select "Storage" as the mode of operation.
Chuck Norcutt (who has updated the E-M5 several times and the E-M1 once.
On 1/30/2016 1:40 PM, Lawrence Woods wrote:
Before I started, the camera's display in Settings=>Firmware indicated
Body: 2.0, Lens: 1.0 (a 12-40 2.8 if it matters).
I installed Olympus Digital Camera Updater on my Windows 7 system,
connected the camera to the PC, and turned on the camera. An "E-M5"
entry appeared in the File Explorer underneath Computer.
A right click=>Properties on the "E-M5" displayed Firmware version:
1.00 and my camera's serial number.
I started Olympus Digital Camera Updater and clicked "Next" to do the
update, but got an error box saying "Unable to use this function on this
camera".
This was the first time I had tried a firmware update. I purchased the
camera secondhand in late 2014, so the prior owner could have updated to
firmware 2.0, released in January, 2014.
Has anyone experienced and overcome a problem like this? Anyone have
an insight into the firmware version discrepancy between the Windows
Properties display and the camera display?
I have one additional data point. When turning on the USB-connected
camera, the camera LCD screen displays "One Moment", then goes black
when the computer gives its "new USB device detected" beep. The Olympus
web page
http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/digicamera/download/software/camera/cameraupdate.cfm
says that different model cameras display different things, but shows a
USB selection menu from an E-M5 that I did not get. Does the EM-5's USB
display change with different firmware, and what should I be seeing?
----- Larry Woods
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