Camera Firmware Upgrades: Tip of the Month from Paul's Photo

Tip of the Month

Firmware updates are important!

Today’s digital cameras, scanners and printers offer us the opportunity to update and improve the features through firmware updates.  Frustrated with slow start-up and iffy focus?  Try a firmware update to improve your performance.   Every day engineers from the manufacturers are correcting faults, improving performance and adding features to today’s digital equipment. 

How do you know if you need an update?  In the setup menu of your camera find the info icon and your firmware version.  Note the version of the firmware which is currently installed in your camera.  Next we’ll compare your camera’s firmware version versus the latest update available from the manufacturer by visiting the appropriate website (some are listed below).  If you need to update it’s quite simple.  In most cases all you do is download the update to your computer.  Insert your camera’s memory card (formatted before hand) into your card reader.  Drag the program from your hard drive to the memory card.  Insert the memory card into the camera (power off).  Turn the camera on and follow the icons… new firmware detected (OK) install (yes)… that’s it!

We currently recommend that you check your firmware monthly for the latest updates and revisions.  It takes 10 minutes to update… you’ll love the difference!

Paul’s Photo will be offering FREE updates on Nikon D70, D200 and D2x digital camera during the month on November.  Bring your camera with a full battery and we’ll fix you up.  It takes 10 minutes.  Amazing!

Canon Updater

Nikon Updater

Olympus Updater