"Improved stability for general performance." Eric, regardless of feature additions, new device support, etc., as soon as I see the above statement the upgrade is worth doing. They will have fixed firmware bugs that may prevent you from experiencing annoying problems that others have encountered.
Cheap insurance. On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 8:31 AM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is the changelog: > > Changes to V1.16 > > Correspond to HD PENTAX-DA AF REAR CONVERTER 1.4X AW. > Improved stability for general performance. > > *Contents of [Version 1.15] and earlier version will be also updated. > > Changes to V1.15 > > Correspond to the AF assist light function by white LED light for auto > flash unit [AF360FGZII] and [AF540FGZII]. > Optimized contrast AF when using HD PENTAX-DA Limited series lenses. > Improved stability for general performance. > > Changes to V1.14 > > Optimized contrast AF when using [HD PENTAX-DA 560mmF5.6ED AW] lens. > Improved stability for general performance. > > Changes to V1.13 > > Improved reliability of recording operation when using SDXC memory card. > > Changes to V1.12 > > Corrected --- When O-GPS1 is mounted on the K-5 and taking a picture > of starry sky with long exposure tracing by ASTROTRACER function, a > band of light green noise rarely occur on image depending on > photographic condition. > > Changes to V1.11 > > Corrected method for obtain GPS data when developing RAW images that > is contain GPS data on Version 1.10. > > Changes to V1.10 > > Correspond to GPS unit [O-GPS1] > > Changes to V1.03 > > Improved the accuracy of auto focus in low-intensity light condition. > Improved stability for general performance. > > Changes to V1.02 > > Compatible with SDXC memory card. > > * Transfer rate is not compatible with UHS speed class. > > All ISO sensitivity setting can be used on Bulb mode. > Improved functional sequence for Contrast AF and improved total speed > until in focus. > > Changes to V1.01 > > Increases the number of continuous shot at RAW format and High > sensitivity shooting. > > * Ex. Setting condition: RAW/ISO100, Increases the number of > continuous shot from maximum approx. 8 frames to approx. 20 frames. > > Improved stability for general performance such as exposure range on HyP mode > > On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 4:35 AM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Aug 28, 2014, at 11:18 AM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> There were additions to the lens database, but since you probably don't >>> have any of those lenses you won't see a change, there were fixes for the >>> camera freezing, but if yours never froze up you probably won't see a >>> change. Unless you had the actual base 1.0 firmware the biggest change, >>> increased buffer depth on RAW files, IIRC the original buffer for raw was >>> something like 8 the improved buffer depth is 23. But, if you never hit >>> that limit you won't see much of a change there either. It's almost always >>> best to have the latest firmware if you're really lucky you'll never see a >>> change. >> >> Thanks, P.J. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA USA >> [email protected] >> >> "What does it mean...that the world is so beautiful?" >> >> - Mary Oliver >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
