Originally posted by Fuddy101 Hi did you ever get the new download to work I'm having the same trouble
I just updated the firmware of a istDL2. I think there's a bit of confusion over what you should be doing.
Download from the Ricoh site the appropriate firmware.
Place the compressed file on an SD card. It must be an SD card (not SDHC or SDXC) and it should be small, less than 2Gb. The SD card must be newly formatted and empty.
Extract the compressed file to the SD card so that you now have 3 files. The original compressed file, a text file and a .BIN file.
Put the card in the camera. The camera should be off.
Hold the menu button down while turning the camera on.
You should get a message confirming current and proposed firmware levels. The option to upgrade should also be available if appropriate.
You might have got this sorted by now but I hope the above helps if you're still stuck.