Originally posted by vics587 You guys took the trouble to help me out, so I owe it to you all to let you know how it panned out.
I followed all of your instructions to the letter and it worked like a dream. I must say I got a bit nervous when phase 2/2 slowed down and almost stopped for a while, but when I finally saw "COMPLETE" appear in the bottom left hand corner, I knew I was home and dry.
So a final thanks to all of you for your amazing help........I couldn't have done without it.
Cheers
Vic
Thanks for letting us know. Too often, people come here, ask a question, get a bunch of replies and go away. We never find out if our help solved their problem or not.
BTW, had you made the mistakes I warned you about, nothing dire would have happened. The update simply wouldn't have worked and you'd be scratching your head trying to figure out why. I mentioned them, because others have made them before you came along.
The real danger is if you do things right, and the camera actually starts replacing its firmware and the battery dies or you foolishly turn the camera off. If the update is begun, but not completed, you have a very expensive paperweight. If the update has not begun, that can't happen.
Now, I just wonder if Pentax will release a firmware update so my K10D can use SDXC cards, although, since the K10D doesn't do video, I have no idea what I would do with a 64GB card. Even with RAW + JPEG, that would let me store over 4,000 images.