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Firmware upgrades?
« on: October 24, 2008, 12:12:07 PM »
I've been getting jealous of the A700 folks with their v4 upgrades and having less noise in their images. I've had a look on the KM website, but it seems there's no firmware upgrades for the 5d / Alpha Sweet. Anyone heard anything.
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Re: Firmware upgrades?
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2008, 12:26:38 PM »
Quote from: winjeel on October 24, 2008, 12:12:07 PM
I've been getting jealous of the A700 folks with their v4 upgrades and having less noise in their images. I've had a look on the KM website, but it seems there's no firmware upgrades for the 5d / Alpha Sweet. Anyone heard anything.

I'm not sure - but I think the engineers that designed your 5D, are either working for another camera company or Sony.  Either way I think we can assume that they'll be busy working on other products.  I think if you want a firmware upgrade for your 5D, you'll need to write it yourself :)

Alternatively you could always upgrade the hardware  :)
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Re: Firmware upgrades?
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2008, 02:17:46 PM »
Quote from: springtide on October 24, 2008, 12:26:38 PM
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Alternatively you could always upgrade the hardware  :)

That's my (eventual) intention :D
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Re: Firmware upgrades?
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2009, 11:36:33 AM »
That's what i've just done.  See you in the a700 forum.  :)
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Re: Firmware upgrades?
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2009, 11:49:50 PM »
Save me a seat. Alternatively, if the rumours are true, I might be saving you a seat in the A800 room ;)
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Re: Firmware upgrades?
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2009, 05:33:12 AM »
As far as I can tell, there are no software updates being offered:

http://ca.konicaminolta.com/support/americas/digital_cameras/dslr/index.html
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Re: Firmware upgrades?
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2009, 05:13:03 PM »
Blimey this thread is a slow burner!  I ended up getting the A700, being very disappointed with the noise levels even with the V4 update, then getting a nikon.  The D300 was in a different league entirely, which was fine until I saw what the D700 could do, so finally ended up with that and love it!
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