Camera firmware updates?

8 years 6 months ago #457252 by Scott Innes
Do camera companies offer firmware updates for our cameras from time to time?  I have not seen any, and most electronics generally have them from time to time.  How would you even upload to camera?  


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8 years 6 months ago - 8 years 6 months ago #457260 by cybersholt
Hey Scott,
There are firmware updates occasionally, I've done one with my Canon & all you had to do was upload copy the zip file to the card and turn it on. From what I could tell it was just checking for a file with a certain name and if it existed then it would look inside the zip and try to execute some binary files from there. 

I also have tried a custom firmware on my Canon P&S, which opened up some much needed controls. So that may be an area you could look into if you're trying to get some features that aren't normally available.



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8 years 6 months ago #457262 by effron

Why so serious?
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8 years 6 months ago #457264 by Scott Innes
Your talking about uploading a file to your cameras memory card?  


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8 years 6 months ago #457266 by cybersholt
Yes, just copy the file over to the card and done. I only know how it works with Canon though so Nikon or others maybe/is a wholly different process.

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8 years 6 months ago #457336 by Shadowfixer1
Firmware updates seem more prevalent in mirrorless cameras. I have updated firmware for my camera and updated the firmware for some lenses. Nikon and Canon do updates but they don't seem as frequent as Olympus, Sony, Panasonic, etc... 
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8 years 6 months ago #457588 by Joves

Scott Innes wrote: Your talking about uploading a file to your cameras memory card?  


Yes Scott. The instructions are at the Nikon site. It is really easy to do.


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