New (last) GRDII firmware 2.40 on the way! (released)

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Even after announcement of GRDIII, Ricoh did not forget about their loyal GRDII users and announced new (last) feature enhancing FW for GRDII. At the moment, there is only Japanese announcement. So we will have to wait for English version of news release (googlish is not useful this time). All I know is it should be available on 5th of August (GRDIII shipping date). Stay tuned!

Official (English) news releas can be found here:
http://ricoh.com/r_dc/press/release/nr_ ... l2_f5.html

What GRDIII features will be incorporated in GRDII?

(1) Displayed-file memory in playback mode
For playback, the file displayed is the last file that was displayed the last time playback mode was used. (In cases where photographs have been taken, the most recently taken photograph is displayed.)

(2) One press zoom with ADJ. lever
When displaying still images in playback, pressing the ADJ. lever will display the image magnified.

(3) One press zoom ratio selection
The zoom ratio can be selected for use for one press zoom in playback.

(4) Playback mode dial option selection
In addition to the following combination "ADJ. lever: Next/previous frame; Up-down dial: Zoom in/out," it is now possible to select this combination: "ADJ. lever: Scroll left/right; Up-down dial: Scroll up/down"

(5) Changing dial functions for manual exposure mode
It is possible to change the dial functions so that the ADJ. lever controls aperture and the up-down dial controls shutter speed. (The normal setting is the reverse.)

The FW 2.40 can be downloaded here:
WIN
http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/download/firm ... r2-240.exe

MAC
http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/download/firm ... r2-240.zip

Installation instructions (the same as always) can be found here:
http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/download/firm ... wup_en.pdf

 

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FW 2.40 is now available at Ricoh Japan web. Just click the links in above post.