Re: Firm Ware

[Roger Eichhorn <eichhorn@xxxxxx>]

I don't think it very risky if you are sure that neither your camera 
nor your pc will crash or turn itself off while the transfer is 
happening.  Read the instruction manual that came with the camera and 
the readme text that comes with the download.  Just don't do it 
during a thunderstorm!

Roger

Firmware is the built-in onboard software (that resides on hardware's 
flash memory)  that drives your hardware.
Update is a newer version than the one that was shipped with the 
original hardware.
Updating a firmware is a risky task, since [as far as I know] the 
process first erases the existing flash memory, then re-writes the 
newer version, thus this process is risky unless you know what you 
are doing.
hope this helps. ;)
Achal


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