Firmware-update: Ricoh GR Digital III 2.00

Ricoh heeft voor zijn GR Digital III-digitale camera's nieuwe firmware uitgebracht met 2.00 als het versienummer. Deze camera's hebben een 1/1.7" ccd-beeldsensor van 10 megapixels aan boord en beschikken over een digitale zoom van 4x. De bijbehorende lijst met veranderingen ziet er als volgt uit:

Version 2.00:

Added the following enhanced features. The detailed information is available in a PDF document.

• [The GF-1 Flash unit compatibility]
  The camera now supports the optional flash, GF-1. This update allows TTL-auto flash control with the GF-1. * During interval shooting, any external flash unit will not fire.
• [Date List] in playback
  With 81 frames view in the playback mode, clicking the thumbnail button thumbnail button changes a list grouping pictures by date.
• [Page List] in playback
  In thumbnail view (20 frames, 81 frames, or Date List), you can switch the view between the image selection screen and the paging screen.
• [Menu Page Advance]
  You can switch pages by using the zoom button zoom button in the Shooting menu, in the Setup menu, or in the "Edit My setting" menu with selected an item.
• [Snap Focus Distance]
  The [1.5m] option has been added in the Snap Focus Distance in the shooting menu.
• [ADJ. Direct ISO control]
  The ADJ. Direct ISO control has been added in the shooting menu. With this option [On], you can use the ADJ. lever to change the ISO sensitivity value when the camera is in a shooting mode.

Modified the following phenomenon.

• If you have registered the following settings to a My setting, and then if you switch between My1 and My2 with an Fn button for instance, the AF mode will not be reflected correctly. Setting registration example:
  MY1 : AF(Spot)/MF in an Fn button
  MY2 : AF(Mult)/MF in an Fn button

Changed the following feature.

• During interval shooting, the external flash unit will not fire. Use the built-in flash.