Updating Your Firmware

A few days ago I shared the story of how an IS lens on my beloved 40D was producing some odd noises and the resulting diagnosis was to update my firmware. Rather than do so immediately (as is usually the case for me), I decided to hold off and share it as a video tutorial of sorts on what the process is like. I share a few tips on things to do before hand and what to look for. Then, you see in real time, unrehearsed and unscripted, my firmware update.

As the video shows, it’s a pretty painless process as long as you follow instructions. Unfortunately, because I had to use Quicktime to record it, there is no flash version available. Podpress has not been updated to co-exist with WordPress, so I am continuing to have to post videos and multimedia via link rather than by an available feeder, so apologies there as well.

But anyway, enough falderal, here’s the video:

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I should have some more pics, a Wednesday “What’s This?” and fun stuff again tomorrow.  Thanks for stopping in, and until then, happy shooting and watch those apertures!

Just a quickie…

Went out this evening and caught a few nice ones.  I’ll upload to the Flickr photo stream tomorrow evening with the weekly tutorial (upgrading your firmware – make sure you tune in for that – raw recording, no re-takes allowed!).  But, in the mean time, here’s a teaser pic (probably the best one from the outing):

Lean on Me

Happy Labor Day

For all those in the U.S.A., especially those who have the day off:

Happy Labor Day!  Go out and shoot!

For everyone else:

Go out and shoot anyway! 🙂

Today was a family day and I did take an hour towards sunset to go out and see what I could see through the lens.  Got a few but not sure if I had all the dials and exposure settings right, so look for them in the post tomorrow!