My UZI's firmware is v352u-74... Good/Bad?

Is this a known to be bad firmware version? If so, how difficult is it to have it upgraded? How much will it cost since my camera is out of warranty etc?

thanks!

Do not waste your time , if the camera works , then everything is fine ..

Carillon said:

Is this a known to be bad firmware version? If so, how difficult is
it to have it upgraded? How much will it cost since my camera is
out of warranty etc?

thanks!

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No, it's not known to be bad firmware, though it might have a minor bug or two, which you'll probably never notice. It's a couple hundred dollars to get the firmware updated in the US out of warranty, so if it's working fine, don't send it in.
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I believe fw 73 was the one targeted as most prone to sds. Too bad Oly's fw can't be upgraded by the consumer via a downloadable "flash utility".

Hi

I am a novice and have bought a second hand UZI. How can I find what is the "firmware" ver. ?

Thanks
TANy

Carillon said:

Is this a known to be bad firmware version? If so, how difficult is
it to have it upgraded? How much will it cost since my camera is
out of warranty etc?

thanks!

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74 might be the one that one or two past posters mentioned that the Iso reverts to AUTO from any of the presets 100, 200 or 400 at power down even if the "RESET OFF" for ISO is set.... in order to check it. Set your ISO to 100... Then go into the "Mode/Setup/Custom" menu. Find ISO & set it to "RESET OFF" Then turn the camera off & back on again.... If the ISO reads Auto instead of the 100 you set it at, then you have one of the quirky ones. If it remained at 100 you don't have the quirky ISO problem. While it would be a bit of a bother to have to reset the ISO to 100 everytime the camera is fired up..Auto isn't all that bad & is usually my next choice before actually forcing 200 or 400. Well actually if Auto aint getting me the shutters I want, I'll probably blow off 200 & go directly to 400 but I can't say I've ever actually done that... In good lighting AUTO will more often than not still choose 100 or maybe something like 121 & as the light gets less will pick ISO's in between the presets such as 156 instead of 200 or 289 or 349 instead of 400 so while the higher the ISO goes the more noise you may expierience but chances are you'll get a better shutter speed that will probably get you sharper pics... Noise can be dealt with, blur can't be. Anyway, my point is it probably won't be cheap to get the firmware updated soley for this problem. Plus there's a good chance you won't even have the problem also... But aside from that I can't remember any adverse reports about 74. Although I would imagine it probably has the unimproved reds & purples that 77 & 78 are said to improve but that really is an almost impersceptable shading thing that would require matching the pic side by side to the actual object. Try not to worry about it and get out and use it.... LOL

Carillon said:

Is this a known to be bad firmware version? If so, how difficult is
it to have it upgraded? How much will it cost since my camera is
out of warranty etc?

thanks!

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if you're using XP just open it in Explorer (image & fax viewer), right click/properties & if it aint there there might be another tab or button that it will be in. Or open an unedited pic in note/wordpad & it'll be on the top line somewhere near the middle. and finally most of the newerer editors (CamediaMaster/Free Irfanview/PSe1&2/PS/PSP etc will also have the exif info under Image INFO or properties tabs. Some show the version under the "Software" label.

rak said:

I am a novice and have bought a second hand UZI. How can I find
what is the "firmware" ver. ?

Thanks
TANy

Carillon said:

Is this a known to be bad firmware version? If so, how difficult is
it to have it upgraded? How much will it cost since my camera is
out of warranty etc?

thanks!

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My first UZi had v352u-74, and it had that ISO bug. Very annoying for me because I always forgot to change the ISO to 100.

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Carillon said:

Is this a known to be bad firmware version? If so, how difficult is
it to have it upgraded? How much will it cost since my camera is
out of warranty etc?

thanks!

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I was a past poster of this and what pshooter says is true. I don't agree with the previous advice about "if it works", etc.

The -74 firmware version is the one with the bugs described. They may be a non-issue for some but they were unacceptable to me. I prefer to use ISO 100 most all the time and in P mode the camera would always reset to Auto ISO at power up. Also, whenever the macro mode was selected, it would never reset back to standard at power-up. These two issues alone can cause "missed" shots. There were a couple of other problems that I don't remember right now, but these two were the worst ones for me.

If your camera is still under warranty, the best tact is to send it to Oly with a complaint that the camera does not operate as described in the manual and state some specifics. The firmware upgrade will then be done under warranty as a repair. However, if you merely ask for your firmware to be upgraded and not mention a problem, you're likely to receive a hefty repair charge.

If your camera is out of warranty and/or these issues don't particularly concern you, the camera is still very usable as long as you remain concious of them.

Rick

'UZ'pShoot'ERS' said:

74 might be the one that one or two past posters mentioned that the
Iso reverts to AUTO from any of the presets 100, 200 or 400 at
power down even if the "RESET OFF" for ISO is set.... in order to
check it. Set your ISO to 100... Then go into the

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Thanks for all the replys. Eventhough my camera has version 74 it doesn't seem to suffer from the ISO reset bug so I'll just leave well enough alone.

Thanks again!

Thanks for the help folks on telling us how to check the firmware. I just checked out the ISO issue and it does reset it to 100 even if the reset is off. And the macro stays on even after the camera has been turned off. I had already found that bug when I missed several good shots at some birds I was trying to get while they were at my feeder. I couldn't get the camera to focus and I was convinced something was wrong with the zoom. I was ticked because it was only the 2nd day I had it. Finally I noticed that the macro was still on even though the camera had been turned off all night.

So is there any other known problems with the 74 version? I can probably get over the macro issue but I have a couple more questions about the ISO issue. Lets say I put the ISO in 200 and want to take 10 pictures in a row this way, will it do that? Or do I have to reset it for every single picture? That would be over the line of annoying. However, if I just have to reset ISO every time I turn on the camera, it probably isn't that big of a deal. Either way it kinda makes you mad that the camera doensn't function like its supposed to. I'd send it back but I don't want to be without it for weeks while Oly works on it.

Thanks for the help.

I used to have -74 firmware. The bug only affects "P" mode. If you are normally shooting in shutter (S) or aperture (A) priority mode, or full manual, you won't be affected by it.

Carillon said:

Thanks for all the replys. Eventhough my camera has version 74 it
doesn't seem to suffer from the ISO reset bug so I'll just leave
well enough alone.

Thanks again!

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as long as you don't turn the camera off somewhere in the midst of those ten shots than the ISO won't be effected... I don't even know if it'll reset when the camera goes to sleep but it has to be turned off in order for the bug to happen.... And I thought the bug was that the ISO resets to AUTO not 100.... except at night or in low light. Reverting to 100 would be a good thing.... LOL

Beaux said:

Thanks for the help folks on telling us how to check the firmware.
I just checked out the ISO issue and it does reset it to 100 even
if the reset is off. And the macro stays on even after the camera
has been turned off. I had already found that bug when I missed
several good shots at some birds I was trying to get while they
were at my feeder. I couldn't get the camera to focus and I was
convinced something was wrong with the zoom. I was ticked because
it was only the 2nd day I had it. Finally I noticed that the macro
was still on even though the camera had been turned off all night.

So is there any other known problems with the 74 version? I can
probably get over the macro issue but I have a couple more
questions about the ISO issue. Lets say I put the ISO in 200 and
want to take 10 pictures in a row this way, will it do that? Or do
I have to reset it for every single picture? That would be over the
line of annoying. However, if I just have to reset ISO every time I
turn on the camera, it probably isn't that big of a deal. Either
way it kinda makes you mad that the camera doensn't function like
its supposed to. I'd send it back but I don't want to be without it
for weeks while Oly works on it.

Thanks for the help.

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Reset to AUTO on "P" mode when the camera is turned off, despite a custom setting of "Reset Off" is the bug.

Sleep mode doesn't affect the ISO or any other settings - they always stay as they were.

'UZ'pShoot'ERS' said:

as long as you don't turn the camera off somewhere in the midst of
those ten shots than the ISO won't be effected... I don't even know
if it'll reset when the camera goes to sleep but it has to be
turned off in order for the bug to happen.... And I thought the bug
was that the ISO resets to AUTO not 100.... except at night or in
low light. Reverting to 100 would be a good thing.... LOL

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