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Hello and welcome to GMax Studios.
Today we're going to talk about firmware upgrades.
Now firmware upgrades are software patches that are released by
the camera manufacturer after the camera has been released in the
market.
This usually addresses bugs and issues that might have come to the
camera manufacturer's notice after the camera has been released
and it also makes the camera more compatible with new accessories
or newer lenses that might have hit the market after the camera.
So it is very important to have the latest firmware upgrade
on your camera.
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So this video is about firmware updates for the Sony brand
of cameras.
You can upgrade your firmware whether you have a Sony,
Nikon, Canon,
or a Fuji, but this video
in particular relates only to the Sony brand of cameras.
If you have other brands of cameras,
you can go to the end of this
video where you will find the links on how to upgrade other brands
like Nikon, Canon or Fuji
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Before you start your
firmware upgrade, make sure that your battery is fully charged
and also take out the memory card from the camera.
Now if you go to the setup menu,
or the suitcase menu as I call
it, to tab number 6 you will see the version displayed there.
And if the version available is more than the version that is there
in your camera, it is time to upgrade your firmware. [MUSIC]
Also go to tab number 4 in the same menu and change the USB connection
to mass storage.
You can then connect the camera to the computer and see that USB
mode will be displayed as mass storage at the back of the camera.
You can then safely switch off the camera because now it is ready
for your firmware upgrade. To download the firmware upgrade go to
esupport.sony.com.
And go to the drivers and software section.
You can either select the model directly or you can scroll down
the menu and choose your camera.
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I'm selecting ILCE because I'm upgrading a Sony A7R.
So the model ILCE-7R shows up and we select an operating system
of the computer which in my case is Mac
OS X.
You will see drivers for your computer and you will see the firmware.
The firmware version is 3.10 which is definitely higher than mine.
So I download it.
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You press the Download Now.
Accept the agreement because you have no choice.
And update starts downloading to your computer.
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After the download finishes,
you might see a warning but
you should ignore that and then install the update on the computer.
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Another warning, you might need to put in your admin password
for the computer when you start upgrading the camera.
Only after doing this step should you turn on the camera.
The updater checks and as you can see,
it shows me the current version
as 1.10 and the version after the update will be 3.10.
So I press Next.
I go back to the camera which is connected and it says that it will
reset the device, I press OK.
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And I come back and it shows me a Run command and I press
the Run command.
Do not pull the USB cable out or turn off the camera during this
process.
It took the camera about 20 minutes to do this but I'm going to
fast forward this section to the point that it is almost finished.
So when the update has completed the camera will automatically restart
and you can see that happening on the screen.
It says recovering data,
please wait.
Wait for it to do
whatever it's doing and the screen will switch off.
After that you press Finish and you eject the updater form your Mac
and the update is hopefully done.
You can now disconnect the USB cable and now when you go back to
the version it shows that it has been updated to version 3.10,
which is what we wanted.
You should also go back to the USB connection again and set it back
to auto so that the next time you don't have any problems.
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Until the next time, bye-bye.
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