Newsgroup: it.arti.fotografia.digitale
Titolo: Aggiornamento firmware panasonic DMC-FZ1

Ho letto che è possibile aggiornare il firmware della FZ1 per farla
diventare una FZ2.
Qualcuno ha notizie su dove reperirlo e soprattutto mi può spiegare
come si affettua in pratica l'aggiornamento???

techincs wrote:
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Dato che può essere utile anche ad altri, inserisco qui le istruzioni 
trovate su 
http://forums.dpreview.com//forums/forum.asp?forum=1033
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1 firmware upgrade to FZ2
1. Download the upgrade (here's one source: 
http://www.2000wuben.com/firmware.bin
 )
2. Copy firmware.bin to the root of a memory card (usually with two 
empty folders: DCIM and MISC). You can format the memory card in the 
camera to get an empty card. You can use a card reader for this, or with 
card in camera. If using the camera to copy the file, turn the camera 
off after copying the file.
3. Have the battery fully charged. This is very important, because a 
battery going empty during the firmware upgrade process could damage 
your camera. You could use the AC adapter as well, but then you run the 
risk of a power failure, so the best way is still a fully charged 
battery. As the voltage of a completely charged battery may be slightly 
higher than that of a partly discharged one, it may be a tad safer to 
use a fully charged one.
4. With the camera off, insert the memory card (unless already in), turn 
the switch to playback (review mode).
5. Turn the camera on and you should see English upgrading information. 
If not, you should turn the camera off and start over.
6. Choose FIRM/EEprom (on the left-hand side), push SET (down arrow) on 
the back of the camera, then the LCD will turn blue.
7. Wait for about 2 minutes until the on/off light stops blinking. 
(Should beep when done, unless speaker is disabled.)
8. Turn the camera off and on again. You're all set.
9. Remove the firmware.bin file from the memory card or, better, format 
the memory card in the camera.
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Qui finisce la procedura di modifica, ma alcuni di quelli che lhanno 
fatta si sono lamentati perché il contatore dei fitigrammi (che 
definisce il nome del file, con numeri progressivi) viene resettato 
nell'operazione. Così alcuni hanno cercato/trovato procedure per 
rimettere il contatore al punto voluto:
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10. The upgrade will reset all default settings, including resetting the 
numbering system. If you want to restore the filenumber to where it was 
before the upgrade, do the following:
11. Take a picture with the upgraded FZ1. Insert the SD card with the 
picture on it---either into a card reader or into the camera hooked up 
to your computer in playback mode.
12. Rename this last taken image on the memory card (for example, if you 
just upgraded the camera, the only picture there will be 
X:\DCIM\100_pana\P1000001.JPG) to filenumber + 1 (in this example, 
rename it to X:\DCIM\100_pana\P1000002.JPG)
13. Copy the image file or copy any FZ1 image file to the same card and 
rename it to whatever you want the next file number to be - 1 (minus 1). 
Example: Your previous last number was X:\DCIM\100_pana\P1000901.JPG, so 
copy this file or any FZ1 image file and rename it to P1000901.JPG)
14. Disconnect the FZ1 and take a picture.
15. Your current filenumber should now be P1000902.JPG (or whatever 
number you chose + 1).
Explanation: The FZ1 tries to write the next file number (P1000002.JPG), 
but seeing that it exists, instead of overwriting the file, it looks for 
the highest number on the card (P1000901.JPG) and sets the next number 
to P1000902.JPG.
Note: If you create a file with the highest number 
X:\DCIM\100_pana\P1000999.JPG the camera will look for folders with 
higher numbers, such as X:\DCIM\101_pana\. It will then create a new 
folder with the next higher number, such as X:\102_pana\ and will 
increase the filenumber accordingly, such as P1020001.JPG. Create the 
empty folders before taking the picture, but be very careful not to 
create the desired folder already! Stay one below, as the camera will 
create the next higher numbered folder. Remember, you can always go 
forward to higher numbers, but it is difficult or impossible to go back.
Note: The firmware upgrade cannot be repeated and cannot currently be 
undone. There may be a way to reset the numbering entirely. For that 
format the memory card in the camera (or insert an empty one), then 
remove the battery from the camera for at least 48 hours, which will 
totally erase all settings, including the numbering. I've only tried it 
for 24 hours, and that did not work, so the procedure is still untested.
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Le tree note finali (da Explanation in poi) sono aggiunte da chi ha 
postato il messaggio nel Forum e non mi sembrano chiarissime, ma non 
essendo direttamente interessato, non ho approfondito.
Al

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Ti ringrazio infinitamente.

Per Alfredo:
una domanda: secondo te è sicuro questo upgrade o rischio di
danneggiare la Panasonic ???
Scusa, sarò anche di coccio, ma non ho capito come fare a scrivere il
firmware.bin nella scheda.

 firmware.bin nella scheda.
Basta collegare la macchina a un PC con sistema operativo Win-ME o 
Win-XP e su Esplora Risorse la vedi come se fosse un disco rimuovibile.
Copi il file nella root di questo disco (fuori dalle 2 cartelle che 
contiene) ed è fatto.
Al