New firmware package V1.58

[Klaas van Urk]

My Sony dealer in Antwerp Belgium invited me yesterday to visit him to upgrade my camerasoftware to version 1.58. So I went to... ...ftp://ftp.sony.com

I looked back to an earlier contribution of Rob Stiff, see 'Firmware here'
Rob wrote (I made it actual):

ftp://ftp.sony.com
If using OS X, use an ftp program.

User Name: storage
Password: NONE (e.g. leave blank)

Select the folder: XDCAM - Optical Disk
Select the folder: Software
Select the folder: PDW-F350 (or PDW-F330)
Select the folder: Version PKG-1.58 - AT1.51

Download the folder and read the instructions carefully. With this package you are able to update from PKG-1.56/AT1.50 to PKG-1.58/AT1.51. If you have software prior to this version you may also have to upgrade the Fresh component to V1.05. See the instructions!

I haven't figured out yet what the new software gives.
My dealer wrote: new functionality like cache recording, costum naming of clips, locking of clips, random deleting of clips.
In the instructions they name also several bugs like one that haunted me: The bug that the BATT REMAIN DISP shows zero (0) when the BP-M series battery is used is corrected. It forced my camera to restart at random with the affected battery. It should be fixed now.

Enjoy!

[Rob Stiff]

I hope it makes the reset defaults in the 350 & 330
all the same. Currently if you were to do a master reset
of the 350 and the 330 they are not the same settings.

[Greg Boston]

Originally Posted by Klaas van Urk

My dealer wrote: new functionality like cache recording, costum naming of clips, locking of clips, random deleting of clips.
In the instructions they name also several bugs like one that haunted me: The bug that the BATT REMAIN DISP shows zero (0) when the BP-M series battery is used is corrected. It forced my camera to restart at random with the affected battery. It should be fixed now.

Klaas, those new functions all came in version 1.56 so I suspect 1.58 is a minor bug fix release.

Thanks for the info.

-gb-