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photolandscape · 03/20/07, 02:04 AM

Sounds exciting. First thing you'll have to do is--charge the battery, which will take a while. Pop in the SD card, turn her on, and hit menu. Scroll down and you'll see "Firmware"--it will show you what version you have. 1.09 should be fine in most respects, so I'd hit the streets and start photographing. You can always install 1.092 in a day or two. Have fun.

One other thing--based on a mistake I made when I first got mine--if you want to record jpegs and DNG files both, you'll need to go into Menu again and set it to record both--otherwise, I think you'll get just a jpeg.

Also, having come from two autofocus cameras, I had to remember to focus!

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photolandscape Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 09/17/06 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 374	Re: New M8 - What do I look for? Sounds exciting. First thing you'll have to do is--charge the battery, which will take a while. Pop in the SD card, turn her on, and hit menu. Scroll down and you'll see "Firmware"--it will show you what version you have. 1.09 should be fine in most respects, so I'd hit the streets and start photographing. You can always install 1.092 in a day or two. Have fun. One other thing--based on a mistake I made when I first got mine--if you want to record jpegs and DNG files both, you'll need to go into Menu again and set it to record both--otherwise, I think you'll get just a jpeg. Also, having come from two autofocus cameras, I had to remember to focus!