R-D1 upgrade failure anyone?

[johnvan8]

Hello all,
I'm new to the forum. Just received my R-D1 yesterday so you can imagine my excitement. Of course, being the knucklehead that I am, I immediately started to look into upgrading to Ver 2.0 (R-D1s). From what I have found, seems to be fairly straightforward. My question is: Is this an upgrade process that works MOST of the time if done according to instructions? Any tricks or tips to ensure a successful upgrade? The LAST thing I want is an upgrade failure with an inoperative camera!
Thanks for any help out there.

 

[back alley]

mine went very smoothly. loaded the upgrade onto an sd card, inserted the card into the camera and the camera took over. i think i just had to push the ok button and wait.

 

[gdi]

I haven't heard of many (maybe any) failures in the process. Make sure the battery is fully charged.

The upgrade improved mine (when I had it) quite a bit.

 

[Paul T.]

IIRC, the one thing they tell you to do is make sure the battery is fully charged; only if the process is stopped half-way thru do you get problems.

 

[back alley]

I haven't heard of many (maybe any) failures in the process. Make sure the battery is fully charged.

The upgrade improved mine (when I had it) quite a bit.

did you move over to an m8?

 

[johnvan8]

How long does the process take once you stick the card in?

 

[abumac]

Don't worry. do it.

 

[gdi]

did you move over to an m8?

Yes, I did.

But I do miss the R-D1 - I am keeping an eye out for one - to supplement the M8.

 

[nickdando]

I think it took somewhere around five minutes, probably less.

Nick