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Ricoh Releases Firmware 2.10 for the Ricoh GR Digital II Digital Camera

July 25, 2008 -- Rich has released a firmware update for the Ricoh GR Digital II camera.  The new firmware update, version 2.10, adds eight new capabilities to the camera. This firmware update provides the ability to set the white balance manually in shooting mode; provides an Auto Aperture shift feature in the A mode; adds image noise reduction depending on the ISO sensitivity; and now displays the ISO setting when the shutter release button is half-pressed (when you set the ISO sensitivity to [AUTO] or [AUTO-Hi].  See below for a complete list of firmware enhancements;

Add the following features. The detailed information is available in a PDF document.

• [Correcting the White Balance in Shooting Mode]
  You can set the white balance correction manually in the shooting mode.
  
  
• [Correcting the White Balance in Playback Mode]
  You can compensate the white balance in a captured image manually.
  
  
• [WB Correct] for [ADJ Lever Set. 1/2/3/4] and [Function Button]
  You can register the [WB Correct] in an ADJ lever setting and the Fn button.
  
  
• [Detailed Information Display in Playback Mode]
  You can see the WB comp. value and the image setting value in the display.
  
  
• [Auto Aper. Shift] in Aperture Priority Mode
  You can have the Auto Aperture shift feature in the A mode.
  
  
• [Reduction Image Noise]
  You can choose a noise reduction option depending on the ISO sensitivity.
  
  
• [ISO Sensitivity Display]
  The ISO sensitivity is displayed at your half-pressing the shutter release button, when you set [AUTO] or [AUTO-Hi] in the ISO sensitivity.
  
  
• Modified the following phenomenon.
  
  
  • With the [AutoRotate] is enabled (ON), if a playback image is rotated and make it enlarged, a histogram in the display may not appear properly.