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Originally Posted by GEli
Each firmware is a standalone upgrade, so you only need to get version 1.30 to be all up to date. I was hoping we'd see an update with the release of the K20D and its greatly improved high ISO noise, but I suppose the sensor/image processor differences were too different for an upgrade to the K10D to make nay sense.
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There's probably some things from the K200D (which uses the K10D's sensor) which they could have done, and there's some software fixes and improvements which also certainly could have been put into a new K10D firmware.
I'm a little disappointed that they didn't do this, because it establishes a precedent that old models won't get support once new ones come out a year later — which means the long-term value of any given purchase is somewhat decreased.
I know it's hard to decide where to concentrate resources, but I think a little effort put into something which was after all the current model only four months ago would be reassuring, not just for the K10D, but for the K20D and K30D as well.