{"id":22,"date":"2008-12-03T21:34:34","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T01:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boinkphoto.com\/forum\/?p=22"},"modified":"2010-09-20T00:22:36","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T04:22:36","slug":"how-to-get-older-fuji-s5-firmware-versions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/boinkphoto.com\/forum\/2008\/12\/03\/how-to-get-older-fuji-s5-firmware-versions\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get older Fuji S5 firmware versions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So you&#8217;ve upgraded your Fuji S5 firmware to the latest and greatest, yet you aren&#8217;t totally satisfied. How do you get the old version?<\/p>\n<p>Go to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">http:\/\/download.fujifilm.co.jp\/pub\/tools\/s5pro\/v<strong>&lt;VERSION&gt;<\/strong>\/FPUPDATE.DAT<\/p>\n<p>where &#8220;&lt;VERSION&gt;&#8221; is replaced by the version youi want minus the dots. So, for version 1.09 it&#8217;d be:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Fuji S5 Pro Firmware v1.09\" href=\"http:\/\/download.fujifilm.co.jp\/pub\/tools\/s5pro\/v109\/FPUPDATE.DAT\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/download.fujifilm.co.jp\/pub\/tools\/s5pro\/v<strong>109<\/strong>\/FPUPDATE.DAT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(don&#8217;t forget the &#8220;v&#8221; in front\u00a0 of the version number).<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, rather than using their software to copy the update, the easiest way is to copy the downloaded &#8220;FPUPDATE.DAT&#8221; to the top level of your compact flash card, and then upgrade following Fuji&#8217;s normal instructions (make sure you have a charged battery and power on with the &#8220;BACK&#8221; button pushed down).<\/p>\n<p>Despite claims from Fuji otherwise, you can also downgrade by copying an old &#8220;FPUPDATE.DAT&#8221; on the card and using the same &#8220;update&#8221; directions.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to &#8220;<a title=\"A Crystal Ball\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crystalkeesey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">acrystalball<\/a>&#8221; for publishing this on the <a title=\"DPReview Fuji SLR Forum\" href=\"http:\/\/forums.dpreview.com\/forums\/forum.asp?forum=1020\" target=\"_blank\">DPReview Fuji SLR Forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you&#8217;ve upgraded your Fuji S5 firmware to the latest and greatest, yet you aren&#8217;t totally satisfied. How do you get the old version? Go to: http:\/\/download.fujifilm.co.jp\/pub\/tools\/s5pro\/v&lt;VERSION&gt;\/FPUPDATE.DAT where &#8220;&lt;VERSION&gt;&#8221; is replaced by the version youi want minus the dots. So, for version 1.09 it&#8217;d be: http:\/\/download.fujifilm.co.jp\/pub\/tools\/s5pro\/v109\/FPUPDATE.DAT (don&#8217;t forget the &#8220;v&#8221; in front\u00a0 of the version [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fuji"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/boinkphoto.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/boinkphoto.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/boinkphoto.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/boinkphoto.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/boinkphoto.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/boinkphoto.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45,"href":"http:\/\/boinkphoto.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/boinkphoto.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/boinkphoto.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/boinkphoto.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}