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DMC-FT3/TS3 Firmware update service

About downloading service

Dear Customers,
We would like to thank you for purchasing Panasonic DMC-FT3/TS3.
From this site, you'll be able to easily download the latest firmware to enhance the product's performance.

Update Contents

Model Number DMC-FT3, DMC-TS3
Update Version Ver 1.2
Update File Name/
Size

For Windows:
DMC-FT3:
FT3__V12.exe / 23,332,000 bytes (After self-extract, FT3__V12.bin)
DMC-TS3:
TS3__V12.exe / 23,332,000 bytes (After self-extract, TS3__V12.bin)

For Macintosh:
DMC-FT3:
FT3__V12.zip / 23,235,265 bytes (After self-extract, FT3__V12.bin)
DMC-TS3:
TS3__V12.zip / 23,235,265 bytes (After self-extract, TS3__V12.bin)
Update Date Aug. 3, 2011

Improvements

Date/Version Description
Aug. 3, 2011
Ver 1.2
  1. Improvement of GPS measurement accuracy.
Apr. 25, 2011
Ver 1.1
  1. Improvement of landmark acquisition accuracy(especially Europe).
    [Attention]
    Soon after the firmware update terminated, GPS location name information, which displayed in Recording Mode, shall be initialized. There is no influence to taken photos by "positioning".
    The calibrate compass is required after the firmware update. An Altimeter adjusted value is initialized.

Firmware Update Procedures (Overview)

  • STEP 1. Check the current version of firmware used by your camera.
  • STEP 2. Download an updated version of the firmware and double click the downloaded file to decompress it.
  • STEP 3. Copy the firmware file onto an SD Memory Card.
  • STEP 4. Install the firmware update.
Caution:
  • Please do not turn off your camera, or do not remove the SD Memory Card while updating your camera's firmware.
    It may cause serious damage to your camera.
  • If the camera malfunctions after the firmware updating, please contact the dealer where you purchased the camera or the Global Service Center Network.

Actual installation steps

STEP 1: Reading the current firmware version.
   
  Panasonic recommends that you update the firmware in your camera if either of the following conditions exists:
  If the firmware version indicated is older than the version being offered, please update firmware.
The firmware update is not necessary if the current firmware version on your camera is Version 1.2.
     
 

1.Press the [OFF/ON] button.

Confirm that initial language setting is completed.
If not yet, press [MENU/SET] to "Language set" prior to the firmware update.

 
     
 

2.Press [MENU/SET] to display the menu.
     
 

3.Press [] / [], [] / [] to select the [SETUP] menu, then press [MENU/SET].
     
  4.Press [] / [] to select the [][VERSION DISP.] menu icon, then press [MENU/SET].
     
 

5.[VERSION DISP.] screen appears.

It is possible to check which version of firmware is on the camera.
     

License Agreement

Download of any file for Panasonic firmware update requires your agreement with the software agreement. You may proceed to the next step only once you have agreed. Please make sure to confirm all terms and conditions in advance to proceed to download.
     

Please choose the button after reading [ Warning ] sentence.