{"id":7467,"date":"2017-05-01T22:40:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T22:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/?p=7467"},"modified":"2017-05-02T18:02:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T18:02:46","slug":"software-update-sony-rx100-series-available-must","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/news\/software-update-sony-rx100-series-available-must","title":{"rendered":"Firmware update for Sony RX100 series Available! MUST HAVE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7468 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rx100-mark-v.jpg\" alt=\"sony rx100 mark v\" width=\"309\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rx100-mark-v.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rx100-mark-v-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Great news for underwater photographers<\/strong> using the Sony RX100 series! Sony has just released a firmware update &#8211; version 2.0, aimed specifically towards underwater photographers with two incredibly helpful updates:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Underwater Auto feature in the White Balance settings.<\/li>\n<li>Flash Off mode when the Flash unit is popped-up (finally!).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The firmware\u00a0update also improves the overall stability of the camera.<\/p>\n<p>Up until now, the two above features were the major disadvantages compared to the Canon G7XII, but luckily Sony realized this in time and issues a fix.<\/p>\n<p>The Underwater Auto mode is a blessing for those who don&#8217;t like messing around with custom WB and Kelvin settings and the Flash Off mode is excellent news for Fantasea housing users, who up until now were very frustrated that the flash can&#8217;t be turned off once it has been popped up!<\/p>\n<p>We strongly advise updating your camera firmware, according to the instructions here*:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esupport.sony.com\/US\/p\/model-home.pl?mdl=DSCRX100M3&amp;template_id=1&amp;region_id=1&amp;tab=download#\/downloadTab\">RX100 Mark III Firmware Update<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esupport.sony.com\/US\/p\/model-home.pl?mdl=DSCRX100M4&amp;template_id=1&amp;region_id=1&amp;tab=download#\/downloadTab\">RX100 Mark IV Firmware Update<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esupport.sony.com\/US\/p\/model-home.pl?mdl=DSCRX100M5&amp;template_id=1&amp;region_id=1&amp;tab=download#\/downloadTab\">RX100 Mark V Firmware Update<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* Choose your operating system\u00a0and go to the Firmware tab to download.<\/p>\n<p><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7467 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170501_195235.jpg' class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170501_195235-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Sony RX100 IV Flash Off\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170501_195235-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170501_195235-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170501_195235-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170501_195235-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170501_195235.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170501_195116.jpg' class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170501_195116-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Sony RX100 IV Underwater Auto White Balance\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170501_195116-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170501_195116-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170501_195116-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170501_195116-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170501_195116.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great news for underwater photographers using the Sony RX100 series! Sony has just released a firmware update &#8211; version 2.0, aimed specifically towards underwater photographers with two incredibly helpful updates: Underwater Auto feature in the White Balance settings. Flash Off mode when the Flash unit is popped-up (finally!). The firmware\u00a0update also improves the overall stability<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":329,"featured_media":7469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[255],"class_list":["post-7467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Firmware update for Sony RX100 series Available! MUST HAVE! | Mozaik UW<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Great news for underwater photographers using the Sony RX100 series! 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