GRLife Pro 2.2: snap distance in feet
GRLife Pro 2.2 is out today for the GR III, GR IIIx and GR IV (Beta). It adds one switch: the snap focus distance can be shown in feet instead of metres. The GR IV gets two improvements of its own. The film library is unchanged.
Snap distance in feet
- Where: Press OK on the shooting screen to open GRLife Pro; “Snap distance in feet” is on the Features page. It is off by default.
- When it is on: The snap focus distance reads in feet in MENU, on the shooting screen and in ADJ: 0.3m → 1ft, 1m → 3ft, 1.5m → 5ft, 2m → 7ft, 2.5m → 8ft, 3.5m → 11ft, 5m → 16ft; ∞ stays as it is.
- Display only: The focus distance itself is the same as before. It works in every display language of the camera; turn the switch off, or flash the official firmware, and metres are back.
- The 1.x store page: The 1.x firmware page, where you tick features one by one, also has a new box, “Snap distance in feet”. There is no switch in the camera there: once ticked, it always reads in feet.
GR IV (Beta)
- Updates at start-up: When the card carries a newer App or film library than the copy in the camera, the camera now shows an update screen with progress by itself shortly after power-on and returns to shooting when done. While the film library is still loading, a film change is held back with a hint instead of working on a half-loaded library.
- Live view freeze fixed: Changing a film in the App while the card access lamp was on could freeze the live view. The camera now leaves the card alone around a film change.
- Known limitation: If you press OK right after power-on, before the films are ready, you may land in the GRLife Pro entry of MENU instead of the App, and a film picked at that moment may not be applied. Wait two or three seconds after power-on before pressing OK.
The GR III / IIIx do not have the start-up update screen yet; the App works there as before.
How to update
- Open the firmware page, generate again with your earlier choices and download the ZIP.
- Flash the new firmware as the chart on the page shows. This applies to the GR III / IIIx and the GR IV alike: the feet switch and the GR IV improvements are in the firmware.
- Copy GRLPRO.GRP from the ZIP’s GRLIFE folder into the GRLIFE folder on the card, replacing the old one. Keep the FILMS.GRF already on the card; don’t overwrite it with the ZIP’s copy, which holds only the five built-in films.
- Turn the camera on with the card in. On a GR III / IIIx, wait about 10 seconds; a GR IV shows the update screen and returns to shooting when done. Press OK to open GRLife Pro: About should show v2.2.
Tested on a GR IIIx (official firmware 1.70) and a GR IV (1.20); the GR III shares the GR IIIx changes and passed the offline checks.
The film library is unchanged: still 92 films, and nothing new to get this time. The five built-in films are free; the GRLife Pro Film Collection, once you have it, covers all 92 films in the library and every film added later.
Open the firmware page See the Film Collection
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