Firmwares

Several SLR firmware updates

(Thursday, November 19th, 2009)

We may have to group them since the firmware updates sometimes happen nearly at the same time. The latest ones are:

  • Sony Alpha series (A380, A330 & A230): Mac, Windows (Sony Europe)
  • Canon EOS 7D v1.1.0 (to correct an issue where a previous image may partly superimpose itself on the next, in continuous shooting): Instructions and download link

Several firmware updates

(Wednesday, October 28th, 2009)

These last days, plenty of photo camera manufacturers announced updated and corrections to the firmware of their photo cameras. Uncanny…

And we are told that Canon prépares a big firmware update to bring full HD video to the Canon EOS 5D MkII in 2010.

Pentax K-7: Firmware update and user manual

(Wednesday, July 29th, 2009)

A few news for Pentax. The Pentax K-7 is receiving a new firmware. the most visible change is the introduction of a customizable behavior for the 4-way controller in order to allow people not to use the OK button so often.

At the same time, I can indicate that I identified the availability of the Pentax K-7 user manual (ready for a free download).

Video firmware for the Canon EOS 5D MkII

(Wednesday, June 24th, 2009)

I usually do not comment about firmware upgrades for photo cameras. What about today?

Actually, this firmware is not from Canon. The Magic Lantern firmware has been designed by Trammell Hudson but it is usable on your Canon EOS 5D MkII.

I don’t know how he did that. I am sure that it voids your camera warranty. But, it brings impressive features, which are exactly what is missing from the Canon firmware and what serious film-makers needs from their camera.

  • On-screen audio meters
  • Disabled Automatic Gain Control (AGC)
  • Manual gain control
  • Zebra stripes (for over-exposed zones)
  • Crop marks for 16:9, 2.35:1 and 4:3

Magic Lantern firmware introduction from Trammell Hudson on Vimeo.

Source : Magic Lantern firmware.

Canon EOS 5D Mk II firmware update

(Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009)

Canon has released firmware v1.1.0 for the EOS 5D Mark II. It enables manual control of ISO, aperture and shutter speed while the camera is set to capture video.

Canon EOS 5D Mk II video firmware

Canon EOS 5D Mk II video firmware

More information

Nikon stops D40

(Friday, April 17th, 2009)

Nikon D40

Nikon D40

I hear that Nikon is discontinuing its the Nikon D40: 6.1 millions of pixels since November 2006, that’s quite a success.

While stoppping its manufacturing, Nikon officializes firmware updates for the Nikon D40 and D40x.

Nikon D40

Download firmware v1.12 (Windows)

Download firmware v1.12 (Mac)

Nikon D40x

Download firmware v1.01 (Windows)

Download firmware v1.01 (Mac)

Now, in Nikon photo camera range, there’s an entry point made out of the only two Nikon D60 and Nikon D5000. Both are good cameras that are more than able to attract customers at the lowest cost.

Canon reacts to black dots

(Saturday, December 20th, 2008)

For a few days already, the launch of the Canon EOS 5D MkII has been troubled by the relatively repeated observation (I say relatively because there are still very few of these cameras available on the market) of an unusual and unpleasant phenomenon: Black dots appearing on the right of every white zones.

5d2_black_dots

The origin is still quite difficult to determine, but the fact that this is visible on the sRAW1 images suggests a hardware source. But it is still very hard to say, for now.

It took only a few days of Internet forum exchanges before Canon reacted. Today, in a press release that you will find hereafter, Canon admits the issue and tells us that they are working on it.

This is good news for several reasons:

  • On the opposite of cases we will not repeat here again, Canon had a sane reaction and did not wait in strong denial state.
  • The Canon EOS 5D MkII is not rendered useless, only a bit limited.
  • The solution could appear quickly in the form of a firmware upgrade.

We still have to wait and be patient to see Canon’s next moves (supposing that you have a 5D MkII, of course).

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Major update of Nikon D300 firmware

(Thursday, October 30th, 2008)

It is a bit unusual, but there comes a large update to the firmware of the Nikon D300 SLR camera.

You can go and download it from Nikon.

A long list of modifications enabled with upgrade to v.1.10 firmware

  • The Highlights playback option has been moved from Display Mode > Basic photo info > Highlights in the playback menu to Display mode > Detailed photo info > Highlights.
  • The size and color of “Demo” displayed in the monitor with playback when No memory card? in the Custom Settings has been set to Enable Release have been modified.
  • The range of settings available for ISO sensitivity settings > ISO sensitivity auto control > Minimum shutter speed in the shooting menu has been increased from 1/250 – 1s to 1/4000 – 1s.
  • When shooting in hand-held live view mode and the frame is magnified prior to autofocusing, operation has been modified so that display returns to the magnified display rather then the full frame display.
  • Images captured with Rotate tall, in the playback menu, set to On, are not automatically rotated for display immediately after capture (image review).
  • A Copyright information has been added to the setup menu. When Copyright information is enabled, the copyright symbol ( © ) is shown in the shooting info display.
  • Recent settings can now be displayed in the place of My Menu.
  • Custom Setting e3 Flash cntrl for built in flash ( e3 Optional flash when an optional Speedlight is mounted on the camera) can now be added to My Menu using the Add items > Custom setting menu > Bracketing/ flash.
  • The degree of the High ISO NR setting can now be confirmed in the shooting info display while the High ISO NR setting item, in the shooting menu, is being applied.
  • Ankara, Riyadh, Kuwait, and Manama have been added to the Time zone options for the World time item in the setup menu.
  • When a GPS device is used and no heading information is available, –.–° is now displayed for the Position / Heading option in the GPS item in the setup menu.
  • When shooting in live view mode using Camera Control Pro 2 (ver. 2.2.0 or later) with a PC-E lens, the aperture setting can now be adjusted from the computer.
  • Focus acquisition performance in dynamic-area AF mode has been improved.
  • Focus acquisition performance with contrast-detect AF has been improved.
  • Auto white balance performance has been improved.
  • The fourth digit in seconds display for GPS latitude and longitude information is now rounded off rather than omitted.
  • The current MB-D10 battery type setting can now be confirmed in the shooting menu display when R6/AA- size batteries are used with the Multi-Power Battery pack MB-D10.
  • An issue that caused an increase in noise when shooting in [M] exposure mode at a shutter speed setting of bulb with the shutter held open for less than 8 seconds and Long exp. NR enabled has been resolved.
  • An issue that prevented shutter release at the specified shutter speed when no operations were performed for 30 seconds in mirror up mode has been resolved.
  • An issue that caused abnormal image display when Image review was set to On and the playback zoom in button was pressed immediately after shooting at the following settings has been resolved.
    • Image quality: NEF (RAW) + JPEG
    • NEF (RAW) recording: Lossless compressed or Compressed
    • Image size: S or M
  • When the Speedlight SB-800 was mounted on the camera with flash mode set to distance-priority manual (GN) mode, and the camera recovered from standby mode triggered by the auto meter off function, the distance information in the SB-800 changed. This issue has been resolved.

Sony Alpha 700, new v4 firmware

(Monday, September 22nd, 2008)

The improvements brought by this all-new firmware for the Sony Alpha 700:

  • The choice to select auto exposure bracketing (single & continuous) with 3 shots in 2 EV steps has been added
  • The choice to turn [Off] the High ISO NR feature has been added
  • Improvement of the image quality in high ISO setting
  • Improvement of the auto white balance and D-Range Optimizer performance
  • Improvement of reliability for communication between camera body and vertical grip

Donwload the new firmware on the Sony Europe web site.


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