New firmware 1.10 for the D3
Posted by David Chin on April 16th, 2008 in Features and Specifications25-Apr-2008 Update: Nikon has released a revised version of the previously withdrawn firmware. DPReview has the details.
19-Apr-2008 Update: Nikon has withdrawn the firmware 1.10 update and disabled downloads of the files. Read this forum post for the link to Nikon’s announcement and the reactions to this recall.
17-Apr-2008 Update: A bug has been discovered with this firmware. David R Lane experienced the same thing while shooting a 14-bit RAW burst sequence, and later discovered that the problem doesn’t happen if the D3 is put into 12-bit RAW mode - this is a temporary solution.
For me, two of the biggest new enhancements introduced with firmware 1.10 are:
- You now get to control the degree of de-vignetting the D3 applies to images
- Automatic ISO now works on a larger range of shutter speeds - you get Auto ISO all the way down to 1/4000 sec instead of the previous 1/250 sec. This is very useful if you need to need to freeze fast motion.
For more details and download information, see this piece by DPReview.
If you’re having trouble installing the firmware, be careful where you drag and drop the files into. The firmware update files need to go into the root folder of the CF card, rather than into a subfolder - please refer to this, and this link.
Somebody on DPReview.com managed to dig up this juicy piece of information from the B file of the the v1.10 firmware set - looks like a 24.4 MP D3X is on the way!
You might also like to gauge owner reactions to the new firmware by reading through this hot discussion.