Comments on: Firmware update 1.10 for Nikon D300?

By: PJS

PJS — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:39:14 +0000

http://home.comcast.net/~583junk/camera/D300_fw.JPG

By: Louis Dallara

Louis Dallara — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:34:31 +0000

The McCain ads MAKE ME PUKE!!!
Please get rid of them !!!

By: Louis Dallara

Louis Dallara — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:33:29 +0000

Any body got a screen shot of the firmwear 1.10 on a D300 ??

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:52:29 +0000

Auto ISO in manual mode is great for sports in changing light (half of the field in sun, e.g.).

You set shutter speed to freeze the action, aperture for DOF and use Auto ISO for proper exposure. Works great.

By: JoeR

JoeR — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:46:22 +0000

M with Auto ISO is not even close to Program mode.

Say I need f/8 for my lens to be sharp. Say there's something fast moving. I'll choose F/8 in M and play with shutter speed until it's as slow as it can be and still freeze the action. I'll let Auto ISO deal with the exposure.

...of course that won't work until I can have Auto ISO set and shutter speeds faster than 1/250.

By: sloma_p

sloma_p — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:30:02 +0000

It would be useful if you could set a maximum shutter speed you would think you can handle and have camera changing ISO if you reach it. For example – you shoot with flash in manual mode and want to balance ambient/flash light but you’re using longer lens – say 85/1.4, so you want at leat 1/125th shutter speed – it would give you freedom of choosing any shutter speed shorter than that, but once you reach it you would be changing ISO with rear wheel. Sounds complicated, but I’m for example quite often in a situation, where I have changing light condition, flash on manual to do fill-in and wouldn’t want to have to resort to ISO butoon as it breaks interaction. Just a thought

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:10:33 +0000

Why on earth would you want that? Auto ISO in manual mode is essentially Program mode by another name. It completely defeats the object of having manual mode in the first place.

By: dnhjr

dnhjr — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:00:21 +0000

That was a great video. I think something that was not really meant for time video the D90 work very well if you know what you are doing which this guy did. People that complain the video from the D90 sucks really don’t know what they are doing and are probably not using a tripod when filming which this guy did and that’s why it looks so good.

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:53:11 +0000

To get back to original question, “What does it contain?” – apparently an increase in the flexibility of the auto-ISO function. Nothing else that I can find in my copy of V1.10, which is a shame because I don’t use auto-ISO yet

By: PHiLiPZ

PHiLiPZ — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:48:01 +0000

one thing I’d love to have in new FW would be if AutoISO changed the min shutter speed according to the focal length used (1/f, maybe even 1/(f*user_constant))

unless this feature is there using the AutoISO with my zoom lenses is quite limited

By: JoeR

JoeR — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:02:15 +0000

I want there to be an option for auto ISO off in M mode. Sometimes I want auto ISO on in M.

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:13:26 +0000

I wish that new firmware allow turning off annoying AutoISO in Manual mode with ISO button….

By: cameron

cameron — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:24:49 +0000

you would need to register your product on nikon USA website ((or europe if you live in europe)) then go to customer service > downloads > firmware updates then select your camera model and check if there is a firmware update available. if one is available, download and unzip ((mac’s automatically unzips the file, on pc’s, right-click > uncompress the zip file)) and there should be 2 files with “A” and “B” along with other letters. grab your memory card, insert it, the FIRST folder you open on your memory card, click & drag ONE of the files onto the memory card’s root folder then put your memory card in the camera and go to setup menu > firmware > update, the camera will ask you to confirm ((for example, ver 1.01 ➟ 1.02)) then start the update. let your camera sit and dont even touch it until it finishes updating the firmware. format the memory card, back to the computer, repeat the steps for next file to update. your camera should have 2 new firmwares updated. remember, one file at once, not both files. good luck

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:10:24 +0000

I bought a couple of D300s a week or so apart (they’re never “in stock” as such – they arrive at the shop and get sold or reserved that same day) and the second one is 1.10 – one feature I’ve found is that you can’t save your settings on one version of the firmware and load them on to the other body (unless of course I’vce missed something – wouldn’t be the first time). I hope Nikon release it as a firmware patch ASAP!

By: MikeQ

MikeQ — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:01:15 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if among other things the firmware *removes* the ‘feature’ of the 8fps without the MB-10 trick.

By: Pablov

Pablov — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:58:57 +0000

yes, I knew about hacking firmware (specifically Canon’s) some time ago, to get some features the camera didn’t let to.

But it’s not the best way, isn’t it?

By: Pablov

Pablov — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:56:19 +0000

if we had $17K+ to spend in a camera, we probably wouldn't be talking about DSLRs

The fact is that a DSLR can (or will be able soon to) deliver a good HD quality Movie mode, if well implemented, for a extremely lowest cost, and with the advantages of letting use the line of lenses, and the low light shooting.
And of course, in one smaller package alltogether

By: MarkDphotoguy

MarkDphotoguy — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:01:55 +0000

Video mode in the hands of a creative person CAN yield good results. check out this video shot with the D90: http://www.vimeo.com/1901269

Now imagine shooting a macro video of a spider making a kill, or the internal working of a fine watch in action. Low light at 1.4. Imagination and creative drive are all it takes to make a feature like video fun and useful.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:49:28 +0000

So, in your opinion, D90 can pass much more than the 8 fps the camera shoots in stills?

By: JoeR

JoeR — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:54:31 +0000

It is possible for video to exist, and be useful, without audio.

You can't use your viewfinder during video recording because the mirror is flipped up so that light can hit the sensor to record.

I don't the sensor is alternating lines because with standard SLR optics, the image would shift with every line slip, thought it's possible to do so at a fast enough rate so as to be imperceptible to the human eye.

I don't think I'll be filming a movie with a DSLR any time soon, but there are times when it would be very handy. Especially if one could burst at 720p at 90 or 120 fps for 2 or 3 seconds.