New firmware for Nikon SB-900 released

By [NR] admin | Published: November 18, 2008

As reported earlier, the SB-900 firmware update was released in Europe (this is the NPS email sent in Europe):

New firmware for SB-900

Today we release a new firmware for the SB-900 speedlight.

Firmware update is performed via a CF card and the flash mounted on a D3, D700 or a D300 (FW 1.10).

For download and instructions, visit your Nikon Support center:

Finland
Windows Macintosh

Norway
Windows Macintosh

Sweden
Windows Macintosh

Kind regards
Nikon Professional Services

The following improvements have been made in version 5.02

  • With uninterrupted shooting with the SB-900 set to i-TTL mode, images captured just before the flash ceased firing were sometimes overexposed.This issue has been resolved.  By resolving this issue, metering precision has been further increased and the number of times the flash fires has also been increased.
  • When the SB-900, set to TTL auto flash mode, is used with a camera supporting the Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS), flash mode automatically changes to A mode according to camera communication status.  That flash mode was previously maintained, but it has been modified so that TTL auto flash mode is restored once the SB-900 again recognizes the camera as a CLS-compatible camera.

Nikon SD-9 battery pack for SB-900 now available

Related posts:

  1. Nikon Coolpix P6000 1.1 Firmware update released
  2. Nikon SB-900 Firmware update coming soon
  3. Nikon D300 v1.10 firmware available for download
  4. Nikon SB-900 released! PC-E lenses released!
  5. Firmware update 1.10 for Nikon D300?
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4 Comments

  1. calvin_gsc
    Posted November 18, 2008 at 1:29 pm | Permalink

    Nikon UK link for SB-900 firmware update. In English.

    http://nikoneurope-en.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nikoneurope_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=26129&p_created=1224842188&p_sid=-cxxXcjj&p_accessibility=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTE2JnBfcHJvZHM9JnBfY2F0cz02NDgmcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0xLjY0OCZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=&p_topview=1

  2. cameron
    Posted November 18, 2008 at 3:44 pm | Permalink

    looks like i was right… right batteries won’t overheat the SB-900, there’s no fix for that.

  3. Lance
    Posted November 19, 2008 at 3:12 pm | Permalink

    Can you update the firmware of the SB900 from a D90? I sure hope so…

    • Mato
      Posted November 19, 2008 at 8:22 pm | Permalink

      Yes you can, just did it myself