Nikon D3 will get a firmware upgrade as well

13 Comments

1. torax
   Posted December 4, 2008 at 2:50 am | Permalink

   So we can suppose that D3 gets the auto ADL as seen in D700 and Extra high as seen in D3X. Will D700 get extra high?

   And what about electronic virtual horizon, what’s the new thing about that. A fix? or a new feature?

   • torax
     Posted December 4, 2008 at 3:04 am | Permalink

     Hmm, so the virtual horizon thingy disappeared…

     • [NR] admin
       Posted December 4, 2008 at 3:07 am | Permalink

       Yes, I just realized that they included it already in their last update v.2.0. My bad…

2. [NR] admin
   Posted December 4, 2008 at 3:04 am | Permalink

   The virtual horizon was already included in the last update (v2.0) – I changed the post.

3. Orik13
   Posted December 4, 2008 at 4:50 am | Permalink

   It seems they refer to already released D3 firmware v2.0.0.
   At least I failed to find anything new here.

4. Pablov
   Posted December 4, 2008 at 6:14 am | Permalink

   is the D3 featuring Virtual Horizon at this moment? (wheter buying it new or via firmware update) could you please tell me the exact link refering to it?
   Thanks !

   • [NR] admin
     Posted December 4, 2008 at 9:15 am | Permalink

     It is in the last firmware upgrade for D3 from Sept 2008:
     http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin/nikonusa.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=15921&p_created=1214332553&p_sid=ydSnZukj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9ODUsODUmcF9wcm9kcz0xOSZwX2NhdHM9MCZwX3B2PTEuMTkmcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9ubCZwX3BhZ2U9MSZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PW5pa29uIGQz&p_li=&p_topview=1
     I could not find the strength levels in the D3 firmware, which made me think that this upgrade is about to be released.

     • Pablov
       Posted December 4, 2008 at 3:03 pm | Permalink

       There is something I don’t understand…

       If the Virtual Horizon necessary hardware is there in the D3, why Nikon didn’t implement the that feature from the beginning ??

       (I guess it also applies to some dust removal system too made available via firmware, or am I wrong ?? )

     • Pablov
       Posted December 4, 2008 at 3:07 pm | Permalink

       sorry, about the Virtual Horizon I now understand. The feature was already there in the ViewFinder, but also implemented in Live View with that firmware upgrade.

       About the cleaning system implemented in a firmware upgrade am I wrong? or maybe I dreamed it ? …..

5. George
   Posted December 4, 2008 at 1:52 pm | Permalink

   How about the D300? we need extra high as well.

6. ant
   Posted December 4, 2008 at 5:03 pm | Permalink

   D3’s virtual horizon feature is not available under the liveview mode even with the 2.0 update.

7. arthur
   Posted January 20, 2009 at 12:57 pm | Permalink

   Hi All,

   Once i updated the firmware on the D2hs but i can’t remember how,so can you help me out how to do it on the D700?

   Regards arthur

   • [NR] admin
     Posted January 20, 2009 at 8:42 pm | Permalink

     Arthur, try this:
     http://www.nikon-euro.com/kdb/en/2009/26605/en/d3ab_win_en_ABF.html