With the latest Z9 firmware update version 3.0, Nikon also updated several of their software packages:
Nikon N-Log 3D LUT Version 1.04
- Added cube-format 3D LUTs (identified by file names ending in “V02-00”) compatible with the Z 9’s N-Log curve. Color reproduction, shadows, and highlights have been revised to ease the process of editing footage using video editing software.
- These Z 9 N-Log 3D LUTs (cube files with names ending in “V02-00”) help address:
- “tone jumps” and the like visible across what should otherwise be smooth tone transitions, and
- overly-saturated colors visible in shots of high-chroma light sources or of subjects lit by the same.
Note that these LUTs may sometimes produce results slightly brighter than those of earlier Z 9 N-Log 3D LUTs (cube files with names ending in “V01-00”). Thus, for example, when applied to footage shot at high exposures or that has been brightened during editing, or when used as replacement 3D LUTs in projects previously color-graded using earlier Z 9 N-Log 3D LUTs (cube files with names ending in “V01-00”), the Z 9 N-Log 3D LUTs added with the current release (cube files with names ending in “V02-00”) may result in highlights that are “washed out” (over-exposed). The earlier Z 9 N-Log 3D LUTs are included in the current download and can still be used if desired.
Nikon Wireless Transmitter Utility Version 1.9.8
- Added support for Z 9 firmware version 3.00.
- The Wireless Transmitter Utility now functions as an Apple Silicon native app on Apple Silicon computers.
- Added support for Z 9 firmware version 3.00.
- Fixed the following issues:
- With some models, the vibration reduction data in the [Info] palette [Camera Info] pane sometimes differed from that in the camera playback display.
- The colors in JPEG files created from NEF/NRW (RAW) pictures shot using the AdobeRGB color space would sometimes differ from the originals.
- Certain TIFF files could sometimes not be opened.
- Cropping a picture, copying and pasting the result, and then cropping it a second time would result in abnormal crop boundaries displayed in a location different from the actual crop.
- Adjustments to pictures containing embedded GPS data would sometimes be lost when the pictures were saved or prevent the pictures being successfully exported.
- Reduced the amount of time needed to display pictures transferred to NX Studio after they were taken in Camera Control Pro 2.
- Fixed the following issues:
- The shift key would not function to select additional pictures after being used to select multiple files for transfer to another folder.
- Tools in the adjustment tabs for NEF/NRW (RAW) pictures selected at launch would sometimes be disabled.
- Added support for Z 9 firmware version 3.00.
- Fixed an issue that resulted in no file with the name “Image001” being created when the prefix “Image” was selected in the “Transfer Settings” dialog with “Sequential Number” chosen for “Naming convention” and “3” selected for the number of digits.
- Fixed an issue with NX Tether not functioning as an Apple Silicon native app on Apple Silicon computers.
Nikon Camera Control Pro 2 Version 2.35.1
- Added support for Z 9 firmware version 3.00.
