Tag Archives: Firmware updates

Nikon 1 J1 and V1 firmware update v1.12

By [NR] admin | Published: May 8, 2012

Today Nikon announced new firmware update for the mirrorless J1 and V1 cameras. The only fix in this update is for an issue that caused some frames to be duplicated in slow-motion movies recorded at a frame rate setting of 1200 fps.

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Nikon firmware emulator now available

By [NR] admin | Published: March 4, 2012

After the Nikon D5100 firmware was decrypted and we got the first unofficial “Star Wars” firmware update, there is now a full hardware emulator including screen visualizer for the Nikon D3100/D5100/D7000/D* cameras that uses the Fujitsu FR MIPS processor. This will enable anyone willing to write custom firmware routines and then test them without risking their hardware being turned to […]

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Nikon D5100 unofficial “StarWars” theme firmware now available

By [NR] admin | Published: December 26, 2011

After Nikon’s firmware was successfully decrypted, we now have the first unofficial “StarWars” firmware update for the Nikon D5100. The new beta firmware includes only changes of the camera’s menu labels: Holocron – Playback menu Weapon System – Shooting menu Super Stardestroyer – Custom Setting menu Hyperdrive – Setup Menu Go to Dagobah Luke – Format Memory Card […]

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New firmware update 1.2 for Nikon Coolpix P7000

By [NR] admin | Published: December 6, 2011

Nikon released new firmware update 1.2 for Nikon Coolpix P7000 today. I do not remember when was the last time Nikon issued a new firmware for a camera that has already been replaced (by the P7100). The changes include:

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Nikon 1 gets new lens firmware updates and a discount

By [NR] admin | Published: November 21, 2011

Today Nikon released  new firmware updates for three of the Nikon 1 zoom lenses. The fixes include: An issue that sometimes caused the aperture value recorded in image data to differ from the actual aperture value at which the image was shot has been resolved. An issue that in some rare cases caused images to […]

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Nikon firmware decrypted

By [NR] admin | Published: November 19, 2011

Nikon firmware has been decrypted by Simeon Pilgrim (with the help of  Vitaliy Kiselev – the person who hacked the Panasonic GH2 firmware). The decryption worked on D5100 and D7000 and is currently being tested on higher end models. The decryption itself doesn’t mean much at that point, but it may offer some neat “adjustments” in the future.

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New firmware updates for Nikon D5100 (v1.01) and D7000 (v1.03)

By [NR] admin | Published: November 10, 2011

Today Nikon released new firmware updates for the Nikon D5100 and D7000 cameras. I actually never expected them to released another firmware update for the D7000 more than a year after it was announced. Fixes in the Nikon D5100 v1.01 firmware update (download link): An error recognizing some memory cards has been addressed. When Selective […]

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