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Happy Friday, friends. Important firmware updates for Nikon Z8 Some plays Since being available for download), it is relatively calm on the firmware front. He said, there are some minor updates for Nikon, OM system, Fujifilm and Sigma camera and lens. Read to see what new is.
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First and most important, a PSA. Firmware update for Nikon Z8 It was officially made available for download in early July, but it caused some trouble. First, updating the Z8 VR 3.00 can cause issues of functionality with tamon lenses. Tamon says It is working on a solution, but has not been updated at the time of writing. If you use the resulting tamrone lens, you may want to stop updating your Z8.
Perhaps more important is that Nikon (and Wiltrox) issued a warning of not updating its camera firmware with a third-party lens or mount adapter. This warning was initially only on the Z8 firmware download page, but now on other recent firmware pages.
Nikon has not specified that what can happen if you cannot hear that advice except to say “This can be a camera malfunction.” If you are updating on any firmware option below, please be sure to remove any third-party lens and mount the adapter.
Out of that path, what is new for Nikon cameras here.
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Nikon z8 ver 3.00
Still photography
- (Wide-Achar Air Force (C1)) and (Wide-Area AF (C2)) increased the dimensions of the focus areas available with AF-region mode.
- The subject detection function became available during the manual focus.
- The selection of the subject detection area is now available for manual focus.
- Support added to “flexible color” picture control.
- Added (C15) High-speed frame capture + release mode options. Image quality for high-speed frame capture + can now be set separately from other release mode.
- In the added (high ISO NR mode) (photo shooting menu) which allows a noise reduction processing mode.
- (Photo Shooting menu) added to the frequency setting mode (high-existing flicker reduction) that allows to configure the frequency preset.
- (Option) (Focus shooting shooting) (in the photo shooting menu) (focus shooting menu), (pixel shift shooting) is allowed to be used with focus shooting shoots.
- (Option) to allow (AE Bracketing) to be used with pixel shift shoots (AE Bracketing) has been added under (Pixel Shift Shooting) in (photo shooting menu). (Starting storage folder) has also been added.
- (Pixel Shift Shooting) Options can now be set when self-timer mode is selected.
- (Photo Shooting menu) added and replaced the following tasks in (Auto Capture).
- Date and time to start auto capture can now be configured in advance
- Auto capture is now available with the manual focus settings of the camera
- The appearance in the settings display and some items names are changed
- The range of detection available for (advanced distance) has been increased
- Auto capture is now compatible with the new (C15) release mode option
- A yellow frame is now displayed during auto capture
- Continuous LED lights of Profoto A10 can now be used as AF-Assist Illuminator. Note: Firmware updates are required for Profoto A10. See the corporate website of the Profoto for the details.
Video recipe
- (Wide-Achar Air Force (C1)) and (Wide-Area AF (C2)) increased the dimensions of the focus areas available with AF-region mode.
- The subject detection function became available during the manual focus.
- The selection of the subject detection area is now available for manual focus.
- Support added to “flexible color” picture control.
- (Video recording menu) added and replaced the following tasks in (Auto Capture).
- Date and time to start auto capture can now be configured in advance
- Auto capture is now available with the manual focus settings of the camera
- The appearance in the settings display and some items names are changed
- The range of detection available for (advanced distance) has been increased
- A yellow frame is now displayed during auto capture
- In (video recording menu) selection (on) selection (on) now displays a focus point on the subject detected in the shooting display.
- A function was added to include the file names used in the camera when recording the video in an external recorder that supports the file name transmission via HDMI. The following atomic external recorders support this function (until May 2025).
- Ninja V *
- Ninja V+ *
- Ninja (2023 Model)
- Ninja Ultra
- Shogun (2023 Model)
- Shogun Ultra
- Shogun Connect *
* Some recorders may require an atmos OS upgrade or payment activation of the recorder. Contact Atmos for details.
Playback
- Playback menu and playback added to the “I” menu (filtered playback criteria) (date).
- Playback added to (Retch) added to the “I” menu.
- Added to the playback menu (auto-rotate during playback).
Control - A (maximum aperture LV) item was added to the position of A14 (Custom Settings menu).
- In the event of A16 (Custom Settings menu) a (focus limiting) item was added.
- A minimum (minimum) option was added to the custom setting menu (Custom Settings menu) to the Custom Settings C2 (Self-Time)> (interval between shots).
- Added (auto capture) through “I” menu (Custom Settings menu)> F1 and G1 (Customize Menu) added to the roles available.
- (Custom Settings menu) added assignable custom controls and roles to the following items. In addition, options for (zoom on/off) have changed.
- F2 (Custom Control (Shoot))
- G2 (Custom Control)
- Added assignable custom controls and roles (for example, (jump on source image) and (trim)) (Custom Settings menu)> F3 (Custom Control (Playback)).
network
- Added (Wi-Fi connection (STA mode)) that allows you to connect the camera to a smart device via wireless lan access points.
- Port numbers can now be specified using (connect to the FTP server) in (network menu).
- Added (upload in HEIF format) (connect to FTP server)> (option) (network menu). Note: Changed heif images are not stored on the memory card.
Other changes
- Voice memo recording is now available with external microphones.
- The speed with which the camera cycles through focus points using multi selectors or sub-selectors, it is no longer slow while changing the direction.
- Tonal characteristics have been replaced when (on) Custom Settings (Custom Settings menu) is selected for the custom setting G14 (see aid).
- The camera now records the names of the company and the model, in which the video is selected in the Matadata (Matadata (MOV)) (video file type) (video file type) (video recording menu).
- Support added to a remote shooting system “NX Field*” for corporate users.
- * Visit the “NPS” website for observation of NX field and user manual.
- Nikon Professional Services (NPS) (English)
- Note: The “NX Field” app for smart devices may not be available in some countries and regions.
- The automatically received IP address will be maintained after the automatic IP addressing disabled.
- Automally received Gateway/DNS server addresses are now displayed in TCP/IP Edit display.
- The file names of the image and audio are now matched if the file name of the image has been changed during transfer.
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Nikon Z50 II Ver 1.02, Nikon Z6 III Ver 1.11 And Nikon zf ver 2.02
- Some guidance texts displayed on the camera were updated when connected to Nikon Imaging Cloud Service (the connection process itself remains unchanged).
Nikon z5 II ver 1.01
- Some guidance texts displayed on the camera were updated when connected to Nikon Imaging Cloud Service (the connection process itself remains unchanged).
- The camera name displayed while pairing with Snapbridge.
- When (USB) was selected in (Network menu), the camera name displayed on the USB-connected equipment was changed.
- (Custom Settings menu) was renamed D13 (performance during burst).
Sigma
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Sigma BF Ver 1.01
- The specification has been replaced so that the file number does not reset when “internal storage” is done.
- An issue that stops shooting with some third-party L-Mount interchangeable lens has been fixed.
- Other minor insects have been fixed and operating stability has been improved.
Sigma 10-18 mm f2.8 DC DN | Contemporary Ver 1.1 for L-Mount
- Exposure stability has been improved.
Additional sigma lens
- Sigma 16 mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary Ver 1.3 for L-Mount
- Sigma 23 mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary Ver 1.1 for L-Mount
- Sigma 30 mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary Ver 1.3 for L-Mount
- Sigma 56 mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary Ver 1.2 for L-Mount
- Sigma 18-50 mm F2.8 DC DN | Contemporary Ver 1.3 for L-Mount
- Sigma 14-24 mm F2.8 DG DN | Art Ver 1.5 for L-Mount
Advantage of update:
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Operating stability has been improved.
Fujifilm
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Fujifilm x half ver 1.01
- The “film camera mode” unknowingly becomes inactive when the shutter release button is kept completely down for about 1 second after “Auto Power Off” became active with the film Camera Mode.
- The thumbnail image of the recorded image can be uncommon in rare cases if the “frame advanced liver” “film camera mode” operates so quickly after shooting with “grain effect” setting.
Om system
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OM-1 mark II version 1.3 And OM-3 version 1.1
- The stability of the touch panel operation was improved during the playback.