Nikon D70: New firmware
By
Mike Tomkins
(Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 06:39 EDT)
Nikon USA has now released its new version of firmware for the D70 digital SLR, promised alongside the announcement of the D70s model late last month.
The v2.0 firmware incorporates a number of improvements from the D70s, including: - Performance of the 5-area AF system has been improved (Dynamic area and Closest subject AF-area modes).
- Changes have been made to the design of menu displays.
- Page-size settings can now be applied from the camera with direct printing from a PictBridge-compatible printer.
- The number of exposures remaining, displayed in the control panel and viewfinder, when shooting at an image-quality setting of NEF (RAW) or NEF+JPEG Basic has been changed (the number is calculated based on the size of compressed RAW file).
Maximum number of exposures displayed when a 256-MB CompactFlash memory card is used:
Version 2.00: NEF (RAW): approx. 44 exposures; NEF+JPEG Basic: approx. 39 exposures
Version 1.03 or earlier: NEF (RAW): approx. 23 exposures; NEF+JPEG Basic: approx. 21 exposures - The default setting for camera clock has been changed from 2004.01.01 to 2005.01.01. Now you cannot set the clock back to a date before 2004.12.31.
- A problem that sometimes caused communication between the camera and computer to be unexpectedly terminated when using Nikon Capture Camera Control has been corrected. (Windows)
The firmware is available for download from Nikon's website for both Windows and Macintosh users. As always, we recommend carefully following the manufacturer's instructions, to ensure a smooth and trouble-free upgrade...
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