Nikon Releases a Firmware Upgrade for the D5100 and D7000

On November 10, 2011 Nikon released firmware upgrades that solves some issues with the Nikon D7000 and D5100 DSLR cameras. They are Firmware A:1.0.2 and B:1.0.3 for the Nikon D7000 and Firmware A:1.0.1 and B:1.0.1 for the D5100. Here are links to the upgrades on Nikon's USA site:

Nikon D7000 Update:
http://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/17542

Nikon D5100 Update:
http://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/17547

The upgrade addresses the following issues for the Nikon D7000:

• An error where the card may not have been recognized when some memory cards were used has been addressed.

• The following issues occurred when the mode dial was rotated from U1 or U2 to another shooting mode or from another shooting mode to U1 or U2 when the power was off or when the exposure meters are off (Auto meter-off). These issues were resolved: (1.) A new folder is sometimes created despite the fact that the current folder does not yet contain 999 files and none of the files are numbered “9999”. (2.) The number of remaining exposures may not be displayed as specified in the settings. (3.) The setting for Role played by card in Slot 2 may change between Overflow, Backup, and RAW Slot 1- JPEG Slot 2.

• An issue where Battery info in the setup menu sometimes showed sufficient remaining charge even when the remaining charge for the AA batteries inserted in the MB-D11 battery pack was low has been resolved.

• An issue where a saved photo may not have been displayed properly when a movie was displayed in playback mode while saving the photo has been resolved.

• An issue where zoom in or zoom out may not have performed properly when the playback zoom in or playback zoom out button was pressed while in Live view has been resolved.

• The message displayed when the internal memory of the Wireless Transmitter WT-4 is formatted from the Format transmitter's memory under Device settings in Wireless transmitter of the camera’s setup menu was changed from Done to Built-in memory formatted.

• The message displayed when the internal memory of the Wireless Transmitter WT-4 is formatted from the Format transmitter's memory under Device settings in Wireless transmitter of the camera’s setup menu was changed from Done to Built-in memory formatted.

The upgrade fixes these issues with the Nikon D5100:

• An error where the card may not have been recognized when some memory cards were used has been addressed.

• When Selective color from the retouch menu is performed on a picture taken with the image quality set to NEF (RAW)+JPEG and an image size of M or S, the edges of the image may not have changed color. This issue has been resolved.

• When Metering was set to Matrix metering, the exposure mode set to M (Manual), and the HDR exposure differential set to Auto, the exposure differential was fixed at a value equivalent to 2 EV. This has been changed to enable automatic adjustment of exposure differential so that it is appropriate for the scene.

Some of these issues are worth fixing immediately; therefore, I would seriously consider doing the upgrade on whichever of these two Nikons you own. I am doing it on both of my cameras! Step-by-step instructions for both Windows and Mac computers are available at the NikonUSA.com web links above. If you are reading this blog on your Kindle (or other eReader) and would like to link directly from your computer to the downloads, you will find this blog entry for easy access by computer at the following web address:

http://darrellyoung.blogspot.com/

If you need assistance with the process, drop me a note and I'll try to answer your questions. You can contact me at the contact link of www.PhotographyWriter.com. Have a great day!

Keep on capturing time...
Darrell Young
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