New Nikon D300 Firmware - 1.10 (A&B)

[Teddy Regpala]

Lots of major improvements:

• The Highlights playback option has been moved from Display Mode > Basic photo info > Highlights in the playback menu to Display mode > Detailed photo info > Highlights.
  
• The size and color of "Demo" displayed in the monitor with playback when No memory card? in the Custom Settings has been set to Enable Release have been modified.
  
• The range of settings available for ISO sensitivity settings > ISO sensitivity auto control > Minimum shutter speed in the shooting menu has been increased from 1/250 - 1s to 1/4000 - 1s.
  
• When shooting in hand-held live view mode and the frame is magnified prior to autofocusing, operation has been modified so that display returns to the magnified display rather then the full frame display.
  
• Images captured with Rotate tall, in the playback menu, set to On, are not automatically rotated for display immediately after capture (image review).
  
• A Copyright information has been added to the setup menu. When Copyright information is enabled, the copyright symbol ( © ) is shown in the shooting info display.
  
• Recent settings can now be displayed in the place of My Menu.
  
• Custom Setting e3 Flash cntrl for built in flash ( e3 Optional flash when an optional Speedlight is mounted on the camera) can now be added to My Menu using the Add items > Custom setting menu > Bracketing/ flash.
  
• The degree of the High ISO NR setting can now be confirmed in the shooting info display while the High ISO NR setting item, in the shooting menu, is being applied.
  
• Ankara, Riyadh, Kuwait, and Manama have been added to the Time zone options for the World time item in the setup menu.
  
• When a GPS device is used and no heading information is available, --.--° is now displayed for the Position / Heading option in the GPS item in the setup menu.
  
• When shooting in live view mode using Camera Control Pro 2 (ver. 2.2.0 or later) with a PC-E lens, the aperture setting can now be adjusted from the computer.
  
• Focus acquisition performance in dynamic-area AF mode has been improved.
  
• Focus acquisition performance with contrast-detect AF has been improved.
  
• Auto white balance performance has been improved.
  
• The fourth digit in seconds display for GPS latitude and longitude information is now rounded off rather than omitted.
  
• The current MB-D10 battery type setting can now be confirmed in the shooting menu display when R6/AA- size batteries are used with the Multi-Power Battery pack MB-D10.
  
• An issue that caused an increase in noise when shooting in [M] exposure mode at a shutter speed setting of bulb with the shutter held open for less than 8 seconds and Long exp. NR enabled has been resolved.
  
• An issue that prevented shutter release at the specified shutter speed when no operations were performed for 30 seconds in mirror up mode has been resolved.
  
• An issue that caused abnormal image display when Image review was set to On and the playback zoom in button was pressed immediately after shooting at the following settings has been resolved.
  Image quality: NEF (RAW) + JPEG
  NEF (RAW) recording: Lossless compressed or Compressed
  Image size: S or M
  
• When the Speedlight SB-800 was mounted on the camera with flash mode set to distance-priority manual (GN) mode, and the camera recovered from standby mode triggered by the auto meter off function, the distance information in the SB-800 changed. This issue has been resolved.
  

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[jonathandael]

Wow! these are great! they should've put in HD movie recording too! drats..

Thanks, Ted!

[Teddy Regpala]

Oct 29, 2008 0:16:27 GMT jonathandael said:

Wow! these are great! kulang nalang HD recording! dang!

Thanks, Ted!

Naaah, leave it for consumer DSLR (D90) for now. ;D ;D ;D

[Martin Alvendia]

Thanks for the heads up Ted! Will do this once my Battery has recharged.

[Teddy Regpala]

The new firmware had me at "©". ;D

My quick comments:

• the new AF is a lot quicker, it seems it "jumps". Very neat. I can't wait to try it out in the field.
  
• well, the "©" sign is a welcome addition, especially for the copyright notice.
  
• aside from the "comment", there's an "artist" and "copyright", you can use the comment for something else
  
• aside from MY MENU, there's a new tab RECENT SETTINGS. I haven't figured how to use this yet.
  
• the Auto ISO is much improved, with more settings to choose from
  
• you can now preview the whole image without the highlights (if any) blinking, there's a new screen for the highlights to show
  

I really like the new firmware, lots of improvements and some minor tweaks. That's all for now.

[Teddy Regpala]

Recently, I did some fine-tuning of my AFS 300 f/4D ED-IF with the 1.4x and 1.7x TC on it.
With the 1.4x TC, I found that I need to make adjustments as much as +20.
And with the 1.7x TC, a slight +4.

After the firmware upgrade, I have to totally turn of AF Fine-tuning as I no longer have to! AF is so accurate now.
And as mentioned before, the AF acquisition is much faster.
Though you still need good light or good contrast for the AF to lock on.

For this alone, I highly recommend the Nikon D300's firmware upgrade to 1.10 for both A & B.

Let me know if you have any questions.