Nikon Upgrade Firmware
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mizz_maze are you using the original battery? I've had my d80 for 2 years as well and my original battery still holds its capacity to last me three whole days of shooting. I did buy me another battery a few months ago.
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I just checked and realized I am on 1.10. I see the latest is 1.11. I searched around and the only thing that I can find that was updated was an issue with the battery display. Was anything else added to 1.11 that anyone knows about?
I know 1.10 included some significant noise fixes for higher ISO/Long exposure. I didn't know if 1.11 had anything similar.
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Why would anyone not upgrade the firmware? I really don't understand what you're so scared of?
Digit_AL - Dead Battery Syndrome (DBS) is a well documented, although not terribly common problem where the camera does not recognize the charge even in freshly charged batteries. It has nothing to do with battery life, and is only one reason among many why you should upgrade your firmware!
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@Digit_AL: I've had the 3 same batteries for almost the whole time. 1 since it was bought and 2 additional a few months later. I seem to be having the same problem with all 3, and when I check the "battery life" it still says "0" (the best). I'll be shooting for a little while and then all of a sudden it won't shoot and I get a blinking battery in the viewfinder. Never used to happen, especially so quickly.
So...I'm trying to figure this out as I go along, basically. Hoping the firmware might help. I did buy a new battery and the results don't seem much better, but I haven't had a real stress test for it yet.
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No need to shout rich_gersh; just trying to give some input here. I know that if a battery is left too long in the charger it degrades its capacity to hold electricty over time because it damages the electrolytic cells from the heat and gasses produced in the chemical reactions that take place in the battery during the charging phase.
Upgrading is a personal choice and no one wants to ruin their camera, I know I don't.
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Thank you scubajunkie. I'm also aware of the DBS that has been mentioned; maybe I lucked out on that, and it is unfortunate to hear of other D80 users having that issue - any issue with their gear.
Now that I think about it, the first upgrade did fix some camera noise issues; thank you for pointing that out KansasCity_Dale.
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I`ve just bever bothered updating firmware either as I have not been having problems with dead battery syndrome which is all that seemed flagged up . Suppose I have been in the "aint broke , don`t fix camp". Might get round to it if it does soemthing re: high ISO stuff - but never read that anywhere before.
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Thank you for the link 1hr photo. Is this firmware update specifically for the battery issue? the first update did make photos come out a bit silkier at higher ISO's and longer shutter speeds.
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Just my 2 cents. I had this rare care happen to me during a fashion show making me loose pictures as the camera failed to react. So for my part the 1.11 update is a blessing.
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I always want a backup plan. Is there a way to back up the current version you are on to a card, or to your computer, prior to doing an update?
Does anyone know the changes made in the 1.11 version from the 1.10?
thanks.
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Hmmmmmmmm. I have 1.01 on my camera that I purchased about a year ago. I do not have battery drain issues. The only issue that I have had is that it would not handle a 16GB class 6 card which is an limitation of the camera.
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sixmats, Can you tell me what brand of card you use? The Nikon site only shows a 4GB card as the largest that is "approved". I tried two 16GB cards just to eliminate any other issues with the same result. I just did the update to my D80 firmware and maybe I should try it again just to see if it resolved my issue.
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Im running into issues with updating to 1.11 It shows on the folder on the camera itself but when i got down to firmware to update it it doesn't give me the option to update, just the normal "done-ok"....any suggestions on what I am doing wrong here?
I've followed the instructions yet I can't figure out if I have missed something.
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vzwtjd- I double checked, they are both on the card, a & b. But when I put it in the camera to upload I can't seem to get it to recognize the file is there under the firmware menu. Any other ideas????
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@Tifun, are the bin files on the root of the card? Not in some other subfolders? That's what I'd try. And make sure you formatted the card in the D80 before copying those files to it. I had no issues doing the upgrade just now.
@noahjokc - I'm also using a 16GB SDHC card called 'integral ultima pro' - hope this helps :-)
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Does anyone have a link or the information that they can post that shows the changes the upgrade provides between 1.10 and 1.11?
This has been asked several times, but still don't see an answer.
thanks.
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For those of you that are opting not to update your firmware I certainly recommend at least downloading the update files and storing them somewhere.
You never know when Nikon might opt to take down the updates for an older camera. If you download them at least you'll have the files on hand if your camera develops the DBS problem.
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I upgraded the firmware despite thinking I didn't need to and noticed a significant improvement on Auto Focus even with wide and narrow aperture lenses.
EDIT: I am also only using the original battery I got with my D80 in August 2007 and still manage to get 950-1,000 shots per charge which is about the same as I get on an 8GB card shooting RAW only.
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Gibbo126 edited this topic ages ago.
I had the dead battery indication problem and just updated. Now I get a blinking "ISO-AUTO" indicator I never saw before. The dead battery issue was a serious pain so I'm glad to get that fixed. I'm still rotating two batteries that I bought with the camera in 2007 and still get around 1200+ shots per battery, or around 400 if I use the built-in flash for nearly every photo. The first battery came with the camera and the second one is a Nikon OEM I bought soon after. The second battery displayed the dead battery indication much more than the original battery.
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I noticed the 'dead battery issue' occurred with a Lenmar battery, but not a Nikon battery. After installing 1.11, the Lenmar battery works fine. I'm guessing "rare" occasion was when you used 3rd party batteries but they didn't want to bring that up.
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I have a D7100, fully charged, on c 1.00 firmware, plugged in, with an approved memory card (SanDisk 16gb SDHC). I put the firmware file on the root of the card, and the firmware menu doesn't give me an upgrade option.
At no point in the process should the camera be connected to anything else via the USB or any other ports on the camera. If you try to copy the .bin file to the card while it is inserted in the camera and the camera is connected to the computer via USB, it won't work.
Be sure to turn off the camera each time before you remove or insert the memory card in the camera. Also be sure to 'eject' the memory card (via software) on your computer before removing it from the reader.
The "L" Firmware only relates to lens data, and should not affect the symptoms you describe.
Camera manufacturers generally don't provide the first generation firmware to the public, because the first generation firmware generally has limitations and bugs.
If you've been having problems with your camera not keeping Date and Time, the internal CMOS Battery may have failed and I don't think it is a user replaceable item. In this case, you need to send the body to a Canon service center (which may get expensive because they have to open the camera) or it may be time to replace the camera itself.
If you purchased your camera outside of the world region in which you live, you may need to seek firmware from the camera's original world region. Some camera ROMs are regionalized and require matching region firmware to work properly.
Thank you again, this camera was bought second hand from a guy brought it from dubai. But, it was actually a brand new, because he brought it for personal use but he also brought a nikon d750 and he didn't use that nikon d3300 even for a single shot as he started to use that nikon d750.
Camera firmware versions are a relatively new concept in photography. Some camera manufacturers are more generous than others, and some seem to force users to purchase a new camera when firmware upgrades could achieve similar progress. Living in the Nikon world my experience with the Z9 is largely what I can speak to.
Upgrades to my D500 and D850 were largely compatibility upgrades for new lenses or memory card formats but the Nikon Z9 has evolved from a very capable camera to one even more capable with each firmware upgrade. Firmware version 4.1 has been the biggest leap forward for me as a bird photographer.
Previously selectable subject recognition targets included people, animals, and vehicles. Firmware version 4.1 has added birds as a specific subject. Animal detection always seemed to work well on birds, but it could struggle with long-necked birds and would quite often find animal shapes and eyes in the scenes where they did not exist. To combat this, I usually kept my zone sizes down to wide area small or large so that I could limit the area where the camera was searching for a subject to identify. For small erratic subjects against clean backgrounds I was happier to use wider areas.
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