Coolpix 5400 Firmware Update Version 1.4

Update: June 14th, 2004

Nikon has today made available a firmware update (Version 1.4) for the Coolpix 5400.

What is new:

• A RAW recording option has been added to the Image Quality menu. With this option RAW data from the CCD is saved in the Nikon Electronic Image Format (NEF file) without processing or compression preserving the highest level of detail.
  
  
• Corrections have been made to some English and French menu text
  

Note: Coolpix 5400 NEF files are only supported by the following Nikon software:

Nikon View version 6.2.2 or later

Nikon Capture version 4.1.0 or later

PictureProject version 1.0 or later

The firmware can be downloaded from the Nikon Canada Imaging Support Centre for both Windows and MAC based platforms. We recommend you visit the Nikon subsidiary website in the country you purchased your camera to download the software.

Original Story: May 28th, 2003

Nikon Coolpix 5400
4x optical Zoom-Nikkor lens and
5.1 effective megapixels with great portability

Nikon has today announced a new digital camera the Coolpix 5400. The camera is an update to the Coolpix 5000, and now features a 4x ED glass optical zoom lens with 5.1 effective megapixel resolution. A number of additional features have been added on this new model.

Nikon Coolpix 5400 Major Features

• 4x optical Zoom-Nikkor ED lens equivalent to 28-116mm in 35mm camera format); digital zoom up to 4x magnification (12x when combined with optical zoom)
  
  
• Nikon's advanced image-processing algorithm ensures faithful color reproduction
  
  
• Macro shooting capability as close as 1cm
  
  
• Mode Dial and Intelligent Button Layout

• Auto, Manual, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority and Manual exposure modes
  
  
• 15 Scene Modes. Including: portrait, night portrait, party/indoor, landscape, night landscape, sunset, sports, dawn/dusk, beach/snow, museum, fireworks show, close-up, copy, back light and panorama assist.

• 64MB internal camera buffer memory which enables the capture of up to 7 full-size (2,592 x 1,944-pixel) pictures at 3 frames per second (fps).

• New 5 shot buffer mode allows you to take five shots in quick succession without the camera having to revert back to the flashcard.

• New AE-BSS (Auto Exposure-Best Shot Selector) mode which automatically selects the best exposure out of a series of consecutive shots

• USB compliant (2.0 Full Speed)

• 77mm filter compatibility using optional HN-CP10 Lens Hood
  
  
• Movie Modes with sound, including movie clips as large as 640 x 480 pixels (up to 70 sec). New Time Lapse Movie Mode.
  
  
• Quick Review allows users to view captured images at the press of a button, even while the camera is in shooting mode.

• Up to 10 min Bulb (time exposure)
  
  
• New Vari-Bright, clear 1.5-in., 134,000-dot, highly transmissive advanced TFT-LCD monitor. Monitor brightness and hue adjustment.

  
  

• Nikon Li-Ion EN-EL1 rechargeable battery and charger supplied
  
  
• Comes with Strap, Lens Cap, CF card, USB cable, Video Cable, EN-EL1 Rechargeable Battery and Charger MH-53, English and French Instruction Books, Nikon View 6.0 CD-ROM and Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 (In Canada).

Press release from Nikon Canada Inc.

NIKON INTRODUCES THE COOLPIX 5400

New 5 megapixel camera brings the creativity of SLR photography to digital still cameras

TORONTO, ON - May 28, 2003 - Nikon Canada Inc. today announced the latest addition to its award-winning Coolpix digital camera line - the 5.1 megapixel Coolpix 5400. This stylish, compact camera is designed to deliver superior images to advanced amateur photographers and serious hobbyists, as well as being the perfect back-up camera for professional systems and location shoots.

The Coolpix 5400 features Nikon's newly-engineered 4x ED Zoom-Nikkor lens, which offers a professional-quality 5.8-24mm focal range (equivalent to 28-116mm in 35mm camera format, allowing photographers ultra wide-angle shooting). The 4x Zoom-Nikkor lens offers Nikon's legendary superior optical performance, incorporating an ED (Extra-Low Dispersion) glass element that minimizes chromatic aberration and two ASP (aspherical) lenses for reduced distortion.

Combined with the Coolpix 5400's 5.1 effective megapixels, this camera virtually ensures remarkably clear, images with superb detail and realistic colour fidelity. The Coolpix 5400 digital system was designed to offer photographers the creative control of SLR (single lens reflex) photography in a convenient digital still camera.

This camera accepts a wide variety of accessories, including wide-angle, telephoto and fisheye lens converters, and accessory flash units, enhancing the photographer's creative capabilities.

Nikon has also equipped the Coolpix 5400 with a new, easy to use Mode Dial which allows users to directly select exposure modes and set various shooting parameters. The Mode Dial works in conjunction with the Command Dial and the center-click Multi Selector to make camera settings surprisingly simple, allowing photographers to concentrate on the images they're trying to capture.

Nikon's bright Vari-angle back-lit LCD monitor allows shooters to compose shots from any angle up to 270 degrees, making it possible to shoot from very high or very low as well as to shoot self-portraits. This Vari-angle monitor also offers enhanced visibility even during daylight photography.

The Coolpix 5400 incorporates four exposure modes; Programmed Auto, Shutter-Priority Auto, Aperture-Priority Auto and Manual, allowing photographers the greatest degree of creative control possible in any shooting situation.

The camera also features a remarkable 15 versatile scene modes, automatically earmarking the most appropriate settings for conditions such as portrait, night portrait, party/indoor, landscape, night landscape, sunset, sports, dawn/dusk, beach/snow, museum, fireworks show, close-up, copy, back light and panorama assist.

Moreover, The Coolpix 5400 features many advanced digital controls - such as the new AE-BSS (Auto Exposure-Best Shot Selector) mode which automatically selects the best exposure out of a series of consecutive shots, Noise Reduction mode, Saturation Control and White Balance Bracketing among them - which are highly valuable in obtaining optimum image quality.

Multiple capture picture-taking receives considerable support from the large 64MB buffer memory of the camera which enables the capture of up to 7 full-size (2,592 x 1,944-pixel) pictures at 3 frames per second (fps). To avoid missing those unexpected or fleeting moments, the Coolpix 5400 incorporates Nikon's new 5 shot buffer mode which allows you to take five shots in quick succession without the camera having to revert back to the flashcard.

The versatility of this camera is further enhanced by handy, innovative features such as movie recording with sound and the new Time-lapse movie mode, ideal for observational recording. The Coolpix 5400 comes complete with NikonView 6 software and Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 ™ that makes it simple to organize, retrieve and print images, create a slideshow and share images via email.

Designed to go anywhere, the Coolpix 5400's lightweight magnesium alloy body is designed for maximum durability and portability and is a beautiful camera to hold and operate. Photographers looking for an extremely versatile, high-quality digital camera will find this the perfect camera to allow them to explore their creative potential.