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Oct 28th, 2008
Nikon
has today announced a firmware update for the Nikon D300 digital
SLR (Version 1.10). The upgrade offers improvements related to auto
focus and white balance, and provides a number of other enhancements
to the performance of the Nikon D300, which is already an impressive
and highly recommended SLR camera.
Major
modifications enabled with upgrade of A and B firmware to v.1.10
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 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.
Copyright information
has been added to the setup menu. When Copyright information is
enabled, the copyright symbol ( © ) is shown in the shooting
info display.
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.
Many small changes
to the user interface including menu items being moved, color changes
and other minor display changes.
To download the new
firmware version 1.10 for your Nikon D300 purchased in Canada see
here.
If your Nikon D300 camera was purchased in the US see here.
See the latest prices
(US) and special offers on the Nikon
D300 SLR camera.
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