Nuevos «firmwares» para las Nikon D800 y D600

Dos buques insignia de Nikon, pero uno más que otro.

Curioso día el 1 de abril (el día de los inocentes anglosajón) para que Nikon publique nuevos «firmwares» para dos de sus buques insignia (aunque un poco agujereados), la Nikon D600 y la D800.

Lo de los agujeros viene por el monstruoso problema de suciedad de la D600 y del bastante menos grave problema de la precisión del AF de la D800, ambos temas a los que Nikon no ha sabido y no ha querido dar una respuesta adecuada, y ni siquiera información fiable al sufrido usuario. Igual que es justo alabar a un fabricante cuando hace las cosas bien, pienso que igual de justo es darle caña cuando no está a la altura que se le supone..

Bueno. Después de esta parrafada que sirve de «introito» y que nada tiene que ver con el nuevo software, debe perder el lector nikonista toda esperanza de que con estos nuevos «firmwares» se solucionen alguno de los dos problemas anteriores. Estos son de puro «hardware» y hay que pasar por el taller para arreglarlos.

No obstante si que se mejoran algunos puntos, que dice Nikon son los que os pongo a continuación:

Full list of modifications in the new D600 C:1.01 firmware:

• Support for the AF-S NIKKOR 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR has been added.
• Subject tracking performance in AF-C (continuous-servo autofocus) autofocus mode with framing using the viewfinder has been improved.
• Frame output size has been changed from 95% to 100% when movie live view display is changed to «Information off» and an HDMI-compatible device is connected.
• An issue that caused the right edges of images to be somewhat white when captured at an Image area setting of DX (24×16) 1.5x with Active D-Lighting set to Off has been resolved.
• When the camera’s shutter-release button was pressed repeatedly for uninterrupted shooting with the «Record to:» option in Camera Control Pro 2’s Storage tab set to «PC+CARD», the camera would stop responding with displaying «Err» in its control panel. This issue has been resolved.
• In some very rare cases, colors would change with shooting when white balance was set to a specific color temperature, as with Preset manual or Choose color temp. This issue has been resolved.

The new Nikon D800 A:1.01 / B:1.02 firmware update contains:

• Support for the AF-S NIKKOR 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR has been added.
• Subject tracking performance in AF-C (continuous-servo autofocus) autofocus mode with framing using the viewfinder has been improved.
• Gamut for Adobe RGB images displayed in the camera’s monitor has been changed. This enables more vivid display of images.
• With live view photography in [M] (Manual) exposure mode, exposure preview was always on.  This issue has been resolved.
• In some very rare cases when certain memory cards were used, movie recording would stop, even when the time remaining display indicated remaining recording time.  This issue has been resolved.
• With shooting at an image quality setting of TIFF (RGB) and an image size setting of Small, the right edge of images contained a purple line.  This issue has been resolved.
• In some rare cases, images recorded in JPEG format could not be opened by some software applications.  This issue has been resolved.
• In some very rare cases, colors would change with shooting when white balance was set to a specific color temperature, as with Preset manual or Choose color temp.  This issue has been resolved.