Popular SLRs get firmware updates
By Emily Price
A lot of SLRs have recently gotten firmware updates that fix some of the issues the cameras had. Updates have come this week for Olympus, Canon, and Nikon. If you have one of these cameras update it soon to get the best performance from your shooter as possible.
Olympus Lenses updated for Panasonic DMC-G1
The Olympus firmware update applies to a variety of its lenses. The firmware update allows the lenses to now be used with the Panasonic DMC-G1 Mico Four Thirds camera. Updated lenses include: 5mm F3.5 Macro, 25mm F2.8 pancake, 35-100mm F4.0-5.6 and 40-150mm F4.0-5.6.
Canon 50D
The Canon 50D firmware update corrects three “rare phenomenon” problems with the camera. From Canon
1. Corrects a phenomenon in which an image becomes overexposed when C.Fn.II-3 Highlight tone priority is set to “1″ together with other camera settings. (This correction has already been incorporated in the Version 1.0.2 and later firmware.
2. Corrects a rare phenomenon in which “busy” blinks on the camera’s display panel and the shutter cannot be released due to the timing of battery installation.
3. Corrects a rare phenomenon in which “Err 99″ appears on the camera’s display panel and LCD monitor and the shutter cannot be released due to the timing of pressing the shutter button.
Download it here.
Nikon D300
The Nikon D300 update makes a number of sizeable improvements to the camera, taking it to v 1.10. Improvements included (from the Nikon website) are:
1.The Highlights playback display option has been moved from Display mode > Basic photo info > Highlights in the playback menu to Display mode > Detailed photo info > Highlights.
2. The size and color of “Demo” displayed in the monitor with playback when No memory card? in the Custom Settings is set to Enable release, have been modified.
3. 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 – 1 s to 1/4000 – 1 s.
4. 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 than full-frame display.
5. Images captured with Rotate tall, in the playback menu, set to On are not automatically rotated for display immediately after capture (image review).
Download it here.
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