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Saw in a website that there is a possibility of a new firmware 1.02 for D7000

Fix for AF backfocus,
Corrected aperture calculation with zoom lenses in LiveView mode
and more.
 
If it's true that would be welcome news for all us D7K users...

Some other things that would be nice to include:
  • 5/7 frame brackets for HDR
  • On the D90, when using single point focus the top panel would display which point is being used, on my D7k this isn't happening - would be nice to reintroduce this feature
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Nikontastic said:
Saw in a website that there is a possibility of a new firmware 1.02 for D7000

Fix for AF backfocus,
Corrected aperture calculation with zoom lenses in LiveView mode
and more.
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Can you share the link of that website pls ?
 
Red Beard said:
SM-17 said:
Nikontastic said:
Saw in a website that there is a possibility of a new firmware 1.02 for D7000

Fix for AF backfocus,
Corrected aperture calculation with zoom lenses in LiveView mode
and more.
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Can you share the link of that website pls ?
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I would love to see the website either pls...
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its a very popular website for rumors.. ihave been following them since long time..
nikonrumors dot com...
 
nikon
rumors
dot
something

:P

hopefully there is the HD 30fps too
 
I wonder how Nikon would fix a non-issue with a firmware update :) I mean, with only a few camera's out of thousands shipped showing back or front focus, and front or backfocus mainly being mechanical... Either this is not in the FW update, someone misunderstood what the FW update would do, or it simply is a hoax.

D.

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Equipment: Nikon D3s, D7000, Panasonic LX5 and GH2 for video
 
I sent mine in a a couple of months ago to fix the back focus. When it came back, the firmware version read 1.002. The problem of back focusing is gone. It did say however that they adjusted AF on the repair invoice. That wording would lead me to believe that they actually did something other than a software update.
 
.. why was the camera sold to you in that condition in the first place? In fact, why did it even leave the factory in that flawed condition?

David
leighton w said:
I sent mine in a a couple of months ago to fix the back focus. When it came back, the firmware version read 1.002. The problem of back focusing is gone. It did say however that they adjusted AF on the repair invoice. That wording would lead me to believe that they actually did something other than a software update.
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Because of statistical quality control. Statistical quality control means that goods are produced up to a certain tolerance. With low cost goods, such as a D7000 or similar, there will always slip a few misfits through, as likely not each and every object is tested to the end. Production is trusted to produce within the tolerances and every x objects, one is picked out for detailed examination. If this is combined with relatively new production facilities or new items, things are bound to go wrong every now and then. Having each object produced tested to the lowest level of complex tests would increase the total cost substantially. Vendors make a compromise between cost and effort. I have seen camera's arrive less than perfect in my hands, components of notebooks fail, phones not working correctly etc etc. I fear that a post in dpreview will not change how the industry works.
David Lal said:
.. why was the camera sold to you in that condition in the first place? In fact, why did it even leave the factory in that flawed condition?

David
leighton w said:
I sent mine in a a couple of months ago to fix the back focus. When it came back, the firmware version read 1.002. The problem of back focusing is gone. It did say however that they adjusted AF on the repair invoice. That wording would lead me to believe that they actually did something other than a software update.
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Equipment: Nikon D3s, D7000, Panasonic LX5 and GH2 for video
 
leighton w said:
I sent mine in a a couple of months ago to fix the back focus. When it came back, the firmware version read 1.002.
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I think you are looking at the lens distortion control data version.
1.002 is the version the D7000 originally shipped with.
The A and B firmware that actually runs the camera has been updated to 1.01.

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Patco
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I'm sure the Nikon apologists can explain that to you, David ;-)
David Lal said:
.. why was the camera sold to you in that condition in the first place? In fact, why did it even leave the factory in that flawed condition?

David
leighton w said:
I sent mine in a a couple of months ago to fix the back focus. When it came back, the firmware version read 1.002. The problem of back focusing is gone. It did say however that they adjusted AF on the repair invoice. That wording would lead me to believe that they actually did something other than a software update.
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Patco
A photograph is more than a bunch of pixels
 
Patco said:
leighton w said:
I sent mine in a a couple of months ago to fix the back focus. When it came back, the firmware version read 1.002.
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I think you are looking at the lens distortion control data version.
1.002 is the version the D7000 originally shipped with.
The A and B firmware that actually runs the camera has been updated to 1.01.

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Patco
A photograph is more than a bunch of pixels
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Thanks for the clarification. My A and B firmware is 1.01.
 
David and Patco on their soap boxes again. Like every other manufacturer ships 100% perfect cameras. Get over it guys.
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+1

Not that I use the video feature a lot but if the D5100 can do it on the same sensor and presumably with the same but software-limited hardware (or indeed inferior hardware to the D7k) then why can't the D7k do this?
Nikontastic said:
1080p 30fps tooo
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David Lal said:
.. why was the camera sold to you in that condition in the first place? In fact, why did it even leave the factory in that flawed condition?

David
leighton w said:
I sent mine in a a couple of months ago to fix the back focus. When it came back, the firmware version read 1.002. The problem of back focusing is gone. It did say however that they adjusted AF on the repair invoice. That wording would lead me to believe that they actually did something other than a software update.
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Good question. I have been fortunate enough to have my D7000 AF work perfectly with all my different brands of lenses from the start, so I know these focusing issues that are posted show poor quality control at the Nikon factory and not a generic problems with the design. It is such a shame because a D7000 with properly calibrated auto focus is a joy to use! I recently bought a used Tokina 16-50 f2.8 from a guy that had to dial in -20 on his D7000, but mounted on my D7000 the AF was spot on without any AF adjustment!
You can see my post with pics here:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1030&message=38185836

Best regards,
Jon
 
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