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Re: Locked out of recent lens use?
Greynerd wrote:
Doesn't that mean he will not be able to use some more recent lenses on the NX10. This shows a major disadvantage to DSLR's as far as I can see. Surely this undermines the whole concept of these as system cameras if they are obsoleted so rapidly. Will there be some stage where the NX1 is locked out in the future?
I would welcome comments on this as I am not sure what this means myself.
Coldamus wrote:
SteveNunez wrote:
I know I'm late to this game but I just acquired a NX10 and tried this and the camera says "Cannot Update".........my firmware is 1.32.......anyone else have this issue?
Samsung removed access to the hidden service menu in NX10 firmware version 1.32. The last version with which you could access the service menu and thus load NX11 firmware was 1.31. I guess that means you're stuck as an NX10.
I didn't find the extra NX11 features of much benefit to me personally, so I reverted mine to an NX10. I keep it at version 1.31 firmware to allow me to repeat the process if necessary.
Incidentally. access to the service menu was also removed from later versions of the NX11 firmware, so those who converted to NX11 and then updated to later NX11 firmware would be unable to convert back to NX10. I don't know which NX11 firmware version was the last with access to the service menu but version 1.11 has it.
When a new lens is released, they usually update the body firmwares to support said lens.
It does not mean that that lens will not work on older bodies or older firmwares, it just means that it will not be optimised or be able to use special features of said lenses.
I just dug up my old NX10 with NX11 firmware and put my newest lens (45mm 3D) and even though results are not spectacular on the focusing side of things, it works.