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8 Little Steps To Make The NX1 Perfect - A Firmware Review of Version 1.20

Started Feb 6, 2015 | Discussions thread
OP Jan Behrens Regular Member • Posts: 135
Two more bugs found in firmware v1.21?
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I think I just found one or two more bugs in the new NX1 firmware, version 1.21. Though I'm not really sure if these are bugs.

Overexposure guide in view/playback mode slightly crushes image

When enabling the "Overexposure Guide" in play mode and using the DISP button to select histogram view, the image gets slightly squished when the overexposure area is blinking (i.e. in that very moment when the overexposure area is highlighted, the image gets compressed slightly, and it gets uncompressed again while the highlighted area is hidden during blinking). Maybe there is a technical reason for this? It only happens when the histogram is shown, not when the image is displayed on the screen in full size.

Gamma Control settings cause Picture Wizard settings to be ignored

Setting "Gamma Control" to "Gamma C" or "Gamma DR" seems to cause all "Picture Wizard" settings to be ignored:

  • Picture Wizard preset (Off, Standard, Classic, Vivid, etc.)
  • Color
  • Saturation
  • Sharpness
  • Contrast
  • Hue

Since it is often desirable to disable the sharpness filter to allow for proper post-processing, it looks like the "Gamma C" and "Gamma DR" settings are unusable in this case.

Maybe "Gamma C" and "Gamma DR" are just shortcuts to increase or decrease the contrast? If yes, then it's not really a bug (because you can use the Picture Wizard instead of Gamma Control), but it's still confusing.

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