CP5000 firmware version? (and maybe new bug)

[Greg Gebhardt]

Anyone? Ver 1.5 or 1.6?

My new one came with Ver1.6

1.6 is the latest--Greg GebhardtJacksonville, Florida

 

[Antonio Giaccio]

You'r right I also have a SB-28 and both flash do fire off at the
same time. I also e-mailed Steve (steves-digicams.com) and he
confirmed what we are saying. Steve mentioned that the firmware
update might address this too. We'll see????????

What is your firmware version?

Version 1.5 - I just downloaded v1.6 and will test again once camera is updated.--Antonio G.

 

[Robert Browman]

I just tested this out by shooting into a mirror while set to Speedlight Ctrl> Auto with a SB-26 on the hotshoe. Sure enough, only the external flash firing is recorded on the image, even though the internal speedlight fires a fraction of a second earlier.

I just bought a "fixed firmware" CP5000 from B&H and teh flash does
fire just BEFORE it takes a picture with my SB28. I have read that
this is to help the camera to determine the White Balance and
Exposure. It is suposed to do this and it is not a bug.
BTW how do you tell what the firmware version is?

EXIF info.

Hmm.. that's odd. Because it's quite clear that both flashes fired
at the same time. I exhaused the CP 5000 battery while confirming
both were firing at the same time.

Put something over the external speedlight and see if any flash
shows up on a close object in a dim environment. The Nikon word is
that it is a "pre-flash" to help with the exposure.

Where the logic of that breaks down is here: The camera sensor is
now the only sensor for the external speedlight. The camera sensor
needs no pre-flash for the camera speedlight. At all. Ever. So what
could it possibly be doing FOR the benefit of the exposure?

White balance? Not bloody likely. The camera is about to fire a
flash. If you were the camera and you knew you were about to fire a
flash, what single, logical conclusion could you come to about
White Balance? .... ....

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Cloudy? Nope, try again....

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Incandescent? Nope. Try again...

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Um, Flash?

Yes, and give yourself a pat on your CPU. Flash White Balance is
the ONLY thing that makes sense when using..... wait for it..... a
flash.

I don't think the camera misses this. Use a flash: go to flash WB.
Unless it's set for something else on purpose, manually, with
"intention prepense."

I believe it is a BUG that they can't eliminate. So now it has
become A FEATURE. (Yeah, that's the ticket...)

And one that kills the option of using external connected flash and
slave units at the same time.

Here's help:
http://www.digitalsecrets.net/secrets/flash.html

Use that with Auto Flash or Forced Flash and you'll be fine.

-iNova

 

[mrjayd]

Someone a few days ago wrote that they talked to Nikon and Nikon said that the firmware was going to fix other issues too besides the lens cap thing. Does anyone know it it has?

JD

Anyone? Ver 1.5 or 1.6?

My new one came with Ver1.6

1.6 is the latest
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Greg Gebhardt
Jacksonville, Florida

 

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Anyone? Ver 1.5 or 1.6?

My new one came with Ver1.6

1.6 is the latest
--
Greg Gebhardt
Jacksonville, Florida

thanks .. the camera I bought came with 1.6 ...