Nikon D2X firmware update v2.0

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Category:	Digital SLRs
Price:	£285.00

Nikon D2X firmware update v2.0 - Many major new features have been added to the camera included improved autofocus tracking and extra high ISO settings.

Posted: 3rd October 2006

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Modifications enabled with the new firmware

H 0.3 (equivalent to ISO 1000), H 0.5 (equivalent to ISO 1100) and H 0.7 (equivalent to ISO 1250) options have been added between the ISO 800 and H 1 settings in the ISO menu.
Subject acquisition and tracking performance with autofocus shooting has been increased.
A Black-and-white (sRGB) option has been added to the Colour mode item in the shooting menu.
A Trim item has been added to the shooting menu.
Up to 3 custom tone curves can now be downloaded to the camera for use with the Custom option in the shooting menu’s Tone compensation item
Nikon Capture 4 (Ver. 4.4.2) Camera Control is required to download 3 custom tone curves to the camera.
The optional Camera Control Pro (compatible with Ver. 1.1.1 and later. Ver.1.1.1 Updater Software can be downloaded from our web site.) can also be used to download custom tone curves to the camera
An Image authentication item has been added to the setup menu
The optional Image Authentication Software is required to authenticate images
A Save/load settings item has been added to the setup menu
The Mirror lock-up item in the setup menu has been modified to function with battery power as well as AC-adapter power
The Lock-On item in the CSM menu now offers 4 options: Long, Normal (default), Short, and Off
Max. sensitivity and Min. shutter speed options have been added to the ISO auto item in the CSM menu
The Maximum shots item in the CSM menu has been modified to support a maximum setting of 60 shots
The FUNC. button item in the CSM menu has been divided into 2 separate items labelled FUNC. button and FUNC. + command
A Recent settings item has been added to the setup menu.
The amount of information shown on page 3 (shooting data 1) of the single-image playback photo-information display has been increased.
- Focus mode (S/C/M)
- Vibration reduction* (on/off)
  *Displayed only when the image was captured with a VR lens.

The information shown on page 5 (GPS data) of the single-image playback photo-information display has been modified.
- LATITUDE and LONGITUDE information: up to 3 digitscan now be displayed for each segment.

Updates are available for both Macintosh and Windows operating systems.

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