D70 Software update 1.03b

I got a note from Nikon today that there was a new update available
for the D70. It's for the B firmware, and takes it to 1.03.

According to the readme file,

Issues addressed with B firmware version 1.0.3

When the mode dial was set to an exposure mode (P, S, A, or M) and
II selected for the Color mode setting in the Custom item of the
Optimize image menu, and then an option other than Custom (such as
Portrait) selected from the Optimize image menu, JPEG images captured
after this procedure were recognized as having the Adobe RGB color
space when opened in applications with a color-management function
such as Adobe? Photoshop?. This problem has been corrected.

If interested you can download it he

http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin/nikonusa.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_prod_lvl1=19&p_prod_lvl2=56&p_cat_lv l1=23

Scott Peterson

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"Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?"
Because it tastes like chicken?

Apparently you cannot do this with a microdrive though I did before, it
does not recognize the file this time. Hmph.

Scott Peterson wrote:

I got a note from Nikon today that there was a new update available
for the D70. It's for the B firmware, and takes it to 1.03.

According to the readme file,

Issues addressed with B firmware version 1.0.3

When the mode dial was set to an exposure mode (P, S, A, or M) and
II selected for the Color mode setting in the Custom item of the
Optimize image menu, and then an option other than Custom (such as
Portrait) selected from the Optimize image menu, JPEG images captured
after this procedure were recognized as having the Adobe RGB color
space when opened in applications with a color-management function
such as Adobe? Photoshop?. This problem has been corrected.

If interested you can download it he

http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin/nikonusa.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_prod_lvl1=19&p_prod_lvl2=56&p_cat_lv l1=23

Scott Peterson

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paul wrote:

Apparently you cannot do this with a microdrive though I did before, it
does not recognize the file this time. Hmph.

Who knows. In the accompanying instructions on the web site they
specifically say not to use a microdrive.


Scott Peterson

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but it does include a free trip
around the sun.

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In article , paul wrote:
Scott Peterson wrote:

I got a note from Nikon today that there was a new update available
for the D70. It's for the B firmware, and takes it to 1.03.

Apparently you cannot do this with a microdrive though I did before, it
does not recognize the file this time. Hmph.

They document that on their web site. But you *can* do it with
a compact flash card -- just about any size will do, but it must have
been formatted in the camera. Then, (though they don't say this
explicitly), any way you can get the file unzipped and copied onto the
flash card will work. I did it through unix systems, as I dislike being
forced into Windows to do things.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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(DoN. Nichols) writes:
just about any size will do, but it must have
been formatted in the camera.

Just for info, I did the update with a CF card that was formatted in
a Minolta D7Hi. I don't remember ever reformatting it when I started
using it in the D70...

bruno.

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"bruno" wrote:
In article ,
(DoN. Nichols) writes:
just about any size will do, but it must have
been formatted in the camera.

Just for info, I did the update with a CF card that was formatted in
a Minolta D7Hi. I don't remember ever reformatting it when I started
using it in the D70...

Hmm ... where does the D70 put the images, then? The D70
formatted cards have both a subdirectory with a Nikon name (NCD70) into
which the images are normally stored (unless you change that in the
menus), and a file at the root directory level which (I think)
identifies which camera it is for.

Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 19 Jan 2005 in rec.photo.digital, DoN. Nichols wrote:

Hmm ... where does the D70 put the images, then? The D70
formatted cards have both a subdirectory with a Nikon name (NCD70)
into which the images are normally stored (unless you change that in
the menus), and a file at the root directory level which (I think)
identifies which camera it is for.

When I was out looking for my D70, I would bring a CF card I already
had along. It had been formatted in a Kodak DC280; the directory
structure looked like:

\
+\DCIM
+\100DC280
+\System
+\BDR3x2
DC280SYS.INF
+\MISC
CPOS.TMP
AUTPRINT.MRK

As opposed to a Nikon-formatted card:
\
nikon.txt
+\DCIM
+\100NCD70

When I plugged the Kodak-formatted card into the D70, it created a
100NCD70 directory under DCIM on the card, and went on its merry way.

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In article ,
Joe Makowiec wrote:
On 19 Jan 2005 in rec.photo.digital, DoN. Nichols wrote:

Hmm ... where does the D70 put the images, then? The D70
formatted cards have both a subdirectory with a Nikon name (NCD70)
into which the images are normally stored (unless you change that in
the menus), and a file at the root directory level which (I think)
identifies which camera it is for.

When I was out looking for my D70, I would bring a CF card I already
had along. It had been formatted in a Kodak DC280; the directory
structure looked like:

\
+\DCIM
+\100DC280
+\System
+\BDR3x2
DC280SYS.INF
+\MISC
CPOS.TMP
AUTPRINT.MRK

As opposed to a Nikon-formatted card:
\
nikon.txt
+\DCIM
+\100NCD70

When I plugged the Kodak-formatted card into the D70, it created a
100NCD70 directory under DCIM on the card, and went on its merry way.

O.K. So that may be enough.

But it at least needs to be formatted with the MS-DOS FAT
filesystem for both (and just about everything else, of course). It is
amazing how so klugy a filesystem format can have become an interchange
standard. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.
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