D70 Software update 1.03b

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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 here:

<http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin/nikonusa.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_prod_lvl1=19&p_prod_lvl2=56&p_cat_lvl1=23>

Scott Peterson

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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 here:
>
> <http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin/nikonusa.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_prod_lvl1=19&p_prod_lvl2=56&p_cat_lvl1=23>
>
> Scott Peterson
>
> --
> Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
>
> 125/601

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In article <a9adnYva3Zj6DXTcRVn-qg@speakeasy.net>, paul <paul@not.net> 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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In article <35633cF4geb7rU2@individual.net>,
<"bruno" invalid@yahoo.com> wrote:
>In article <csffal$4o8$1@fuego.d-and-d.com>,
> dnichols@d-and-d.com (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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In article <Xns95E3CF69AA150makowiecatnycapdotrE@24.24.2.166>,
Joe Makowiec <makowiec@invalid.invalid> 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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