The Canon 5D MkII isn’t the only camera to suffer from black dots on its images. It turns out that Nikon’s D700 also has problems with little black specks, something that went completely unnoticed until revealed by today’s v1.01 firmware update. From the release notes:
An issue that, in extremely rare cases, resulted in noticeable black dots in images captured with Long exp. NR in the shooting menu set to On has been resolved.
The update also fixes an autofocus tracking problem (which would only manifest itself if you had switched on a rather esoteric custom function), a couple of weird flash-related issues and corrects a spelling error in the time zone options — only of interest if you live in the Manama, the capital of Bahrain.
I’m going to try this out on my own D700, although I haven’t experienced any of the issues. I’ll also admit I’m a little scared — updating firmware on a $2500 camera is a little nerve-wracking.
Nikon D700 firmware updated to v1.01 [Rob Galbraith]
See Also:
- Hands-On With the Nikon D700
- Nikon D700 Birthday Cake
- Photos: 5D MkII and D700 High ISO Shoot-Out
- Canon 5D MkII Update Cures Black Spots
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