Digital Camera News and Reviews

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3

Panasonic has released new firmware for their popular compact camera, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3.
Firmware version 1.1 adds improved auto focus performance, improved auto white balance performance and compatibility update for the Panasonic DMW-FL220 flash unit.

You can download firmware version 1.1 for the Panasonic DMC-LX3 camera here.

Nikon D300 DSLR

Nikon has released an updated version of the firmware for their D300 DSLR camera. The new 1.03 version of the firmware fixes a problem often called “Dead Battery Syndrome” where the battery indicator falsely says that the battery is dead.

The 1.03 version of the Nikon D300 firmware can be downloaded here for Windows and here for Mac.

FujiFilm has updated the firmware for the FinePix F100fd camera to version 1.02. The new firmware is supposed to fix some pinkish-colored banding that happens when the image is shot at ISO 400 or shot without flash on ‘NATURAL & FLASH MODE’.

Read more about the firmware update and how to install on the FinePix F100fd camera here.


Information from FujiFilm:
•Detail of the update

The firmware update Ver.1.02 incorporates the following issues.
– Reduce “pinkish-colored band” which may be rarely found in the left side edge of image when the image is shot at ISO 400 or shot without flash on “NATURAL & FLASH MODE”.

•Precaution
1. If firmware updating fails, the camera may no longer operate correctly in some cases.
Carefully read the notes provided here.

2. Always use the AC adapter when updating the firmware as a basic manner. Never turn the camera off or attempt to use any of the camera controls while the firmware is being overwritten.

3. Firmware updating requires approximately 20 seconds.

4. Once the firmware has been updated, the previous version cannot be restored.

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III DSLR

Canon has updated the firmware for their top-range DSLR cameras, the EOS 1D Mark III and 1Ds Mark III. The new versions are 1.2.3 for EOS 1D Mark III and 1.1.2 for 1Ds Mark III.
The updated firmware versions are supposed to fix the infamous auto focus problems.
There are also some new functions that give you direct access to auto focus points and new ways for exposure compensation.

More details about the new firmware can be found here for the EOS 1D Mark III and here for the EOS 1Ds Mark III.