Nikon Z f full-frame camera with retro design gets major 3.00 firmware update
The Nikon Z f currently retails for $1,996 on Amazon and has been on the market for over two years, but Nikon continues to provide software support for this rather unusual system camera. Specifically, the firmware update to version 3.00 is one of the camera’s biggest updates so far.
The firmware mainly introduces a film grain simulation, which adds clearly visible noise to photos that and is intended to resemble the look of analog images. Photographers can adjust the intensity of the film grain in six levels and its coarseness in three levels. The grain is simulated for each photo, so no two images will have the same grain patterns. This feature is also available in videos.
The update also adds a range of new settings. For example, it’s now possible to configure Focus Peaking so that the feature only highlights high-contrast edges in color when using the magnified view for manual focusing. New frame guides give users a preview of how an image would look if cropped to 4:3 or 9:16, which makes it easier to shoot in social media formats.
After the patch, the electronic viewfinder remains disabled as long as the display is folded out. This prevents the camera from accidentally switching between the display and EVF if the sensor is triggered by a camera strap, a finger or a piece of clothing. The firmware update to version 3.00 for the Nikon Z f is now available at Nikon’s download center.
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Nikon (press release | download center)
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