Nikon firmware updates for D4s, D500, D7200, D810, D810A, and WR-1

Nikon recently released firmware updates for its D4s, D500, D810, D810A, and D7200 cameras as well as its Wireless Remote WR-1. Mostly the fixes are minor, but it is always a good idea to stay at the latest firmware releases.

Here are the recent firmware updates and their changes (click on the header to directly go to the download page on the Nikon website).

D4s Firmware C1.31

• Fixed an issue that occurred with WR-R10 wireless remote controller firmware version 3.00. In rare cases, the camera would fail to display the number of exposures remaining or would take about a minute to power down when the WR-R10 was connected.

D500 Firmware C1.01

• Fixed an issue that sometimes resulted in the options for SETUP MENU > Language not displaying correctly.

D810 Firmware C1.11 / D810A Firmware C1.01

• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the camera to stop responding when attached to a WR‑R10 wireless remote controller running firmware version 3.00.

D7200 Firmware C1.01

• Selecting Firmware version in the SETUP MENU would not display “C X.XX L X.XXX”.
• About 4 seconds of static could be heard on audio recorded with external HDMI recorders during movie live view.
• Exposure compensation would fail to produce the desired results if a negative value was selected when NEF (RAW) images were processed using the NEF (RAW) processing option in the RETOUCH MENU.
• February 29th would sometimes not display correctly in leap years.

WR-1 Firmware 1.01

• The D5 and D500 ISO sensitivity displays are now supported. If you are using two WR-1 units, one as a receiver and the other as a transmitter, update both to firmware version 1.01. If you are using the WR-1 with a WR-R10, have a Nikon-authorized service representative update the WR-R10 to firmware version 3.00.
• When used as a transmitter to change ISO sensitivity for a receiving camera, the WR-1 no longer cycles continuously through the available values.

New PocketWizard PlusIII wireless radio transceiver

LPA Design just announced a new model PocketWizard wireless radio transceiver. The Plus III is a feature-rich update of their basic wireless radio transceiver series model and can be used to trigger both flash and camera remotely.

The new Plus III touts the same 32 Standard channels and Quad-Zone triggering as their flagship model PocketWizard MultiMAX (the previous Plus series models only had 4 channels), as well as several other key MultiMAX features such as its Long Range and Repeater modes.

Photographers will love the fact that the remote now also features a two-stage remote camera triggering that enables the transmitter unit to simulate both the half-press and the full-press of the remote camera's shutter button. The new version is also capable of faster continuous shooting; up to 14.5fps compared to “only” 12 with the previous model.

While there are various (and cheaper) alternatives on the market, PocketWizard is still the brand of choice for most (professional) photographers.