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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Dan M Lee

"Yes, you SHOULD PAY for firmware updates on your camera – some, anyway!" says photographer

Firmware update.

The camera landscape is changing—and has changed since the arrival of mirrorless at quite a pace. Fast forward to the present day we are seeing more and more features added mid-cycle thanks to firmware releases.

Nikon has been leading the way with new features and improved autofocus for example, and these are all fantastic. The Z9 is at version 4.10 and in the last few years there have been some brilliant updates to both video and still photographers such as bird and airplane AF identification, auto-capture, changes to how card slots behave with JPEGS, motion detection, and 3D tracking to name a few of the headline takeaways.

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