There’s been loads of Nikon information just lately, most of all of the introduction of the Z5 II. However its older cousin the Zf additionally simply bought a firmware replace, and it seems very fascinating for Zf customers. The firmware model jumped from 1.21 to 2.00, and with it introduced some huge adjustments. Listed below are the 5 most essential new options you’ll be getting.
Nikon Imaging Cloud Service
The brand new firmware provides the Zf entry to the Nikon Imaging Cloud. It’s a service that permits you to wirelessly switch photos out of your digital camera to Nikon’s cloud service, after which mechanically switch to different cloud providers like these from Dropbox, Adobe, and Google. Beforehand, the one cameras suitable with the cloud had been the Z6 III, Z50 II, and Z5 II.
Hen Topic Detection
A private favorite autofocus mode of mine on the Z8 is the fowl detection mode. Now it’s obtainable on the Zf. This lets you isolate birds because the goal of topic recognition, which appears to me the one apparent factor to ever take an image of! Simply kidding, however it ought to assist Zf customers who wish to {photograph} birds. Particularly in images the place there are a number of potential topics, and also you don’t need the digital camera to decide on incorrectly.
Extra Assist for Video Options
Should you use one in every of Nikon’s energy zoom lenses just like the Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ, you now get full assist for the ability zoom operate on the Zf, corresponding to the flexibility to assign a button to the ability zoom or the ability zoom velocity. It’s additionally doable now to make use of Nikon’s Excessive-Res Zoom function on the Zf, that means that full HD movies can easily use a digital zoom (as much as 2x) with out dropping decision. The Zf was already an amazing digital camera for videography, and these new options flesh it out additional.
Focus Distance Show Throughout Guide Focus
For handbook focus followers, the Zf can now show distance data throughout handbook focus for lenses that assist it. This may very well be fairly helpful for shortly setting your focus distance, particularly in case you are repeatedly utilizing the identical distance or need a set quantity of magnification.
Dwell View Show Goes to 400%
For hypercritical focusing, particularly when in handbook focus, the stay view magnification now goes to 400%. This elevated magnification may be helpful when you actually need crucial focus – for instance, astrophotography or macro images, and even if you’re standing a little bit farther away from the stay view display.
Obtain Model 2.00
When you have a Nikon Zf, head on over to Nikon’s web site to obtain the newest firmware and get all these nice new options!
For completeness, listed here are all of the Model 2.00 updates that Nikon has listed on their web site:
Observe: Customers of the next software program might want to replace to the newest variations.
- • NX Studio model 1.7.1 or later, NX Tether model 2.2.0 or later, IPTC Preset Supervisor model 1.3.0 or later, SnapBridge model 2.12.0 or later, NX MobileAir model 1.2.0 or later
Observe: The adjustments listed beneath below “Nonetheless Images”, “Video Recording”, “Playback”, “Controls”, “Shows”, and “Community” are detailed within the Supplementary Firmware Replace Guide.
Observe: As a result of addition of latest menu objects, some Customized Settings menu objects have been renumbered.
■ Nonetheless Images
- • Added assist for the Nikon Imaging Cloud service.
- – Importing imaging recipes (picture enhancing settings revealed on Nikon Imaging Cloud) to the digital camera is now obtainable.
- – Importing photos taken with the digital camera to Nikon Imaging Cloud and mechanically transferring them to different cloud providers is now obtainable.
- • Added assist for importing Customized Image Controls based mostly on “Versatile Coloration” created in NX Studio.
- • Added [Birds] to [AF/MF subject detection options] > [Subject detection] within the photograph taking pictures menu.
- • Added [Large] to the scale choices obtainable for [Secondary slot function] > [JPEG primary – JPEG secondary] within the photograph taking pictures menu.
- • Added new bracketing increments to be used throughout auto bracketing with [AE & flash bracketing], [AE bracketing], or [Flash bracketing] chosen for [Auto bracketing set]. This transformation additionally applies to [Interval timer shooting] > [Options] > [AE bracketing] > [Increment].
- • Lengthy publicity noise discount is now enabled when the next menu objects are set to [ON]:
- – [Interval timer shooting] > [Electronic shutter options] > [Electronic shutter]
- – [Time-lapse video] > [Electronic shutter options] > [Electronic shutter]
- – [Focus shift shooting] > [Electronic shutter options] > [Electronic shutter]
- • Flash mode is now set to off when [Focus shift shooting] > [Interval until next shot] is about to [0] throughout focus shift.
■ Video Recording
- • Added assist for the Nikon Imaging Cloud service.
- – Importing imaging recipes (picture enhancing settings revealed on Nikon Imaging Cloud) to the digital camera is now obtainable.
- • Added assist for importing Customized Image Controls based mostly on “Versatile Coloration” created in NX Studio.
- • Added [Birds] to [AF/MF subject detection options] > [Subject detection] within the video recording menu.
- • Added low ISO sensitivity choices to [ISO sensitivity settings] > [ISO sensitivity (mode M)] to be used throughout N-Log video recording.
- • Added [Hi-Res Zoom] to the [VIDEO RECORDING MENU].
- • Added a [Hi-Res Zoom speed] merchandise to the [CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU] in place of g7.
- • Added choices for customizing the brightness data show to g15 [Brightness information display] within the [CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU].
- • Added a operate to incorporate file names used within the digital camera when recording movies to an exterior recorder that helps file title transmission by way of HDMI. The next Atomos exterior recorders assist this operate (as of March 2025).
- – Ninja V *
- – Ninja V+ *
- – Ninja (2023 fashions)
- – Ninja Extremely
- – Shogun (2023 fashions)
- – Shogun Extremely
- – Shogun Join *
* Some recorders might require an ATOMOS OS improve or paid activation of the recorder. Contact ATOMOS for particulars.
■ Playback
- • Added [Customize retouch options] to [Retouch] within the playback “i” menu.
- • Added [Auto image rotation] within the playback menu.
- • Added [Auto series playback options] to [Series playback] within the playback menu.
- • Added a width of 4608 pixels to the scale choices obtainable for [Resize (current picture)] and [Resize (multiple pictures)] for [Retouch] within the playback “i” menu when RAW photos are displayed.
■ Controls
- • Separate settings are actually obtainable for [ISO sensitivity settings] > [Auto ISO sensitivity control] within the photograph taking pictures menu when the ISO sensitivity dial is about to C or to a worth of 100 to 64000.
- • Added [Save and load power zoom position]* to f2 [Custom controls (shooting)] and g2 [Custom controls] within the [CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU].
- • Added a [Zoom ring control (PZ lens)] merchandise to the [CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU] in place of f11.
- • Customized Settings f12 and g8 within the [CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU] is now [Assign power zoom]. As well as, [Power zoom speed] has been divided into two objects: [Power zoom speed (zoom buttons)] and [Power zoom speed (zoom switch)]*.
- • Added [Focus point border width] to a10 [Focus point display] within the [CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU].
- • Added an [Easy ISO] merchandise to the [CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU] in place of b3.
- • Added an [Exposure delay mode] merchandise to the [CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU] in place d5.
- • Added [Half-press to cancel zoom (MF)] objects to the [CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU] in positions d18 and g16.
- • Added to the customized management roles assignable by way of the next objects within the [CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU]. New reset choices have additionally been added.
- – f1 and g1 [Customize i menu]
- – f2 [Custom controls (shooting)] and g2 [Custom controls]
- – f3 [Custom controls (playback)]
Observe: Added a sophisticated function of [Exposure setting (mode M)] to Customized Setting f2 [Custom controls (shooting)] > [Command dials] > [Exposure setting] and publicity compensation and ISO sensitivity can now be set utilizing the command dials in photograph taking pictures in mode M.
Observe: The command dial roles in mode S can now be switched utilizing Customized Setting g2 [Custom controls] > [Command dials] > [Exposure setting] when recording video.- • Added [Double-tapping operation] to f4 [Touch Fn] > [Assign touch Fn] > [Move focus point] within the [CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU].
- • Made updates to [Non-CPU lens data] within the [SETUP MENU].
- • Elevated the character restrict from 3 to 256 for “Class” entries in IPTC presets.
* This function is accessible with NIKKOR Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ lenses (as of March 2025).
■ Shows
- • Added focus-distance data to the main focus distance indicator displayed throughout handbook focus.
- • Dwell view show zoom is now as much as 400%.
- • The choice chosen for [Viewfinder display size] (previously [Finder display size (photo Lv)]) within the [SETUP MENU] now additionally applies in video and playback modes.
■ Community
- • Added a [Nikon Imaging Cloud] merchandise to the [NETWORK MENU].
- – Firmware can now be downloaded instantly from Nikon Imaging Cloud.
- • Added options to [Connect to FTP server] within the [NETWORK MENU].
- • ATOMOS AirGlu BT equipment and MC-N10 distant grips can now be used collectively.
- • A warning now seems when the connection to an ATOMOS AirGlu BT accent is unstable or disrupted.
■ App-Associated Modifications
With NX MobileAir:
- • the digital camera stay view show for photograph mode now reveals NX MobileAir standing, and
- • digital camera settings saved to a reminiscence card utilizing [Save/load menu settings] can now be downloaded to the sensible machine or copied from the sensible machine to the digital camera reminiscence card utilizing NX MobileAir.
■ Different Modifications
- • Modified the video low-capacity warning in order that it’s now displayed in white on a purple background when there may be lower than one minute remaining. The warning is now additionally displayed when recording is just not in progress.
- • The RGB histogram is now simpler to view when [Mode 1] or [Mode 2] is chosen for d12 [Warm display colors] in [CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU].
- • Mounted the next points:
- – Some operations would forestall the main focus factors from being displayed or trigger delays in monitor show.
- – The monochrome choice wouldn’t be obtainable within the “i” menu when B&W (black-and-white photograph mode) was chosen.
- – The publicity compensation icon appeared within the settings show for g2 [Custom controls] > [Command dials] within the [CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU].
- – Information couldn’t be uploaded if the vacation spot folder title contained half-width areas when an FTP server was added within the connection wizard in [Connect to FTP server] > [Network settings] within the [NETWORK MENU].
- – The digital camera would typically cease responding if the monitor was closed whereas zooming within the picture throughout playback when linked to an exterior monitor or recorder by way of HDMI.
- – The displayed photos can be corrupted when zooming in throughout playback with the digital camera monitor closed and the digital camera linked to an exterior monitor or recorder by way of HDMI.
- – The values on the management panel would stay on after the digital camera was turned off and the lens was eliminated whereas the digital camera was linked to SnapBridge by way of Wi-Fi and add of images to sensible units was enabled even when the digital camera was off.
- – Renamed d13 [Display on during burst] in [CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU].