Op de site van Nikon heeft Anoniem: 127386 nieuwe firmware gevonden voor de D70-camera. Het betreft hier versie 2.0 en kan toegepast worden op de digitale camera via Windows en MacOS Classic en X. Naast nieuwe firmware heeft Nikon ook de Capture Drivers een update gegeven naar versie 4.1.3. Deze update is alleen van toepassing voor de Windows-versie. Welke veranderingen doorgevoerd zijn nadat firmware 2.00 is toegepast kan je hieronder lezen:
What is new/Content DescriptionChanges applied with the upgrade of A firmware version 1.01 and B firmware version 1.03 to A and B firmware version 2.00[break]
- Performance of the 5-area AF system has been improved (Dynamic area and Closest subjct AF-area modes).
- Changes have been made to the design of menu displays.
- Page-size settings can now be applied from the camera with direct printing from a PictBridge-compatible printer.
- The number of exposures remaining, displayed in the control panel and viewfinder, when shooting at an image-quality setting of NEF (RAW) or NEF+JPEG Basic has been changed (the number is calculated based on the size of compressed RAW file). Maximum number of exposures displayed when a 256-MB CompactFlash memory card is used:
- Version 2.00: NEF (RAW): approx. 44 exposures; NEF+JPEG Basic: approx. 39 exposures
- Version 1.03 or earlier: NEF (RAW): approx. 23 exposures; NEF+JPEG Basic: approx. 21 exposures
- The default setting for camera clock has been changed from 2004.01.01 to 2005.01.01. Now you cannot set the clock back to a date before 2004.12.31.
- A problem that sometimes caused communication between the camera and computer to be unexpectedly terminated when using Nikon Capture Camera Control has been corrected. (Windows)