How To Update Nikon Firmware For Z Series Camera And Lenses
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- Do you need to update the firmware for your Nikon Z series camera or lens? No need to worry - I have you covered! Here's a step by step guide with everything you need to know. We'll look at downloading the firmware, getting it to the camera, and preventing the camera from becoming just an non-functional brick in the process :)
This is designed to help with Nikon Z series firmware for all Nikon Z series cameras and lenses.
(Firmware update for Nikon Z8, firmware update for Nikon Z9, firmware update for Z7, firmware update for Z6, firmware update for Nikon Z50, firmware update for Nikon Zf and firmware update for Nikon Z lenses)
00:00 Background Info
01:45 Basic Camera Firmware Update
12:03 Multi-Step Camera Updates
17:30 Lens Firmware Updates
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I just purchased my Z9 & I had a DSLR before and this firmware update business is all new to me. I loved your video it made it super simple and I felt confident in doing this. I just completed it and it took 10 minutes at the most. Thank you again.
Oh man! Thank you Steve for this video! My girlfriend and I tried updating our cameras last year but were stuck when every time the message saying this is an unsupported file came up. This is a high help and now we know what to do! Thank you very much!!
Very well explained because I could not figure why the bin file would not show in my z8. Thanks for that very important detail about extracting it into a ROOT file.
Before buying the Z8 I rented one out and obviously it came with the latest FW version installed. After buying my own Z8 I never bothered in checking the FW version and the next day went on vacation and used the camera. Well long story short I decided to check my software version a month later and it's at 1.01. I have taken over 10,000 images, using firmware version 1.01 which BTW I have been super happy with AF speed and IQ, So I went from 1.01-2.01 FW version. Hopefully all of the bugs are out of 2.01 which I understand is a simple FW update.
Anyways thanks for your help in the previous videos on tweaking setup and button customizing on the Z8. I dialed in the presets and never bothered to check FW because I figured it was a new camera LOL. Looking forward to future videos.
Thank you for this updated video with all the new information Steve.
Super helpful, Steve! I appreciate the step-by-step instructions. Just updated my Z9, twice as was needed and it worked perfectly!
Thanks Steve! This is my third Nikon that I updated the firmware and you made it easy.
Thanks for this! I completely missed the 2nd part of the update!! I just did my update like normal - then saw your video. Went back and checked and had to update again. Glad I watch all your videos
Same here!! Thanks Steve for every piece of video you make
Me too. Doh. Thanks Steve
Yup ... missed it too ...... thanks !! Kind regards, Guy.
Same here again ... THX Steve
I missed it too. Great video. Now I am going to check all my Z lenses.
Thank you Steve for detailed firmware update on z8. Worked perfectly. You are the best you tube channel.
This was so, so useful. I have updated firmware before and it was always stressful. Steve makes it so easy. Well done!
Just did my Firmware updates on my Z 7 camera and my MC 105 lens easily while using your RUclips video to guide me through it. Thanks!
Thank you so much Steve for the Z9 update information. It’s nerve wracking for me doing updates, but following your walk thru, I managed to sort it. Top Man 😊
Thank you Steve. You're the Nikon goto guy as far as I am concerned.
Thanks Steve, just updated my new Z 8 following your instructions and it was a breeze. Many thanks again.
LOL - I got online to look exactly for this and there you are. Perfect timing. Great vid.
Thank you Steve. The seminal guide on updating both system and lens firmware!
very informative as usual. Great job Steve.
THANK YOU! I am so happy you walked us through this process! You are the best
Clearly explained and well illustrated. Excellent teaching.
Excellent, very clear and concise instructions, many thanks
So timely! I just unboxed my new Z8 last night and need to get the newest firmware installed...
Hey Steve -- THANKS! I got my first SLR in 1971. (Maybe I've been living in a fog these days, but...) Your video was where I first learned that *lenses* could also have firmware updates! I'm going to check the firmware on all my new Z lenses right away!
Thanks! That video is extremely helpful. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Steve! Great reminder to do some updates soon. 😊
Another awesome video on my favorite brand Nikon!
You are always very detail. Thank you
Excellent! Super helpful. Thanks, Steve
Thanks so much, Steve that's so very helpful.
Thanks, Steve! Very helpful.
Thanks much! I did not see the additional part for the update to the 0.17 upgrade on the Nikon site, so you certainly helped me get this loaded on my Z 9, but my lens updated automatically without downloading the additional lens file, so bonus there!
That's weird about the lens, but if it works, it works :)
thanks for making a video. I am a visual learner so it is much easier to watch how it done than read it. It gives me anxiety when these thing come out!! Again thanks for the video! I will have to check my lenses to see if any of them need updating.
Well, Steve,
Your are a photographers legend !
This video was an exceptional help to this old timer, including your down loadable guides, a real bargain IMHO, did not realise that I had to have the particular lens connected
oops ! but got there in the end, your detailed vid sorted that one out
FWIW, Even my Z 20mm 1.8 had an update
Much appreciated,
Thank you, (that includes your lovely wife doing all that work behind the scene! :))
Regards ,
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Hey Steve, thanks for that one. I updated my Z9's camera firmware Thursday or Friday whenever it came out. It threw me for a curve for sure. I even sent an email to NPS. But I went right to Apple and they figured it out. As you noted you get to the .bin file in a different way as before. I did end up redoing the process for the GNSS. I also needed to update my 24-120mm, but 100-400mm nor the 180-600 didn't require updating. Thanks again.
Really helpful Steve 😊
Thanks for your video with special "remerciements" for drawing my attention to the new "G" update on the Z 9, unknown by me until tonight.
Thank you for the information!!
Hello Steve, thanks for the tutorial. I've done so many firmware updates in my life that I almost skipped your video. But I thought you must have had a good reason to do the video and - lo and behold - you showed me that a firmware update can still hold a surprise or two.
Just one suggestion for improvement: When you say "eject" the memory card, you should instruct the viewer to first click the "Eject" icon in MacOS or Windows and wait until the device is removed from the Finder window. Sometimes the operating system doesn't complete the write process to memory card until you instruct it to eject the card. If a user were to physically eject the memory card from the memory card reader, the .bin file may be incomplete or corrupted.
Anyway, thanks for the valuable video!
Steve Perry Nikon University comes up with yet another amazing publication!
*_I just feel the following should be brought to attention:_*
20:35 [ _Now, this is for lenses, but Nikon, in the past, has done this with cameras as well, so you could run into a situation …_ ]
This was/is for lens distortions/aberrations in-camera corrections.
*_NOTA BENE:_*
Nikon has strongly recommended [in some obscure PDF, which, I imagine, nobody ever reads and also looks old-school and outdated as it has not been updated for a long time] to *_unmount any lens prior to applying_* such a *_Lens Corrections Data Firmware Update_* - and this is also my own superstition, so to speak, just for good measure!
Thank you, Mr. Steve! 😊🤝🏻
Thank you so much for this video!!!
very helpful, thank you
Absolutely brilliant
Hi Steve,
Thanks for really great and informative stuff.
Your step by step guides and methodology are outstanding.
With the updates now available for both the Nikon and Sony systems, would you like to do a system comparison again, 1 year since your earlier video on the subject?
Does the Nikon system still hold the edge, has the gap increased or has Sony been able to bridge it?
Really interested in knowing your views.
Thanks and please keep up the great work in helping all your followers and the larger photography community.
Regards.
THANK YOU Steve!!
Very useful Dear....
Brilliant, Thanks, Z8 done
As the process idiot I am I missed the second step utterly (e.g. didn't read the red text and even saw the g thing on the camera menu and didn't pursue), and in fact when I first saw this video from you thought about how with the now frequent firmware updates (eg I finally remembered confidently all the steps) I didn't have to run to your original update video so I didn't screw up; so I didn't watch this video. Until now. For the record I did have to repeat all update steps as I'd long since deleted the update file, but all worked out -- did occur to me during the update that I should have checked on that....
All to say, thanks as always for your videos Steve; not that dunderheads like me will ever learn :)
Thanks Steve. Missed the 100-400 update. Regards
Hi Steve! I would love to see a new editing video from you!
Well explained 😊 I was expecting that you would also talk about the Z9 Firmware Update version 5.0 features😅. Some people are reporting bugs in it like the photo and video shooting menu names can't be changed. One person in a Facebook 'Z9 users group' reported that after updating to firmware 5.0, his photos are becoming too soft and he reverted back to 4.10.
Steve, if possible, please make a video on your experience with the latest update of Z9.❤
In fact, as soon as the firmware 5.0 release report was known, I kept on coming back to your channel and website too, to find out if you have any video regarding the same😅.
I was in the middle of this project when the firmware hit, so I haven't really had time to look at it all that closely yet. The truth is, at this point, by the time I'd get something out no one would care anymore :)
@@backcountrygallery Steve, I don't think so, that by the time you would come out with your video on this, nobody would care anymore. I have a solid reason to claim that because till date not a single well explained, practical observation of the Firmware 5.0 is published in you tube. Rather most of the well established RUclipsrs are probably thinking in the same way that it's no more relevant 😀. I can assure you if you bring a detailed video project on this firmware, all of your followers will be more than glad to watch it. The Supplementary Firmware Update Manual in text form doesn't clarify many points to the extent that it is easily understood. When someone of your calibre explains those points, it becomes so much simplified. I am sure most of your followers having Z9 will be obliged. Please do make it. ❤️
Thank You.
Thank you
Thanks!
Thanks so much!
Thanks for this, i forgot the second one, .... How about The Banks which are deleted by formatting !?
Thanks for another helpful video! So, different lenses have different firmware? I assume that means you put each one you have on the camera and see if it needs an update?
Thanks and yes. You can also hit Nikon's download center and look in the mirrorless lens category. Click the lenses you have and see if there are any updates. Most lenses are still at firmware 1.0.
Thank you ❤
Great info, as always, i did miss the second update. Can i do everything all over, or just wait for another firmware update? (Z9)
Thanks Steve.
I'd just run the update again, no telling when the next one is coming.
An FYI with lens update. In 2022 when doing an update on Z 70-200 f/2.8 from version 1.20 to 1.21, the camera would never offer to let me update the lens firmware, only delete the firmware files. I tried 2 different Z9 bodies and 4 different CFexpress cards. Finally opened a case with Nikon Support. After a couple of e-mails the support guy said to make sure that the lens was zoomed out slightly and not set to 70mm. I gave the zoom ring a small turn, powered on the camera, and was able to upgrade the lens firmware without issue. So, if you run into this issue, try zooming out slightly and hopefully it will work for you as well.
Thanks for that - that one is new to me.
When I was looking at the Nikon Z lens firmware updates page, I saw that my older lenses for the Z8 use L 1.00 but newer lenses use L 1.10. If you have an older Z lens attached, an update is not even offered so you must first have a newer lens, like the 100-400mm attached. Thanks Steve.
Most newer lenses (Z series) are still at 1.0 as well :)
Excellent video, and timely. I successfully got the Z9 to 5.0 from 4.1, with the GNSS twist as well. I tried getting my Z 400 2.8TC from 1.00 to 1.10 (first lens update for me ...ever) but the update option on the camera firmware menu did not appear? Deleting the LF update file is an option, but installing it is not. Thoughts?
I figured it out. Though the "red" warnings on the Nikon firmware page state to not have the TC switch engaged, it did not mention having a TC attached (which I did)....once I removed it, the update option appeared....all is well!
I'm surprised you showed using a computer for the update instead of SnapBridge. However, great in-depth info, thanks!
So many people fight with snap bridge, I think this way is easier. I can't tell you the number of people I've talked to who struggle with it (and I'm one of them at times). :)
Lately I have been using Snapbridge as well and it s a piece of cake. No futzing with cards and bin files. Maybe I've just been lucky so far.
@@robertthomas9043It's hit or miss for sure. I think there's another comment on this video where someone was struggling to get it to work.
@@backcountrygallery My guess, the phone software hasn't been updated.
thanku thanku
Thanks - I also missed the GNFS update. Question: on the Firmware version screen of my Z9 there are 4 categories: C, LF, MA, and G. Is MA for the adapter (I have the 500 pf f-mount lens attached)?
Yes, MA is the adapter. If there are updates for it (I haven't' looked, I'm all Z series now) the update works the same as you saw in this video.
Nikon is pretty brave providing firmware as just the bin file. No checksum, not in a zip file that checks the integrity before unpacking. Basically the user has zero way to know if the bin file is corrupt, we're left hoping that Nikon was smart enough to do proper integrity checking of the bin file on camera before doing the update. They wouldn't look so amateur if they provided checksums with every file they provide.
I was surprised they changed it. Based on the comments I had in the past, expanding the archive was, for some reason, confusing to some people (one of the reasons I did my first firmware video back in 2019). My guess is Nikon was frustrated with explaining it over and over to those who were reading instructions (pure speculation on my part, of course). Maybe in their eyes it's easier dealing with potential problems with download corruption than problems with extracting the file. Who knows??
@@backcountrygalleryHard to say what Nikon is thinking on that. Locally, I've become so disgusted with NikonUSA lack of competent support I only use the site to get firmware.
Thank you Steve...good job . My iMac 27 keeps loosing connection ? ( the beech effect ) will this problem compromise the firmware update ? .
With Nikon giving the bin file directly, there's checksum like we would have with a compressed archived file. I'd say you want a "clean" download. If it's jittery, wait for a better connection. (This is supposition on my part, but better safe than bricked)
I think ill have to use another computer ,one that does not keep losing connection . best be safe than sorry. thanks @@backcountrygallery
Hi. Updating a lens. Got bin file on card and put in camera. No option to update only to delete the update...do you know what's wrong?
I missed the second part also so again, thanks! One other comment. I had the Z 24-120 on the camera body and when I checked the download site I found it needed the lens update from 1 to 1.1 which I did. I then put the 100-400 on and it had LF 1.10 and I had not updated it. My conclusion: the lens firmware resides in the camera body not the lens. Is that correct???
Lens firmware goes to the lens. The update for the 100-400 was a while ago, so your lens may have had it from the factory.
Thank you Steve. Probably a stupid question. But, are the lens firmware updates the same for all Z cameras. I have a Z9 and Z72, is the lens firmware for a 100 - 400 used on the Z9 the same as on the 2... I'm presuming the lens update is independent of the camera used... but !? Thank you.
Lens firmware is separate from the camera firmware. So, once you update the lens once, that firmware works with all the Z cameras you attach it to.
As I always store my menu BIN file on the memory card, I always be sure to load the menu settings so my base settings are in the camera before I format the card. Then would resave. Does this still work with firmware updates if menu items have been changed by NIKON?
It seems to depend. I seem to recall trying that and having the camera not support the saved file from the previous fw.
can you skip an update, my z7ii has the 1.5 on it, i missed the 1.6 and now they have the 1.61 out?
Steve thanks for this. My problem is my z9 is updated to 5.0 but the GNSS is still on FW 0.00? I’ve tried running the upgrade a second time but still says G is 0.00? Any ideas or help would be appreciated ? Thanks
You may have to contact Nikon about that one - it sounds like you followed their directions to the letter. You could try re-downloading the update (BIN file), reformatting, and sticking the new bin file on the card, but I'm not optimistic that it would work. It's also odd that the FW version is 0.00 for the GNSS.
@3:18 Just go to the Right, and the Z8 Firmware Update, and most recent updates are there
I never use the GPS thing, so I can ignore that second reupdating?
I'd still do it - I would think you could ignore it, but who knows what unintended con=sequences it might have.
Thanks for this video! My main problem is that I can't drag the bin file into my memory card, any advice? (It just shows a "no entry" symbol) Thanks
That's weird - is the card formatted? Write protected (SD card)?
thanks for your reply. I figured it out now, there was a small padlock switch on the back of the card reader!! Who knew!?! @@backcountrygallery
@@katiehall4482 That's the write protection switch - they are really easy to accidentally slide into the lock position.
Problem solved. You'd think Nikon might mention the primary card slot bit in their instructions!
Btw, do recommend formating the memory card in camera or computer?
In camera for sure.
Hello Steve. Thank you for the video. I had a hard time installing this FW update. Every time I tried to open the file after the download, it would tell me "unable to extract. It is an unsupported format. I even had a hard time downloading from the snapbridge app. But after deleting and reinstalling the app, I was able to download and install the firmware update. Unfortunately, I cannot update the GNSS firm ware. Any suggestions?
A noted in the video, you can't open the BIN file, it's for the camera. All you have to do is drag and drop it to the camera. The first segment of the video goes over it in detail. If you update from the memory card, you should be able to update the GNSS after the first run - I show that in the second part of the video.
@@backcountrygallery thank you
If one failed to notice the information to repeat the update process😮, when I now try to go to update G.07 to G.17, I cannot get SnapBridge to perform a second update as it shows the current update for C 5.0 but cannot toggle, switch, etc. to the GNSS module. Help?
I'd try it with a memory card. Snapbridge can be flaky.
I have a memory card with the 4.1 update that prompts me with C 5.0 >> 4.1 when installed. Is it possible to go back to update C 4.1, then try and repeat the process again to update to 5.0 but this time remembering to update twice? What does the GNCC update do? Could the camera still function with the C 5.0 firmware update but not the G 0.7 >> 1.7?
Merci pour vos vidéos.
J'ai une question, votre guide pdf pour le Z8, on peut le traduire automatiquement avec google ?
Ou avez vous déja penser à faire des guides en francais?
Merci .
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I've had people do it, but I can't promise how accurate it is.
Merci @@backcountrygallery
Does the lens update apply only to Z lenses or does that apply to order F2.8 lenses with the FTZ adapter?
I don't know - I don't think F-Mount lenses have user-updatable firmware (a Quick Look on Nikon's site didn't show any)
Thank you
Instructions unclear; now my garage door keeps cycling up and down. 😢
That's how you know it's working :)
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Thank you