firmware

There's been a robust scene of reprogramming Canon cameras with custom firmware for some time, in the form of CHDK and Magic Lantern — but for the first time we're seeing something similar with a Nikon DLSR. A custom firmware pack for the Nikon D5100 has been released, and while all it does is rename some of the on-camera text with a Star Wars theme, it's a little step towards a much bigger goal.

Three lenses designed for the J1 and V1 have been given firmware updates by Nikon, fixing two bugs:

• An issue that sometimes caused the aperture value recorded in image data to differ from the actual aperture value at which the image was shot has been resolved.
• An issue that in some rare cases caused images to be blurred when shot immediately after the camera was shaken or moved quickly has been resolved.