Nikon D70 Firmware 2.0 Update Available

As promised earlier this month, Nikon USA has today made available the D70 firmware update v2.0 that ehances the functionality of the D70 camera. The issues addressed by this new firmware are as follows:
  1. Performance of the 5-area AF system has been improved (Dynamic area and Closest subject AF-area modes).
  2. Changes have been made to the design of menu displays.
  3. Page-size settings can now be applied from the camera with direct printing from a PictBridge-compatible printer.
  4. 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).
  5. 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.
  6. 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)

Download the update from the Nikon USA D70 firmware page

Users outside of the U.S. should visit their regional Nikon web site for the appropriate firmware update and information on how to install it.