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Hello. In today's video, I'll show you
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how to update your firmware on Nikon
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Okay, so to begin, first let's check our
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current firmware version. To do that,
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click on the menu. Then you can see on
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the left panel, you should select the
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setup menu. And then most likely you'll
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see this. So just go all the way up to
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go to the very bottom or just go to the
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very bottom manually. You know, I like
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to go all the way up. It's easier to get
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to firmware version. Then you need to
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check the current version. And as you
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can see, I have the version C 111 and LF
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So um now uh the the newest version
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available uh for C firmware is 1.20
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in my case uh so I can basically update
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it. Um first we will need to get to the
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website uh of Nickens. So I'll just get
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you to my computer. Okay. So there's my
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computer. Uh to get to this website,
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what I did is I just went to um
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I just typed in Nick and Z30. You can
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you can just do something like that, you
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know, Nick and Z30 download center, then
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go to the website and find firmware. So,
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uh yeah, there it is, firmware. And now
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you can find the download page. Now, um
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I don't know if Mac OS or Windows I
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don't know if there are different
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versions. Um I don't think it matters
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because you copy it to an SD card
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anyway. So get a an SD card ready with
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an SD card reader. You may either have
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the full SD card reader to put it in
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your computer. You also may have an SD
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card reader built into your computer. I
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actually have something like this is an
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adapter for a micro SD. So that way I
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can put it in my camera. But when I
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remove this micro SD, I can put it in
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this adapter and plug it into my
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computer with either USB C or USB typeA
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because we'll need to copy the files. So
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I'll put it into this adapter for now.
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Um, now let's download the file.
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Okay, let's do download. save it.
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And now I can go to my downloads. Let's
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card reader. And now, okay, there it is.
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Let's click on this file. I will click I
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right click on it. Click on copy. Then
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go to the uh SD card and paste it. Um
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what is very important is you need to
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copy it into root which means to the
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topmost folder. You can't go into any
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folder and paste it within that folder.
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Instead you need to go to the root to
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the very topmost folder. Right click,
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click on paste. And that is now pasted
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um right here. And then I can remove it
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from my computer. Um, let's put it into
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And now, uh, we'll do it. So, let's, um,
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I'll unplug it. I have it plugged in. It
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It's not necessary now, I think. Um,
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okay. I'll get out of the menu uh, by
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clicking on the menu button. Let's open
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it from the bottom, like so. put the SD
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card in the correct way, of course.
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Okay, there it is. Um, go to the menu.
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Okay, let's see what it tells me. Uh, go
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to the firmware version. Uh, it should
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it should say um there's a firmware
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Oh, it cannot access the memory card.
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Yeah, it's it happens all the time uh
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with like different cameras and
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different cards. In my case, I always
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just I I never manage to like make SD
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cards work. You know what I'll do? I'll
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turn it off. I'll turn the camera off. I
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may need to format the SD card. Maybe
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it's an in an unreadable format for the
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camera. It very likely may be. Um
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the card is not formatted. Okay, it
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tells me the card is not formatted. I
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will need to format it otherwise it just
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won't go. So I'll do the format for the
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card and then uh you know I'll just I'll
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Yeah. So, I'll copy the files again.
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Let's remove the card. Now, it's in the
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correct format, right?
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And let's put it in to the
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to the computer. I'll copy it and get
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back to you. Okay, I have it copied now.
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Uh, by the way, I can see that my camera
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is dying, so I will plug it in.
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once the camera is off, I should put put
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it in. Uh, I'll plug it in, as I said,
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to charging because I don't want it to
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die uh during the process. That may
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render the camera unusable.
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So, let's plug it in. Let's confirm it's
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It is. It shows me this. Okay. Now,
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let's turn the camera on. Let's go to
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Go to, of course, the setup menu. Go to
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firmware version. And now I have the
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option to update. So click on that.
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Okay. It says low battery.
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I'll find a different charger,
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a stronger one. Leave it for a moment so
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it charges to a sufficient level. And
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then I'll get back to you. Okay. Now I'm
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charged to a sufficient level. So when I
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click on update, it shows me this. I
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need to set it to yes. You can show you
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can see current version is 1.11. It's
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going to change to 1.20. Uh let's go to
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yes. Click okay. Now wait. Uh do not
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turn your camera off during the update
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and it may take several minutes. So just
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wait until it finishes. Uh I will get
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back to you when it's um when it's done.
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Okay. And it's almost done as you can
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see. So, let's give it a moment and
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it'll be done, I think.
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I'm not sure. I haven't updated yet.
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Yeah, it says to turn the camera off.
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So, I'll I'll flip the switch. Um,
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now it's off. It has blinked here. Now,
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let's turn it on. And it should be all
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correct. And as I can see, yeah, it is
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um probably not much has changed in
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terms of like seeing stuff, but probably
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there were some fixes and stuff like
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that, so we won't see much differences.
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But yeah, the update's done. Uh you can
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also, if you want, you can automatically
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delete the update files by going to the
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f firmware version and find delete
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firmware update files. Um then change
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that. Go to that. Click on yes. And uh
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yeah that is that is that and one last
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thing I wanted to say is that you can
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also update the uh lens but mine is
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currently at the newest version. Uh once
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you just find the lens model on the
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internet uh you know on Nikon website
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you can find uh an update file for that
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and do it basically the same way. Um,
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but I'm at 1.02 and that's the current
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newest version. So, I can't really uh do
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anything further. And I hope that this
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video was helpful. Don't forget to like
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