When I first received my used D3300, I put it thru a thorough shakedown to determine how well it performed. Imagine my shock when I saw that it was rough and distorted yet somewhat soft and indistinct when rendering fine detail.
Then I did an exhaustive search online to see if anyone else with a D3300 was suffering from this issue. I came across a few posts detailing how firmware updates had ruined the cameras images.
Then I searched even harder to determine if the firmware could be rolled back. While there is no official way to do so, I learned that it can be reset back to the original firmware that was installed when the camera was manufactured by using the reset functions in the menu.
After having done so, I retested the camera with the same lens (Nikkor 35mm f2.8 K Ai'd) and found the improvement in image quality I was hoping for.
It's rendering is now similar to that of my D2x. I will be testing it again soon with my just purchased 24mm f1.8G.
Then I did an exhaustive search online to see if anyone else with a D3300 was suffering from this issue. I came across a few posts detailing how firmware updates had ruined the cameras images.
Then I searched even harder to determine if the firmware could be rolled back. While there is no official way to do so, I learned that it can be reset back to the original firmware that was installed when the camera was manufactured by using the reset functions in the menu.
After having done so, I retested the camera with the same lens (Nikkor 35mm f2.8 K Ai'd) and found the improvement in image quality I was hoping for.
It's rendering is now similar to that of my D2x. I will be testing it again soon with my just purchased 24mm f1.8G.