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D3100
Up video time & use non Nikon battery on the D3100
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<blockquote data-quote="kluisi" data-source="post: 265570" data-attributes="member: 17548"><p>Only reason Nikon would release one would be by accident. My only point is that it is riskier to upgrade your camera's firmware using a modified version from an unknown third party website than upgrading to a released Nikon official firmware. </p><p></p><p>I don't live in the stone age, and I have done some modding on my Android (rooted and custom rom plus additional themes and mods) and on my router at home (dd-wrt). There are a few differences between those situations and this one. First, these mods were open source, tested by countless people, and released on very popular and reputable sites (xda-developers.com and dd-wrt.com). Second, if I irreparably brick my old Android phone, or my old wireless g router, I'm out less than $100 in either case. If I brick my D3100 I'm out $500 (I actually only have the D7000 so I'd be out even more) and may not be able to replace it (so I'm out the ability to take pictures too).</p><p></p><p>Finally, I knew there was an increased risk involved (where you explicitly stated that the risk was the same as upgrading to Nikon's official firmware). I wouldn't want someone to upgrade to your hacked firmware without at least knowing all of the things that can go wrong. Your process of recompiling the official Nikon firmware, modifying it, testing it, and releasing it back to your customer *MAY* be foolproof, but then again, no one on here knows anything about you or the website you are plugging. You *COULD* be adding stuff to our cameras to turn them into spying devices for a foreign country too.</p><p></p><p>I just want people to know that they should proceed with caution here and not just jump in thinking that there is no more risk here than upgrading to a newer version of Nikon's official firmware when there is absolutely no way that is the case.</p><p></p><p>Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kluisi, post: 265570, member: 17548"] Only reason Nikon would release one would be by accident. My only point is that it is riskier to upgrade your camera's firmware using a modified version from an unknown third party website than upgrading to a released Nikon official firmware. I don't live in the stone age, and I have done some modding on my Android (rooted and custom rom plus additional themes and mods) and on my router at home (dd-wrt). There are a few differences between those situations and this one. First, these mods were open source, tested by countless people, and released on very popular and reputable sites (xda-developers.com and dd-wrt.com). Second, if I irreparably brick my old Android phone, or my old wireless g router, I'm out less than $100 in either case. If I brick my D3100 I'm out $500 (I actually only have the D7000 so I'd be out even more) and may not be able to replace it (so I'm out the ability to take pictures too). Finally, I knew there was an increased risk involved (where you explicitly stated that the risk was the same as upgrading to Nikon's official firmware). I wouldn't want someone to upgrade to your hacked firmware without at least knowing all of the things that can go wrong. Your process of recompiling the official Nikon firmware, modifying it, testing it, and releasing it back to your customer *MAY* be foolproof, but then again, no one on here knows anything about you or the website you are plugging. You *COULD* be adding stuff to our cameras to turn them into spying devices for a foreign country too. I just want people to know that they should proceed with caution here and not just jump in thinking that there is no more risk here than upgrading to a newer version of Nikon's official firmware when there is absolutely no way that is the case. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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