This ability to be able to update and run the latest version of firmware has become a standard among camera manufacturers, allowing end users to run the latest and greatest firmware on their cameras.
The firmware updates not only provide important fixes for identified bugs, but also provide brand new features that were absent when the device was shipped from the manufacturer. Most modern electronic gadgets provide the ability to update their firmware by downloading fixes and updates through manufacturers’ websites and applying those updates on the devices. One of the areas within the camera that rarely ever gets touched, is the camera software, also known as “firmware”. Let's hope the D90's successor makes as big a leap over the D90 as the. The D90 was already ahead of it's time in that category. 'A year after it's release and we stilldon't have aproper firmware update for the Nikon D90, there are several issues that need to be addressed urgently like manual control over ISO and sutter speed.
