How To Update the Samsung NX300 Camera'due south Firmware

Samsung's new NX300 is a great mirrorless camera that is bursting with features — and a few bugs. In particular, some users have noticed that the autofocus is slow and that it doesn't work with some SD cards.

Fortunately, Samsung has released a new version of the firmware (the programs that run inside the camera) that fixes them. It'southward easy to install this update, which also adds new features, including double-affect to focus and a speed control for the power zoom. Here's how to install this new firmware update on your NX300 digital camera.

1. Connect the camera to the USB charger, and fully charge the camera bombardment.

ii. Format an SD card in the camera by pressing Carte, going to the settings screen (the gear icon) and selecting Format. Notation: This will delete all of the photos; make sure yous have copied them off get-go.

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3. Connect the USB cable to your PC or Mac and so the SD card in the camera appears as a drive on your figurer.

4. Go to the Samsung back up site for the photographic camera, and enter the model number (listed on the bottom of the camera) to find the right download folio for your model. This is important, equally there are different versions of the camera that crave different firmware versions. Click on Downloads and and then on Firmware.

5. Click on the button marked "ZIP" for the upgrade file (not the one marked "lens"). At the time of this writing, this is version 1.10 for the NX300M we used, and version 1.four for the NX300. A ZIP file volition be downloaded to your computer.

6. Aggrandize the Aught file. On a Mac, double-click on the file to expand information technology. On a Windows PC, right-click and select Expand. The upshot will be a single file called nx300.bin or nx300m.bin, depending on your photographic camera type.

seven. Copy this file to the SD carte in your camera by dragging and dropping it onto the drive icon for the photographic camera.

8. Disconnect the camera from the figurer, and printing Menu and so settings (the gear icon), and scroll downwards to Device Information. Select Firmware Update, and press OK.

ix. Select Body Update from the menu. The update will commencement. The camera will reboot several times while it is doing this, so don't worry if the screen goes bare or flickers. When the update is complete, you'll see a screen confirming that the new version is installed.

You should check for a new version of the firmware every few months, as Samsung (like most manufacturers) often issues updates that fix bugs or add together new features.

Notation: Once the update is done, yous tin can repeat the process for the lens firmware if you want, as there are updates for that firmware as well. The only divergence is that you have to choose the lens update in footstep iv, and a different BIN file for your lens in step 6 (as the update comes with different firmware options for each Samsung NX mount lens) and lens update in stride vii.

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Richard Baguley has been working as a technology writer and announcer since 1993. Equally well every bit contributing to Tom's Guide, he writes for Cnet, T3, Wired and many other publications.

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