Yearly Archives: 2011
Nikon Firmware Insights #05
Just to let people know, yes I’ve been working on understanding the D5100 firmware. I’ve got most the area’s of code identified (where they are, not what they do), but there are some puzzles, with some chunks of code that … Continue reading
Nikon Firmware Insights #04
A little under 24 hours ago, and roos posted he and Kungsholmens Kameraklubb found the checksum for the D7000 A & B firmware , but it didn’t work on the d5100 firmware. The code they used was the big endian form … Continue reading
Donate Button Removed
Yesterday after a couple of suggestions, I added a PayPal donate button, I thought I’d done it correctly, but it appears it didn’t work. I also said I would be happy to accept money in order to pay for a … Continue reading
Nikon Firmware Insights #03
The B firmware is were the major action is, and it’s based on the Fujitsu FR chipset. This seems to be the same chip as used by the earlier Nikon DSLRs and the Pentax cameras. Looking at the B firmware … Continue reading
Nikon Firmware Insights #02
So once the D5100 1.01 firmware was update was released, I couldn’t help but decrypt it. As noted in the previous post, the bundle is checksum’ed, but I didn’t mention that each sub-file is also checksum’ed. But you can see … Continue reading
