Sony Europe has already taken the lid off the long-awaited v4 firmware update for the Sony DSLR-A700, which is conflicting with Sony (USA) Electronics Blog noting the firmware would officially debut in America on September 16th. Why offer it to European consumers before American consumers? As far as Sony Insider can tell, there will be no difference between the European and American update. Click to visit the Sony Europe site which has the A700 v4 firmware update that many consumers are already enjoying around the world. Just hit “Accept” and your download should start from a Sony Japan server.
Improvements and solved issues
- The choice to select auto exposure bracketing (single & continuous) with 3 shots in 2 EV steps has been added.
- The choice to turn [Off] the High ISO NR feature has been added.
- Improvement of the image quality in high ISO setting.
- Improvement of the auto white balance and D-Range Optimizer performance.
- Improvement of reliability for communication between camera body and vertical grip.
Applicable models
- DSLR-A700/A700P/A700K/A700Z/A700H
Sony’s Electronics Blog also mentioned “other” updates, which we fully believe are relevant to the “Sony Image Data Suite”:
Image Data Converter SR Ver.3.0
- Improvement of operability
- Higher speed of display
- Addition of the peripheral illumination compensation function
- Addition/Improvement of the D-range optimizer, etc.
Image Data Lightbox SR Ver.2.0
- Higher speed of display
- Enhanced filtering function
Remote Camera Control Ver.2.0
- Addition of the “interval timer shooting function”* (for Windows only)
- To activate this function, you need to execute “Interval Shooting Set-up Tool” which is provided here.
