The Nikon ZR is receiving its first firmware update (version 1.10), which significantly increases the maximum record time to six hours, makes using it in multi-camera setups better, improves exposure monitoring, and more.
Available starting today, the update is billed as one that will mainly assist filmmakers who are using the ZR as part of a multi-camera setup or who find that some of its launch capabilities weren’t flexible enough for high-end productions.
Perhaps the biggest improvement is the ability to record continuously for up to 360 minutes, which is up from the already impressive 125-minutes that the ZR launched with. It’s not available during RAW capture, but does work with ProRes 422 HQ, H.265, and H.264 formats at various frame rates.
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