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Nikon Firmware Update and Tokina lens
Mar 17, 2018 14:32:56 #
Recently, Nikon released firmware upgrade LD 2.017. I have a D500 and a Tokina 11-16 F2.8 DXII. I heard from another UHH that his Sigma lens was no longer doing autofocus. All my other lenses are Nikon's and would like to apply the upgrade, but I would not want my wide angle to stop working. Has anyone applying this upgrade has this Tokina lens? If so, have you noticed any adverse reaction afterwards? -Thanks.
Mar 17, 2018 14:38:48 #
Mar 17, 2018 14:44:36 #
Yes, I did. I posed the question to Tokina and they have not come back yet. I wanted to learn about someone else's experiences as well. I won't bother with Nikon, as they have repeatedly stated they will not guarantee anything about non-nikon products.
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Mar 17, 2018 15:23:54 #
clemente21 wrote:
Recently, Nikon released firmware upgrade LD 2.017. I have a D500 and a Tokina 11-16 F2.8 DXII. I heard from another UHH that his Sigma lens was no longer doing autofocus. All my other lenses are Nikon's and would like to apply the upgrade, but I would not want my wide angle to stop working. Has anyone applying this upgrade has this Tokina lens? If so, have you noticed any adverse reaction afterwards? -Thanks.
My Df has 2.017 and the Sigma 70-200 f2.8 autofocus works fine.
Mar 17, 2018 16:13:44 #
I updated my D750 coupled with an older model Sigma 15-35mm 2.8, it works fine.
Mar 18, 2018 06:09:52 #
jzehaz
Loc: Pleasantville, NY
My Sigma 17-50 would not autofocus on my D7100 after I installed the latest Nikon firmware. I called and then sent the lens to Sigma where they installed a free lens firmware update. The lens now works properly. So it cost me about $9.00 shipping and 4 days without the lens.
Mar 18, 2018 06:49:36 #
sliberia
Loc: Curacao W I
It is recommended to perform the firmware update without any lens attached.
Mar 18, 2018 07:08:04 #
jzehaz
Loc: Pleasantville, NY
sliberia wrote:
It is recommended to perform the firmware update without any lens attached.
I don’t recall seeing “remove the lens before installing firmware” in the instructions Nikon provides. I will check again. After the update all my Nikon lenses worked properly, only the Sigma would not autofocus.
Mar 18, 2018 07:24:01 #
jzehaz wrote:
I donât recall seeing âremove the lens before installing firmwareâ in the instructions Nikon provides. I will check again. After the update all my Nikon lenses worked properly, only the Sigma would not autofocus.
Mar 18, 2018 07:43:23 #
My Tamron 70-200 f2.8 g2 works fine after update.
Why not try to remove lens and reinstall firmware, maybe that will solve problem.
Why not try to remove lens and reinstall firmware, maybe that will solve problem.
Mar 18, 2018 07:49:25 #
I suggest you research whether the update is something you actually need!
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Mar 18, 2018 08:00:46 #
jzehaz
Loc: Pleasantville, NY
You are correct in citing the removal of the lens for the distortion control update. My Sigma stopped autofocusing properly after the c 1.04 firmware update. I did try loading the firmware 2x with no change in results. As I mentioned my Nikon lenses were fine. So I called Sigma, got on line immediately with a nice tech guy who said, based on serial number and age (2013 manufacture) it needed a lens firmware update. That was it!
Mar 18, 2018 08:06:42 #
jzehaz
Loc: Pleasantville, NY
nimbushopper wrote:
I suggest you research whether the update is something you actually need!
I really only wanted the distortion control update - Nikon instructions said to update camera firmware first.
Mar 18, 2018 09:14:54 #
I performed the upgrade on my D500 and my Sigma lenses 150-600mm Sport, 18-35mm, 150mm and 180mm all focused as fast as before the update and were spot on focus.
clemente21 wrote:
Recently, Nikon released firmware upgrade LD 2.017. I have a D500 and a Tokina 11-16 F2.8 DXII. I heard from another UHH that his Sigma lens was no longer doing autofocus. All my other lenses are Nikon's and would like to apply the upgrade, but I would not want my wide angle to stop working. Has anyone applying this upgrade has this Tokina lens? If so, have you noticed any adverse reaction afterwards? -Thanks.
Mar 18, 2018 09:16:43 #
I have to add I have a friend with a D500 that can't get any lens to focus without fine tuning the focus, so every camera of the same type can be diffrent.
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