Nikon’s Coolpix P1100 Gets First Firmware Update

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Nikon has released the first firmware update for the Coolpix P1100, bringing the camera from version 1.0 to firmware 1.1. It is a pretty small update, with no new features this time around, but it fixes two bugs that could actually show up during normal shooting. The more important one involves continuous shooting. In some situations, the P1100 could stop responding when the zoom was adjusted while shooting a burst. That is a particularly relevant fix for this camera, considering its 24-3,000mm-equivalent zoom range makes it a popular for shooting subjects like wildlife and birds, where zooming and burst shooting often happen together.

The second fix is for video. Nikon says some recorded clips could have timestamps that did not match the actual recording time, potentially making footage more annoying to organise or sort later on. Firmware 1.1 corrects that problem as well. And that is pretty much the entire update, there are no autofocus improvements, new shooting modes, performance changes, or other additions listed by Nikon. To install it, you will need to download the firmware, copy it onto an SD card, insert the card into the camera, and run the update from there.

The Coolpix P1100 itself is very closely related to the P1000 from 2018. The newer model mainly brought connectivity and compatibility updates, including USB-C, WPA3-compatible Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 5.1. Nikon introduced the P1100 after changes to EU regulations meant the older P1000, which lacked USB-C, could no longer continue being sold there in the same way.