The Nikon ZR is Set to Get Its First Major Update With Support for RED Color Science

Ever since it was first announced, hopes for the Nikon ZR have been sky-high. Seen as the love child of Nikon’s acquisition of RED Digital Cinema, the Nikon ZR has always boasted killer specs and features, and it remains at a competitive price point.

However, for a camera that promises the best of two companies’ technologies, there’s been room to grow. And Nikon is aiming to level up the ZR with its first major firmware update. Let’s take a look at what’s new with the Nikon ZR with firmware version 2.00.

Nikon ZR Firmware Update 2.00

The big news in this first major firmware update for the Nikon ZR is support for Log3G10 gamma when recording in the compact H.265 video file format. This will now allow shooting that fully incorporates RED color science and, hopefully, finally achieve the dream of Nikon’s acquisition of RED Digital Cinema.

The Nikon ZR is also set to get the ability to allow shooters to be able to select the level of [High ISO NR], which will help support image rendering for those to better control the intent and visual tone of their productions.

The ZR will also get more functions that can now be able to be assigned to the command dials and function buttons, which should also help to unlock single-action access to key settings for a significant improvement in operability.

More Features to Come

Again, the headline here is that the ZR supports RED color science with compact H.265 recording. Log3G10 gamma has also been added to the tone mode options for recording in H.265, enabling shooting in the REDWideGamutRGBcolor gamut.

The camera will also add a new focus peaking display when recording in R3D NEformat to help with monitoring during shooting, as well as support for applying a 3D LUT to HDMI output.

Here’s a quick list of all the new features:

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