Nikon D5100 Distorted Pictures Green and Pink Color

There were green and pink patches on the photographs taken using my three months old Nikon D5100 DSLR. If I would click 10 photographs the problem occurred in 2 or more photographs.

I googled the below text phrases to know more about the problem and eventually to solve it by any means

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Searches turned out to be useless, the same problem was never reported or discussed earlier. Then, I contacted the Nikon Technical Support online; raised a service ticket explaining the problem. I got the below reply for the ticket.

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Dear Sir, 

Thank you for contacting Nikon India. Please try using another memory card. If this does not solve the matter, we advice an inspection at the nearest Nikon authorized service centre. You can locate the service centre nearest to you at http://www.nikon.co.in/servicecentres.php 
For a collection centre nearest to you, please go to http://www.nikon.co.in/pagearticle.php?pageid=126-38a528d750 

Please call us for further assistance.

Regards, 
Nikon India Technical Support

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Immediately I bought a new SD card (Nikon approved card as mentioned in manual) and took couple of shots. But the problem still showed up :(

I had no hope and no clue about the problem. After couple of days I took my camera to the Nikon authorized service center.

After 3 days I collected the camera and they have replaced the Camera SENSOR. The charge was Rs 1x,xxx. But since the camera was covered under 2 years standard warranty I repaired the camera without any expense. 

Nikon D5100 Firmware Update 1.01

This service provides software for upgrading D5100 A and B firmware to ver.1.01. This software allows for simultaneous update of both A and B firmware to the latest version. If this latest firmware version is already installed in your camera, you need not proceed with download or installation of this Firmware Upgrade. Current firmware versions can be verified from the Firmware version item in the camera's setup menu.


Updates/modifications enabled with A and B firmware Ver. 1.01:

• An error where the card may not have been recognized when some memory cards were used has been addressed.
• When "Selective color" from the retouch menu is performed on a picture taken with the image quality set to "NEF (RAW)+JPEG" and an image size of "M" or "S", the edges of the image may not have changed color. This issue has been resolved.
• When "Metering" was set to "Matrix metering", the exposure mode set to "M (Manual)", and the HDR exposure differential set to "Auto", the exposure differential was fixed at a value equivalent to "2 EV". This has been changed to enable automatic adjustment of exposure differential so that it is appropriate for the scene.

To Download:
http://nikonasia-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/7184/kw/D5100

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G Lens (OR) Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G Lens

If you are reading the article, then you are either bored of using the kit lens or you might have extensively used you kit lens and now want to buy a prime lens to get a sharp and high quality images. But you are confused between the NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G Lens and NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G Lens.

I actually used both the lenses on my DX camera for some time and can give you some insights about the lenses. If you are confused which one to buy, then this information might help you to decide.

Model	Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G	Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
Type	FX	Prime
Minimum f/stop	F/16	F/22
Lens Hood	HB-47	HB-46 (very small Hood)
Closest focusing distance	0.45 m	0.3 m
Filter Attachment Size	58 mm	52 mm

Both the lens will weigh approximately same; the plastic feel is also the same. Except the lens hood and lens filter diameter. The 50 mm has big lens hood.

The 50 mm (for DX camera) is an awesome lens for portrait mainly head shots. Due to APS-C sensor crop factor the actual focal length would be around 75 mm. If you are planning for a walk around lens then this is not a good option, the 35 mm would be the ideal choice.

In spite of the quality of the lens I faced some difficulties using the 50 mm lens (as this was my first lens), not good for indoor photography since it is more of telephoto lens with the crop factor (75 mm) lacks that wide angle, not good as a walk around lens because in many situations I need to walk back a long distance to get a good composition.

The 35 mm on DX will have focal length around 52 mm (considering crop factor), which is good focal length for a walk around lens, good for indoor and landscape photography as well and ideal for full body portraits.

The minimum f-stop on 35 mm lens is f/22 good for photographing landscape and on bright sunny day. But 50 mm lens goes only till f/16. The “rule of thumb” for these lenses would be 1/75 second for 50 mm lens and 1/50 second for 35 mm lens on DX camera. Hence 35mm is has little advantage on shutter speed in low lighting as well. The size and weight makes both these lenses very portable and handy.

If your requirement is portrait lens or if you are planning to upgrade your camera to a FX body in near future then plan for 50 mm lens. If you are going for a walk around lens for your DX camera then go for 35 mm lens.
Nikon 35mm f/1.8G, Nikon 50mm f/1.8G, Nikon 35mm vs 50mm, Nikkor f/1.8G, Nikon 35mm f1.8G or Nikon 50mm f1.8G, compare 35mm vs 50mm, D5100 35mm.

Auto FP High-Speed Sync

What is Auto FP Speed Sync?

Auto FP High Speed Sync is a flash mode used for fill-flash photography under brightly lit conditions. It will fill in and open up shadowed areas in order to portray the greatest detail in subjects. It's also ideal when using wide aperture lenses, and because it allows fast shutter speeds—up to fastest shutter speeds on compatible Nikon D-SLRs—it is often used for action-stopping sports photography. And for portraits, you can open up your lenses to their full aperture in order to isolate your subject against a blurred background without overexposing the image.

When Auto FP High Speed Sync is selected, the flash will fire for the duration of the shutter curtain's travel, thus syncing with the camera's shutter speed when that speed is set higher than the camera's normal sync speed.

Flash sync speed

Congratulation!  You have bought the Nikon D5100 (recently); this was your first DSLR, you were really happy about the camera and the quality of the photographs. One day you noticed something about your camera, when you are into manual (M) or shutter priority (S) mode with a shutter speed more than (>) 200th of a second to capture a beautiful moment in bright day light which requires a flash. So you popup the on-camera flash and realized something going weird about your camera setting, the shutter speed comes down to 1/200 second. When you close down the flash the shutter speed goes back to >200th of a second.

Wondering? whats going wrong? Is there something wrong with the camera? 
The answer is know NO :)

The Nikon D5100 supports flash synchronization at up to 1/200s or slower.  The D5100 does not support Auto FP High Speed Sync, which means 1/200 is the highest sync speed officially supported. The built-in flash or an external speed light will sync only up to 1/200 second.

Is there a way to make the D5100 support Auto FP High Speed Sync flash? 
Again the answer is NO.

The Nikon D5100 is a camera targeted towards the budget-minded/amateur market also most of the users might not be troubled by lack of inbuilt control over this type of feature and as a result the Auto FP feature is missing.

Even with an external Auto FP compatible flash, such as the SB-600/700/800/900, the D5100 cannot perform Auto FP high speed flash sync.

You might have not noticed the below image when you have bought the D5100 camera.

Congratulations again :) You have improved your Photography skills. 

You have grown to next level.

Happy shooting!

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