Can you install custom firmware on a Nikon D90?

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Is there any custom or third-party firmware available for the Nikon D90, or can it only use official Nikon firmware updates? I'm also wondering whether the D90 is capable of being flashed at all, or if users are effectively limited to the stock firmware and Nikon-issued upgrades.

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There is no way to change the firmware of Nikon's cameras other than upgrades from Nikon.

For some Canon digital compacts, there's an unsupported project called CHDK that can add certain features to the cameras.

Allowing Random J Hacker to load weird firmware into his expensive camera is a customer support nightmare. For every person who knows what he is doing, there are 10 that will brick their camera, clog support channels, and destroy what already slim margins exist in the camera business.

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For the Nikon D90, you’re generally limited to official Nikon firmware updates. The camera can be flashed in the sense that Nikon provides firmware upgrade files, but there isn’t a supported way to load custom third-party firmware.

Unlike some Canon compact cameras that gained unofficial feature add-ons through projects like CHDK, Nikon DSLRs such as the D90 are not known for user-installable custom firmware in normal use. In practice, that means you should assume the D90 runs stock Nikon firmware, plus any official updates Nikon releases.

So: yes, the D90 can update firmware, but no, it does not have a standard custom-firmware ecosystem.

Can you install custom firmware on a Nikon D90?

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