monchrome D5100 and NikonHacker firmware

[dts350z]

I'm buying a mono & astro modified D5100 and there is some discussion as to the NikonHacker firmware and BYN:

 

"1. It has a firmware from the NikonHacker team, which gives it several cool features as described here. The best part is, the firmware is reversal in a matter of minutes and makes no permanent modification to the camera.

2. I have only used it with DSLRShutter and earlier with a remote shutter release. In all honesty, I did hear that BYN might have some issues dealing with the modified firmware. If this is a concern for you, I can load it up with the stock firmware and it should work beautifully with BYN. "

 

The referenced link is: https://nikonhacker.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1821

 

Any insight into this? Is it true I should go back to the stock firmware for use with BYN?

 

Any issues/settings with a mono (de-bayered) camera in BYN/BYE?

 

Thanks

 

[astroman133]

If the firmware modification is transparent to the Nikon SDK, then there will be no issue with BYN working correctly.

 

The problem comes in when the modified camera does not behave as expected by the Nikon firmware, or you would want BYN to recognize any new features that the modified firmware supports.

 

These limitations are similar to what Canon users have with the Magic Lantern firmware modifications.

 

If you are using this camera for astrophotography, there does not any reason to modify the firmware.

[dts350z]

Well it looks like that link is dead at the moment, but I was told by an imager friend that has the same camera, though not de-bayered, that there are advantages for AP in that firmware. 

 

From memory something about auto star removal that doesn't get turned completely off (even for "raw") and also clipped blackpoint. I can go find the discussion on Cloudynights, no doubt.

[dts350z]

Well this thread says it won't work:

 

http://www.cloudynights.com/topic/537815-nikon-d5100-black-clipping-nikonhacker-firmware/

 

So fine, I can use the stock firmware.

 

Any other issues with BYN and de-bayered camera? Is the preview going to treated as if it was shot with a bayer matrix?

[dts350z]

But then one person says it does... 

 

The last post in the thread is most instructive.

 

http://www.cloudynights.com/topic/537815-nikon-d5100-black-clipping-nikonhacker-firmware/#entry7235081

 

Perhaps it works as long as you don't use the "(2) output the entire sensor array information, not just the active imaging area" option.

[s3igell]

Don't forget that you can easily use the "Search..." Function in the Upper-Right Header to find the history of other Threads which provided detail on "NikonHacker"...

 

eg:  https://www.otelescope.com/index.php?/topic/1462-d7000-w-true-dark-current-hack-no-longer-works-in-byn/?hl=nikonhacker