Backyardskywatcher

Hi, im new to this forum. And i might be a little to late, But i have been trying both of the different types of firmwarepatches for my Nikon d5100 for quite some time. Both of them works great, switching back and forth between the different firmwares without any seemingly issues. The reason for doing so, is that when using camera controlling software like APT(Astrophotography tool) in my case, the software freezes up when i use the latest patch (http://simeonpilgrim.com/nikon-patch/nikon-patch.html) and i found out reading somewhere else that using the permanent one( the first patch) will not affect the dimensions of the image( which seems to be the problem using APT). I switch back to the latest one for when i need to use the camera for daytime photography. ps: I found out that in my case if i wanted to update the firmware( and this might sound intuitive for some, but not for me, no expert) if you want the camera to recognize the "patched firmware", one needs to change the name to the exact name as the original firmware. This is a simple delete the "patched_" part in the name section. So from "patched_D5100_01010.bin" -> "D5100_1010.bin for the permanent variant and the same for the latest variant 0102. Hope this helps! Kind regards Eirik