Change D70's Firmware to D100 Firmware???

Has anyone here heard a rumor that one can successfully change the
D70's firmware over to the D100's firmware version, for the sake of
improved features/performance in the D70?

I just bought my D70 and I mostly love it...my first digital slr. My
only reservation about the D70 is that when shooting with the built-in
speedlight, I must change the white balance value all the way to -3,
in order to get rid of the markedly blue cast the speedlight gives the
images.

I used the Coolpix 995 for three years before making the change to the
D70, and found the 995 required the white balance to be tuned to -1,
to get rid of the 995's blue cast in images shot with its built-in
flash.

Anyways, any ideas one the speedlight's blue color temperature, and/or
on the rumor of such an arbitrary and radical firmware change??

Thanks,

Mark

 

I'm with you except the sensor. I thought the D70 and D100 had the same
sensor.

 

yes and no. d70 uses a "second-generation" revision of the sensor in d100.
so the same sony 6mp sensor model, but refreshed design.

 

There is a suggestion that it was a Nikon fabricated sensor. Nikon is making
their own sensor for the D2H.

 

D2H: Nikon-developed LBCAST sensor. So yes, their own, or more likely
"quasi-own" (manufactured according to Nikon design & specs) as I don't
think Nikon owns a silicon-processing fab...

D100: standard Sony 6MP CCD
D70: same as above, but "2nd generation"