Canon announces firmware to give manual audio control of 7D

[andykwilkinson]

This was the post about banding on DVinfo. Not sure what happened here but I've suggested the guy tries doing it again.

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-eo...ml#post1747329

[henryqiu]

I applied the update today and then shot about an hour. Saw nothing wrong. The audio is now better.

[stefanhuberfilms]

also updated yesterday, no banding till now, audio is great compared to before

[jambredz]

yup no banding so far...well not any less or more than you'd see before.

[ROCKMORE]

:/

The firmware is really for the photography side of the camera, manual audio does nothing useful with the horrible quality of audio that is recorded anyways....

AGC is horrible, hiss growing in the background of quiet settings. Also have you ever recorded a thunder storm with AGC, that was a horrible surprise in how bad it can get. Manual control at least eliminates levels doing what ever they want at the worst possible time.
You still need a quality mic and preamp to get acceptable results, but manual control in the camera is a good step in the right direction.