C300: New firmware, allows for large CF cards, better WB control

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ArtAldrich

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Firmware Version 2.1.3.1.00 incorporates the following improvements and fixes:
1. Supports exFAT file system of CF cards over 128 GB, which decreases the waiting time required for accessing the card before being able to record footage.
2. Simplifies the process when fine-tuning the preset White Balance values.There seems to be two versions, one with Dual Pixel AF upgrade, and one for cameras without upgrade.

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/professional/products/professional_cameras/cinema_eos_cameras/eos_c300#DriversAndSoftware
 
ArtAldrich said:
Firmware Version 2.1.3.1.00 incorporates the following improvements and fixes:
1. Supports exFAT file system of CF cards over 128 GB, which decreases the waiting time required for accessing the card before being able to record footage.
2. Simplifies the process when fine-tuning the preset White Balance values.There seems to be two versions, one with Dual Pixel AF upgrade, and one for cameras without upgrade.

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/professional/products/professional_cameras/cinema_eos_cameras/eos_c300#DriversAndSoftware
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Gosh, Is anyone using cards over 128GB? I suppose some must be otherwise they would address this in firmware...... But it seems like this may be a rare case.
 
Yeah, like the previous update that supported continuous recording in Edius Pro 7... that was an awesome update for 3 people.

I'm guessing most of these updates will be rolled into the Mark IIs and we are at a "tidy-up" stage with the Mark Is, I don't think we'll be getting anything big from here on.
 
I got my camera back from Canon with Dual-pixel upgrade and the latest firmware upgrade. Still not good. 15 seconds for 64 GB card, 25 seconds for 128 GB. Might be slightly better than before, but 25 seconds is too long. Guess I bought that 128 GB card for nothing.

Also formatting to ExFat does not improve the speed with 128GB or less. Actually it took Initializing it twice to get it to read the card. That scares the crap out of me so I won't be using ExFAT.
 
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