New Firmware Out
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ScruffyLefty
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Thanks Barry.
robmneilson
Veteran
OT:
I never bothered to pick up a card reader...can I update the firmware by just connecting the camera to my laptop?
I never bothered to pick up a card reader...can I update the firmware by just connecting the camera to my laptop?
KeithAndrews.TV
Well-known member
I tried earlier and it said the .fir file type was not allowed. Using a card reader took care of the problem immediately. However, you can use the camera and the EOS Utility software on your laptop to upgrade that way.
robmneilson
Veteran
thanks for the heads up...Ill try the utility method!
Barry_Green
Moderator
I don't think they tried to fix it at all. The firmware update release notes don't say anything about it.
They said that they fixed a "rare" color-shift bug, which sounds more like what that guy had on his record albums.
As I haven't heard any negatives about the firmware, nor any horror stories of bricked cameras due to the update, I would go ahead and do it. It is pretty quick (Took me 5 minutes total to download the file, drop it on the CF card, and update the cam).
Also confirming it does nothing to improve the aliasing. I tested it on a real-world shot of the Los Angeles city scape. Still bleh. I'll stick to my HMC for those kind of shots. The two cameras mix surprisingly well anyway.
After Barry's chart shot, I don't think me posting the results is necessary. Unless someone wants me to?
After Barry's chart shot, I don't think me posting the results is necessary. Unless someone wants me to?
Hood, Magic Lantern and the main system firmware are separate things. No reason not to upgrade.
Yeah, I'm sure that Canon Japan made a firmware update with the express purpose of getting it into the hands of a guy who makes a piece of software that a fraction of their customers use. :grin:
Yeah, I'm sure that Canon Japan made a firmware update with the express purpose of getting it into the hands of a guy who makes a piece of software that a fraction of their customers use. :grin:
Stephen Mick
Totally Usable
Then how do you explain this line of code I found buried in the firmware update…
"/execute/7D.uptd/fw01.09/heyTramm!Havefunwiththis!/"
Barry_Green
Moderator
Well, yeah, but... phenomenal word of mouth will spread, and Canon USA (which is still the world's biggest market) gets a big leg up on the competition, for free, with no downside... I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Canon USA guys nagged Japan to release a firmware update at the earliest possible moment.
Elton
Veteran
I can also confirm no better aliasing performance in 720. In fact, I found an even worse issue shooting the exact same scene I shot the nanoFlash test with. A big bus passed by obscuring the side of the distant foreground building that had the weird 'ringing' effect. When it passed directly below the top of the building that had the issue, the 'ringing' got more intense. Don't know how to explain it but it ain't pretty.
Elton
Veteran
Ok, the moire' is horrible, but I'm sure some of it is due to change of angle. I was using a steadytracker (never shoot with the 5D/7D without it as a minimum) and I barely moved in the shot.
First frame:
10 frames later as the bus passes by: (weeeeeeeee!!!!)
Shot at ISO 1250/F 5.6 with a Zeiss 18mm F4
First frame:
10 frames later as the bus passes by: (weeeeeeeee!!!!)
Shot at ISO 1250/F 5.6 with a Zeiss 18mm F4
LOL "The mode that must not be spoken of."
I'll admit, you scared me there for a second. I was holding both of my 7Ds in either hand and almost dropped them when I saw those stills.