HD Cam Team

  UPDATE – January, 2012: We keep on requesting some essential features. Please check “Canon EOS-1D X Needs Firmware Update” where we list some of those basic, but still not implemented features for DSLR cameras. WHEN is Canon going to include a “Hot Pixel Remap” function available to the users? ____ We do use and [...]

Laser beams may be VERY dangerous, not only for your camera, but also (and much more important) for your eyes. Through many years we’ve seen and known several cases of cameras damaged by laser, and much more sad: people injured by them as well. Damage is NOT limited to DSLR with video capturing capabilities. Lasers [...]

In 2010, Elcomsoft, a software development company with headquarters in Russia, claimed to find a vulnerability in Canon Original Data Security System. Check their press release: Canon Original Data Security System Vulnerability. But today Elcomsoft has also claimed to find a vulnerability in Nikon authentication system: Nikon Image Authentication System Vulnerability It is hard to underestimate [...]

Canon has recently announced a Mode Dial hardware (optional) upgrade for owners of Canon EOS 5D Mark II and EOS 7D. It is already available for USA residents. According to Canon Product Advisory: “The modification is intended to prevent the Mode Dial from accidentally moving, once set to a particular exposure mode by the user.” [...]

Content: List of Lenses Affected by Iris Issue – UPDATE 3 Comments – EOS 7D too? Feedback Contact Canon . LIST OF LENSES AFFECTED BY IRIS “JITTER” Due readers requests, we collected all possible feedbacks to make a list of lenses that are affected and not affected by the “IRIS jitter” issue when mounted on [...]

Content: Is Canon aware of iris issue or not? Report to Canon Light Metering Inaccuracy in LV Mode Additional Feedbacks . IS CANON AWARE OF IRIS ISSUE OR NOT? We have reported the iris issue/malfunction found on firmware 2.0.4 to Canon, like many other users have already too. The “Iris jitter” is VERY easy to [...]

Content: Response given by Canon Comments RESPONSE GIVEN BY CANON Canon has been contacted by many customers in the last two weeks. One member of the Canon community received an answer from Canon Tech support after the report he/she sent regarding the issue/malfunction found in Firmware 2.0.4 (for full details of the problem please read [...]

Contents:  Introduction Video Tests Additional Feedback Considerations INTRODUCTION For a full detailed report, please read our previous article. We have been receiving additional reports from other users regarding the malfunction we found on Firmware 2.0.4: the “IRIS jitter” Not all lenses are affected. This phenomenon occurs much more often with Macro lenses, but it is [...]

Contents: Malfunction in 2.0.4 – IRIS issue Video Tests Test Update Additional Reports – UPDATED Considerations Note: please also check the update to this report. MALFUNCTION IN 2.0.4 – IRIS issue Firmware 2.0.4 is really a GREAT update, an extraordinary effort made by Canon engineers. But after some deep tests we have found and confirmed [...]

Content: Update Additional Issues UPDATE Canon has updated the download page of Firmware 2.0.3 You can read the original Canon statement here. A copy of the updated text is below: ________________________ EOS 5D Mark II Firmware Update Version 2.0.3 Recently we have discovered a malfunction that occurs with Firmware Version 2.0.3, in which the manual [...]