Contents: Light Metering Inaccuracy Report to Canon . . LIGHT METERING INACCURACY This seems to be an additional function to be fixed in a future update: While doing many tests with some lenses on the 5D Mark II with Firmware 2.0.4, we also found an inaccuracy we didn’t notice before: the camera has “difficulty” to […]
Archive | 2010
Is Canon aware or not?
April 23, 2010
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 […]
Canon aware of IRIS issue?
April 12, 2010
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 […]
Malfunction in Firmware 2.0.4 UPDATE
April 8, 2010
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 […]
Malfunction in Firmware 2.0.4
April 5, 2010
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 for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, an extraordinary effort made by Canon engineers. But after some […]
EOS 5D Mark II Firmware 2.0.4 Released
March 19, 2010
Content: EOS 5D Mark II Firmware Update 2.0.4 Released Considerations Support . FIRMWARE 2.0.4 RELEASED Special Thanks to Canon Firmware Team for this great update and for fixing the previous reported problem very fast. Download Firmware 2.0.4 from here: http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eos5dmk2/firmware.html PLEASE: Follow carefully all instructions to update your camera. Do not touch anything during the […]
Canon Official Update Information #2
March 18, 2010
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 […]
Canon Official Update Information
March 17, 2010
Content: Introduction Canon Announcement Additional Thoughts . INTRODUCTION As reported before, the new Firmware 2.0.3 has some bugs/issues, especially related to the new Audio functionality. Some active users have reported that to Canon (thanks to all of them). And Canon got aware of it. CANON ANNOUNCEMENT Read the Official Canon Announcement here. Important Update Information […]
Bugs / Issues on Firmware 2.0.3
March 17, 2010
Content: Bug / Issue Considerations Contact Canon BUG / ISSUE The firmware 2.0.3 is in fact a great update and has been very long awaited by thousands of customers, as it was demonstrated by the high overload that Canon servers suffered few hours after it was announced to be available for download. But a day […]
Firmware 2.0.3 Released
March 16, 2010
Content: Firmware 2.0.3 Firmware changes History FIRMWARE 2.0.3 After so many requests along 2009 and so many delays, the new and so expected firmware version 2.0.3 for the 5D Mark II is finally available for public download. Download from here: http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eos5dmk2/firmware.html Please: read and follow the instructions carefully. FIRMWARE CHANGES Firmware Version 2.0.3 incorporates five […]
5D Mark II Firmware 2.0.3 Announcement
March 2, 2010
Content: Official Announcements & Details Brief History Thanks Download Link We Need your Support . . . OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS & DETAILS ? March 2nd, 2010 – Canon Press Release: Canon adds 24 and 25fps HD Movie recording to the EOS 5D Mark II with Firmware 2.0.3 Download: Full press release (.PDF ) ? Canon USA […]
New Firmware at Tech Service Centers
February 28, 2010
CONFIRMED (this is not a rumor): We got full confirmation that the new firmware for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II is already available at Canon Tech Service centers since 1st or 2nd week of February (depending on each center/country). But they are not allowed to update cameras until March 17th. We will update this […]
5D Mark II Firmware Release Coming
February 25, 2010
According to CanonRumors the announcement was briefly on-line at Canon UK website. We got not one but many confirmations that the release was imminent, and it was intentionally delayed, as we already posted many times before, so this date could be the “final” and “official”. Let’s hope Canon give us the FULL featured firmware release […]
Make your voice Heard
February 24, 2010
A SMALL CAMPAIGN We started this “small” but still effective campaign many weeks ago when Canon announced the EOS 550D including MANY of our requests for the 5D Mark II, but we think it would be good to make this campaign more “official” now through this post. A fact: the Firmware for 5D Mark II […]
April 28, 2010
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