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Contents: Firmware Update 1.2.2 for EOS 7D Canon Official Announcements Download Additional Comments EOS 7D FIRMWARE UPDATE 1.2.2 As expected and mentioned in our last article, Canon has just announced a firmware update that fixes the “iris jitter” issue that we previously reported here and here for the Canon 5D Mark II on April, 2010, […]

Contents: Firmware Update 1.0.8 – 1D Mark IV & 550D/T2i Canon Official Announcements Download Comments FIRMWARE UPDATE 1.0.8 Canon has just announced a firmware update that fixes the “iris jitter” issue that we previously reported here and here for the Canon 5D Mark II on April, 2010, especially affecting macro lenses (but not limited to […]

Contents: Firmware 2.0.7 for EOS 5D Mark II Thanks & Comments Support . EOS 5D Mark II – FIRMWARE 2.0.7 As expected and previously confirmed to us by Canon, a new firmware update is now released for the EOS 5D Mark II. According to Canon website, this new update: Fixes a phenomenon in which the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

UPDATE: June 26, 2009 – The Full Manual Control was achieved in June 2009, but the Petition to Canon is also requesting many other fixes & improvements, that can be done via Firmware Update. So if you are interested on those improvements, please keep on signing, spreading this Blog link and also please check the […]