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  Canon has recently released firmware update 1.2.1 for the EOS 5D Mark III. There are currently some reports about “dead” cameras when trying to update the EOS 5D Mark III with an Eye-Fi SD card. In these cases the users never got the option in the menu to update the firmware and press “OK” […]

  UPDATE – April 14, 2012: Added additional comments about some options/solutions that Canon could give, check at bottom. ___ If you have been following our previous report “*UPDATE* REPORT: EOS 5D Mark III – Light Leak Issue?” then you already know what this is all about. Thanks to Canon USA for posting their official […]

UPDATE – April 10, 2012 #2: Updated report by Ron Risman. He demonstrates (video included) how the 5D3 metering is affected under ambient light. It’s already known that you need to cover the viewfinder in bright light conditions since light can get into the metering system, but not so well known that it can also […]

Canon has released firmware update for the EOS T3i/600D which fixes few issues: We have released firmware version 1.0.1 that includes the following fixes and changes: Clarifies the feature guide description of the digital zoom function for movie-shooting that appears on the camera’s LCD monitor. Fixes the phenomenon in which, in rare cases, a computer connected […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]