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EOS 1D mk2 NEW FIRMWARE
Richard Heathcote, Photographer
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High Wycombe | Bucks | UK | Posted: 10:49 AM on 06.22.04 |
->> just to let everyone know,
after a large percentage of us moaning to canon during the 1st week of the EURO 2004 football championships, they have had the 'boys' working on an update and they are rolling it out on all our camera's today.
the firmware is 1.0.2. and I will be giving it some serious abuse tonight at the italy v bulgaria game, and will report back..... |
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Jeffrey Racette, Photographer, Assistant
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Montreal | Qc. | Canada | Posted: 10:58 AM on 06.22.04 |
->> Wow...... wish Nikon was listening with regards to the D2H
I still think it is a great camera and use both of them everyday....I do not want to start a Nikon vs Canon thing |
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Michael Hickey, Photographer
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Muncie | IN | USA | Posted: 11:21 AM on 06.22.04 |
| ->> I can't find any word on the Canon site about the new firmware, if anyone has any leads on it please let us know! |
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Pat Farrington, Photographer
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Ft. Collins | CO | USA | Posted: 11:44 AM on 06.22.04 |
| ->> This is probably a beta version like the D2H firmware upgrade that some have received, not yet available to the general public. |
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Matt Cashore, Photographer
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South Bend | IN | USA | Posted: 12:05 PM on 06.22.04 |
| ->> What was the moaning about? Seems to me that the squawks I've read here are non-firmware things such as the sensitivity of the shutter release and the eyepieces falling off. |
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Richard Heathcote, Photographer
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High Wycombe | Bucks | UK | Posted: 1:11 PM on 06.22.04 |
->> muzzy camera's
most of it is down to the settings in the Custom Functions. most problems can be solved by setting CF 17,20 and 21 all to 0. But some of the camera's still aren't razor sharp, so they have written a new firmware. |
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Oscar Reixa, Photographer
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Vigo | Po | Spain | Posted: 1:29 PM on 06.22.04 |
| ->> Please, test if fixes the problem with red colors. |
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Mark Bialek, Photographer
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Kalamazoo | MI | United States | Posted: 2:45 PM on 06.22.04 |
| ->> I don't think firmware is gonna solve anything, with canon or Nikon. The sensor should be sharp from the beginning. |
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Greg Ferguson, Photographer
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Scottsdale | Az | USA | Posted: 3:15 PM on 06.22.04 |
->> Firmware can make a world of difference in a digital camera. They're basically a computer with an optical sensor and several motors attached, all under the control of the firmware.
There are mechanical adjustments that could affect focus also, but the design should have minimized those. Repeatability is the name of the game these days, and the fewer necessary adjustments in the assembly line (from sub-assembly to final assembly), the happier Canon and Nikon are, along with their investors and end-users. |
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Oscar Reixa, Photographer
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Vigo | Po | Spain | Posted: 7:51 AM on 06.23.04 |
| ->> Richard, any news regarding that firmaware? |
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Richard Heathcote, Photographer
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High Wycombe | Bucks | UK | Posted: 9:58 AM on 06.23.04 |
->> poured down of rain last night at the match, a real monsoon. so it was hard to give the camera a fair chance because of all the water getting on the kit, even through the aquatech covers !!!
1st impressions are that the cameras that weren't razor sharp look better, but again too much water around to be certain. hopefully dry tonight for the holland v latvia game, so a more consise effort to come............. |
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Oscar Reixa, Photographer
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Vigo | Po | Spain | Posted: 10:14 AM on 06.23.04 |
| ->> Something about reds? Or only try to fix AF issues? |
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Daniel Tunstall, Photographer
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Pearland | TX | USA | Posted: 10:16 AM on 06.23.04 |
| ->> Has anyone talked to a CPS rep about a possible firmware update? |
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Richard Heathcote, Photographer
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High Wycombe | Bucks | UK | Posted: 10:55 AM on 06.23.04 |
->> ok, just spoken to canon here at the championships, and the firmware update is a big one. it normally takes 30sec - 1 min to do a firmware update, and this one takes 7-8mins.
It addresses the sharpness issues along with colour issues aswell. he could be very specific because it's quite complicated, but it is a major improvement.... |
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Richard Heathcote, Photographer
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High Wycombe | Bucks | UK | Posted: 10:56 AM on 06.23.04 |
| ->> sorry that should be 'couldn't be very specific'..... |
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Oscar Reixa, Photographer
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Vigo | Po | Spain | Posted: 11:05 AM on 06.23.04 |
| ->> Thanks it's nice to know that will be fixed. |
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Bob DeMay, Photographer
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Akron | OH | United States | Posted: 6:25 PM on 06.23.04 |
->> A Canon sales rep visiting in Akron today said the update would be available June 30 at 4 am eastern time at http://www.canon.co.jp/Imaging/BeBit-e.html
A handout also stated that this firmware update has nothing to do with the sharpness issues reported to Canon. Further infoamrtion on that topic will be made available at a later date. |
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Richard Heathcote, Photographer
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High Wycombe | Bucks | UK | Posted: 8:35 AM on 06.24.04 |
->> This firmware update does address the sharpness issues, and fixes them.
I've had a couple of games to shoot with the new firmware now and it's very apparent that the shaprness and tone levels can be 'reset' back to 0 to get the desired image. |
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Oscar Reixa, Photographer
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Vigo | Po | Spain | Posted: 8:53 AM on 06.24.04 |
| ->> Thanks Richard. Can you shoot a coke can under bright sun and tell us if its red or orange? |
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Oscar Reixa, Photographer
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Vigo | Po | Spain | Posted: 3:36 PM on 06.24.04 |
| ->> Chuck Westfall from Canon has confirmed the availability of the upgrade by the end of month. He says that solves minor issues and nothing related to sharpness or autofocus. |
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Steve Wasylko, Photographer
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Aptos | CA | United States | Posted: 6:36 PM on 06.24.04 |
->> Firmware update for the EOS-1D Mark II coming at end of month
Thursday, June 24, 2004 | by Rob Galbraith
Canon USA's Chuck Westfall indicates that a firmware update is being readied for the EOS-1D Mark II.
While Canon is not releasing details at this time about what is changed in the upcoming firmware release, the issues it addresses are described as minor and unlikely to impact the use of the camera by most users, including news and sports photographers.
Contrary to information circulating on the Web, says Westfall, the new firmware will not change the in-camera sharpening algorithm or alter the autofocus performance of the camera.
Slated for release towards the end of June 2004, the new firmware will be a user-installable free download from a Canon web site. |
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Richard Heathcote, Photographer
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High Wycombe | Bucks | UK | Posted: 12:50 PM on 06.25.04 |
| ->> it doesn't effect the auto focus of the camera, but it has made an improvement over the images that eveyone was calling 'unsharp' which seemed to effect a batch of camera's. oh, and yes the red's look red, ferrari red was an issue with some of the F1 photographers, but seems to be solved now. |
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Oscar Reixa, Photographer
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Vigo | Po | Spain | Posted: 1:18 PM on 06.25.04 |
->> Thanks Richard.
Now wait till end of month :) |
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Oscar Reixa, Photographer
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Vigo | Po | Spain | Posted: 4:48 AM on 06.30.04 |
->> It's available and in the web says that solves:
# The screen becoming magenta-colored when shooting bulb exposures
# The values being cleared when C.Fn-06 is set to “2” and the battery is removed
# Improves image quality of NTSC video output |
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Bob Stanton, Photographer
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Palo Alto | CA | United States | Posted: 11:29 AM on 06.30.04 |
| ->> thanks andrew. it only took a few seconds to upgrade, so i assume it was a relatively minor change--per Oscar's note above. |
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