More good news for 5DMKII Owners. . .
Those lovely folks over at Canon are at it again with a new firmware upgrade for the Canon 5DMKII.
I got to admit, that whilst it’s not so cool that things like this need to be addressed, it’s almost a given that any product anybody releases these days is going to have at least some problems. Even the most intense testing is bound to overlook issues that consumers will experience due to their sheer volume and impossible to replicate real world usage. Having said that, I’m very glad that these days things can be fixed by something as simple as a firmware update. Features can even be added! I mean put it this way, can you imagine if the Canon 5DMKII was still shackled to 30P and had no manual audio control? That would suck! Massively!
In this release we’re not seeing anything so exciting as the 24/25P additions or manual audio control, but more a couple of fixes for some funny little things the camera does some times. Here’s a direct quote from Canon’s Download page. . .
This firmware update (Version 2.0.7) incorporates the following improvements and fixes.
- Fixes a phenomenon in which the aperture exhibits abnormal movement when shooting movies in manual exposure mode and Aperture Priority AE (Av mode) using some Canon lenses (such as macro lenses).
- Fixes a phenomenon in which the exposure level shown in the LCD panel differs from what is shown in the viewfinder when shooting still images in manual exposure mode.
- Fixes a phenomenon in which the Wireless File Transmitter (WFT-E4 or WFT-E4 II) may not automatically power off when used for FTP transfers.
These phenomenon only occur with the Version 2.0.4 and Version 2.0.3 firmware.
The Version 2.0.7 firmware being released this time is for cameras with firmware up to Version 2.0.4. If the camera’s firmware is already Version 2.0.7, it is not necessary to update the firmware.
So is it anything to sing and dance about? I don’t know. I guess it will be if you have been suffering from the above issues. I have seen the Aperture issue mentioned in point 1 on my own camera, with nearly all of my lenses, so I will be interested in seeing that fixed. If you’ve seen any of the issues above, let us know how the new firmware treats you!
Download it here.
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Great to see Canon entertain a fix for aperture jitter in HD Movie mode…. however would like to see the flicker issue addressed in 25P. It is easily fixed in post in FCP7 with frame blending to some degree. Be also sweet to see shutter speed come down to 25s in Manual Mode…. and as they say, ‘good things come to those who wait’ I am a TV cammo/producer and normally shoot with a Sony 350 XD-Cam… cool camera, however the 5DMKii simply rocks in comparison, particularly in low light and DOF. Can a Canon can…. Sure can! Outback
Outback what do you mean by 25s? 1/25th sec? That would be 360deg shutter, ewww, but cool for timelapse. And what issue is there with flicker? You know that 25 frames-progressive is a half temporal sampling of a frame compared to regular SD video, which is interlaced and therefore represents motion more effectively at 50 samples per second. I believe that you can achieve that frame rate at reduced resolution (720?). Cant see them fixing something that isnt actually broken.