Comments on: 5D Mark II Firmware 1.0.7

By: yourt

yourt — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:40:35 +0000

I ‘m still on 1.06. Also wandered if upgrading would reset my preferences (like C1-3, live view options,…)?

Apart from that, some say 1.07 unsharpens the pics? Any ideas on that subject?

Would that “non reacting button thing” be a software or a hardware issue? Mine is fine, reacts all the time.

By: elloras

elloras — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:10:13 +0000

Dorkage- Did you talk anybody from Canon. In my country nobody knows about this problem. This problem not only include menu button, also include picture style and preview button. So left side buttons. When the firmware 1.0.6 had not a problem. Interesting and too bad. May be it is a mechanically problem. Because when I shake the camera menu and the other buttons are not working properly. If anybody knows something about this problem please reply me. Thanks..

By: Dorkage

Dorkage — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:13:37 +0000

Elloras– I’m still on 1.06 and I’ve had this problem occur 2-3 times since I bought it.

By: elloras

elloras — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:12:43 +0000

After I updated to 1.0.7, some problems occurred. Sometimes I push to preview button or menu button nothing happens. After restart camera it seems normal but this problem occurred several times.

By: Tomh

Tomh — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:25:58 +0000

@Don Komarechka

Understood – sorry. Thought you said you were holding off upgrading to a 5d mkii cuz of it :)

By: Nikon

Nikon — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:16:55 +0000

haahaa!

By: frank

frank — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:20:10 +0000

hey canon !!! gimme back my black dots !!! but please give us a manual video mode !!! grrrr

By: Dewey

Dewey — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:47:27 +0000

Bummer!

By: Don Komarechka

Don Komarechka — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:42:54 +0000

@Tomh

My concern is not over the problems the firmware fixes, but over the problems the firmware may introduce.

Quote from Canon’s firmware information page:
“If the existing software applications are used to display sRAW1 and sRAW2 images that were captured by a camera with Firmware Version 1.0.7, dark, low-contrast areas in the images may appear slightly magenta. If the updated software applications are used to display sRAW1 and sRAW2 images, the color of the images will appear normal, regardless of the camera firmware version.”

Clearly Canon has changed the way the sRAW files are being written AND interpreted. Therefore, if I update to the 1.0.7 firmware and look at a low-contrast dark image in Lightroom or Aperture, will I notice a magenta cast on these images or areas of images? Its simply the fact that you’d need to update DPP that makes me cautious.

As for the black dot issue, the problem generally affected more than one pixel (though not by much).

A great post that details the lack dot fixes between 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 can be found here:
http://www.andrewyip.com/blog/2009/01/07/firmware-update-fixes-5d-mark-ii-black-dots-problem

By: MacFanboy

MacFanboy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:23:23 +0000

WTF canon!!! Where are the movie mode updates!!!

By: Tomh

Tomh — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:55:33 +0000

@Don Komarechka

Remember the vertical banding only affects sRaw1 and ‘black dots’ are 1 pixel width so hard to notice. I had to struggle to find any ‘black dots’ on my 5d mkii. Even if neither were ever fixed, I’d still say get the camera, especially as price rises are mooted all over the world.

By: Don Komarechka

Don Komarechka — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:47:09 +0000

Curious if the RAW data with any other app has the magenta cast that is talked about on the firmware update page. If DPP suffers from thsi without being updated, its my gut instinct that other RAW converters will suffer the same fate without an update.

I’m holding off on my upgrade until this becomes more clear.

By: Canon Rumors

Canon Rumors — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:16:03 +0000

Good to know.

By: ilker canikligil

ilker canikligil — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:59:22 +0000

it works with Adobe Raw