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Canon 1DX - AFMA reset when I turn off the camera (workaround found)
neuroanatomist:
--- Quote from: AlbertaCanonShooter on July 17, 2012, 09:50:40 AM ---I'm not having that problem, mine are staying as expected.
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Can you let me know if your 1D X has the same firmware as mine (v.1.0.2). Thanks!
neuroanatomist:
Chatted with B&H on the issue. When inquiring about exchanging the camera, the response was: "Actually, it would be considered as a new order, since there are other orders in front of you, so it'd be the back of the queue...I can tell you that there are hundreds of backorders for this camera..."
On the bright side, he did indicate that, "We were also told by Canon that a firmware update should be released shortly to address this situation."
nightbreath:
--- Quote from: neuroanatomist on July 17, 2012, 10:23:04 AM ---... On the bright side, he did indicate that, "We were also told by Canon that a firmware update should be released shortly to address this situation."
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Looks like a firmware issue. Did you check AI-Servo tracking according to this reports?
Mt Spokane Photography:
--- Quote from: neuroanatomist on July 17, 2012, 10:23:04 AM ---Chatted with B&H on the issue. When inquiring about exchanging the camera, the response was: "Actually, it would be considered as a new order, since there are other orders in front of you, so it'd be the back of the queue...I can tell you that there are hundreds of backorders for this camera..."
On the bright side, he did indicate that, "We were also told by Canon that a firmware update should be released shortly to address this situation."
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Amazing that all of the beta testers did not find this, since the first thing many of us do is to Microadjust the lenses.
ThomasBx:
--- Quote from: neuroanatomist on July 17, 2012, 09:53:29 AM ---
--- Quote from: ThomasBx on July 17, 2012, 02:35:37 AM ---Nobody has found this problem on his camera?
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Problems like this almost always amount to user error. Read the manual. :P
In fact, I'm having the same problem. I'm pretty confident in saying it's not user error. ::)
When When Adjust by Lens is selected, powering off then on resets the setting (or W/T settings for a zoom lens) to zero, and also clears out a manually entered lens serial number. If I set it to All by Same Amount, the setting entered is retained...but, powering off actually changes the setting to Adjust by Lens, which is zeroed out. Even setting it to Disable and power cycling results in it being set to Adjust by Lens.
The same reversions occur if the camera goes into standby mode - when it's woken up, the AFMA setting, regardless of where it was left, reverts to Adjust by Lens with the previously set value(s) zeroed out.
This occurs with several lenses (zooms and primes), and occurs in any mode (standard modes as well as the C1-C3 user settings).
I called Canon Tech Support, who had no information on the issue, but the tech rep indicated that he tried it on a 1D X and it didn't display that behavior.
I expect a forthcoming firmware update which, "Addresses an intermittent issue that..." I can't see how it can be anything but a firmware issue, and I would bet it's a bug triggered by other settings (e.g., people who enabled the C2 and C3 settings before applying AFMA see the problem, or some other odd combination.
Mine has Firmware Version 1.0.2 - I wonder if there are cameras with different firmware versions in the wild?
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Yes, I'm not alone ;)
At the beginning, everyone here thought I was crazy ;D
Mine has firmware Version 1.0.2 too.
I spoke with CPS rep at phone : technical service deals with the problem.
He phone me at the end of the week because next week he start to London Olympics Games.
@ Neuroanatomist : it has nothing to do with the C2 and C3 settings because I have not yet set C2 and C3 but only C1.
A friend has a 1Dx with firmware 1.0.2 and its settings MA Af works perfectly and remain in memory.
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