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Canon USA Announces EF 300mm, 400mm, 500mm and 600mm L IS II Lens Firmware Version 1.1.1
Ellen Schmidtee:
--- Quote from: lopicma on August 03, 2012, 02:31:08 AM ---Am I the only person here that finds it incredible that a LENS has a firmware update!? I thought they were just a bunch of glass in a tube, but I guess there is more to it than "meets the eye"...
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There must be some electronics there to communicate with the camera and activate USM & IS.
bear:
--- Quote from: Dalepa on August 02, 2012, 06:19:59 PM ---Is the upgrade free? What about the 1.4xiii and 2.0xiii? They have processors too...
Canon really needs to find a way for us to update our own lens.... I don't care to have my $10k lens being shipped out for weeks..
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No, it's not free. I visited my local Canon service with my lens today and they were not able to download new firmware from Canon servers. New 40mm pancake will probably need update even more.
lopicma:
Are they using a special "machine" to do the lens update, or can you just do it like you would your camera body?
jeffabbyben:
Does anyone know if this update would only benefit the owners of the 1DX. I have a 5d mark iii and if the firmware update wouldn't add anything for me I would rather not send it in for a few weeks.
TrumpetPower!:
Oh, bother. I'd really rather not have to deal with shipping that beast...methinks I'll wait until I sign up for CPS.
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