Last week Canon released a minor firmware update for the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV. Over the weekend, it looks like Canon pulled v.1.3.2 for the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV due to an issue(s) reported by users.
I have not heard what the exact issue is, but if you have downloaded v1.3.2 and not yet installed it, please hold off until Canon releases a fixed version.
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Plenty of companies push things too soon with minor inhouse testing and they [Canon] may be doing that. However I have seen problems a few times were such things trigger more from user "error" doing things in none standard way that manufacturers miss because they tend to abide strictly to the official manual sop way of doing things when testing.
EDIT: And it has been downgraded to 1.3.1
I didn't expect it. Nice surprise :D
Why?
Well they deliberately bricked them via firmware updates.
Canon never used to be this slack, so many pulled fw updates last few years. Maybe they outsource to Microsoft.
They would need to be reverseable
And I hope they will for much, much longer, as long as the R/RF system is so expensive.
Of course if you gift me an R5 I'll change immediately.
If Canon and Nikon give up on DSLRs then I will eventually go with Pentax.
I would much rather get another Canon DSLR but that is up to Canon.
First, they didn't brick them.
Second, deliberately? Really? Because they like negative reactions sure.
Third, even mirrorless R5 and R6 had their fw updates pulled this year!
I still have one DSLR, and love to use it, but as soon as there is a mirrorless replacement it will be gone. I have little nostalgia for old cameras, the are sold to fund the next camera. Now they will be making mirrorless in 1D formats that's the final nail IMO.
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