5D Mk III Firmware, any news?

[ehouli]

April has just arrived and the date for the new 5D Mk III firmware to address a few things like Autofocus at f8 should be released, let's see if Canon lives to expectation

 

[crasher8]

They still have 28 more days.

 

[siegsAR]

CR hasn't heard of anything new about this yet, as of now.

 

[gunna64]

Post from Canon Australia back in February says -

We are developing a solution to enhance the focusing feature for the EOS 5D Mark III and EOS-1DX and plan to release a firmware update based on following estimated schedule:

EOS 5D Mark III: (estimated) Late April, 2013
EOS-1DX: (estimated) Late May, 2013

Personally, I don't hold out much hope of it being on time or the focal point illumination being fixed given past history - it's been 6 months since it was announced!

 

[risc32]

of course the cool thing to do would be to hit the target date with a few surprise firmware tweaks, but i'm not holding my breath.

 

[kevl]

I was just coming here to ask the same question. Wedding season is coming and shortly I won't have any choice but to attempt to focus on people dancing in near complete darkness. Common red focus point illumination!

 

[Krob78]

of course the cool thing to do would be to hit the target date with a few surprise firmware tweaks, but i'm not holding my breath.

Ya, like they did with the 7d!

 

[RGF]

It would be nice if they could release a new firmware upgrade in April, but I am not optimistic (either about timing or what will be included)

 

[ehouli]

Well let's hope they keep interest in making the 5D MK3 capable of focusing at f8, that's my main interest right now

 

[East Wind Photography]

Canon will market the release for as long as possible so I don't expect it until 4/30.

Post from Canon Australia back in February says -

We are developing a solution to enhance the focusing feature for the EOS 5D Mark III and EOS-1DX and plan to release a firmware update based on following estimated schedule:

EOS 5D Mark III: (estimated) Late April, 2013
EOS-1DX: (estimated) Late May, 2013

Personally, I don't hold out much hope of it being on time or the focal point illumination being fixed given past history - it's been 6 months since it was announced!

 

[East Wind Photography]

No they will hold those until 7DII release!

of course the cool thing to do would be to hit the target date with a few surprise firmware tweaks, but i'm not holding my breath.

 

[Krob78]

Regardless of when it gets here, if it's a worthy update, it will have been worth the wait!

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Personally, I don't hold out much hope of it being on time or the focal point illumination being fixed

Hope for the worst ... good attitude, if it does get released on time be happy you got a bonus ;D

 

[RLPhoto]

Once they fix the minor issues with the 5D3, It's the perfect camera for me. Never need to upgrade.

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Regardless of when it gets here, if it's a worthy update, it will have been worth the wait!

+1

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Never need to upgrade.

Until the next one comes along ;D

 

[RLPhoto]

Never need to upgrade.

Until the next one comes along ;D

I'm quite serious! It's like my old 501CM hassy, had everything I needed, no need to upgrade. 8)

 

[risc32]

Never need to upgrade.

Until the next one comes along ;D

I'm quite serious! It's like my old 501CM hassy, had everything I needed, no need to upgrade. 8)

shhhhhh! don't let canon find out, but i feel the same way. I couple little tweaks and i'm good. they won't be selling me another camera anytime soon. currently I have a mk3 and a mk... 1 i guess, and at wedding jobs i use the mk1 just as much as the mk3.

 

[RLPhoto]

Never need to upgrade.

Until the next one comes along ;D

I'm quite serious! It's like my old 501CM hassy, had everything I needed, no need to upgrade. 8)

shhhhhh! don't let canon find out, but i feel the same way. I couple little tweaks and i'm good. they won't be selling me another camera anytime soon. currently I have a mk3 and a mk... 1 i guess, and at wedding jobs i use the mk1 just as much as the mk3.

You know, even owning 2x 5D3's, I still kinda prefer the soft, muted colors out of my 5Dc. It's the strangest thing. Check out this thread.

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=11758.0

 

[jthomson]

Well let's hope they keep interest in making the 5D MK3 capable of focusing at f8, that's my main interest right now

Focuses just fine at f8 with a 400mm f5.6 and a Kenko 300 DGX 1.4

No need to wait.