Canon 5D mk2 Firmware

[rhysb123]

Hi,

A quick Q, please excuse my naivete on this one...

... my 5D mk2 has Firmware 1.1.0, checking the Canon website there is a current version of 2.1.2

Do I update? Can I just jump from 1.1.0 to 2.1.2? How to I actually do the update? (Download onto CF and install from there?).

Please excuse my ignorance and blindness on this one, I can't believe that I've never bothered with a Firmware update before!

Thanks in advance!

 

[dcm]

The instructions are usually found in the download for firmware updates. It should tell you everything you need to know.

 

[DominoDude]

If you found it on Canon's website, you should also find complete instructions on how to complete an upgrade of the FW. You can always apply a FW and it will automatically contain everything needed. No need to do any incremental updates.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Unless you are having a problem, why bother? The upgrades fix obscure problems and add warnings about 3rd party and counterfeit batteries.

 

[rhysb123]

Hi,

Thanks all.

Mt Spokane - I think you have the nail on the head... I'm not having any problems which is why I've not bothered before. Perhaps I'll leave it as it is!

Can anything go 'wrong' if I decide to update?

Rhys

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Hi,

Thanks all.

Mt Spokane - I think you have the nail on the head... I'm not having any problems which is why I've not bothered before. Perhaps I'll leave it as it is!

Can anything go 'wrong' if I decide to update?

Rhys

Yes. Firmware updates occasionally fail and brick a camera, much as they do a computer. The risk is low, but since its a older camera, getting a failed upgrade fixed might cost proportionately too much. I would not want to risk a $250 failure unless I was getting something in return that I needed.