Canon EOS 5D Mark III Firmware 1.1.3

[candyman]

And the problems with the 200mm f/2.8? Were they fixed in the previous firmware? Sorry if I missed that.

200 f/2 and 800 5.6

i believe they decided you had to send the lenses in to get fixed

Ah, yes. You're right. Now I remember. Thanks

 

[Viggo]

They said features will come at a later point, I guess that something.

They could also give me å second My Menu tab, and the ability to flip my menus around...

 

[bornshooter]

Um...since when does a camera need to be updated to support a new lens? What on Earth is so special about the Shorty McForty that it warrants a 5DIII firmware update?

And those of you lucky so-and-sos on the worng side of the Pond who've already got your pancakes...any of all y'all got a 5DIII? Any problems with the combination?

Cheers,

b&

the update for the shorty 40 will be for in camera CA corrections i guess...

 

[tq0cr5i]

Does this...

Supports the single focal length EF40mm f/2.8 STM lens that is to be released at the end of June, 2012.

Mean that firmware updates are required for other cameras before this lens will work with them?
Or what's the deal?

I also want to know. Does the EOS 5D Mark II (even more EOS bodies) also need a firmware to work with this lens?

 

[Marsu42]

I’m told that is is coming at a later date.

And some people Canon wouldn't learn from past mistakes! At least, now they're scrapping a release data completely, and go the Linux Debian way: "when it's done" ...

But since current 5d3 buyers are early adopters anyway, af feature-updated firmware might matter more to people being critical about the price right now and would wait 6-12 months anyway.

 

[spinworkxroy]

I didn't see any difference in this latest firmware.

However i saw on the camera there's a Camera Firmware and a Lens firmware.
The lens firmware is still 1.1.0 and i can't update that to 1.1.3..only the camera firmware goes to 1.1.3….
What's this lens firmware? I never knew there was such a thing.

 

[infared]

Does this mean that in the future, when Canon stops supporting the camera and a new lens comes out that the camera will not be able to fully use the lens. I will have to buy the latest camera body to have a new lens be totally compatible????? Oh no. Now my camera is just like my computer and adobe. Built in obsolescence? Oh, joy.

 

[replay0]

Do I need to install Firmware update v1.1.2, before I can install v1.1.3? Or does v1.1.3 include the fixes from v1.1.2 also? I haven't installed any updates yet on my Light-Leak version 5DM3.

 

[Marsu42]

Does this mean that in the future, when Canon stops supporting the camera and a new lens comes out that the camera will not be able to fully use the lens.

Look at the 5d3 manual - the firmware has to know about each specific lens to adjust the af's capabilities based on technical (and marketing?) concerns. 3rd party lenses emulate these lens codes, with bad results when Canon decides to screw them from time to time.

I don't know if there are other lens specs the camera body has to know about by firmware, but obviously it's not just "plug and play" with all relevant data transmitted by the lens itsself.

 

[briansquibb]

Shorty 40 works fine on the 1D4, 1DS3 and 7D without updates

 

[Marsu42]

Shorty 40 works fine on the 1D4, 1DS3 and 7D without updates

... Then it really might be only the updates 1dx/1df af that needs information about new lenses?

 

[Jim K]

Do I need to install Firmware update v1.1.2, before I can install v1.1.3? Or does v1.1.3 include the fixes from v1.1.2 also? I haven't installed any updates yet on my Light-Leak version 5DM3.

Just use the latest one. It has all the earlier fixes/updates in it.

 

[Chewy734]

is Canon going to be changing the color of the AF points from black on the 1D X? Is that why it's delayed? The black AF points are annoying as hell, and I'm not sure if a simple firmware update can fix it or not. :-\

 

[Joes Dad]

FYI - the firmware update will not load properly if you have a second card inserted and the camera setting is set to read to both cards. Remove the second card or set the camera to only read to the card with the update on it for the firmware installation to complete. Cheers.

 

[callaesthetics]

im very happy about #3. that back light is a minor annoyance, glad it's gone now.

 

[bjd]

So what is the general recommendation if shooting RAW. Do vignetting and chromatic aberration correction with the built-in
functions of the 5D3? or do everything in post processing? What about sharpening too?

Cheers Brian

 

[Chewy734]

Brian, I do everything in post.

 

[cayenne]

Question from a Canon noob.

My 5D3 is my first DSLR and first Canon camera. I'm curious, what is the recommendation with regard to firmware updates?

If I have no need for any of the 'fixes' that are listed in this firmware, is it best to just blow off the firmware update, and perhaps wait for one that comes up with new features?

Are successive firmware updates comprehensive...ie, I don't do this one...the next one will have these updates plus the new ones....

Just from my background, I usually try to avoid firmware updates, unless they are necessary...too easy to bork something messing with firmware depending on the type of unit....

Thanks in advance,

cayenne

 

[Invertalon]

Just curious cayenne, when has canon EVER released a firmware that "broke" something?

At worst, they fix it quickly with another.

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

So what is the general recommendation if shooting RAW. Do vignetting and chromatic aberration correction with the built-in
functions of the 5D3? or do everything in post processing? What about sharpening too?

Cheers Brian

It doesn't do those things in-cam for RAWs only for jpgs and movies.