Canon lens firmware update.

[Viggo]

Hi guys!

I just noticed checking the firmware of my 1dx with the 2470 mk2 attached that it not only displays the camera firmware, but also the lens.

My version says 1.0.2 with the 2470, anyone else have something different, and how would I update it if there was a newer version available?

Thanks

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

There will be instructions on the download site. Probably a similar process to that of the firmware upgrade for the 40mm f/2.8.

 

[Viggo]

There will be instructions on the download site. Probably a similar process to that of the firmware upgrade for the 40mm f/2.8.

Thanks! So I guess the 1.0.2 is the only version as of now, since I haven't seen any update.

 

[lintoni]

Similar thread:

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=8583.0

It appears that if there was a firmware update, there'd be an abvisory note and you'd have to take it to a Canon service centre.

 

[Viggo]

Similar thread:

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=8583.0

It appears that if there was a firmware update, there'd be an abvisory note and you'd have to take it to a Canon service centre.

Thanks for sharing it would be interesting to see if everybody has the 1.0.2 in the 2470.

 

[Loswr]

Similar thread:

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=8583.0

It appears that if there was a firmware update, there'd be an abvisory note and you'd have to take it to a Canon service centre.

That thread precedes the user-downloadable update for the 40/2.8 STM pancake lens. A camera released 2012 or later (including the most recent Rebel) can apply the update to the attached lens. Even after that, there was a firmware update for some supertele lenses that required them to be sent in to a service center (but similarly, I can update the firmware on my 1D X myself, but a 1D C must be sent in). I expect that if a firmware update for the 24-70 II is issued, users will be able to download and apply it themselves.

 

[Viggo]

Similar thread:

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=8583.0

It appears that if there was a firmware update, there'd be an abvisory note and you'd have to take it to a Canon service centre.

That thread precedes the user-downloadable update for the 40/2.8 STM pancake lens. A camera released 2012 or later (including the most recent Rebel) can apply the update to the attached lens. Even after that, there was a firmware update for some supertele lenses that required them to be sent in to a service center (but similarly, I can update the firmware on my 1D X myself, but a 1D C must be sent in). I expect that if a firmware update for the 24-70 II is issued, users will be able to download and apply it themselves.

Thanks!

 

[lintoni]

Similar thread:

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=8583.0

It appears that if there was a firmware update, there'd be an abvisory note and you'd have to take it to a Canon service centre.

That thread precedes the user-downloadable update for the 40/2.8 STM pancake lens. A camera released 2012 or later (including the most recent Rebel) can apply the update to the attached lens. Even after that, there was a firmware update for some supertele lenses that required them to be sent in to a service center (but similarly, I can update the firmware on my 1D X myself, but a 1D C must be sent in). I expect that if a firmware update for the 24-70 II is issued, users will be able to download and apply it themselves.

Indeed, but unless I'm mistaken, Canon have not released user-downloadable firmware updates for any of their premium L lenses, whether they will in the future is another matter.

 

[Loswr]

Ineed, but unless I'm mistaken, Canon have not released user-downloadable firmware updates for any of their premium L lenses, whether they will in the future is another matter.

There's really not enough for a precedent. Only 5 lens firmware updates have come out, one for a $150 consumer lens and the other four for supertele lenses >$7000. But relatively speaking there aren't that many 300-600 MkII lenses out there, and there were even fewer at the time of the update (my 600 II came with the updated firmware, about a month after the advisory was issued). OTOH, there are a lot of 24-70/2.8L II lenses out there, representing a major burden on the service centers and a substantial outlay for shipping costs – I highly doubt they'd require sending the lens in.

 

[lintoni]

Ineed, but unless I'm mistaken, Canon have not released user-downloadable firmware updates for any of their premium L lenses, whether they will in the future is another matter.

There's really not enough for a precedent. Only 5 lens firmware updates have come out, one for a $150 consumer lens and the other four for supertele lenses >$7000. But relatively speaking there aren't that many 300-600 MkII lenses out there, and there were even fewer at the time of the update (my 600 II came with the updated firmware, about a month after the advisory was issued). OTOH, there are a lot of 24-70/2.8L II lenses out there, representing a major burden on the service centers and a substantial outlay for shipping costs – I highly doubt they'd require sending the lens in.

As I said, whether they will in the future is another matter. But they have not retrospectively made the firmware updates for the L lenses user-downloadable, for the handful who may have missed the advisory notice.