Firmware: Canon EOS-1D X 2.0.8 Released

[Canon Rumors]

<strong>Details:

</strong>Firmware Version 2.0.8 incorporate the following fix.</p>
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<li>Fixes a phenomenon which occurs when the “Shutter button half-press” menu item, configured in “C.Fn5: Operation” > “Custom Controls Menu”, is set to metering start only; depending on when the shutter button is half-pressed, it may initiate AutoFocus.</li>
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<p>Firmware Version 2.0.8 is for cameras with firmware Version 2.0.7 or earlier. If your camera’s firmware is already Version 2.0.8, it is not necessary to update the firmware. The firmware update takes approximately seven minutes.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/professional/products/professional_cameras/digital_slr_cameras/eos_1d_x?WT.mc_id=C126149#DriversAndSoftware" target="_blank">Download Firmware 2.0.8 for the Canon EOS-1D X</a> </strong>(Canon USA)</p>
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[tq0cr5i]

The Canon EOS-1D X’s firmware is usually followed by an EOS 5D Mark III firmware. So where is the new 5D3 firmware?

 

[msatter]

Darn, I really expected a Airprint button. :'(

 

[AvTvM]

The Canon EOS-1D X’s firmware is usually followed by an EOS 5D Mark III firmware. So where is the new 5D3 firmware?

Only if the 5D III is affected by the same single problem this FW upgrade is designed to fix.

Do you experience the described issue on your 5D III?

 

[Click]

Thanks for sharing this information.

Darn, I really expected a Airprint button. :'(

LOL ;D

 

[expatinasia]

Thanks for the heads up.

Updating was a painless experience, but it always makes me nervous upgrading the firmware.

 

[mackguyver]

I wonder when this "phenomenon" occurs. I've had my 1D X set up with this C.Fn since day 1 and have never had AF start. Maybe it happens with EOS Utility or something.

And yes, I had to put phenomenon in quotes - it seems to be Canon's favorite English word

 

[pedro]

Still waiting for the phenomenon that fixes the waiting for the 1Dx2 release...to unlash more rumors about the 5DIV or whatever it may be...