16 March 2010

New Canon 5d Mark II Fireware

It's been promised since last year, and it's finally here.

Below is some Canon speak for what it does.  You can download it here.

http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eos5dmk2/firmware.html

Installing is easy, just download it, copy it to a compact flash card, make sure you have a good charge on your battery, pop the card in and select the update firmware option from the menu.  Simples no?

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Firmware Version 2.0.3 incorporates five enhancements to the movie function and a fix to the manual sensor cleaning function of the EOS 5D Mark II camera.

Adds or changes the following movie frame rates.

NTSC

1920×1080 : 30 fps (changed - actual 29.97 fps
1920×1080 : 24 fps (added - actual 23.976 fps)
640×480 : 30 fps (changed - actual 29.97 fps)

PAL

1920×1080 : 25 fps (added - actual 25.0 fps)
1920×1080 : 24 fps (added - actual 23.976 fps)
640×480 : 25 fps (added - actual 25.0 fps)

Adds a function for manually adjusting the sound recording level (64 levels).
Adds a histogram display (brightness or RGB) for shooting movies in manual exposure.
Adds shutter-priority AE mode (Tv) and aperture-priority AE (Av) mode to the exposure modes for shooting movies.
Changes the audio sampling frequency from 44.1 KHz to 48 KHz.
Fixes a phenomenon where communication between the camera and the attached lens is sometimes interrupted after manual sensor cleaning. (This phenomenon only affects units with Firmware Version 1.2.4.)

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