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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Word of Caution on the 1.04 Firmware for 7D Mark II | |
sgilbert1967 wrote:
Hey all,
Just wanted to let you know that after weeks of using my 7dm2 to shoot baseball, Soccer, and other competitions....with ZERO lock ups in fact Sunday before last I shot from 7:30 am till 7 that evening...shooting north of 10k clicks last few weeks...ZERO lockups, I decided to update the firmware since I do have the 70-200II ( even though my 300 2.8 is usually on there )....Camera locked up twice shooting one game, I was looking through view finder turned away looked back through and had no info like it was shut off...the second time it was resuming from sleep....I have little doubt its the firmware...It also changed my MFA adjustments, and god help me I couldnt get it to repeat even my quick and dirty adjustments ( easy to do with a 300 2.8 and white lines on the ground at 45 degrees ) to MFA...it was perfect at +7 before ( and I routinely spot check each game )...it was closer to +4 after ( didnt realize this till I started reviewing some shots) then as I spot checked throughout the game I kept having to move it ( while not on a tripod with a release its a monopod and I use OS..I can shoot against objects to set the correct DOF vs object shot which is more important to me than sharpness on a chart..I do this all the time and its more repeatable than you think...Tomorrow I am going to do a factory reset and start over just to make sure...Proceed with caution...anyone have a link to the 1.02 firmware so I can put it back on there?
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Sgilbert,
Just curious, when you found you had to keep adjusting mfa, was it at different distances? . I just ma'am my 70-200f2.8ii +1.4xiii and thought I Noticed a much higher sensitivity to distance while keeping it at 280mm. (by the way, totally agree mfa can be adjusted/decently seen in the field.) I also experienced another weird phenomenon, I was using dot tune, after live view focus and then turning to manual focus and live view off, I would look thru Vf and it would be totally oof. Made sure to not have touched zoom or focus ring, strange huh? Other time it's was fine.
Edited on May 15, 2015 at 06:52 AM · View previous versions
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