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p.3 #1 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

Has anyone tried the 1.1.2 yet?

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Apr 30, 2008 at 01:46 AM

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p.3 #2 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

David Tognazzi wrote:
The two new firmwares are up for the 1D Mark III and 1Ds Mark III. At the link posted earlier in this thread.

http://www.canon.com/eos-d/index.html

Edited by David Tognazzi on Apr 29, 2008 at 05:47 PM GMT

Also on the main site

http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eos1dm3/firmware.html

Apr 30, 2008 at 02:21 AM

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p.3 #3 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

The basic joystick operation works...and if you push the joystick straight in, it selects the center AF point.

Edited on Apr 30, 2008 at 02:35 AM

Apr 30, 2008 at 02:35 AM

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p.3 #4 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

nathanlake wrote:
The basic joystick operation works...and if you push the joystick straight in, it selects the center AF point.

LOVELY!!!!

Quick, someone go test the AF tracking on thier dogs or cats!

...or kids!

Apr 30, 2008 at 02:56 AM

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p.3 #5 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

Just loaded it. My AF is now perfect.

Apr 30, 2008 at 05:30 AM

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p.3 #6 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

Well I was wrong about the joystick and the firmware updating the AF selection #~~ Neat.

This seems good. I must admit the 1DMKIIIs AF selection was leaving me cold, the other methods seem to be still there ~ next perhaps an option to disable the other controls ~~

Apr 30, 2008 at 06:57 AM

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p.3 #7 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

the AF point joystick looks like a great feature to add. but then i am also very much accustomed to using the two control dials to get to all 19 points already i hardly think about it anymore. now i have to go re-learn this better method.

Apr 30, 2008 at 07:14 AM

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p.3 #8 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

No you don't, previous method is still there.

jmpsmash wrote: now i have to go re-learn this better method.

Apr 30, 2008 at 07:44 AM

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p.3 #9 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

I just tried it (1Ds 3) in a rather difficult lighting situation using low mm lenses and bad backlighting, where it always would fail before (it would not work with my 1D 3 either) and it seems to work MUCH BETTER with this new firmware.

Also be aware that any AF Microadjustments you may have made have been thrown out the window, so make sure you re-calibrate any lenses you may have set offsets for, because they will be off now with the new F/W, at least that is what I have observed with mine.

Apr 30, 2008 at 08:10 AM

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p.3 #10 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

tag for dloading later

I have a gig this weekend...wonder if I should risk trying the new firmware..

Apr 30, 2008 at 08:16 AM

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p.3 #11 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

My microadjustments were the same after the update

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Apr 30, 2008 at 08:26 AM

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p.3 #12 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

mattj949 wrote:
Also be aware that any AF Microadjustments you may have made have been thrown out the window, so make sure you re-calibrate any lenses you may have set offsets for, because they will be off now with the new F/W, at least that is what I have observed with mine.

Can you clarify - my settings seem to have been preserved. Do you mean that you need to set new AF microadjustment settings?

Update: I've just tested all my lenses (on the 1DMkIII), and there was no need for recalibration to settings different from the ones I had prior to the firmware upgrade...

Edited by Spyros D on Apr 30, 2008 at 02:24 PM GMT

Edited on Apr 30, 2008 at 10:24 AM

Apr 30, 2008 at 09:24 AM

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p.3 #13 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

Pixel Perfect wrote:
Hey, it's about time the spaniards got some good news; I mean having to put up with fat pasty Brits pouring into their country for so long they've had a rough trot.

Hey - the Spaniards get the quality compared to Australia. They really were the scum! ;-)

Apr 30, 2008 at 09:32 AM

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p.3 #14 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

Do you mean that the new update will correct this from yesterday, oh how I will miss these shots

Apr 30, 2008 at 09:44 AM

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p.3 #15 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

My own very, very quick test, suggest they won't be strangers just yet!

That said I do have sharper images so ~~~ we'll see how it settles in, fingies crossed

John P Mulgrew wrote: Do you mean that the new update will correct this from yesterday, oh how I will miss these shots

Apr 30, 2008 at 11:04 AM

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p.3 #16 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

Downloaded and installed 1.2.3 a couple of hours ago (why is it such a harrowing experience - I sit there for a few minutes expecting that blue line to grind to a halt?!) and had a play around with my 100-400 attached.

I never had the disastrous AF problems but suddenly the AF seems much more precise and quicker to lock on (the 100-400 was always a bit sluggish in this respect). Have taken 100 or so shots and there is nothing wrong that cannot be attributed to user error. I use centre AF point expanded to the two left and right points and one thing I definitely do notice is that it no longer "hunts" on a static subject in either AI Servo or One Shot.

Might pop down to the marina later to shoot some gulls in flight, but at the moment everything is looking good.

Colin

Apr 30, 2008 at 11:17 AM

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p.3 #17 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

edde wrote:
John P Mulgrew wrote:
Do you mean that the new update will correct this from yesterday, oh how I will miss these shots

Diamn! I almost cut my eyes on that it was so sharp

hahahahaha I downloaded it but will have to wait until later to try it.

Apr 30, 2008 at 12:18 PM

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p.3 #18 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

Loving the joystick AF selection. Also trying the ISO/Exposure comp switch. It definately makes adjusting ISO while viewing shutter change simultaneously (Av mode) and immediately. Putting the exposure comp toggle with the ISO button is easy to reach in horizontal, but what about ine the verticle position?

Apr 30, 2008 at 12:58 PM

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p.3 #19 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

To Clarify: I noticed that I did not need the microadjustments anymore. I only had them in for 2 lenses and neither one needed them anymore after the f/w update. This is on a 1Ds model.

Apr 30, 2008 at 04:05 PM

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p.3 #20 · 1D3 new firmware end of April?

mattj949 wrote:
To Clarify: I noticed that I did not need the microadjustments anymore. I only had them in for 2 lenses and neither one needed them anymore after the f/w update. This is on a 1Ds model.

Many thanks! Cheers, Spyros

Apr 30, 2008 at 04:17 PM

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