Canon has made the much-anticipated firmware update for the EOS 5D Mark II available earlier than I expected: I’m so used to waiting until midday for software updates to be available from the US that I was caught by surprise when I saw the announcement as early as 05:00 this morning – the sun rises early in Japan!
I forgot to bring a lower capacity, blank CF card to start the firmware update, so that’ll have to wait for later. Here’s the low-down on what the 1.1.0 update includes:
- Includes a function to enable the manual exposure setting when shooting movies.
- Disables the function of the depth-of-field preview button when images are played back or when the menu screen is displayed on the LCD panel.
- Fixes a phenomenon where the peripheral illumination of images cannot be properly corrected, even if the images were captured with the lens peripheral illumination correction function set to Enable.
- Fixes the algorithms of the Auto Lighting Optimizer function when Custom Function C.Fn II-3 Highlight tone priority is enabled.
- Fixes incorrect indications on the Arabic, Romanian, Spanish, and Ukrainian menu screens.
- Changes the battery information displayed on the camera when using the optional Battery Grip BG-E6
My camera is still on 1.0.6, as I didn’t bother with the reported issue of black banding appearing under certain light conditions. Firmware 1.1.0 is cumulative and includes fixes from previous firmware updates. The firmware download page is located here.
Be sure to also download the instructions that specify the procedure for the firmware update and the instructions that detail how the manual exposure settings work.
Once the camera has been updated, you should also download and update the desktop software provided by Canon - the Digital Photo Professional is updated in tandem with the firmware update and is the very least you should download. The new version for the Mac is 3.6.2, though the Windows version is still stuck on 3.6.1. Check for updates here.
