New 7D firmware released - good upgrades!

The camera always shows the estimated number with a certain type of CF card. If you use the faster UDMA cards, you'll get a bit more.

javierz0509 wrote in post #14824501
mines says 23, how come others are getting 27? faster memory if so which one?

Mine says 23 also. I tested it out and actually only got 22-shots. (but i'm not complaining, it's more than before and my testing conditions were rather poor).

** subsequent testing yielded 26 and then 27 shots **

Ducked in home during my lunch break earlier to update. I videod (with sound)a burst of raw and raw+jpg before and after the update. Will upload in a while. My god its made a heeeuuuge difference on raw+jpg!! Used a lexar 600x. Just wishing I used the old cards to do a test too.

My tests at 1/2000s, f/1.2, iso 400 got me from 18 shots to 22.

** Subsequent testing got 26 and 27 shots **, so certainly an appreciable increase.

Bill Boehme wrote in post #14824467
I like your long telephoto shots with the stacked teleconverters. I have stacked two TC's, but never even considered using three. I especially like the capture of the ISS. How did you set up the camera so that it was ready to capture the ISS -- I know that it moves very fast across the sky.

Thanks, Bill! You mean an ISS shot like this?

Someone at other forum complained that his bursts dropped to bursts of 4-5 pics with small pause in between. He said he don't have fast UDMA6/7 cards.

Can someone confirm if that happens, or is that isolated?

Also could someone do this test with "normal" card, like 266x or such, both with old FW and new FW:
-Shoot full buffer at 8fps, record time how long it took to empty the buffer (the red CF light goes out, repeat 3-4 times to get average result)

Meaning I'm interested if the buffer gets emptied faster or not. I think Dpreview records those, but I'd like to see the test done with one same card with same settings.

Hm... It varies. I'm able to get 26-27 bursts now.

tpatana wrote in post #14824605
Someone at other forum complained that his bursts dropped to bursts of 4-5 pics with small pause in between. He said he don't have fast UDMA6/7 cards.

Can someone confirm if that happens, or is that isolated?

Also could someone do this test with "normal" card, like 266x or such, both with old FW and new FW:
-Shoot full buffer at 8fps, record time how long it took to empty the buffer (the red CF light goes out, repeat 3-4 times to get average result)

Meaning I'm interested if the buffer gets emptied faster or not. I think Dpreview records those, but I'd like to see the test done with one same card with same settings.

The buffer definitely takes longer to clear. I didn't measure the exact time but it takes quite a bit longer for the first preview to show up.

IMO, whoever complained the burst rate dropped simply was taking bursts in the dark and the camera's metering and/or shutterspeed wasn't allowing the camera to burst to full 8fps.

apersson850 wrote in post #14824442
The firmware is the same globally.

Thanks mate

due to Canon being lazy with the OSX mountain Lion not showing the UD just use the Lion selection, its only a DL anyway


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weird my say 23 and i test with 28 shots in just raw mode.

I've updated my 7D.

I'm trying to change the filename from IMG to other characters. I've figured out how to change the characters in User Setting 1, for example. Editing the character string is easy. Now, I want to know how to make the camera actually use the User Setting 1 file name structure. I don't see instructions for that anywhere (and I did download the new 7D manual).

That's the selection in the top row on the same menu page.

javierz0509 wrote in post #14824627
weird my say 23 and i test with 28 shots in just raw mode.

Again, the camera will show an estimate that's valid for a standard type of card. If you have a faster one, perhaps a UDMA compatible card, your actual figure will be higher.

SkipD wrote in post #14824629
I've updated my 7D.

I'm trying to change the filename from IMG to other characters. I've figured out how to change the characters in User Setting 1, for example. Editing the character string is easy. Now, I want to know how to make the camera actually use the User Setting 1 file name structure. I don't see instructions for that anywhere (and I did download the new 7D manual).

apersson850 wrote in post #14824639
That's the selection in the top row on the same menu page.

Got it. Thanks. It's just too darned late. I didn't recognize that top item as a selection tool. I just thought it was a way to see the three selection settings.