New 7D firmware released - good upgrades!

mnphotos wrote in post #14832534
I repeat, what is the exact name of the file you are double clicking on?

7D000200.FIR is the file name I am double clicking on

Amarinelli wrote in post #14832559
7D000200.FIR is the file name I am double clicking on

Like I said, DO NOT CLICK ON IT OR TRY TO OPEN IT> Copy that file onto your camera's formatted, empty CF Card and follow the instructions in the other file!

lowrider wrote in post #14832555
I also have a silly question - Why would you not?

You don't need DPP for the firmware undate, but if you use it, again, why not have the latest?

Lou

The OP's question related to requiring the updated DPP and EOS software to update the firmware on the camera. They are not needed to do the update but are needed after doing the update.

thanks all... I was reading the part that mentioned DPP, I rarely use it so it is not the most updated one. But like someone posted "why not have it" which makes perfect sense and since I'm updating stuff might as well do everything. '
Thanks again

Wallace River wrote in post #14832569
Like I said, DO NOT CLICK ON IT OR TRY TO OPEN IT> Copy that file onto your camera's formatted, empty CF Card and follow the instructions in the other file!

Ok I will try that when I get back I have to go pick up my granddaughter thank you

Amarinelli wrote in post #14832559
7D000200.FIR is the file name I am double clicking on

Have you not read the instructions file "7d-firmwareupdate-en.pdf" everyone is telling you to read? If not, then do so before proceeding any further.

mnphotos wrote in post #14832584
Have you not read the instructions file "7d-firmwareupdate-en.pdf" everyone is telling you to read? If not, then do so before proceeding any further.

I'm beginning to think that this is just someone yanking our chain.

Yogi Bear wrote in post #14832673
I'm beginning to think that this is just someone yanking our chain.

Yogi was that addressed to me?

just had my tester 7D upgraded at work, lovin the new 5d3 type custom controls (or maybe i haven't seen it before, who knows)

Amarinelli wrote in post #14832369
Hi everyone I was excited to see the new firmware update except when I go to download it and try to open the and extract the FIR file it says windows cant open this does anyone know what I may be doing wrong I am using windows 7 Thank you,Alan
Originally posted by Leftcoast_Mike -- dont open the file (you won't be able to), just extract it from the zip onto the root of your CF card. Your camera will open/access it.
Originally posted by Amarinelli -- Ok I just did again and ....
Originally posted by Wallace River -- Don't try to open it, it's not an app that Windows can open.....
Originally posted by Amarinelli -- I am using widow .....
Originally posted by Yogi Bear -- You are not following the instructions ...
Originally posted by Amarinelli -- I am following the instructions but ...
Originally posted by mnphotos -- As a number of people have already .....
Originally posted by kcbrown -- You do not double click on the fir file ....
Originally posted by Amarinelli -- 7D000200.FIR is the file name ....
Originally posted by Wallace River -- Like I said, DO NOT CLICK ....
Originally posted by Amarinelli -- Ok I will try that when I get back .....

I think that the thing that is confusing you, Alan is that all previous firmware updates for the 7D were downloaded as an executable ".exe" file. When it was double-clicked then the "FIR" file would be extracted. The FIR file is what was then copied to the memory card. In the latest download, they changed things so that a ZIP file contains the FIR file and all of the PDF files in various languages. The instructions can also be partly to blame since they have not been updated to account for this change and still say to double-click the downloaded file. For those of us who have done it so many times before by rote, it can catch us off guard. As one senior to another, the same thing happened to me initially, but keep it under your hat. We wouldn't want it to spread all over the net, would we? Anyway, I took a step back, gathered my wits, and then saw my faux pas. Good thing that nobody was watching -- it would have been embarrassing. It'll just be our secret -- right?

Yogi Bear wrote in post #14832673
I'm beginning to think that this is just someone yanking our chain.

Amarinelli wrote in post #14832726
Yogi was that addressed to me?

Yes it was!

Yogi Bear wrote in post #14832779
Yes it was!

wow why would you ever think I would waste anyones time "yanking there chain" I asked for some help on here like I have done many times before and Ive given it I have bought and sold on here many times with a pristine record and never once was I "yanking anyones chain"

Yogi Bear wrote in post #14832779
Yes it was!

While pranks can happen, it should have been obvious enough that this was not the case in this situation. There is no need to be rude.

Amarinelli wrote in post #14832824
wow why would you ever think I would waste anyones time "yanking there chain" I asked for some help on here like I have done many times before and Ive given it I have bought and sold on here many times with a pristine record and never once was I "yanking anyones chain"

After a posted topic reaches several pages or more it usually developes into some sort of chain pulling at some point, so don't be offended and just roll with it. We've all been on both ends of it and sometimes need to just take a step back and sigh or laugh, whichever works best for a particular individual.

From my fieldtesting shooting a concert tonight with the 7D i can definately say that ISO must have been improved upon as i'm getting clean photos at ISO 1600, 2000 and even beyond. This was problematic in the past. I will post some examples soon in the 7D photos thread.

This is sweeter than sugar!

/ Magnus