7d firmwire update to focus @ f8
Apr 03, 2013 07:52 | #1 7d firmwire update to focus @ f8 flickr
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Apr 03, 2013 07:55 | #2 uhhhhh... A7rIII | A7III | 12-24 F4 | 16-35 GM | 28-75 2.8 | 100-400 GM | 12mm 2.8 Fisheye | 35mm 2.8 | 85mm 1.8 | 35A | 85A | 200mm L F2 IS | MC-11
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Apr 03, 2013 08:03 | #3 Can't re-find this. Read it on some blog last night but it could be just someone talking through their hat. I assumed if there was any truth to this posting it here would yield some knowledgable posts. Obviously its a non-runner flickr
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Nathan Can you repeat the question, please?  More info | Apr 03, 2013 08:32 | #4 1Dx firmware was updated to AF at f8 and the 5D3 is due for an firmware update to do the same. Nothing I've seen about the 7D. Taking photos with a fancy camera does not make me a photographer.
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jm4ever Goldmember  More info | Apr 04, 2013 20:27 | #5 As much as I would love to see this happen I just don't believe it will. I think focusing up to f8 would be a feature Canon would save for the 7dII.
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Allan.L Goldmember  1,066 posts Likes: 43 Joined Jul 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada More info | Apr 04, 2013 20:37 | #6 It AF's @ f8 without Canon tc's .
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palmor Senior Member  More info | Apr 05, 2013 20:21 | #7 Not mine.. can't get it to AF with pins taped or non reporting TC with my 400 f/5.6L. It just hunts and hunts and never locks focus. John
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CyberDyneSystems Admin (type T-2000)  More info | Apr 05, 2013 20:50 | #8 palmor wrote in post #15795585  Not mine.. can't get it to AF with pins taped or non reporting TC with my 400 f/5.6L. It just hunts and hunts and never locks focus. My 5d III does great with the pins taped 
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palmor Senior Member More info | Apr 05, 2013 21:03 | #9 CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #15795673 And this is exactly why a firmware update will not make a 7D AF @ f/8, because it simply can;t reliably do it. It does not have the 1D af system that was designed to do it. Yup, I agree 100%. I do sometimes wonder what it is that prevents it though. When I had my Pentax system (ist DS, K10 and K20) it could focus at f/8 without much issue. Now we know the Pentax AF was worlds behind the Canon AF (even the one in the xxd line) but it is something it could do without any issue. John
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Apr 05, 2013 22:20 | #10 CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #15795673 And this is exactly why a firmware update will not make a 7D AF @ f/8, because it simply can;t reliably do it. It does not have the 1D af system that was designed to do it. It wasn't designed... it was released without the capability, then later they released a firmware to make it happen. A7rIII | A7III | 12-24 F4 | 16-35 GM | 28-75 2.8 | 100-400 GM | 12mm 2.8 Fisheye | 35mm 2.8 | 85mm 1.8 | 35A | 85A | 200mm L F2 IS | MC-11
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krb Cream of the Crop  8,818 posts Likes: 8 Joined Jun 2008 Location: Where southern efficiency and northern charm come together More info | Apr 05, 2013 22:29 | #11 Talley wrote in post #15795925 It wasn't designed... it was released without the capability, then later they released a firmware to make it happen. No, they released a firmware update that enabled a feature that had been included in the original design. All the firmware in the world cannot add a capability that the hardware is not capable of, and the 7D hardware is not capable of reliable focusing at f/8. -- Ken
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Sirrith Cream of the Crop More info | Apr 05, 2013 22:44 | #12 So where is the 5DIII update anyway? -Tom
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SVTmaniac Goldmember  1,920 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ More info | The 6D is supposedly getting firmware to focus @ f8. Sure that's not what you heard? -Chris
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Heath Goldmember  2,332 posts Joined Sep 2009 Location: NYC, NY More info | Apr 07, 2013 18:09 | #14 I got a beta release of the new 7D firmware and now my 7D can make a great pot of coffee. Heath
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palmor Senior Member More info | Apr 07, 2013 20:01 | #15 Sirrith wrote in post #15795985 So where is the 5DIII update anyway? Supposed to be at the end of April John
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