New firmware 5D, 30D, 1D Mark II N

Not only is there new firmware for the 5D, but also for the 30D and the 1D Mark II N.

Note the potential problem with the 5D! I hadn't heard of that one yet. If your 5D has a certain serial number, you need to bring it to a Canon service center. (I haven't checked my own 5D yet).

30D firmware 1.0.4

We learned that some products have problems displaying Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese on the LCD monitor when the display language is set to these languages.

This problem can be corrected by overwriting the character data stored in the camera. So we request that users experiencing this problem overwrite the firmware referring to the following information.

5D firmware 1.0.5

Fixes the phenomenon where the images are monochrome.

Fixes the phenomenon where the shutter cannot be released when using the EOS 5D + EF85mm F1.2L + Speedlite580EX. (*)

*: For EOS 5D units that contain 1 in the fifth digit of the body number (e.g., XXXX1XXXXX), the correction will not be reflected even if the firmware is updated to Version 1.0.5.
If you have an affected product that you would like to have fixed, please contact the nearest Canon Service Center.

1D Mark II N firmware 1.0.4

Fixes the phenomenon where the images are monochrome.

Fixes the phenomenon where the images are overexposed when using Focusing Screen Ec-S.

I'm good! Thanks for the firmware 1.0.5 link.

So how long before someone tries to load the new 30d firmware on their 20d?

my 30D came with the latest firmware, 1.0.4. I hear they did the firmware update after releasing them in australia and so-forth.

I did the upgrade on mine, but I also have one of the xxxx1xxxxx serial numbers. After things are cleared up a bit as to what they need to do to these earlier models, I'll call my nearest service center (390 miles away), and get 'er done. I'd guess they have to swap a chip or other non-programmable firmware to a later version.

Whew, I am good with my 5D, don't want to send it away to Canon

Useful to know ... explains why my 30D was delayed in shipping from Hong Kong while Canon recalled and upgraded the firmware. Mine arrived with latest version.

I have just updated firmware 1.0.4 to my 1Dmk11N but to do so I had to first unzip the file on my computer before my camera would recognize the file

Ummm, the instructions spell that out pretty clearly.

Actually, I've had my 30D since 3rd March & it already had the 1.0.4 firmware...

Just updated my 1DmkII (non-N) to ver 1.2.4. Didn't realize they've recently had another upgrade as well.

Canon says upgrade even if your firmware says 1.0.4. It sounds like they did not update the revision number. But I do not care for this update since I do not speak/read Chinese. If I am selling it and buyer wants to use the Chinese language on it then it would be worth mentioning...

Is there anything new for the 20D?

mbellot wrote:
So how long before someone tries to load the new 30d firmware on their 20d?

Has anyone done this? I wouldnt mind doing it to my 20D if i can

I doube it'll work but if you do try it, you can let us know for sure.