what can Canon 7D owners look forward to in the new firmware? Key among the changes is an improvement in burst shooting depth for raw files. A small minority are more interesting to us-and likely, to the cameras' owners-as they add one or two entirely new features.Ī rare few indeed make comprehensive feature changes, and into this latter group falls an update announced today for the Canon EOS 7D. EOS 7D owners will be thrilled to hear of the numerous new features in the update, which is scheduled for release this August. At this year's NAB I was using a Canon 7D, and the inability to control levels became a serious issue in some of the interviews.At the IR news desk, we report on a lot of firmware updates, but most have one thing in common: they only attempt to squash operational bugs, and occasionally to make very minor feature changes. Either way, it's a sigh of relief for so many that have dealt with the inability to select audio controls. The 7D firmware is slightly different than the rest of the Canon lineup (except for the 1D Mark IV), so it's possible that this was a more difficult process - but I'm sure Canon weighed the demand versus what it would cost them to write new firmware. While it seems like many had been asking for audio controls for a long time, Canon has finally decided to make it available in a firmware update. Maximum Limit for ISO Auto: 200-6400 Limit Set by User vs.

Manual Audio Level Adjustment: 64 Levels.

Maximum Burst Rate for Continuous Shooting: 24 RAW vs.

Maximum Burst Rate for Continuous Shooting: 130 JPEG Large/Fine vs.

Here is a list of everything that's been updated as compared to the original firmware: In addition to the audio updates, there are numerous upgrades to the still photography capabilities of the camera.Ĭheck out the video below that explains everything in the new Firmware 2.0:

We had initially reported this after it leaked on a Canon website, but now the upgrade is official. While it may not be a huge deal to film-style sets that record dual-system audio, there are many cases where having the ability to get good levels from a mic connected to the camera is important. After almost three years, the Canon 7D is finally going to get a significant update that fixes audio controls.

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