How To Install Canon 7d Firmware Update

Although information technology won't be available until early August, Canon has appear a firmware upgrade for its EOS 7D DSLR camera. The Canon EOS 7D is one of the well-nigh pop APS-C DSLRs among serious photographers and semi-professionals and now Canon is giving it a operation crash-land with an exciting new upgrade: Firmware Version 2.0.10.

The improvements that come up with the firmware update push the 7D closer to the professional end of the DSLR spectrum, offering numerous enhancements for photographers shooting on the become and those who shoot with multiple cameras.

For starters, the number of images that can exist shot in a high-speed burst (at 8 fps) has increased from 126 to 130 in JPEG Large/Fine and from 15 to 25 when shooting in RAW. Speaking of RAW, the new firmware will allow for RAW images to be processed directly in the camera! This is a huge timesaver every bit it is no longer necessary to download RAW images to your computer in order to retouch them and re-save them equally JPEG files. JPEG files can as well be re-sized in-camera through the quick control functions in playback way.

The new firmware will also bring more than command over ISO speed in the ISO Auto way. Previously maxing out at 3200, the updates volition increase the ISO Automobile range to 100-6400 but will also enable the user to set the parameters, in total-step increments, of the ISO Auto range and so as to not range also high when such a high ISO is not desired.

When shooting HD video with the 7D, Firmware two.0.Ten has enabled manual aligning of upward to 64 audio levels prior to recording. This improvement offers refined audio control in line with the functionality of the EOS 5D Mark Two.

Once the new firmware is installed, the Canon EOS 7D will be fully uniform with Canon'south GP-E2 GPS Receiver, thus allowing the outdoor photographer to tape latitude, longitude and altitude equally well as camera direction. Mounted on the hot shoe or tethered via a USB cable, the GP-E2 also syncs the photographic camera's clock to Coordinated Universal Time and, with supplied software, tin can map the lensman'south route.

Also part of the update is a faster scrolling of magnified images on the LCD, improved quick command during playback and the ability to modify, in-camera, the first 4 characters of a file name. This is an immensely valuable image identification tool when shooting with multiple cameras.

A grab-bag of wonderful improvements, the new Firmware Version 2.0.X for the great Canon EOS 7D Digital SLR will be available gratuitous of charge at Canon'due south website in early August. In the meantime, follow this link to learn more.