Canon 50D Firmware 1.0.3

David Evertsen

Released :clap

Canon page with Download

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=17499#DownloadDetailAct

Fixes ERR99 and a few other things here is the breakdown from Canon JP

http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eos50d/firmware.html

Had ERR99 Friday night in the Stands taking Cheerleading pictures...

David

Nikolai

I was just about to post that, but you beat me to the punch :-)

I have mentioned earlier, I had a fair share of Error99 during the shootout. Hopefully with this update it's gonna be "no mo":-)

Scott_Quier

Whoooot! I know what I'm doing when I get home this afternoon!!!

I've been waiting for this since I first found out that 1.0.2 was out there in the wild and that 1.0.3 "was coming soon."

I've not had Err99 (not even this past weekend when I was shooting the wedding) but I have experienced other anomolous behavior. I hope this clears it up.

chrisdg

I upgraded the firmware last night. All is well.

TIP: The first time I ran the upgrade process, I got an error and it wouldn't complete, nor properly back out to the menus. Had to restart the camera. I attempted to re-run it and this time it said my battery was not strong enough to continue. Sure enough, the battery indicator had dropped from full to partial in between my two runs, and was lkely the cause of the first failure.

I installed a fresh battery and the upgrade went smoothly. So, please use a fully powered battery or AC adapter before proceeding.

Scott_Quier

chrisdg wrote:

I upgraded the firmware last night. All is well.

TIP: The first time I ran the upgrade process, I got an error and it wouldn't complete, nor properly back out to the menus. Had to restart the camera. I attempted to re-run it and this time it said my battery was not strong enough to continue. Sure enough, the battery indicator had dropped from full to partial in between my two runs, and was lkely the cause of the first failure.

I installed a fresh battery and the upgrade went smoothly. So, please use a fully powered battery or AC adapter before proceeding.

- power failure in the middle of a firmware upgrade is not a goodness. That's why I only do it with a fully loaded battery grip installed!

Andy

Thx for the link, installed, no issues.

dlplumer

50D Firmware Update
Here is the 50D 1.0.3 update. I just completed the update and it works fine. If you have 1.0.1 or 1.0.2, this is for you.

http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eos50d/firmware.html

dlplumer

I just posted the same link. Didn't see this one. The install works fine.

Scott_Quier

Not surprisingly, installed the 1.0.3 over 1.0.1 with no issues. It'll be interesting to see if this fixes anyones Err99 problems.

Nikolai

Updated. We'll see.

dlplumer

Shot with it this evening. No problems, but I never had a problem with the 1.0.1 firmware.

David Evertsen

Okay finally got mine done, no issues. Looking for no 99 errors...

RxRick

Thanks for the link. I've only had the camera for a week, but it has frozen up twice with "Busy" in the display. It looks like this update addresses that as well.

--RxRick

billtaichi

Thanks for the link, updated mine via the flash card and have had no problems so far, but I didn't have any before either.

HirePhotographer

David Evertsen wrote:

Released

Canon page with Download

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=17499#DownloadDetailAct

Fixes ERR99 and a few other things here is the breakdown from Canon JP

http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eos50d/firmware.html

Had ERR99 Friday night in the Stands taking Cheerleading pictures...

David

nice, I don't know how many times I've started looking for that . . .

TexasFamily

anyone install this on a card larger than 2GB?

i only have a 4GB card

Edward

Scott_Quier

TexasFamily wrote:

anyone install this on a card larger than 2GB?

i only have a 4GB card

Edward

No problems. I used a 4GB card without even thinking about it and had no issues.

dlplumer

I installed it on an 8 GB card

Nikolai

I think I used my 16Gb :hide

dlplumer

Nikolai wrote:

I think I used my 16Gb :hide

I see your 16 and I say 24

David Evertsen

TexasFamily wrote:

anyone install this on a card larger than 2GB?

i only have a 4GB card

Edward

8GB no problem...

David Evertsen

www.phabulousphotos.com

TexasFamily

Thanks...i installed with no problems.
i assume they wrote the 2GB in the directions before all these larger cards came out.

my firmware was 1.0.1...
i read that 1.0.3 fixes these...

It includes the following fixes:

1. Corrects a phenomenon in which an image becomes overexposed when C.Fn.II-3 Highlight tone priority is set to "1" together with other camera settings. (This correction has already been incorporated in the Version 1.0.2 and later firmware.
2. Corrects a rare phenomenon in which "busy" blinks on the camera's display panel and the shutter cannot be released due to the timing of battery installation.
3. Corrects a rare phenomenon in which "Err 99" appears on the camera's display panel and LCD monitor and the shutter cannot be released due to the timing of pressing the shutter button.

just wondering...does anyone know what version 1.0.2 fixed?

now if it wasn't dark already when i leave the office I could go out and test it.

Thanks again,
Edward

sherijohnson

what is the process for doing a firmware update? I just got my 50D Friday and this is my first Canon DSLR camera.

Scott_Quier

sherijohnson wrote:

what is the process for doing a firmware update? I just got my 50D Friday and this is my first Canon DSLR camera.

Check out the second link of the first post - it points to the notice and directions for how to upgrade your firmware. It's easy and not anything to be worried about.

sherijohnson

Thank you, I will check it out.