Canon releases promised Firmware v2.0.0 for EOS 7D

I discovered minor problem (typo) while trying out the RAW Imaging Processing and resizing an image. When the file is being saved, the camera displays, "Saving edited movie", rather than displaying, "Saving edited image". It is a minor typo and does not affect the saving process. It's not a big deal, but it is rather distracting. I understand Canon makes typos on the foreign language settings on new cameras and later updates them to fix the typos, so I wonder if they will figure it out later and fix it. I don't have this problem on my Mark 3.

Yes, an updated manual exists online but this is not useful for peoples who carried the Canon 7D without taken a computer, isn’t? And to print us 292 pages, in A4 or US format is not a solution. Canon, in my opinion, should update the manual, which had been delivered with the 7D not only for actual owners but also for the next purchasers! Somebody who purchases NOW a new 7D, hopefully already with firmware 2.0.0, will receive in the box, I hope, a new manual.

I appreciate Canon's 7D firmware update overview webpage, the short video, additional features page, helpful 1.x/2.x comparison chart; very thoughtful.

I'd appreciate an updated manual - complete, current documentation for new and updated features.

Bravo canon, some people think that there will be no 7D Mark 2.
Since the 1.3 sensors cameras are dead, the next 7D will be a killer camera and still adopting the 1.6 sensors with the same and sophisticated AF of the Flagship 1D X and will shoot up to 10 FPS with a bunch of new features, wildlife and sports shooters will be very happy for the next flagship APS C with a stronger and better built.
I am going to start saving like how I did with the 1D X, the current 7D will be outstanding for many years again even when the 7D 2 is out.

Must be a new trick Canon have planned all along. Instead of R&D a new camera, Canon just limited the capability of the 7D from the beginning, then extended its life by releasing its full potential a few years later.

Kudos to Canon.. Not a canon fan boy but they are the first to do such awesome FW update to a camera.. Long live 7D..

Downloaded / upgraded / it works. I like the AUTO-ISO improvement (my wife's 600D had the 6400, I did not with the 7D...), buffer/RAW OK (I will test this tomorrow in "real combat situations"). Bottom line: useful, but it will not transform a very good camera into an incredible one. I am pretty sure that other features can be added, but why not to leave these to the Mk II? Canon Marketing people are surely aware of that. What Canon did with the 7D 2.0 firmware is called "line extension" in the pharmaceutical industry - they are using this "tactic" for years to keep the product lifecycle as long as possible, if profitable. But wait, even the "users" can benefit, more or less. Good move. P.S.: I just wonder, what can be done for my good ol' 5D Mk II... Cheers! :)

Wow those are some great improvements. This is similar to the enhancements(Fully working AFC in Video, Better burst rates, Better Noise Reduction) that Panasonic added to the GH2 over a year after its release.

I hope this trend continues. It is great that Manufactures are still supporting their products even when a new model is just arround the corner.

Done with the firmware update. Thanks, Canon!

To those complaining . . .

I bought my 7D with firmware 1.something, paid for it and accepted it for what it is. I thought then (and even now), that it was an awesome hardware/firmware combination. Now Canon is giving me a significant upgrade . . .FOR FREE!!!! And that's supposed to make me feel CHEATED??? I don't get it.

thank you Canon..this is a great move by Canon. its a good policy change to add and improve significantly some features through firmware updates.

can you please explain what we can do with customizable auto iso?

Interesting. Giving functionality updates like this makes for an exciting and satisfying owner-ship experience, while at the same time Canon get to release hardware before the software is quite ready. Nice.

Dear Canon,thanks for the updated 7D, but could we please have a firmware update for my 1Ds mk 3´s or even better a new camera with at least 30 MP????????????

Kinda pampered my decision NOT to buy 5DmIII (yet? ;) It was too expensive anyway, yet the drooling continues.

I just upgraded to the new 7D Firmware, I'm not sure if it will give me much benefit, But Heck, it does feel like I have a new toy to play with :) panning shots watch out :)

As a 7D owner, i am looking foward to this update. I am an enthusiast photographer and my budget will not allow me to buy a new camera that is better than the 7D. Well done to Canon for making the effort to keep their customers of its top of the line crop camera happy. Full frame lovers got the 5DIII and we got the firmware update. Im gratefull, as im sure many other 7D owners are too. If im going to upgrade from the 7D in the future, it will be to FF, so for now i believe i am getting the best Canon can offer for this camera, and any other in its class. I cant wait to use the upgrades in the field.

Canon played her last card right.
Made the owners of 7D happy and give life to an old product for a couple of years.

Forget about 7D mark2
Assuming that canon sensor tech hasn't been upgraded much we won't see anything revolutionary in image quality.

check above and see if there is a difference :(

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Wondering how the resale value of the 7D will be affected.

An aging camera just got a massive adrenalin shot.

So from now on... brand new 7D buyers should check for version V2.0.0 before purchase.

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How on earth can firmware change buffer size that drastically? I would say it had been crippled to start with, but it doesn't make sense in the top apsc model.

Canon, one day may we get a built in intervalometer for the 5D Mark III?

Awesome that a manufacturer spends a lot of time and effort to make an 'old' camera much better and provides it as a free upgrade via software. I hope this will set an example!

Sony please listen, it CAN be done!

It says "Originally Announced in June". Is released now.