Folks,
My quick take on the new firmware:
1. I've never installed any of the Canon software -- I use a
firewire card reader.
2. I managed to keep it that way -- I just copied the fimware
files onto the root directory of my card, and the S1 saw them and
gave me the menu item to upgrade the firmware.
3. Worked like a charm.
4. The "continuous mode focus" issue is much improved. Remember
my "vintage auto races" pictures? I'd focus on that corner, and
wait for the cars to come through. Well, if I tried to focus while
a car was in the corner, the S1 would "freeze" on the car, which
would quickly speed out of my focus range, and so it would have big
trouble focusing. Well, now with this upgrade, I focused on a few
cars driving by, and it just keeps the image moving, and it focuses
much better. A wonderful improvement!
5. My impression of the "overexposure" fix is that it's only if
you're using the "flash synchronization" feature. I've never used
it, so I can't tell you anything about that.
6. Oh boy, you betcha, it does seem that the zoom works better
now. It seems that you can push quite a bit more and still stay in
"slow" mode, and there's more of a distinct change to the "fast"
mode when you get there. I sure notice a lot better control over
the thing.
7. As Martha would say from her cell, "it's a good thing!"
--
Tom Hoots
My PBase galleries:
http://www.pbase.com/thoots
