Canon EOS 6D Firmware Update Released

Just some weeks after having released the EOS 6D, Canon made a firmware update available for its entry level full frame camera. Click here to download. The update addresses the issue concerning movie playbacks on YouTube.

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Phenomenon

We have identified a phenomenon which prevents movie files shot using Canon EOS 6D Digital SLR cameras from being played back on YouTube.

Affected Product

EOS 6D Digital SLR Camera

Support

Firmware Version 1.1.2 includes the countermeasures addressing the phenomenon. The new Firmware Version 1.1.2 can be downloaded by clicking here.

Movies shot when the camera was running firmware version 1.0.9 cannot be played back on YouTube, even after the firmware has been updated to 1.1.2. In order to playback these movies on YouTube (movies captured when the camera was running firmware version 1.0.9) please follow the instructions below.

1. Download the movie file(s) from the EOS 6D camera to your computer.

2. Start ImageBrowser EX, an application bundled with the EOS 6D.

3. After selecting the movie file(s) to be uploaded, select [Edit Movies] in the [Edit] tab from the menu bar of ImageBrowser EX.

4. “MovieEdit Task” will start. Save the movie using the [Save] menu on the screen.

5. Upload the saved movie to YouTube.

6. The movie can be played back on YouTube.

This information is for residents of the United States and Puerto Rico only. If you do not reside in the USA or Puerto Rico, please contact the Canon Customer Support Center in your region.

Please register the EOS 6D. By registering, we will be able to notify you via email when service updates are available.

Thank you,

Customer Support Operations

Canon U.S.A., Inc

Contact Information for Inquiries

Canon Customer Support Center

Phone: 1-800-OK-CANON

1-800-652-2666

TDD: 1-866-251-3752

Email: [email protected]

For additional support options: www.usa.canon.com/support

First Canon EOS 6D Video Footage -Update

The video above shows sample footage shot with a pre-production Canon EOS 6D by BBC freelance cameraman Johnnie Behiri. For the video above Behiri used the following lenses: Samyang 35mm, a Canon EF 70-200 f/4L, and a Tokina 11-16mm.

Behiri found the high ISO very clean and usable, but found moire to be too strong and the image to soft.

Behiri says that although the camera records very clean high-ISO footage (1250 is “very much usable”), the camera has a number of weaknesses as well, which include severe moire, a soft image, no headphone socket, and a lack of clean HDMI out.

The video below was shot using a Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L with ISO 800-1250.

In Behiri's own words:

Canon 6D is the latest in Canon’s full frame HDSLR family and honestly, there is simply no substitute for the full frame sensor “look”. The footage was taken with a pre production model camera and hopefully the video quality in the final version will be improved.

[planet5D via PetaPixel]