topic Re: Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D in Camera Software

Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D

AE-1 — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 17:24:58 GMT

Does anyone know which versions of the Digital Camera Solution Disk came with the original 5D and 30D cameras?

Thanks

Re: Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D

RobertTheFat — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 21:05:22 GMT

@AE-1 wrote:
Does anyone know which versions of the Digital Camera Solution Disk came with the original 5D and 30D cameras?

Thanks

Even if you found them, it's unlikely that they'd work with today's operating systems.

Re: Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D

AE-1 — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 21:54:38 GMT

I have a P3 Windows 2000 machine and a P4 Windows XP machine.

There are alot of different Solution Disks on ebay, but I would like to find the ones that were offered with the 5D and 30D which I use regularly.

Thanks

Re: Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D

cicopo — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:52:44 GMT

I don't have the original with that info but have my working copy. It has the TWAIN drivers for the 5D, 30D, 1Ds mark 2 & 1D2n, Photostitch is Ver 3.1. DPP is Ver 2.1, EOS Utility is ver 1.0, and Zoombrowser is Ver 5.6. Hope that helps.

Re: Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D

AE-1 — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 21:57:22 GMT

Yes, thank you. That will help. I purchased both cameras used so I don't know if the disk I have is original because it didn't seem to have the appropriate drivers. I had to download them from Canon. The disk I have is version 28.2 and it has Zoom Browser 5.6.0.27 and Canon Utilities 1.0.3.17.

Re: Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D

Waddizzle — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:05:55 GMT

@AE-1 wrote:
I have a P3 Windows 2000 machine and a P4 Windows XP machine.

There are alot of different Solution Disks on ebay, but I would like to find the ones that were offered with the 5D and 30D which I use regularly.

Thanks

Why don't you just go to the Canon Support web site and download whatever version you want, instead of paying someone on eBay to do it for you and burn it to a disk?

https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support.

Re: Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D

AE-1 — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:08:35 GMT

I would like to have the original disk. They're not expensive but I just need to know for sure which one it is.

Re: Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D

Waddizzle — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:17:19 GMT

@AE-1 wrote:
I would like to have the original disk. They're not expensive but I just need to know for sure which one it is.

If you visit the web site, it will become plainly obvious. You must find your cameras' support page by using that link.

Re: Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D

AE-1 — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:25:20 GMT

The drivers are there but not the disk version

Re: Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D

Waddizzle — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:37:03 GMT

@AE-1 wrote:
The drivers are there but not the disk version

It is there. You must have missed it. Make sure you select "Software" and the correct Operating System.

EOS UTILITY UPDATER 2.4

Re: Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D

AE-1 — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:48:11 GMT

Yes, I see the individual downloads but not the version of the complete disk. That's what I'm looking for.

Re: Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D

RobertTheFat — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:21:19 GMT

@AE-1 wrote:
The drivers are there but not the disk version

I'm not sure that your original question even has a definitive answer. I doubt that a camera that had a long production run, like the 5D, shipped with the same disk during that entire run. And some of the early versions of Canon's software were not ones you'd probably want to try to use today. When I bought my XTi, a contemporary of the 5D, Digital Photo Pro didn't even know how to do rotations. The solution disk included a 3rd-party editor that could do rotations (although only on JPEGs, not on RAW files), but I later discovered that JPEGs that were edited with that editor sometimes cause more recent versions of DPP to hang or crash. This may be a case of "Be careful what you wish for; you may get it."

Re: Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D

Crista — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:22:54 GMT

Hi AE-1!

We had to do a little digging into our archives to find what versions of the EOS Digital Solution Discs the EOS 5D and EOS 30D shipped with!

The EOS 5D shipped with EOS Digital Solution Disc Version 11.

The EOS 30D shipped with EOS Digital Solution Disc Version 12.

Both of these discs are not available for download on our website. Our techincal support team maybe able to help you with finding a workaround. You can reach them HERE.

Re: Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D

RobertTheFat — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:29:15 GMT

@AE-1 wrote:
Yes, I see the individual downloads but not the version of the complete disk. That's what I'm looking for.

IIRC, when the 5D and 30D were current, complete solution disks were never posted on the Canon site. The posting of solution disks began when manufacturers, notably Apple, started selling tablet computers that couldn't read CDs.

Re: Solution Disk for EOS 5D and 30D

AE-1 — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:54:00 GMT

That's excellent. Thank you, Crista !!!