@ebiggs1 wrote:
If you don't have a specific reason to update the FW, you should not attempt it. Find out what was updated in the latest FW and see if it is something you need. It is highly likely it is not. If you screw up the installation the camera will become useless and I doubt Canon services them any longer.
A FW fix that has no barring on what you do will not make the camera work any better than it does. Sometimes it is just a language that has beed added, etc.
As it happens, I did screw up a firmware update on an XT, and Canon fixed it for me under warranty. (It was very long ago.) I was trying to follow the (complex and somewhat vague) instructions for doing it without using a card reader. I agree with Ernie that you probably shouldn't attempt that. But doing it with a card reader is dead easy. I don't think I'd hesitate to try it.
Come to think of it, the camera I was trying to update was an XTi. But I doubt that there's any significant difference.
Bob
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
