Canon has updated the firmware for its EOS-1D Mark III digital SLR. According to the company, version 1.0.9 enhances the look of images when enlarged on the camera’s LCD by applying a slightly stronger sharpness setting to the screen, and improves the consistency of AI Servo autofocus under certain conditions. It reduces the tendency of the camera to autofocus on high-contrast backgrounds in AI Servo AF mode when shooting in conditions where AF detection is difficult, such as when the main subject is not completely covered by the AF frames or when the main subject contrast is low.

The update also corrects errors in the Italian and Simplified Chinese menus, and fixes a rare error in the main dials that causes the controls not to respond or to travel several clicks when turned only one.

Firmware version 1.0.9 will be available for download from Canon’s Web site at the end of July 2007. Mark III owners who can’t wait that long and are willing to pay for shipping can send their cameras to a Canon Factory Service Center in Jamesburg, NJ or Irvine, CA. Canon says it will install the firmware and cover return shipping costs.

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