In a widely anticipated announcement, Canon has provided a firmware update (to version 1.1.0) for the brand new Canon EOS 7D.

This update includes all previous firmware updates, and a new fix for an odd ghosting issue that was widely Twittered and Blogged about last week.

The update “Corrects a phenomenon that in images captured by continuous shooting, and under certain conditions, barely noticeable traces of the immediately preceding frame may be visible. This phenomenon is not noticeable in an image with optimal exposure. The phenomenon may become more noticeable if a retouching process such as level compensation is applied to emphasize the image.”

I’m definitely taking it as a positive sign that Canon jumped all over this issue and provided a fix so quickly! They have been exuding a much better, more customer friendly, attitude about this sort of thing recently. It seems that they have really taken it to heart after being lambasted so soundly for the past couple of years after repeatedly denying that there was an issue with the autofocus system on the 1D Mark III for months (or it seemed like months anyway)! I really don’t know if there was an issue or not, but the customer base certainly perceived that there was, therefore Canon had to do something. And they should have done it faster. Hopefully this is the start of something new!

For more information about how to confirm whether you need this fix or not, head on over to the official Canon web page for the firmware update. You can download the necessary files and see detailed instructions on how to install it.

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