Canon 5D Mark III firmware v1.2.1 download link

[jon_austin3]

<p>If you're feeling lucky:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.fileswap.com/dl/tHc7Wh9sU9/">http://www.fileswap.com/dl/tHc7Wh9sU9/</a></p>

<p>Several reports on the Fred Miranda, DPReview and CanonRumors forums of successful installation.</p>

<p>Install at your own risk. If you brick your 5D3, don't blame me.</p>

[robert_turner5]

<p>I think I'd blame you... Myself for doing something so irrational, but definitely you as well.</p>

<p>Call me a big wussie, but I'll wait for the official FW release.</p>

[jon_austin3]

<p>Well, no good deed goes unpunished; I was just passing along the link.<br>

I plan to wait for the official release, as well.</p>

[dcstep]

<p>April 30 is now close.</p>

[jon_austin3]

<p>And now, April 30th is here.</p>

<p>Mark Kissel has posted the Canon USA download link in his post, here:</p>

<p><a href="/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00bbQU">http://www.photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00bbQU</a></p>

<p>Just for grins, I ran a file compare on the officially released version and the one I linked to at fileswap last week, and they are identical.</p>

[robert_turner5]

<p>Interesting...</p>

<p>What binary comparison tool did you use?</p>

<p> </p>

[jon_austin3]

<p>From Windows 7, I launched a command prompt window and used the FC (file compare command):</p>

<p>FC /B [drive1:][path1]filename1 [drive2:][path2]filename2</p>

[robert_turner5]

<p>amazing... I remember that utility from more than a decade ago. It has staying power. I figure the UNIX underpinnings of my mac has something similar but never looked.</p>