Canon releases the Canon EOS R5 Mark II User Manual

[Katootje]

Can\'t find info when preordered cameras might be delivered???

In the Netherlands the info is that delivery will start August 24.

 

[yeahright]

Content Transfer Professional

Enables FTP transfer and other operations for captured images or images on a smartphone. Requires a paid subscription

does this mean image-by-image FTP transfer of RAW files to an FTP server which I am currently using on my 5Div requires a subscription for the R5ii or is this only for some superior FTP service?

 

[koenkooi]

The R5II manual shows a "Sync Speed Priority" setting that boosts the sync speed in EFCS to 1/320s and ES to 1/200s:

Canon : Product Manual : EOS R5 Mark II : Flash Function Settings

 

[usern4cr]

Is there any mention of how to incorporate GPS info for still photo usage into the file automatically? I would think that they would want to come out with a future hotshoe attached module with digital in-shoe connections to work (so you'd have no cable from it to the side of the camera). They'd sell a lot of them, and I'd buy one for each of the 1 or 2 R5 II's that I hope to get.


edit: I looked in the manual about GPS, and they only mention the GP-E2 available for the R5. Too bad that it's discontinued! You'd really think that they'd try to mention a replacement coming soon.

 

[JonasGillmann]

Canon has released the manual for the R5 Mark II so you can read about Canon's newest prosumer / professional camera. The HTML web portal begins here. I think this is as good as we are going to get in terms of R5 Mark II specifications as many of the various websites have displayed conflicting

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Does this basically rule out the possibility that we ever get a firmware update bringing 8K oversampled 4K60p to the R5 Mark II?

This confirms that 8K oversampled 4K60p is NOT possible in the R5 Mark II even though it was possible in the R5C years ago. Very disappointing. Nikon also implemented 8K oversampled 4K60p years ago so WHY is Canon lagging behind in this regard?

I hope a future firmware update addresses this issue! The R5 Mark II should at least match every feature the older R5C has so 8K oversampled 4K60p is a MUST!

 

[koenkooi]

Is there any mention of how to incorporate GPS info for still photo usage into the file automatically? I would think that they would want to come out with a future hotshoe attached module with digital in-shoe connections to work (so you'd have no cable from it to the side of the camera). They'd sell a lot of them, and I'd buy one for each of the 1 or 2 R5 II's that I hope to get.

Yes, it's in the "Communication" section. It seems the same as pretty much all other FF RF cameras: https://cam.start.canon/en/C017/manual/html/UG-06_Network_0140.html

So the old and expensive GP-E2 and/or bring your own phone with the Camera Connect app installed.

 

[Chris.Chapterten]

The R5II manual shows a "Sync Speed Priority" setting that boosts the sync speed in EFCS to 1/320s and ES to 1/200s:

Canon : Product Manual : EOS R5 Mark II : Flash Function Settings

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Based on the icon, this looks like a flash sync increase when you are in 1.6x APSC crop mode only?

 

[josephandrews222]

https://cam.start.canon/en/C017/manual/c017.pdf

1227 pages strong.

 

[Moritz_RD02]

Soooo… the R5 Mark I had a section which EF-lenses would support Hi+-Mode in mechanical shutter mode (which were all fairly newer ones if I remember correctly).

There’s nothing I could find in the R5 Mark II manual on this topic - so is the LP-E6P powerful enough to drive older lenses at full throttle then?

I mean if the ES is as good as it looks it’s a non-issue but good to know regardless.

 

[koenkooi]

Based on the icon, this looks like a flash sync increase when you are in 1.6x APSC crop mode only?

The flash sync speed increases in APS-C crop, yes, but you need to compare the numbers in the table above to the numbers in this table:




So ES goes from 1/160s to 1/200s sync speed when using the full sensor. EFCS goes from 1/125s to 1/320s, a much larger increase (or rather, decrease).

The tables are in different sections of the manual :/

 

[OldDudePhotog]

YES!! the electronic shutter finally has a drive sound! I may go ahead and buy the mark 2 and sell my R5. This is something that made me completely disavow using the electronic shutter in the R5.

 

[Chris.Chapterten]

The flash sync speed increases in APS-C crop, yes, but you need to compare the numbers in the table above to the numbers in this table:

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So ES goes from 1/160s to 1/200s sync speed when using the full sensor. EFCS goes from 1/125s to 1/320s, a much larger increase (or rather, decrease).

The tables are in different sections of the manual :/

Ahh that makes sense, sorry I missed that.

I wonder why this is a separate mode and if there are any compromises?

 

[bbasiaga]

Just FYI Topaz is not free either and if you want regular updates you basically pay an annual fee, which is for all essential purposes a paid subscription. There is no free lunch.

I think the implication was that if those features were free from Canon, Topaz would be quite worried!

 

[josephandrews222]

Yes, it's in the "Communication" section. It seems the same as pretty much all other FF RF cameras: https://cam.start.canon/en/C017/manual/html/UG-06_Network_0140.html

So the old and expensive GP-E2 and/or bring your own phone with the Camera Connect app installed.

There's an occasional feature in whatever possession that we own, that seems not needed or even silly.

Until it is not.

On a couple of rare occasions, I have found the iPhone's ability to tell me where a given image was obtained...to be extremely useful.

I'm going to have to check out this GP-E2 thingie...and its usage requires some other thingie?!

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On the other hand, I almost always have my phone with me when shooting.

 

[josephandrews222]

I think the implication was that if those features were free from Canon, Topaz would be quite worried!

Winner winner chicken dinner.

Presumably (and obvious to most reading a forum such as this one), no subscription is required to use these features 'in-camera'.

 

[neuroanatomist]

The R5II manual shows a "Sync Speed Priority" setting that boosts the sync speed in EFCS to 1/320s and ES to 1/200s:

I wonder if the R1 will have a similar setting, and if that accounts for the discrepancies in the information where some sites listed 1/320 s and some listed 1/400 s.

 

[koenkooi]

Ahh that makes sense, sorry I missed that.

I wonder why this is a separate mode and if there are any compromises?

The only thing the manual remarks is that this is an EL/EX feature, so it likely doesn’t work with my godox v860c.

 

[koenkooi]

There's an occasional feature in whatever possession that we own, that seems not needed or even silly.

Until it is not.

On a couple of rare occasions, I have found the iPhone's ability to tell me where a given image was obtained...to be extremely useful.

I'm going to have to check out this GP-E2 thingie...and its usage requires some other thingie?!

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On the other hand, I almost always have my phone with me when shooting.

The GP-E2 should only need a single AA battery, the AD-E1 isn’t needed.

 

[Bokeh_Bob]

YES!! the electronic shutter finally has a drive sound! I may go ahead and buy the mark 2 and sell my R5. This is something that made me completely disavow using the electronic shutter in the R5.

Nice! Had to scan the comments quick before digging in myself. This is the one thing I hoped to find out about

 

[koenkooi]

Has anyone found the R7-style IBIS auto-level for stills yet in the manual? Searching for 'level' only turns up the feature for video and how to enable the electronic level display.