Canon EOS R5 Mark II firmware v1.0.1 released

[Stig Nygaard]

The firmwares(*) are now also ready to download from Canon Europe.

For example for the EOS R7:

EOS R7 - Canon Europe

Download drivers, software, firmware and manuals for your Canon product and get access to online technical support resources and troubleshooting. BATTERY PACK LP-E10 BATTERY PACK LP-E12 BATTERY PACK LP-E17 BATTERY PACK LP-E19 BATTERY PACK LP-E4N BATTERY PACK LP-E5 BATTERY PACK LP-E6 BATTERY PACK...

www.canon-europe.com

(*) Okay, I haven't checked they are there for all the expected (previous mentioned) cameras. But probably?

 

[Old Sarge]

What? Nothing for the R7?

I don't use my camera(s) every day but got my two R7 bodies out, intending to update them. Used Canon Connect app and as soon as it connected it gave me a message something like "Firmware update 1.6 available do you wish to download" (I say something like because I will be 82 next week and I have trouble remembering what I had for lunch). I said "You bet" and it did all the work. I love updating that way. On body #2 when I connected it didn't ask to download it, just asked if it could install it. Worked perfectly.

 

[static age photo]

Canon also released a 24-105 Z firmware yesterday and it looks like it may have fixed my Error 60 unintentionally since it's not mentioned in the notes.

https://www.usa.canon.com/support/p/rf24-105mm-f2-8-l-is-usm-z

 

[Horst]

The firmware 1.8.0 BRICKED my R3... the on/off switch wouldn\'t even turn the camera off, it just got stuck, no buttons would work, the screen froze. Scary moment. Pulling the battery seemed to fix it, BUT I'm nervous now that this will continue to happen...

This bug is not specific to the new firmware. I experienced this behavior about 5 times with my R3 at different firmware versions (I pre ordered mine on release day and it was delivered with the first batch available in Germany).
I remember that one of these issues occurred immediately after the last update.
So I think that you don't have to worry too much. Especially as you now know how to react: pull out the battery and reinsert it immediately.

 

[neuroanatomist]

What should I call it? it was Adobe bricked? I can’t call it stoned that’s too obvious. It was mudded? yea but it was scary AF before I pulled the battery!

Your camera ‘froze’. Many R5 users complained about this. It’s happened a couple of times with my R3 (which is even easier with that camera since it’s just loosen-tighten the battery lock).

‘Bricked’ means your camera had to go to Canon for repair or to the trash bin.

 

[Canon Rumors]

The firmware 1.8.0 BRICKED my R3... the on/off switch wouldn\'t even turn the camera off, it just got stuck, no buttons would work, the screen froze. Scary moment. Pulling the battery seemed to fix it, BUT I'm nervous now that this will continue to happen...

That's happened to me a couple of times, as you said.. pulling the battery and all was well. I wouldn't worry too much about it. It's just Canon's way of making sure you're awake and alert.

What should I call it? it was Adobe bricked? I can’t call it stoned that’s too obvious. It was mudded? yea but it was scary AF before I pulled the battery!

I forget which Sony... But search for firmware bricked... That's what "bricked" is. This issue is more like a software crash.

 

[EOS 4 Life]

The firmwares(*) are now also ready to download from Canon Europe.

For example for the EOS R7:

EOS R7 - Canon Europe

Download drivers, software, firmware and manuals for your Canon product and get access to online technical support resources and troubleshooting. BATTERY PACK LP-E10 BATTERY PACK LP-E12 BATTERY PACK LP-E17 BATTERY PACK LP-E19 BATTERY PACK LP-E4N BATTERY PACK LP-E5 BATTERY PACK LP-E6 BATTERY PACK...

www.canon-europe.com

(*) Okay, I haven't checked they are there for all the expected (previous mentioned) cameras. But probably?

They are now available at Canon USA as well

 

[Rumours not rumors]

Kudos for fixing these rare bugs, but it would also be great if Canon homogenized features and user experience.
Like why does a lower end camera like the R50 and R8 have lens breathing compensation and the R5, R6, R7 and R10 do not?
Why do the R5 and R6 have older autofocus systems and never got updated - take notes from Fuji.
Why can the R8 shoot with 1/16000 electronic shutter, and the R5 and R6 cannot although they all run on a Digic X?

Digic X is a family of processors that straddles multiple generations and versions like an Intel i9, and not a specific individual chip like an Intel 12900K which is a unique version of the Intel 12th generation i9's, but there are also the 12900KS, 12900KF, 12900F and 12900T in the 12900 i9 family and they are all different yet based on the same base Alder Lake i9 core but have varying capabilities, e.g. the 12900KF and 12900F versions do not have an onboard Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) so require an external video card, whereas the other 4 non-F versions have a GPU built-in. Accordingly, the compute power, functionality and processing throughput has improved across successive generations of Digic X and so what was too much for an earlier Digic X to handle/process becomes doable in later generation Digic X iterations so the version of Digic X found in the EOS-1D X Mark III is not the same Digic X found in the R1 and so some of the features of the R1 can not be ported back to the older generation processor in the EOS-1D X Mark III. The latest versions now have a DIGIC Accelerator chip as an adjunct to offload some of the compute power needed for the latest AF modes. Spreading processing power across to an additional chip also reduces localised hotspots on the primary chip dispersing heat away from a single point.

 

[OldDudePhotog]

I took the new firmware out for a small spin yesterday and took a couple hundred pictures of a senior day at a local high school. I didn't seem to have any issues, thought I consider only a couple hundred shots almost nothing when compared to the normal volume I take.

 

[MJR]

Sorry, but usa.canon.com doesn\'t have these firmware updates listed (certainly not for the R7 at of the time of this post). So if THE BEST CANON WEBSITE IN THE WORLD doesn\'t have it, it doesn\'t exist.

 

[Dreysi]

The firmware 1.8.0 BRICKED my R3... the on/off switch wouldn\'t even turn the camera off, it just got stuck, no buttons would work, the screen froze. Scary moment. Pulling the battery seemed to fix it, BUT I'm nervous now that this will continue to happen...

Any update or another thread on this you know of? Was just about to update but your post gave me pause

 

[OldDudePhotog]

Any update or another thread on this you know of? Was just about to update but your post gave me pause

I did the update with no issues. I used the canon connect app to update

 

[Rumpelstilzchen]

They do. But, if you log into the Canon site it automatically detects your operating system and tells you no firmware upgrade available.

From the Internet 101 class I stopped teaching years ago: Just install a user-agent switcher extension to your browser to tell the site a different OS. Enable it and specify whichever OS you choose before visiting the Canon support site. When you're done, disable it until the next time you need it. I always use it and specify Linux when I need to download a Windows ISO image from Microsoft. If you let them detect Windows, they want you to download and use their media creation tool.

 

[AlanF]

From the Internet 101 class I stopped teaching years ago: Just install a user-agent switcher extension to your browser to tell the site a different OS. Enable it and specify whichever OS you choose before visiting the Canon support site. When you're done, disable it until the next time you need it. I always use it and specify Linux when I need to download a Windows ISO image from Microsoft. If you let them detect Windows, they want you to download and use their media creation tool.

Thank you for your advice, which I am sure will be useful to some. It was just that the link posted on CR was for the Windows download, not the Mac, and the extension would not have helped. In nearly 30 years of browsing with a Mac, I have never needed that suggested extension - one of the benefits of being a Mac user. Apple have fortunately had the policy since the firsts Macs of having software sufficiently intuitive that people like me survive happily without reading manuals - though Adobe do their best to confute that. If you are using Linux on a Windows machine, then I defer to your experience as you are using your computer way above my level of competence.

 

[AlanF]

I finally got around to updating my R7, R5 and R5ii, such was the urgency. A question for the experts like @koenkooi and @neuroanatomist and others. Do the updates replace all of the existing firmware or just update parts, or can it be either depending on requirements. The R5 and R7 files were just around 60 Mb whereas the R5ii was about 250 Mb. So, does this reflect a larger basic firmware for the R5ii or it just needed more updating?

 

[koenkooi]

I finally got around to updating my R7, R5 and R5ii, such was the urgency. A question for the experts like @koenkooi and @neuroanatomist and others. Do the updates replace all of the existing firmware or just update parts, or can it be either depending on requirements. The R5 and R7 files were just around 60 Mb whereas the R5ii was about 250 Mb. So, does this reflect a larger basic firmware for the R5ii or it just needed more updating?

The firmwares are full versions, to be able to skip intermediate versions. I don’t
know if the updater just updates the things that need updating or if it always does a full update.
I suspect the size difference is due to the updated models for AF, the volleybal/soccer/baseball recognition is bound to take up a lot of space. The second digic chip might also need its own firmware, further driving up the size.

 

[AlanF]

The firmwares are full versions, to be able to skip intermediate versions. I don’t
know if the updater just updates the things that need updating or if it always does a full update.
I suspect the size difference is due to the updated models for AF, the volleybal/soccer/baseball recognition is bound to take up a lot of space. The second digic chip might also need its own firmware, further driving up the size.

Thanks Koen. I had thought that was so because I know you jump missed updates but I had wondered whether there was a core that was left alone. It's a massive amount extra for the R5ii.