Back in March Canon released a major firmware update for the Canon EOS R5 with version 1.0.8.1, which added a ton of features including the 400mp IBIS high-resolution shooting mode.
There was then a bunch of reports in regards to a new firmware coming in Q3 for the EOS R5 that would add further features. That timeline doesn't look like it's going to come to fruition.
We have been told that any further firmware updates for the EOS R5 will come later in 2023, but that it won't be a major feature update. There are still a few things Canon will add, but temper your expectations.
With the Canon EOS R5 Mark II likely coming in the first half of 2024, we're assuming that software development resources will be going towards that project along with the EOS R1.
The next camera to receive a firmware update will reportedly be the Canon EOS R6 Mark II.
More to come…
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When i bought my R8 and R6ii, the slightly newer AF system was one of it's big interests to me. I could easily have bought and R5, but I felt that the differences in AF functions between my R8 and an R5 would be annoying. I like my two camera bodies to be identical or very similar.
For me, the perfect camera would have been a 45mp R6ii. The R6ii is close enough and I'm really enjoying shooting with it.
I'll look forwards to trialling the R5ii when ever it comes along and is readily available.
Copying the practices regarding the most successful product of the largest company in the world? Seems rather reasonable.
Even the testing of firmware updates requires no resources, that’s why Canon’s firmware updates have always been bug-free.
With the R5II, Canon will mainly be targeting 5DIV and 6DII owners, and to a lesser extent R and R6 owners. No doubt a few of the more gear-oriented R5 owners will buy them, but that’s not the main audience.
Actually, that’s clear from just scrolling down your posts on this page. :rolleyes: