Canon has updated the recent firmware for the Canon EOS R3 with v1.2.1.
Firmware Version 1.2.1 incorporates the following enhancements and fixes:
- Adds the ability to set “Custom high speed continuous” to the Drive mode. It is possible to shoot from 2 to 50 images continuously at a speed of approximately 30 to 195 fps.
- Adds the ability to select “FHD 239.76 fps/200.00 fps” in “High frame rate.”
- Adds the ability for in camera “Depth compositing” during “Focus bracketing.”
- Adds Focus bracketing and depth compositing with a flash (Speedlite EL-1).
- Adds the ability of time-lapse movie recording. Note that the time-lapse movie setting is retained even if the camera enters the Auto Power Off state before starting time-lapse movie recording.
- Adds the ability of Cloud RAW processing functionality. RAW processing with the latest image processing technology is possible. This is a paid service that requires the purchase of a Canon Imaging App Service Plan, which will be available starting July 25, 2022.
- Adds the ability to convert multiple HEIF images into multiple JPEG images.
- Adds the ability to set [Still Image Crop/Aspect] to [Custom Controls]. The assigned button can be used to switch between crop and aspect ratio.
- Adds the ability to crop and resize images during transfer to an FTP server.
- 802.1X authentication/WPA2-Enterprise now supports the PKCS#12 certificate format.
- Adds an electronic shutter sound to be played when the mechanical shutter or electronic 1st-curtain is set.
- Enhances the performance of “Movie Digital IS”. It stabilizes the image when taking selfies or walking shots using a wide-angle lens.
- Adds [Auto Power Off Temp.: Standard/High] to the menu for still shooting.
- Fixes an issue, which displays Error Code 70 on the camera, that may occur, in rare instances, when the [Disp. performance] setting is set to [Smooth].
Fixes minor issues. - Fixes an issue, in which, after having updated the camera to firmware Version 1.2.0, when performing the [Factory reset] operation, some shooting settings are not retained.
Download firmware v1.2.1 for the Canon EOS R3
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Two quick points:
1. My R3 had not crashed since I updated to V1.2.0, approx 10 days of shooting
2. The new 50 frames at up to 195fps is amazing, works flawlessly. Camera takes around 9 seconds before you can shoot again.
Perfect for predictable wildlife - birds on perches, dragonflies landing on leaves etc.
"Custom high-speed continuous shooting
You can capture up to 50 shots continuously at a maximum speed of 195 shots/sec.
I know there are some exceptions to what I have said above for certain cameras/modes, eg I understand the EOS R locks focus from the first shot in a burst if it is in its 8 FPS burst made, but I believe lockding AF during a burst is more the exception rather than the rule. (And note the EOS R should continue to AF during a burst if AF is on and the camera is in its slower burst mode, which from memory is about 5 FPS.) So, as I have said above, it does vary between cameras and even modes on the same camera.
If I have misunderstood, and your post was specifically about the 195 FPS mode on the R3, my apologies for going off on a tangent!
I think he is misinformed or confused. He appeared to be talking about normal shooting. In One-Shot mode it will stop focusing. In Servo it continues to focus. I only use the shutter button, if it isn't focusing in burst I have years worth of shots that shouldn't be in focus.
The burst at 192 fps (not 195 do the math, maybe Canon subtracts for shutter time), will not focus. It may be to much processing to fast, or something else. Maybe there is a work around Canon can clue us in on.
I suspect that the 190-ish fps is the fastest they can read out the sensor, so no room for the "AF/AE every other frame". What Canon could possibly do, is to making AF/AE less frequent, like once per 20 frames.
I was mostly referring to focusing with only the shutter button. Where in the past, you had to use the back button to continue focusing during a burst. I just tried it on my R5 and I see that has been changed. The R5 and potentially other R bodies, will focus with a full press of the shutter (when focus is linked to half press) when they didn't always do that in the past. Like you said, this functionality was on some brands, but not others. Looks as though Canon added it.
No... I'm talking about using AI Servo. In the past, When AF was linked to a half press of the shutter button (in AI Servo), and you fully depress the button for a burst, you are no longer half pressing the shutter button and no longer focusing. This appears to have changed. Now with my R5 it does continue focusing. The previous comment was based on the old functionality.
As far as happening too fast to focus, its definitely too fast to focus for each shot, but the R3 doesn't lose track of a person jogging at 30 fps in .3 of a second so I'd imagine it could still focus at the same rate even though it will not occur for each shot, as normal. Either way, I'd expect Canon to say that doesn't work in their manual if it couldn't. They mention the AE restrictions why leave out AF if it really has a restriction? So I'm asking those with the camera, how it works, and not taking the word of a YouTuber, who quite frankly, doesn't always get it right (although I do have a decent amount of trust in him).
If you mean it was this way some time before 2008, well maybe I do not know.
The real only issue I have is the manual doesn't say it will not focus in that Custom High Speed mode. If it doesn't that's fine, but since its not mentioned in the literature I'm asking if others found the same thing in that video.
Canon hasn't updated the "Updated" manual yet, but this supplement does clearly state AF is affected.
This was a feature old 1 series cameras had, but strange vanished from more recent menu options, on every Canon camera.
Being able to set/limit the burst depth is incredibly useful for a lot of studio shooting. We'd use it on almost every studio shoot.