Today Canon released firmware 1.2.0 for the R5 Mark II - translated from Canon's Japanese site (https://canon.jp/support/software/os/select/eos/eosr5mark2-firm?pr=5977&os=159):

Firmware Changes
This firmware includes the following changes:

1. The EOS Multi Remote remote shooting system for professional photographers is now supported.
   ※ For an overview of the EOS Multi Remote and instructions for use, please visit the Canon website.
2. Fixed an issue where shooting with multiple exposures in a dark environment could cause the display image to be stretched or Err70 to occur.
3. Fixed an issue where images could not be transferred to an FTP server and Err41 could be displayed.
4. Changed format compatibility with some CFexpress cards.
5. Other operational stability has been improved.

If the camera's firmware is already in version 1.2.0, you do not need to change the firmware. When changing firmware, please read this page carefully before using the download service.

Please update the firmware with only the firmware files to be updated on the memory card.

Note: In line with this functional improvement, the instructions for use have been revised. Please download and use it together with the new firmware. The latest instructions for use can be downloaded from our website.

I used to photograph at concerts a lot, so here are some photos of the past:

Death By Stereo


The Dillinger Escape Plan


Jon Snodgrass


The Dillinger Escape Plan

In October, watching a "suit" of Mallards for several minutes, they suddenly became a flush!.
Luckily I finally heeded AlanF's advice to shoot the 600mm minus the 1.4TC. This gave the R5 a fighting chance against my erratic panning.
I'm looking forward to more opportunities to capture BIF.
And thanks to online-field-guide.com for the proper Mallard Group terminology.

Looking to swap out my m4/3 cameras for Canons for higher IQ and better AF performance. Are these two cameras reliable enough for paid work? Looking for an R8 for tripod use and R7 for handheld use. I've read they seem to have overheating issues, especially the R8. Has anyone experienced this in longer recordings? And will a clip-on fan solve this? Most of my jobs are indoors, but I do get occasional outdoor press conferences during spring/summer, so upper 80s on asphalt is the worst case scenario.

I don't recall reading any rumors about an update for the RF 15-35 f/2.8. None, nowhere. Has anybody heard of anything about it?

The reason I ask? There is a 600$ rebate on this lens, and before letting myself be tempted by it, I'd like to know if I risk regretting this substantial purchase in the near future…

I own the old EF version of this lens, and I'm not sure if I'm still happy with it.

Pire666 said:

So is there an announcement on the 26.11 ?
Anymore information around this lens ?

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Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any update so far. @Canon Rumors may have something in the works, but I haven't seen anything else on the internet. I bumped this thread to see if we could get that wheel spinning a bit lol. But who knows, maybe this one died down again. I certainly hope not!

In any case I'm at least rather happy with my 70-200Z + 2x for now, though I am hopeful for a 300-600 eventually. Some recent butterflies:

Photonstophotos dropped a new camera into its analysis, and to be honest, the results surprised me a bit. Now, if you weren't aware, the V1 has a slightly larger than Micro Four Thirds sensor. I expected the PowerShot V1 to fare worse than Canon's own APS-C sensors because of the higher pixel density and the […]

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P-visie said:

Science is just another opinion. Facts, data and evidence are superfluous. Sigh.

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Science has to conform to political opinions, best seen in a former colony...
Isn't it nice? No longer climate warming, co2 issues, or cancer causing windmills, pandemics etc...

Difficult beast.

Tried a few test shots around close focus limit wide open.

Center focus only, no eye focus etc… Everything still manageable.

Eye focus enabled, pure chaos.

Once the AF misses it is a long and slow journey back to anything not blurry. Using the old 85mm 1:1.2 Mark1 is much faster and that lens was never a sprinter.



Otherwise, nice lens, feels somehow lighter that the RF 50mm 1:1.8 (which it is not)

Tiny front element compared to the backside.

I include 2 pictures for comparison

(For some reason it says I'm not logged on to post a comment under the Article but I did the requested Forum password reset and can post here...)

One thing to note about the Dock is it can be useful if you get a Sigma EF Lens to adapt to RF.

This can be a good idea as some are very reasonably priced, for example I see the EF 50mm f/1.4 Art can be had for £409 used in excellent condition (which is a larger but interesting alternative to the slightly more expensive 45/1.2 and its "classic" rendering):

However I have found (with my bought-new back-in-the-day) 50 Art that the RF IBIS doesn't work (at least on my R5ii) if the lens is set to Full Time Manual Focusing in its options, which you need a Dock to change. I should point out that when I found IBIS wasn't working I asked Sigma, and a little later they told me the answer, any connection between the two was not even vaguely obvious.

I bought my EF Dock used as it's a simple does-it-work question rather than a lens where you might want to check it a bit more... Though I notice MPB say it's out of Stock so used availability might be an issue, as people buy them if they have a suitable lens and presumably would either keep them or sell them with their last Sigma EF lens...

Firmware version 1.2.0 was released on November 20, it has support for the EOS Multi remote and bugfixes.

See: https://www.usa.canon.com/support/c...-Notice-EOS-R5-Mark-II-Firmware-Version-1-2-0

Richard CR said:

We've long believed Canon has been holding back the RF mount for profit, but what if that isn't the only reason? Did Canon look at the trends out of China's optical companies and realize that their greatest threat wasn't Sony, Nikon, or Panasonic, but the likes of Laowa, Sirui, and other Chinese manufacturers that were […]

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Well, Richard, to repeat the point: it's a business.

Chinese manufacturing is known for brazen intellectual property theft, so it's expected they will steal elements of lens design and camera design, manufacturing processes, and other patents. Remember that Chinese companies do not have to be profitable in the standard sense: unlike in the West, the CCP views full employment and complete control over business activity as political tools to remain in power. Chinese industries are heavily subsidized and gifted ridiculous advantages (like permission for extreme environmental degradation or violating international law) over their counterparts. Most Americans don't realize that Chinese labor is generally more expensive than comparable countries, not less. Higher-skilled Mexican labor, for example, is far less expensive. So is labor in most of SE Asia, Central and South America, and Africa. The Chinese make this work by edging their way into countries' individual business sectors, stealing their technologies, taking over their markets with lower prices, and finally jacking prices up when they have a monopoly. Just look at the buyer's regret that Brazil has: huge chunks of Brazilian manufacturing lie dead and Brazil may take decades to recover if it ever does. Countries in Africa and South America are slapping tariffs on Chinese goods because they don't want the Brazilian experience and China openly set its sights on gutting numerous markets there when Trump hit them with high tariffs.

If Canon is trying to protect their business from this, good for them. I wish them luck, support them by buying their products, and hope hope hope they win out. Heck, I might even buy a Sony compact camera for overseas travel (oh, the horror!). I'm not going to help kill the goose that laid the golden egg. I'd rather have Canon, Nikon and Sony gear as the majority market than Laowa or Siriu cameras and lenses that eventually put photography under a Chinese yoke.

Craig D said:

Hi - I am new to canonrumors and curious if there is any recent update on an SX70 HS replacement? I am not a professional, or frankly, not even a camera enthusiast. I have an older EOS Rebel XS (circa 2006ish) with a 70-300mm lens that I took on my last African safari (and an iPhone - lol), but it's dated and I'm seriously thinking about a superzoom bridge camera for my next safari in Feb '26. The Nikon P1100 looks sweet, but big. Hoping Canon is still planning an SX70 replacement that will be similar to the P1100, but smaller/lighter and with a bigger sensor. And come out before Feb! Open to comments...Thanks

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Somehow, I doubt you will see anything like the P1000/1100 from Canon. It is a very niche product. I have a P1000 (same as P1100 except for USB connector type) and it is an interesting beast. The lens is actually quite good, considering the enormous zoom range, but the camera, itself, is a bit quirky IMO. It has a very short burst buffer (7 raw as I recall) and the lens stabilizer is dodgy past about 1000mm equivalent (not surprising). I have found if I set it to burst mode and take a handheld burst of 3 to 5 images at 3000mm, one or two will be OK. That makes the long end usable, but the catch is that the buffer takes several seconds to recover, so you basically only get one try at the shot. And, yes, it is a big camera (huge for a P&S), but not all that heavy. Here are a few samples of what it can do. The first two are at full reach (3000mm equiv.) and third is at about 1000 mm equiv. These were all shot raw (I don't shoot JPEG) and processed through Lightroom. It is only a 16 MP sensor, so you do need to frame carefully, but it can make some very nice images.

The R5ii has a BSI sensor and has essentially the same DR as the FSI sensor of the R5.

mb66energy said:

Canon sadly offers no audio recording in camera during time lapse/slomo.

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Can time lapse have original sound even in principle? It's just a series of still images stitched together as a video. (High fps/slo mo is another matter).

AdamBotond said:

Well, you mentioned "pro build" twice, just to make the list of which the R3 superior is look longer. ))

Anyway, for me who shoots mostly wildlife, it would not be reasonable to buy even a used R3 anymore, which has only the benefit of stacked sensor and pro build over the R6 III. I am not sure if there is a major difference in buffer between these two, 150 RAW pics of the R6 III is plenty even at 40 fps. I rarely photograph birds, so rolling shutter is less of an issue for me. More video options, precapture/prerecording, 40fps, 32 MP, lower price etc outweights not having stacked sensor or pro build, which I also like.
Maybe a sports photographer, who can not afford the R1 would gravitate towards the R3, but still precapture, 40 fps, the price point of the R6 III is very tempting.
I also noticed the increasing number of used R3s for sale just prior to the announcement of R6 III...maybe just a cooincidence.

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I agree, between the outdated still too pricey R3 or very new latest model less pricey R6III i will go for R6III, heck i even can't afford R5II which is newer model although it is cheaper than R3, i do sports, and i know people in sports prefer build quality more for reasons and battery time, but all those years i learnt that money affordable value is what i should go for over whistles and sparks, i came from 1DX which was top of the line for Canon and bloody expensive, time passed and it is outdated and just a thing of a past and all that spending didn't make history for me, it served me excellent for sure, but it wasn't that i can't make the difference with lesser bodies, such as 1D mkIII or 7D mkII, i do have 1D3 and 1Dx is superior, but my outdated very old model of Sony A7R did put both into shame and also my 1Ds2 and 1Ds3 into shame for pure resolution, not about focus or speed, and that was an old model camera, imagine what a Canon mirrorless current cameras can do now, and i don't think R1 will make superior quality over R7 or R6II, but it is better overall performance, so i won't choose R3 for sports by myself.

EricN said:

We're these cropped and / or denoised?

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All cropped so that 1 px of the crop posted = 1 pixel of original (100% crop). Just bulk standard DxO PL6 Prime output. Light was fine and that's all I use 99% of the time.

m4ndr4ke said:

Overall I'd say the 50 1.8 is always sharper.

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I'd say this seals the deal (in negative) on the lens, but, as seen in the first reviews, it was to be expected.

I'm waiting, as the final word, for Chris Frost's review, that isn't coming yet, so either Canon didn't give him one to test, or they gave to him but asked to pospone the release until they say so. Either cases speak for themselves.

Hi everyone,
I’ve noticed that the Canon R6 Mark III has the COLOR / RATE button that lets you quickly switch Color Modes, Picture Styles, and Custom Picture profiles.

Do you know if Canon plans to add this feature to other cameras, such as the EOS R5 or R5 Mark II, through a future firmware update?

Has anyone heard anything official (or unofficial) from Canon about this?
Thanks!

DPD have sent my shipping information showing that they've received my R6M3 and 24-105L lens kit from Park Cameras and it's one it's way. PC told me last week that they expected them in towards the end of this week, but this is a bit earlier so am hoping I'll have it for the weekend (subject to sorting GST with Jersey Customs <sigh>)

Patent trolls. The patents themselves are probably junk (flunking either the "novelty" or "obviousness" test, or both). But the way these company's work is they go after little guys to build up some cash from settlements so that they then have money to engage the bigger fish.

LogicExtremist said:

Maybe check out Alistair's posts of dpreview, he has been called out countless times for jumping to Canon's defense at the slightest hint of criticism of a product. His modus operandi is the basic Argument from Ignorance logical fallacy - "I can't see any problem with it, so there are no problems, so nobody should say anything negative about it". People on that forum have also said to him after looking at how bad his photos are, that he shouldn't be advising anyone about anything. Just a pre-emptive post to stop him polluting this forum in the way he does over there, best to call it out. You need to understand, when someone has very low photography skills it is easy for the gear to far exceed their abilities, so naturally, everything looks good to them, and so they tell everyone that gear is good for EVERYONE, and nobody should complain. No mind reading needed, just a simple logical inference (drawing conclusions based on evidence and reasoning), exaggerated with a little hyperbole for amusement, to sum up Alistair's typical posts and behavior on the other forum - if you don't believe me look it up. Anyway, enjoy your day!

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Sane people don't wander around the net getting in pissing contests about what's better, making accusations, or requiring others to see things exactly like they do. I don't shivagit what someone says somewhere else.

AlanF said:

There is a Group 3, of which I am one, R5/R5ii owners who like the R7 as a complement to our full frame with slightly better reach and useful with some lighter lenses. We are ones who want the R7 to have the same ergonomics as the R5 series and I presume would be candidates for an R7ii.

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Group 3 also includes R5/R5 Mk II owners who did not buy the R7 because they did not like the ergonomics, viewfinder and electronic shutter performance.

SvO2 said:

And why would Arabic numerals count by that logic? That's not native to Japanese either. The 5dIV is called the "five dee mark four" which in Japanese would contain the word. Other Japanese companies don't seem to avoid the number too much. Nikon had a D4 and a J4. Sony had a PS4. Fuji has an XT4.

In any case, number 4 can be pronounced as both shi or yon in Japanese. The latter seemingly preferred due to the death connotation of the former. But for the same reason, the use of the number doesn't seem to be avoided by Japanese companies to the same degree as Chinese companies.

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Mark IV is spoken as "Makū Fō". Same goes for the EOS Kiss X4 which is spoken as "Ekkuso Fō".

However although most names are spoken like English, Canon and also some Chinese Manufacturers tend to avoid unlucky main numbers with a 4. OnePlus for instance also skipped their model 14 phones and went straight to 15.