Over the past 2 days I have been doing some media day pictures for a local high school. My R5M2 has randomly reset the time/date settings 2 times while powering up. Anyone else having this issue? It is on the latest firmware.

It looks like 2025 is going to be a big product launch year for Canon, especially for the APS-C line of cameras. We're going to get the Canon EOS R50 V and Canon EOS RV sometime soon. We're also expecting an updated Canon EOS R7 later this year.

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Just a short info for users of EF version of the current 600mm f/4 (Mk III in EF mount): if you want to update the firmware of that lens (currently 1.1.3), better use a current R system camera + adapter. Updating worked flawlessly with my R7.

Problem with a 5D4, and this may happen with other older (or all?) EF mount DSLRs: I tried to update the lens firmware with my 5D4 several times. Every time when I clicked on the lens firmware shown in the menu, its display immediately went black, top screen showed "err" and it needed a reset by removing the battery (fortunately the firmware updating of the lens did not start yet). I did follow exactly Canon's update manual, to prepare it I re-formatted a card in the camera before I copied the new lens firmware on it on my MacBook, and my 5D4 has the latest firmware (1.4.0) installed.

With the talk of a RETRO Canon camera body, I think about those who are for this or opposed to the idea and what age bracket they might fall into. One side of me says that the people interested in an AE-1 Retro-style camera might skew to the older crowd that used an AE-1. Another thought is that your generation loves the look and would be behind this.

I want to start a poll to see where the age group lies.

TLDR; Canon is Doomed.

A Drift day at my local track was a whole lot of fun. All photos shot with an R3 and 100-500.

Canon recently announced that its products won at the annual iF awards for the year 2025. Canon won both design awards and a gold award. This is the 31st consecutive year that Canon has won these awards. While the camera gear that won was interesting, it was not that surprising; what I found interesting was the semiconductor equipment winning the gold award.

Canon sat down with Petapixel, and the conversation came up about the R1. Will users who want more than 24MP on the flagship get their wish?

OpticalLimits is one of my favorite lens reviewers, going all the way back to when it was named photozone.de. Recently, they completed their review of the Canon RF 28-70mm F2.8 IS STM.

My summary: It's not often I pull out the bad sample card.... but maybe?

It seems that someone snagged a photo of a future Canon camera, with the identifier of EOS RV. It's a compact camera looking to have a similar frame as the PowerShot V1.

It looks like Canon is making 3D photography more accessible with a new app that uses the Cannn EOS R5 with regular lenses.

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We’re pretty confident at this point that we will see a retro camera based on the Canon AE-1 some time in Q4 or early Q1 2026 for the 50th anniversary of the AE-1. We are going to call the new camera the Canon RE-1, because it just makes sense.

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In this patent application (2025-029311), Canon features some rather slow, but very small lenses.

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In this patent application (2025-028297), Canon discusses super-telephoto prime lenses with built-in teleconverters. Unlike normal teleconverters, which you add to the end of the lens and the extender attaches between the lens and the camera, these insert optical elements inside the lens itself.

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...are now hitting the market from suppliers that I have purchased from in previous years (the following screen grab is from Amazon USA):


By my own lazy count I have purchased at least a couple of backup batteries (from all three of the above suppliers) for at least ten different cameras (including two point-and-shoot, three DSLR and five mirrorless Canons)...with, I guess, mostly positive results for most use cases.

Currently, the fan-less and ethernet-less grip for the R5MkII is more-or-less permanently attached to its body, mostly because of its ability to house an additional battery--if anyone has figured out why my R5MkII seems to consume power at quite rapid rates...let me know.

Weather is warming up, and in some situations I can imagine needing backup batteries for the two Canon-branded batteries that now reside inside the grip.

I found this...


...on CR but haven't seen much on the Neewer, Wasabi or Kastar versions of the LP-E6P batteries--but I'm still looking.

Of course there are worries about third-party battery usage and damage to the camera itself...so I'm a bit conservative jumping in until more reviews are available.

EDIT:

...missed this one (for the Neewer R5 batteries):

I just wanted to post a bit of a round-up of future products that people talk about. I do get questions a lot about things that we've reported on and people have missed. There's not a ton new here, but maybe there is for some of you.

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CP+, held in Yokohama, Japan, every February and early March, is the largest camera-related show that occurs now. Photokina used to be it for photography, so much so, that camera and lens releases were often released in August and early September just to get ready for the Photokina buzz. But for reasons beyond my pay grade, Photokina decided to do a series of weird moves that killed it as a trade show. RIP.

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Canon was again asked during CP+ about third-party support for the RF mount. They must be tired of answering these sorts of questions, but hey, if people are asking the question, there must be demand. Or they are just whining like I have been.

On Screen info settings, option 3, the one that gives me the option of an RGB histogram, is missing a tick box.
Advice on the setting that is blocking my use of this would be greatly appreciated.

We reported back in mid January that new firmware was going to be announced ahead of CP+, which is currently running for the both the EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II

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Canon will announce another PowerShot camera in the second half of 2025 if all goes to plan. We’re told that it will be called the PowerShot V3 and it will be the “superzoom” for the PowerShot lineup.

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Canon is once again number one in the industry. It has held this rank since 2003, and there have been years when Canon has come close to losing it. Around the D3 and D200, Nikon threatened Canon’s dominance with strong sales, but Canon never relinquished the lead.

Canon has released firmware version 1.0.8 for the Canon RF 100-300mm f/2.8L IS USM. This update imoproves tracking performance for both photography and videography applications.

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I am currently using the R5 and R5m2, both are excellent cameras but they’re not that exceptional at higher ISO.

Which R body is the best at higher ISO?

My main system is Canon RF, that’s why I would rather stay with Canon.

Or should I rather get the 50 and 85 1.2 Primes?, I already use the 28-70/2 and the 24-105/2.8 Zooms, and TBH I always prefer Zooms to primes.

I have 4 x 580 EX Speedlites, not used them for years. Are they compatible in anyway with R series cameras ?