Canon EOS R5 firmware update coming soon, RAW light to be added? [CR2]

[Dragon]

Ranked in fortune 500 and getting hit by hackers and being down for weeks is not a good sign for the company itself in front of consumers ... we understand that its bad but then again they should give something on their website with an ETA ..just saying go to Cananda and then saying only drivers..its bad for their image ...very bad

Often there is a defined limit to what you can say without triggering the hackers. Sadly, the governments of the world (including ours) have done little to make the price for this kind of hacking untenable. Some are even complicit. I am for public hanging, or at least public flaying. Expectation of extreme pain is a useful deterrent.

 

[Baron_Karza]

Sorry I"m not the most familiar with CR in general. Has CR2 been pretty reliable in the past? I'd be absoultely thrilled if this list of things ends up true.

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[blackcoffee17]

Other than using the 8k footage as a source to pan around in for a 4k output, just how are you going to enjoy the benefits of 8k without an 8k monitor?

Pan, zoom, crop, stabilise 4K footage, resize in post (ok, you can use oversampled 4K for that) or shoot short action sequences and grab frames from it.

 

[Paul Nordin]

Other than using the 8k footage as a source to pan around in for a 4k output, just how are you going to enjoy the benefits of 8k without an 8k monitor?

This is the same argument that people used when SD moved to HD, and HD moved to 4k. The bottom line is, shooting 8k now is a cutting/bleeding edge act. But the push for more quality (even if only a perception, not reality) is inevitable. And I can say the reality of taking 8k footage into post to work with it is painful, and awesome at the same time...even if I'm mastering to 4k.

 

[Dragon]

Pan, zoom, crop, stabilise 4K footage, resize in post (ok, you can use oversampled 4K for that) or shoot short action sequences and grab frames from it.

Grabbing frames is very useful, but that is something for the stills guys. I have seen very little mention of any of this by the whiny U-tubers.

 

[Dragon]

This is the same argument that people used when SD moved to HD, and HD moved to 4k. The bottom line is, shooting 8k now is a cutting/bleeding edge act. But the push for more quality (even if only a perception, not reality) is inevitable. And I can say the reality of taking 8k footage into post to work with it is painful, and awesome at the same time...even if I'm mastering to 4k.

I didn't mean to imply that 8k wasn't useful, just that the U-Tube whiners have done nothing to point out its utility.

 

[Jonathan Thill]

From all of us kneecapped on the wait list for our cameras I would like to say...

POST IMAGES! DOIT! DOIT! STOP BEING A BOGART!

How much I recovered from this is impressive - Not perfect but impressive. And eye auto focus works on statues


Some more random shots

 

[jam05]

It will certainly kill it if the problem is resolved. The recovery time is the real problem.

Recovery time is based on the devices actual temperature. It would be silly to think that a camera sitting in the sun in Miami Florida would have the same recovery time as one sitting in the Alps.

 

[DBounce]

Recovery time is based on the devices actual temperature. It would be silly to think that a camera sitting in the sun in Miami Florida would have the same recovery time as one sitting in the Alps.

Is it? Because there is more than a little evidence to suggest temperature might have little to do with it in the case of the R5.

 

[Jonathan Thill]

Is it? Because there is more than a little evidence to suggest temperature might have little to do with it in the case of the R5.

Oh you mean the crap the EOSHD is throwing around...

Seems it was debunked

R5 artificial time limit

 

[dkaupp]

I know this won't happen but it would be nice to separate the 'photography' updates from the 'video' dates. Give the still photographers the option without having to update all the video crap.

 

[dkaupp]

Let's hope this will kill all the talk about overheating once and for all.

What do u expect for $3800? If you or anyone is serious about making 'movies', get a C300 or 500! Tired of every complaining about 'overheating' or this and that!

 

[dkaupp]

Instead of making it all about video, how about god damn uncompressed Mraw Canon.

Yea......What do u expect for $3800? If anyone is serious about making 'movies', get a C300 or 500! Tired of every complaining about 'overheating' or this and that!

 

[Baron_Karza]

I expect firmware might help with overheating.

 

[dkaupp]

I expect firmware might help with overheating.

It's a 'hardware' issue, not a 'firmware' issue. Whenever u have a container that produces heat, you have to have a vent for the heat to escape and a 'fan' to help it dissipate the heat and keep the container cool or at least cooler........think of a home attic......they all have a vent at the very least.....most also have a fan. Common sense, science......not 'firmware'!

 

[Jethro]

It's a 'hardware' issue, not a 'firmware' issue. Whenever u have a container that produces heat, you have to have a vent for the heat to escape and a 'fan' to help it dissipate the heat and keep the container cool or at least cooler........think of a home attic......they all have a vent at the very least.....most also have a fan. Common sense, science......not 'firmware'!

I don't think anyone (apart maybe from the Canon techs labouring away as we speak) know that for certain. The fact that there is a difference in shooting times without CFE cards implies there may be firmware tweaks possible. This may be answered when the promised firmware update drops.

 

[Jethro]

I know this won't happen but it would be nice to separate the 'photography' updates from the 'video' dates. Give the still photographers the option without having to update all the video crap.

Why? Do you think it would be saving on 'disk space'?

 

[Bert63]

How much I recovered from this is impressive - Not perfect but impressive. And eye auto focus works on statues
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These are really nice (love the Black-Eyed Susans(?) but the rest are excellent as well. The first thing I thought when I saw the recovered highlights in the first images was I'M SAVED!

 

[dkaupp]

Why? Do you think it would be saving on 'disk space'?

No

 

[dkaupp]

I don't think anyone (apart maybe from the Canon techs labouring away as we speak) know that for certain. The fact that there is a difference in shooting times without CFE cards implies there may be firmware tweaks possible. This may be answered when the promised firmware update drops.

A great review was posted about a week ago on CR. The reputable person who gave it stated he took the CF and SD cards out and used external recording. He stated it made no difference.......just saying.