The next major firmware updates for the EOS R5 and EOS R6 will come in Q1 of 2021 [CR2]
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Anybody else get a sense that we have somebody with multiple accounts here? Some people "influence." Some just annoy.
Children get angry when they don't get their wishes filled quickly enough. Grownups understand that solving problems and providing practical solutions takes a wee bit more effort and time than complaining.
Having people working at home instead of as in-person teams, having shifts disrupted, and so many other scheduling issues affected by a global pandemic means nothing?
Ok, you have mask and restriction fatigue. So does the rest of the world.
Children get angry when they don't get their wishes filled quickly enough. Grownups understand that solving problems and providing practical solutions takes a wee bit more effort and time than complaining.
Having people working at home instead of as in-person teams, having shifts disrupted, and so many other scheduling issues affected by a global pandemic means nothing?
Ok, you have mask and restriction fatigue. So does the rest of the world.
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Keep Canon accountable? No one ever promised you more than what you have today, in November or otherwise. If the R5 with Clog1 isn't sufficient for your work, there are a plethora of cinema cameras that are. That said, I bet it's more than sufficient and you are just whining, judging by the tone of your post. The quality being put out by the R5 in existing modes is so far beyond what was possible in a similar camera 5 years ago that your output should be immensely better than what you were doing then, if you have the slightest clue about what you're doing, even with the same glass you had then.
I would love to have the rumored features too but it's ridiculous to be *angry* as you are about lacking them.
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So much this. I expected nothing more than what it came off the shelf with and to anyone without an overinflated sense of entitlement that’s all Canon is ‘obligated’ to provide.
Of course I’d expect them to correct non-working features, but any additional features are a bonus and I’m grateful to have them when and if they arrive. If they don’t I won’t complain about it because I knew what I was buying when I CHOSE to make my purchase.
Do people buy cars and then complain that the manufacturer doesn’t add additional features once they drive them off the lot? I can’t imagine someone buying a Corvette and then bashing Chevy for not adding features available in the Mustang after they brought it home.
I still can’t believe people behave this way but the sense of entitlement these days is off the chart of what I once thought imaginable. It’s mind-blowing and disappointing at the same time, and it’s visible everywhere you look nowadays - at least in the US...
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seems to be.. I've certainly been following that advice, life has been stressful for many reasons, but find myself wanting to go take pics and take some time to enjoy it vs the rest of life's stresses. While I would love to see some of the additional features, I'm pretty stoked figuring out where limits are on the R5.. some stuff that was near impossible previously for me is now possible and that's a win! (like planes at night)
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I agree with the sentiment, but I would rephrase it as 'does what it says on the box'. There have been instances where companies say "Supports foo!!!(*)" on the box and the asterisk says "Provided by future firmware update". In that case I would feel entitled to having a firmware update with that feature. Buying an AV-receiver about 6 years ago would've put you in that situation, DTS:X support required waiting half a year for a firmware update for pretty much every brand.
For things not mentioned on the box, I've been burnt too many times by that. Canon has a good track record so far when it comes to implementing what they promise, but they take their sweet time. I think it took more than 6 months to rollout the promised 24p update across the affected cameras.
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Agree - if it was promised from the beginning the by all means. That really hasn’t been the case with all the whining about the R5 though, has it.
Most of it has been akin to buying a 100-400 and then complaining that it isn’t a 200-600...
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You make really good points, but I think the person was trying to express frustration at the idea of blatantly silly oversights and omissions. Yes, Canon has every right to decide what features are in their products and we the consumers have the right to buy or not buy. However, I think the frustration is at least partially justified when you have artificial overheat timers, 4k/120p but not 1080/120p (or even 180 or 240p), and things of that nature.
I think we can all understand how annoying it can be when a product is 85% what you wanted, but the company just held off on that last 15% for seemingly no reason. Now you're more or less stuck because you want to upgrade but it's difficult and expensive to switch ecosystems.
And this is not unique to Canon, of course. It's a problem across the tech industry, Apple probably being one of the most egregious offenders. Then we the consumer "technically" have choice but the companies know they have us by the gonads.
Anyway, not taking sides, just throwing in my two cents.
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This makes me feel good. I am getting the R6 as a stills camera and the fact that it seems to require no updates for its stills capability is awesome
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The 1080/120 was somewhat committed to by Canon, but that is the problem with these quasi official announcements. Even this rumour is CR2 after all. From the Japan Canon site:
Regarding the content under consideration for firmware upgrade
- Supports full HD / 120P recording size
- Added low bitrate mode to RAW and IPB for all resolutions and frame rates
- Canon Log 3
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